2 Year Old William

William recently turned 2! He has us laughing all the time. The other day Evelyn said, "One day, I hope I have a little boy as cute as William!"

William's attempt at chopsticks

 William's cake made with love by his sisters with a bit of supervision. He LOVES all things car/truck/tractor and was pretty excited about this cake.

Birthday festivities

William is talking so well and is really so fun. This video may be a bit slow unless you are a grandparent of William. This is a typical morning scene after Will wakes up, he usually comes in our room and plays and talks for a bit before he faces the day. Don't pay any attention to the sleeping lady in the bed. I LOVE it when Hannah comes in, Will is so excited. He says,  "LOOK MOMMY!" because he's showing me that Hannah is there. Then he said "Hannah!" and fell to give her a hug. One of the first things he says every morning is "Where Hannah is? What Efewen doing?" He loves his sisters!

Thanks Grandpa John and Karla for the "mowered" as he calls his mower. Thank you Grammie and Grandad, Mom and Becky for all the wonderful gifts! He loves them all!!! 

Man-Child

We did a family vote guessing what the baby is, all the kids guessed boy and Ben and I guessed girl. I really was thinking it was a girl until I saw this shot of the baby's foot and I thought to myself, "There is a man foot if I've ever seen one!!!" and sure enough it is a man cub in there!
I didn't say the man foot thing out loud because our kids were there and just in case it was a girl, I didn't want them to forever tease their sister that I thought she had man feet.
The girls are really excited that William have someone to play cars with as well as having an even family of  3 boys and 3 girls (including me and Ben). We are so excited to meet this little babe!

Anyone a Fan?

Ben spent much of the latter part of 2010 applying to 8 different PhD programs across the country. It was a huge undertaking. We have been running to the mailbox every day for news. The other day Ben called from work and asked me to check his email, in it was a copy of a letter saying "CONGRATULATIONS!!!" Ben was accepted to his first choice program, Advertising at University of Texas at Austin (which happens to be the ONLY program in the nation that offers a PhD in Advertising).
So far, this is the only school we've heard from. We are all so proud of Ben and so excited for the new adventures coming to us this summer! Thank you to the many people who wrote a bazillion recommendation letters!
Nice work Ben!

Oh Snap!

Little Laughter

This video makes our whole family giggle, I don't know if it's Evelyn's constant laughter in the background or if it's just how silly William and Hannah are. Will loves to tackle his sisters, he usually holds on until they fall down. This is a typical Sunday morning at our house.
Warning: This is probably boring unless you are a grandparent or aunt or uncle of one of these kids :)

Devastation

This picture has been floating around our house since October. When we came home from Arizona from Evelyn's birthday and Hannah's unbirthday, Ben's mom sent us home with ALL of the cake. We had it for a couple of days, but as beautiful and delicious as it was, we couldn't handle anymore.
Ben did something that I don't think he will ever do again. He washed out the Tupperware containing the cake left-overs IN FRONT of Evelyn and Hannah. They were sitting at the counter drawing and looked up when they noticed what he was doing. He didn't mean to, he was just cleaning the kitchen!
I was in the other room and I was certain both of the girls had fallen off their chairs and broken all of their limbs by the way they were crying, they were devastated! Who knows what our neighbors must have thought!
We told Evelyn she could draw a picture of her cake, I think it was therapeutic for her. Her picture says, "Birthday Cake Dad washed it down the drain..." and that is her crying in the corner.

Go Rachel Go!!!

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