Uncle George

My grandpa has a younger brother named George. Both my kids know that Uncle George is Poppie's younger brother, and that he is a wonderful man. That doesn't however stop the fear that seems to come over them whenever he is around. I can remember as a child being completely petrified of this man. He would want a hug or to tell me he loved me, and I would hide behind my Mom cowering, you can ask anyone in our family to verify this fact. This fear has been passed to both of my children, although I have been working with both of them to realize that he is truly great. Last weekend we spent the day with my Auntie Cis learning how to make green chile and later Uncle Goerge joined us. As you can see in the picture above John is not too sure about this man who is holding him and WOULD NOT smile for the camera while in his arms. Hopefully, they out grow this fear before too long, of course all Uncle George has to do is bring a truck around and he will be John's best friend.

Quick Update

Just a quick update about the last few weeks....
1. John had his 2 year appointment. Thanks to him being Constipated he is finally back on the chart for weight!!!! OF course once his issue was fixed, we are sure that he will fall back below the 3% mark. Oh well, he is healthy and happy.
2. John is getting 2 teeth, which means we only have 6 more to go! He should have them all by the time he is 3. He is handling these 2 better than the others.
3. John is now talking up a storm. He repeats everything we say and loves to have Nettie help him learn new words.
4. Nettie is doing great. She is spending time in the Kindergarten class at her school and loves it! She is working on reading and writing at her own pace right now.
5. Nettie has asked to play soccer this spring. Her school has a coach that comes once a week and we are having a hard time finding a league she can play in so we may have her learn at school.
6. Nettie is reading Charlottes web with Mommie and Daddy right now and is enjoying it for the most part. Some chapters can be a little long:)
7. Ben and I are doing well. We are ready for the summer and have been enjoying the warmer weather that Colorado has been experiencing lately. Work has been busy for both of us, but we both prefer to be busy.
8. We are counting down the days until we go to Mexico for a friend's wedding in April.

I hope that everyone is doing well. I will try to add pictures next time.

A boy and his dress

In the spirit of John always wanting to be like his big sister, he decided to dress up the other night. Now, his Dad didn't want this picture taken, but I figured, he looks so proud and he promptly said 10 minutes later "OFF!"