Amelia

Amelia is 2.  She is such a big girl. She goes potty on the potty. She talks real good. She can ride the scooter. She is coming along so nicely. As I see her at 2, I see what Jack looked like when we moved into this house and when Amelia was born. He always seemed older then he was/is somehow but seeing Amelia I can see how young he was.
For her birthday we had a small party for her at Umma's. We had an ice cream cake and played with the bubbles Tanya got her for her birthday. She was good at opening her presents this year. She loved blowing out the candles. She liked us singing "Happy Birthday" to her. She says, "happy," meaning Happy Birthday to her. I am not sure what kind of pictures we are going to get because Umma was in charge of those and well, she isn't too good at them, but maybe we'll get one at least.
Amelia is so lovely. She is a turning into a goofy little girl that can hold her own with her brothers. I pray God protects her and guides her to His love.
Happy Birthday Amelia!

Jacob's Ginny

 Jacob really wanted a pet. For some reason or another he settled on a guinea pig. We weren't to keen on a guinea pig so we thought we could delay him by telling him he had to save up his own money to buy one himself. That just motivated him more because he did extra jobs and chores to get more money. Well he finally got enough! The only problem was the cage, they are pretty expensive, so we said we would buy the cage.
We went on a Sunday to buy the thing. He picked out a small female with brown and black spots. He named her Ginny (Guinea with another spelling). As soon as he got her home he loved her. From the start he you could see he was going to be so loving and responsible towards her. That night he prayed he was thankful for her, that she won't get sick, that she would get to know our family and that we would give her a good home.
I think Ginny has already brought out some of Jacob's best qualities. I pray Ginny responds to his love quickly so that she feels comfortable around him and they both can start a wonderful long relationship.

Amelia

Whenever Dan and I hug Amelia runs over to get in the middle of it. She insists on being picked up to be included in the hug. She throws an arm around of each of ours neck to give us a big squeeze. She doesn't hug us briefly but usually requires at least three distinct hugs before we are allowed to move.
Actually it reminds me of Jacob. He use to get right in between us too.

Happy Birthday to Me!

The best birthday present I could have is a good picture of me and my kids. A good picture means everyone is looking at the camera with a fairly non-goofy face. Happy Birthday to me!

Jack

Jack says ooze for use. "I can ooze this ball." Really funny and cute. His vocabulary is developing so much in the last couple months.