The Little Engine that Could

As promised last week, here is a small clip of Joey walking. It is still not his main mode of transportation, but he is walking more and more everyday! He is our little engine that could!!!

The Pitter Patter of Little Feet

Joseph Crane Heiple is walking!!!!!

That is right, our little Joey took his first (consecutive, unassisted) steps this week on Tuesday. He takes more and more steps everyday, but he is not doing it all of the time. I think the farthest he has traveled is 20ft. before making himself fall. It is so cute to watch him walk. We have yet to catch it on video, but we will work on it. These are pictures of him at grandma's house walking back and forth between us. Hopefully I will get a video posted this week!!!

Bitter Sweet

Our next stop on our trip up north was to Grandma Dressler's house...it was packing weekend!!! The count down has begun til grandma moves down south. It was a bitter sweet weekend. We loved spending time with mom, Jim, Great Grandma and Grandpa Sennott, but it was hard packing up the house. It was hard to pack up the memories we made in the house, but exciting that mom would be moving 20 minutes away. Olivia and Joey had a great time "helping" us pack boxes. At times they helped unpack the boxes and packed themselves in boxes. Joey was not impressed with all of the boxes around the house, and actually seemed to be scared of all the boxes.

After two days of packing, the Heiples packed up and headed home. Before we left Olivia asked if we would ever spend the night at grandma's house, and sadly I had to tell her no. We said good-bye to Olivia and Joey's room (formerly my room) and hit the trails.

Harvest Time!!!

This weekend Olivia, Joey, and I traveled north to visit Grandpa Dressler, Uncle Dave, Grandma Dressler and Jim. Our first stop was out at Uncle Dave's farm. Olivia wanted to see the corn that she planted this spring and help grandpa and Dave harvest the corn. Livi and Joey had a blast. They were able to drive the combine, honk the horn, and explore. Unfortunately we were not able to be outside a lot because Joey was still getting over his cough (which lasted 13 days!).

After combining, we went out to eat with grandpa and Patty. It was so nice to be able to sit back and visit with everyone!

Our Big Girl!

These are Olivia's very first school pictures. Above is her individual picture and below is her class picture. I hung them up in the house today and I keep trying to figure out where time went. I can still remember the day we brought her home from the hospital and now she is 3 1/2 and in school.

This is a picture of Olivia at school today. They are studying space and everyone in class got to fly with their jet packs.

Happy Birthday, Daddy!!!

That's right...yesterday Jason turned 35...and doesn't look a day past 20!

Jason's day began at 7:30 when his children were anxiously awaiting him to open his presents. Olivia and Joey guarded them until daddy came out and opened them. While waiting, Joey stood up in the middle of the floor four times. This was a first and yet another step towards walking...he is so close! For Jason's birthday, grandma and Jim, Livi, Joey, and I got him a Wii. Ever since the Wii party at Jake's house in January, it has always been in the back of my head that someday I would like to get Jas a Wii. So, as you can imagine, after opening the Wii, for a good portion of the morning and afternoon, Jason and Olivia played the Wii together (while Joey took a nap) and then we went out for the evening.

We went to the mall so Jason could choose a couple of Wii games that he wanted, went out to The Pizza Machine for Jason's favorite dinner...pizza...and then back home for cake. Awhile ago Jason joked about how he wanted a Darth Vader cake for his birthday, so he got one. I always make character cakes for Livi and Joey's birthdays, so I made one for Jason's!

After cake, baths, and snuggle time we put the Livi and Joey to bed, and then daddy and I played the Wii.

Happy birthday daddy! We love you!

A Quiet Week at Home

This week we spent a lot of time at home because Joey and Olivia had colds. Joey had a yucky cough and congestion in his chest, and Livi ran a temp and had some nasal congestion. So needless to say our house smells like Vick's and Lysol! Despite being sick, we had a lot of fun decorating for Thanksgiving, playing dress-up, snuggling and watching movies, and everything I could do to keep them occupied.

Joey is hilarious with the decorations and holidays. He does not understand why we set all of this stuff out, why it lights up, makes noises, and most of all, why people dress up and knock on doors for candy. I can't wait to see what he thinks about the Christmas tree this year. All of the ornaments will need to be put up 3 ft off the ground!