Wordless Wednesday: Cows?

Those Sneaky Leprechauns!

Just when we thought the Leperchauns had forgotten about us this year...They show up with Lucky Charms and a St. Patrick's Day book! Sneaky Leprechauns!

20 Months Old

12 Months - 13 Months - 14 Months - 15 Months - 16 Months
- 17 Months - 18 Months - 19 Months

Austin, at 20 months old....

...you would rather push your tractor and wagon than ride on them!
...are saying more and more words each day! Including button, Jeff, rocks, sky, birds, Ming Ming, Tuck (Wonder Pets), spoon, nilk (milk), fries, phone, roo (kangaroo), box and others that I forgot to write down because the weeks between month 19 and 20 FLEW by!

...have adjusted nicely to Mom's new work schedule....you know how to lock and unlock the doors. (Thank goodness for hidden, spare keys!)

...you out grew your pants over night. Soon your winter pants are going to look like capri pants!...you would live outside, if we'd let you.

...you have changed so much since last St. Patrick's Day!

8 Months Old - March 09

20 Months old - March 2010

Wordless Wednesday: Crocs

March Of Dimes

We're very excited to be joining Adali's Angels this year!

Please help if you can. Every little bit helps!

Your gift will fund March of Dimes research and programs that help moms have full-term pregnancies and babies begin healthy lives. And it will be used to bring comfort and information to families with a baby in newborn intensive care.

To make a donation, visit my personal Web page at
http://www.marchforbabies.org/ckiefer

If you would like to learn more about March for Babies,
visit the Web site at marchforbabies.org.

Would you like to see what March for Babies is and why I'm walking?
Click here to see the video.

The March of Dimes mission is to improve the health of babies by
preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

Thank you!!

Happy St. Pat's Day!

Until He Comes Home...

Our good friend, "Uncle" Jamey, deployed to Afghanistan a few weeks ago. We put this ribbon in our yard in honor and support of him, Angie, Kylie, Makayla and Mackenzie. We miss them more and more each day and can't wait until we can take the ribbon down!

Itching For Spring

We've been trying to take advantage of every bit of sunshine over the past few weeks. We're itching for more nice days to ride bikes,run, run, run,
and play in the fort!
Come on, Spring! We're ready!

In This Corner...

I feel like I've had a lot of conversations lately about what goes into these four "walls" with Austin.
First, you'll see that we DO use his bumper pad. We left it out until he started getting his legs stuck every night. I think it was shortly before his first birthday when we added it to the outside rail. I had previously cut the bumper so that it would fit around the mattress. (Crazy, I know, but it just looked cuter!) So what does Austin go to bed with every night?

In this corner... ...we have Moo-Moo, the Moose and Ferby, the singing Seahorse. Ferby (named by Dad) is used as a backup when the music box runs out of batteries. Austin also likes to turn it on when he wakes up in the morning.

And in this corner...
...we have the music box (that we never attached correctly), a woobie (cloth diaper) and a pile of pacies. I take the music box out every night after he's fallen asleep. We go on a pacie hunt each night before bedtime because most of them end up under the crib. When he was younger we'd know how mad he was (or how little our chance were of keeping him in bed) by the sound of the pacies hitting the floor. One...two...three...and there goes four! In the morning he'll drop the pacie in his crib and say, "bye-bye pacie!"
When exactly do we have to say goodbye to pacies at bedtime? His first sleepover?

And in this corner...
...we have Branson, the monkey, from Branson, MO. He was a gift from Nana on our family vacation this past summer.

And in the final corner...
...we have a stack of blankets. I'll usually cover him with one and take the rest out before going to bed myself. (See the cut bumper pad? Ah, pregnancy hormones will make you do crazy things!)

I guess it kind of seems crazy to sleep with all of that stuff, but we'll do whatever makes bedtime easier!

Night Night!

How many...

Computers does it take to keep this blog updated?

Three Years on 3/3

Transition

We're still here! Hang tight while we transition into our new routine. There's been a whole lot more......and a lot less blogging around here!