lost camera

So how fun is it to read a blog without pictures?  Not very fun.  I haven't been able to find our camera, which means we don't have pictures to post, nor do we have any recent pictures of the kids.  I will search tonight, hopefully.

But since I am trying my best to keep this blog up to date I will share a few of my favorite things that have happened this week.

Miss Katelyn: How I love her dearly.  As I have mentioned earlier, she is loving Disney movies and all the princesses.  She has a princess nightgown (it has three princesses on it: Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, and I can't remember the other) that I know she just feels soooo pretty in, but I have not put her in it for some time since the weather has been cold.  Well I decided to dress her in it for a change.

I always check on her before I go to bed so that night I walked into her room and noticed a white thing in her crib.  She had taken off her diaper!  Her blanket was covering her, so I moved the blanket and there was her bare butt up in the air (she sleeps on her tummy).  It was so funny and cute.  So Brian and I quietly put another diaper on her while she was sleeping.  The next morning Brian went in the room to get her and there she was without a diaper again.  Needless to say, we wont be putting her in nightgowns for awhile.

Katelyn is also into singing and dancing.  Her favorite artists are Pink and Katie Perry.  It must be the beat because she gets really pumped up when she hears them.  She is also singing "Just the way you are" by Bruno Mars.  I adore hearing her.  Have a listen to the song if you don't know what it is.

Jonathan: Not much to report here, since babies just eat, sleep, smile, and cry.  He is growing so fast.  He has his 4 month appointment coming up which is always exciting to see how much they have grown.  He is loving his play gym more and more everyday and is starting to grab for the hanging toys.  He is also on the verge of breaking out in a laugh.  We are so close and I am always making silly sounds to encourage it.  We are also trying to implement "sleep training," but nothing to harsh since he is still so little.  Just trying to get more of routine down and help him fall asleep on his own.  It is going well, but wakes up easily to Katelyn's and Sophie's sounds.

Brian and I are getting ready for the holiday.  The next two weeks should be fun with family.  We will spend Christmas with his family and then visit my family New Year's weekend.  There is so much to be thankful for.  Hopefully we can get Katelyn to see Santa!

More pictures coming soon, promise.

2nd chances

Okay for all of you that were giving me a "hard" time about not blogging, I am going to give it a 2nd chance.  I will have to keep this simple, at first.  Between being "blog illiterate" and having two kids under 2, I am not sure I can get fancy.  But I figure this is a great way to keep everyone in my life updated at one time and also have a timeline of my kids' lives to look back on.

It is hard to find a place to begin.  I attempted to start a blog in July 2010 on my last day of work.  I knew my friends at work would want updates and I knew finding the time to do so would be difficult.  So this is for you ladies.

The past six months in a nutshell:

July - moved to Bettendorf in our tiny white rental house (yes, two bedrooms, one bath)  Even bigger, Brian starts working as Dr. Fritz!  It only took 20+ years of school, but he has Fridays off.  Ah, the perks of being a dentist.  (wink, wink)

August - Jonathan David Fritz was born (August 26th to be exact) weighing 8 lbs. 5 oz. (just 4 oz. more than his big sister Katelyn.)

September - Gosh, all I really remember is nursing Jonathan 24/7 until I got mastitis (for the second time; I got mastitis with Katelyn too.) Katelyn probably watched Mr. Fantastic Fox every day this month, no joke, and had the whole movie memorized.

October - Ohhh the colic sets in - yep, Jonathan was colic, and it was not fun.  The only time he didn't cry or fuss was when he was asleep, and keeping him asleep was hard with Katelyn's energetic personality in our small living space.  Katelyn was a bumble bee for Halloween, which didn't go so well.  Which is why I do not have pictures of her.  She loves playing dress up in her costume, but when it came to trick-or-treating she wanted no part of it.  Maybe next year.

November - Family gets sick and poor Jonathan's colic peaks.  But toward the end of November everyone improves and Jonathan becomes quite a ham with his cute smile.  Mom and Dad are much happier and get much more sleep.

December - Getting ready for the holidays and getting out of the house more.  Katelyn goes to music class every Monday and has a play group on Thursdays.  Jonathan has started joining us for these excursions - before his Winkie (aka, Grandma) watched him.  Katelyn has moved on to Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Frosty! (tis the season)

I hope my post didn't seem all negative, but times were tough there for awhile.  And I am happy to say things are sooooo much better now.  I love staying at home with my kids and cherish the time even more, knowing how much I missed out with Katelyn when she was in daycare and I worked full time until she was about 14 months.  She is too funny and makes me laugh all the time.  Jonathan is a cheese ball now too (crying much less.)

Now, for what you all have been waiting to see.......

Don't newborns always look so beat up righ after delivery?  Poor  little ones; it's tough coming into the world.

Katelyn's first time seeing Jonathan.  Big sister isn't too sure about this....

Katelyn seeing Jonathan on day 2 - warming up a bit.

Dad has bragged since the day he was born about Jonathan's head control and neck strength.  He had to have a picture of it.  I believe Jonathan was 2 days old in this picture since we are still at the hospital.

Leaving the hospital to go home!