our boy is 2 months already!

Vince is 2 months old!

We went for his 2 month checkup today and here are a few stats on our "not so little one anymore"...take a look at his weight and you will know what I mean :)

Weight: 16 lbs 7 oz. (99 %)

Length: 24 in (80%)

Head Circumference: 16 1/2 in (87%)

Most babies don't double their birth weight until they are 6 months old but our little Vince is dyfing all the "norms" and has doubled his birth weight by 2 months of age.

Lately Vince has been SMILING...

WATCHING THE CRAZY THINGS HIS SISTER DOES...

LISTENING TO HIS SISTER, WELL KIND OF...

TAKING NAPS WITH DADDY...

AND BEST OF ALL BEING MOMMY'S SWEET LITTLE BOY!





Smile for the camera...click

and the Nobel Peace Prize winner is.....IREANA

I am posting an email I got just today about a true deserver of the Nobel Peace Prize. Read on it is well worth the time.

"The Nobel Peace Prize is a JOKE. For Gore and Obama to receive it has made it a laughing stock of the World."

THIS YEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BEEN PRESENTED WITH THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. FOR HIS WORK TOWARDS WORLD PEACE. THE NOMINATION DATE FOR SELECTION CLOSED 14 DAYS AFTER HE CAME TO OFFICE. WHAT EXACTLY DID HE DO IN THOSE 14 DAYS TO HAVE DESERVED SUCH A HIGH ACCOLADE.? SOMETHING IS TERRIBLY WRONG AND CHEAPENS ALL WHO HAVE RECEIVED IT EARLIER.

The prize hasn't gone to the most deserving...

IREANA SENDLER

There recently was a death of a 98 year-old lady named Irena. During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an 'ulterior motive' ... She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews, (being German.) Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried and she carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack, (for larger kids..) She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises.. During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants. She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it and reunited the family. Most had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize .... She was not selected Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming.
What a Joke. The years 2009 has been the coolest year all over the world since records have been kept.

In MEMORIAM - 63 YEARS LATER

May we never forget to do what is right and love our neighbor as ourself.

she speaks...kind of

Our Susie doesn't talk much yet. I am convinced that she is a perfectionist and doesn't want to say a word unless she says it right...or maybe I am just in denile that my little girl doesn't say much except a few words, like...

She definitely knows and says daddy, dada, or dad. Won't say mommy, mama, or mom :(
She says more while signing the word.
She tries to say her name but it comes out more like Suzzzzzzzz.

She is not a girly-girl. She prefers balls and cars over princess stuff or hates dress up stuff.

When my mom came down to help me after I had Vince I asked her if she would bring the road map that she made for me and my siblings when we were young so I could use it as a template for the one I want to make my kids. Here is a picture of the map. My siblings and I spent a good chunk of our childhood playing on and around this roadmap. There is even a Utah Lake that my mom painted onto it for pretend boating trips for the pretend people in our cars to take. Thanks mom for being so creative and making this for us.

Here is a picture of Sue's first braid that I was able to do in her hair about a week ago.

The other day when I went in to wake Susie from her nap I laid Vince down beside her. When she woke up (Vinny was hitting her in the face) she was so excited to see her little brother and snuggled up next to him to give him a big hug and a kiss. I love having two, it is so fun to see them interact with each other.