Clark Family

Tiny Prints Valentine Cards

2012-01-25T12:53:00.000-08:00

Tiny Prints makes the cutest cards, including adorable ones for Valentines Day. They have greeting and school cards ! I am thinking about getting this card to send to family and friends from the kiddos. I like them because they don't look to girly but are still cute.

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Seth 1 Year Pictures

2012-01-20T12:39:00.000-08:00

Seth is now 13 months old, but I'm backtracking here to catch up on his 1 year pics and update on all that he is up to! I told Nate he had to wait until Seth turned 1 before he could cut his hair, so Dec. 3rd he had his first hair cut! Nate did a great job cutting it and looking back, I like it so much better now! Seth was terrified during the first hair cut, but in the haircuts since he has taken it just fine! We have had unusually nice weather and our camera works great outdoors, so we decided for his "1 Year Pics" to try our hand at taking them. We were happy how they turned out! We can't get enough of his smile!

And now an update on what he was up to last month...

At 12 Months...
- He could say about 4 words...Mama, Dada, hi, ball
- He liked to carry as many things in his arms as possible
- learned how to spin in circles
- when you say "jump" he bends his knees and acts like he is jumping
- loves "Wheels on the Bus" song...when he hears the song he always starts dancing with his hands
- moos and woofs for cow and dog noises
- he is falling down or bumping his head all the time but nothing seems to phase him
- he LOVES to be held by Papa Jack and PawPaw Ringger
- when he doesn't get what he wants, he throws himself on the floor and cries (for about 10 sec! )
- he loves to destroy a tower to blocks
- he likes to wrestle with Nate...if Nate lays on the ground Seth will just come over and fall right on top of him
- he really enjoyed ripping wrapping paper off the presents at Christmas and his birthday
- sleeps about 12 hours at night and still takes 2 naps during the day
- size 12 and 18 month clothes
- a true delight :)

13 month and Hannah update to come soon...

Christmas with the Clarks and Ringgers - Part 2

2012-01-09T12:58:00.000-08:00

Christmas with the Clarks...

Helping make Peppermint Pie with Maggie

Singing Christmas Carols

Hannah LOVES holding her new cousin Caleb!

Seth's first time in the "Christmas Chair" He really enjoyed opening presents!

All the grandkids with Papa Jack and Maggie

Our family

Christmas with the Ringgers...

Grandkids

The whole family

Blowing out "Baby Jesus'" Birthday Candle

Our family pic

We have been getting a lot of performances with this new gift from Pawpaw and Grandma

PJ pic

We loved our time with family! Christmas 2011 was a really great one :)

Christmas 2011- Part 1

2012-01-06T18:16:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas Day with our own little family this year. We spent a lot of time with extended family during the break (those pics to come), but we were happy to be home together on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. When we were putting Hannah to bed on Christmas Eve, she started to get really upset. When asked why she was crying, she said she was scared about Santa coming into our house to bring presents! She felt completely comforted when I told her Santa would just drop the presents from the sky and under the tree :) In the morning when she saw the presents, she said "Santa dropped the presents behind the gate!" Both the kids loved opening the presents and stockings, as well as Daddy's scrambled eggs and waffle breakfast! That was probably Seth's favorite part of the day! Hannah retold the Christmas story numerous times and sang her version of ""Away in a Manger"! Precious memories!

Opening the last window on the advent calendar Christmas morning!

Santa Seth

Reading new books with Daddy

Stocking goodies

New presents

Merry Christmas 2011!

Preparing for Christmas

2011-12-22T07:00:00.000-08:00

We've had a great advent season this year so far! The kids have really enjoyed every step of the way. Here they are posing in Seth's new chair.

Hannah joined Erica in making one of the Clark households many varieties of Christmas cookies. She got a little overzealous on the sprinkles but not bad for a rookie.

Eastside Church of God put on a fantastic Nativity celebration that we enjoyed with cousin Jed and the Ringger grandparents. Before we went in to see the live nativity, Hannah was acting scared and said "I'm scared of Baby Jesus"! Ha! She loved it when she actually saw the baby! She really likes playing with our nativity scene at home. It is so sweet to hear her talk and be excited about the Christmas story.

We were fortunate to have a beautiful morning to pick out a tree. We knew Seth's instincts would be to pull the tree over multiple times so we thought about the tree below.

We opted for a baby gate to surround it instead.

We had a lot of fun decorating the Christmas tree the first time (not the second or third time after the tree fell).

And Finally, Seth and Hannah love the idea of a Santa Claus. They are terrified by the personification though.

So thankful for Family...

2011-12-19T13:13:00.000-08:00

Hannah and Seth playing with Papa Jack and Maggie over Thanksgiving

Since I never posted about our Thanksgiving OR my side of the family's photo shoot, here they are! Better late than never, right?! We are so so thankful for our families. We seriously are so blessed to have wonderful supportive parents and siblings who love us and our kids like crazy. Can't wait to spend Christmas with them all :)

The whole Ringger family

Bedtime story with Maggie

Playing pingpong with Uncle Jeff and Josh

Aunt Bonnie's famous manicures!

And more from the photo shoot with CarisDesign! We love them!

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Cousins...Hannah, Josiah, Jed, and Seth

Grandma and PawPaw with the grandkids

My sisters and I...Amy, Allison, me, and Lindsey

Seth is 1 !!!!

2011-12-11T20:13:00.000-08:00

We have a 1 year old in the house!!! Seth turned 1 on December 2nd. I can't believe it has already been a year. His first year was awesome...he is such a blessing. His sweet natured laid back personality made the transition from 1 to two kids much easier and we can't imagine our family without him! He is all boy and so much fun! We love you Seth!

We started his birthday with our tradition of bringing in a birthday balloon and singing to him in the morning. We had to wake him up before Nate left for school, but he didn't seem to mind!

On his birthday, we went and played at the museum and gave him a birthday cookie!

A couple days later we had his birthday party with family. We had it at the Muncie Children's Museum, which was so much fun! It was sport themed, since he LOVES balls.

"Picture Pennants" of old and new pics!

My mom made "Seth is 1" cookies!

Playing with Papa Jack at the museum. He loves to carry things around in his hands.

Grandma Ringger and Seth

Pawpaw and Grandma Ringger at the party

Maggie and Seth

My sister Amy made this awesome football cake! Thanks Amy!

Family pic with the birthday boy!

Usually Seth devours any food put in front of him, so we were suprised when he sat and looked at the cake for awhile. I think he was stunned with all the people looking at him. He eventually got messy :)

Opening gifts...thanks to all our family who came and for the wonderful gifts!

Kid Updates

2011-11-20T19:33:00.000-08:00

I'm going to recap the last month or so since I am behind. I print the blog so there is A LOT of writing below for our memories. Enjoy the pics:)

watching football with Daddy

Seth climbed into the toy box

This kid loves to eat. He is super messy...I dread cleaning him up

As soon as he hears the dishwasher open, he makes a mad dash to get in it!

Starting a new fashion statement. This is how I found him in the morning

Hannah was hiding from Seth

Playing dolls together. Hannah was dressing them, Seth was trying to eat them.

Hannah has been eating a lot of apples this fall

Seth loves the bath, but he is always wanting to stand up in it!

Seth and Maya 10 months

Both our kids love their blankies right up by their faces

I love her expression here. She is really into cleaning with this spray bottle

Seth loves his bottle. Not too much longer until we put those away...sad.

Turkey craft!

Seth snuck off and I predicted he was up to no good. When I came into his room, he was sitting here so sweetly reading his books. It made me so proud.

Seth and Hannah have really been enjoying each other lately. It is cute to see them play with each other. Sometimes it makes me nervous because they try to wrestle, but Seth holds his own! A lot of times Hannah will be talking away and I'll respond to her and she'll say, "No, I'm talking to Seth." :)

Seth during his 10th month...
- waving all the time
- will do "SO BIG" when prompted
- when he gets excited he waves his arms up and down
- bangs on things
-stood for 10-15 secs on own
- taking 8-10 steps
- gives kisses to himself in the mirror
- put his hands together when we say "let's pray"
- swallowed a button battery!!!! I set a timer down on the table and came back and the back was missing and the battery was no where to be found! After a trip to the emergency room, xray to confirm it was in there, and 3 poopy diapers to dig through, it made its way out! No harm done, just a good story, ha!

at 11 to 11.5 months...
- blowing kisses
- gives kisses and makes a little pucker noise when you say "Give me a Kiss!"
- hits himself in the head when you ask where his head is
- loves pumpkin bread
- WALKING!! He is walking everywhere, turning in circles, and loves to carry things around with him
- wants Hannah's toys...they are both learning to share!
- lots of baby chatter and squeals

Hannah 2.5

- Potty Trained!!! She is still wearing pull-ups at night and during naps, but she almost always wakes up dry so I'm hoping to get rid of those soon. Thankfully she got the hang of it quickly and likes keeping her princess panties dry! When she puts them on, she tells the princess " I'm going to keep you dry princess"!
- She knows the difference between girl/boy and boy/man
- When pronouncing words with l's and y's, they come out as the "h" sound
- She speaks in full sentences most of the time
- likes to use words like beautiful, awesome, perfect, hooray
- She likes to pretend like her baby dolls are "dirty/stinky" and changes their diapers. She also puts them to sleep. This includes turning out the lights, laying them on a blanket, turning on the fan and the music, singing twinkle twinkle to them, and NOT going into the room because "Baby D is sleeping!"
- In the morning when she wakes up, she usually says " I had a BIG nap!"
- When coloring, she is trying to stay more in the lines, coloring specific things like just the shoes or face
- Instead of saying "mine", she says "mice". I wonder how long she will be saying "That's mice". I'm not stopping her, ha!
- She loves to ask and answer "What's your best? (aka what do you like best or your favorite).
- She likes to point out who her friends are. For example, "Papa Jack is my friend", or "Daddy is my friend", or "Pee is my friend"! :)
- She is still telling me happy birthday at times, and it was in September. I think she loved my reaction to her so she keeps doing it. She does know that her birthday is in the month of April.
- She changes her socks at least a few times a day
- If you ask her to do something and she doesn't want to, she will say "No, I'm busy"
- She likes to shop :)
- She can finally jump off the ground!

Garden Themed Halloween

2011-11-12T18:14:00.000-08:00

Seth and Hannah were our little pumpkin and pretty flower this year for Halloween!

Our local library has "trick or treat" stations on Halloween, so we went there before we headed around the neighborhood. We got the kids picture taken with the Halloween backdrop and Hannah made a "mummy sucker" while we were there.

Hannah liked going up to the houses to get her candy, but most of the time she wanted Nate or I to come along. Towards the end of our time, she was starting to get brave and do it herself, but then she spotted a man in a full body gorilla costume. She is usually terrified of full body costumed characters,wants to be held and can't think about anything else. As in the past, once she saw that gorilla, all she wanted to do was GO HOME! She didn't care about the candy anymore ...

Until we made it to our house.! Below is right before we went inside to dig into the candy!

Seth's version of eating candy...he is satisfied with the wrapper. Hannah loved the chocolate :)

Fall Fun

2011-10-31T18:43:00.000-07:00

We have been enjoying the fall weather with fun seasonal activities! We have been to 2 pumpkin farms and an apple orchard! The kids have had a great time.

At the Apple Orchard with Grandma Ringger, Aunts, and Cousins...

Hannah, Seth, Jed, and Josiah

Auntie and Hannah

Picking apples!

Hannah loved pulling this wagon!

At the 1st Pumpkin Patch with Grandma, Aunts, and Cousins (again!) :)

Mommy with her babies!

Hannah helping Seth walk

Seth...

Hannah...

Grandma Ringger, Seth, and Hannah

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smelling the pumpkins

At the Pumpkin Farm near our home. We go there every year to get our pumpkins :)

Hannah's 2.5 years and Seth's 9 month Pics

2011-10-18T12:14:00.000-07:00

We had the kids pictures taken a few weeks ago. We were happy with how they turned out! Enjoy :)

Seth's Baby Dedication

2011-10-10T07:48:00.000-07:00

We had Seth dedicated at church a few Sunday's ago. Most of our family was there to support us and praise God for our little man. I was just reading in the Bible about how Hannah truly gave her baby Samuel back to the Lord, letting him live away from her in the temple to be in God's presence every day! My prayer is that we raise our kids to desire to love the Lord with all their heart and create a home that they experience his presence daily too! Seth is such a special gift from God. Can't imagine our family without him. We love you Seth!

Seth with Uncle Ryan

Seth playing with PawPaw Rigger

Our family with both sets of grandparents.

New Stuff

2011-09-29T13:41:00.000-07:00

Seth is almost 10 months old, and just like the past couple of months, he keeps becoming more and more active :) He is very sweet natured and almost always on the move! Some things about out little dude...

-He is not cautious in the least bit. He finds his way around, down, or up things in his way and is starting to let us know he is not happy! He likes to give high fives, makings a rolling tongue noise, picks up and throw balls, loves to wrestle with Nate, climbs up onto the dishwasher when it is open and goes up/down stairs, he is mostly eating all table food now, likes to cruise around with something in his mouth, likes to stand on his knees, can stand 5-10 seconds on his own and will sometimes attempt to take a step, loves to walk with a push toy or holding your hands, doesn't mind having water dumped on his head in the bath, crawls up your leg when he wants to be held, diaper changes are very difficult, does not like the process of putting clothes on, good sleeper, has 4 teeth and 2 on their way in, and just goes with the flow. Love him so much!

A few things about our Hannah... She LOVES birthdays! She is starting to really like princesses and asks to watch videos of them on the touch everyday! The other night I was going to be gone and whenever I would ask her what she wanted to do with Nate that night, she kept saying "watch princesses" (and they did ! )! She likes to eat her "vi-vi" aka vitamin, she loves popcorn and pink lemonade, and gets excited about macaroni and cheese! She loves piggy back rides, she always ask to read "Zacchaeus" and "Paul and Silas" in her bible, she also asks for the Zacchaeus song often, she finds H's everywhere and says "H for Hannah", she can recognize her name in writing, sometimes when you call her sweetie or something like that she will say, "No, I'm Hannah Clark", according to Hannah her blankie is named Bobby Clark, she prays for different people all the time including Baby Bop and Barney, she loves to go through my makeup, she is really into putting on her own shoes and socks, she likes to cheer at Nate's football games (and put a pink colander on her head as a helmet), she tries to sit on the potty with little success, we are working on the whiny side of her, but she is sweet sweet sweet!

after Nate's football game, she kept saying this was her helmet

A few more pictures...Enjoy :)

State Fair

2011-09-15T12:50:00.000-07:00

At the circus show! Hannah still talks about the elephants, goats hopping on the guy's back, the clown with red nose and blue hair, and the princess!

Checking out all the animals in the barn

Handsome little guy

Eating our fair food!

Looking at the fish in the DNR Pavilion

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Feeding the goats! Hannah was excited to see them but didn't wan to get to close. Seth stuck his hand out right away to feed them!

Back in August, we spent a day at the Indiana State Fair! The kids loved all the animals and things to look at. Nate and I especially liked the fair food :) It was a fun family day!

Lake with the Ringgers AND Clarks

2011-09-09T13:24:00.000-07:00

The other weekend we were able to spend a day at the lake with both sets of grandparents! Hannah and Seth of course LOVED every minute of it, and so did we. Here are some pictures to recap the lake experience!

Looking at stars with Papa Jack

Bedtime story with Maggie (Grandma) and Papa Jack

Getting ready to go on the boat!

Hannah, CJ, and Naomi (good family friends)

Seth on the boat with Maggie (He fell asleep during the ride!)

Hannah and Grandma...Hannah always says " I want to go fast!"

Seth swimming in the pool!

Hannah and Maggie

Grandma swimming with Seth

The whole gang...Papa Jack, Maggie, Seth, Naomi, PawPaw, Grandma, CJ, Nate, Erica, Hannah

Kids with both Grandparents!

The Last Couple of Months...

2011-09-01T13:50:00.000-07:00

The kids have been growing up so fast! Here are some new things about our toddler and baby!

Hannah: She is 2 yrs 4 months (but if you ask her, she is 2 1/2. Daddy taught her that a little early :). She is very friendly, but sometimes it takes her a little while to warm up. She always has way more fun in a small group of kids, unless she is with her cousins and then she is totally herself! She likes to help me cook in the kitchen. When at the park, she finally goes up the stairs and down the slide by herself without me watching. She is still not able to jump off the ground, ha, but she does like to try to jump, LOVES to run with her little arms swinging, and really dances when we are at library story time! She still spends most of her play time reading books, pretending to talk on the phone, or talking to her baby dolls and taking care of them. If she catches me watching her when she is in her "own world", she usually asks me to "talk to Daddy", or "play with Seth", or something like that. It is funny. Her most used phrases..."Little bit", "I'll be back", "umm, sure", "I want to go fast", " a question and then "ok?" , "Come in", when she wants us to come to her room, "Help you", "Hold you", and " Hannah's turn"! Lastly, I have been letting her give Seth his bottle or push him in the stroller once in awhile. This makes her SO happy! She is such a sweetie!

Seth: He is going to be 9 months old tomorrow. I remember this bittersweet feeling when Hannah got to be about this age. I love all the things he is doing and how is personality is coming out, but then I get sad because he doesn't seem like a baby anymore! Time really just goes to fast and is so precious with our little guy. The first few months of Seth's life, I couldn't tell much of a difference between him and Hannah. That definitely changed! He is all boy, really strong and very active :) He is into exploring everything, crawling, climbing, cruising, walking with a push toy! He is very sweet natured, will cuddle with me, and is a VERY happy baby. He giggles at peek-a-boo, when Hannah roars at him, and when he is ticked! In the last few weeks, he has started a new grunting noise, learned to clap, loves to eat finger foods, likes to stand at the window, discovered that Hannah has JUICE in her sippy cup which tastes a lot better than water :), loves to lift toys and his arms in the air, will reach out to be held, learned how to stand in the bathtub (not a good thing! ), 2 new top teeth (totaling 4), and will sit and let me read a couple books to him in the morning before he is on the move. We love him so much!

Ok, and now some pics!

We tried to sleep in a tent...when Hannah was still up at 11:30 we decided the tent can be for play, not sleep.

Hannah and Great Grandma Witzig

Visiting Great Grandma and Grandpa Witzig in Illinois

Seth and Maya at 8 months

I love this picture! Seth 8 months

Vacation and Colt's Camp!

2011-08-26T12:49:00.000-07:00

These pics are from this summer, but I wanted to make sure they made it on the blog! We took advantage of Nate's family owning a lake cottage and went there for our little family vacation this year! It was so relaxing and the kids really love it there. It was a very hot week with no air conditioning, but we still had fun :) Hannah asks to go back to the lake often! We also went to the Colt's training camp with my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew Josiah! It was a lot of fun...GO COLTS!

Maggie and Papa Jack came up to spend time with us at the lake!

New sunglasses! Hannah loves hers, Seth won't keep them on :)

Mornings are beautiful at the lake!

Hannah driving the boat!

Seth and Mommy on the boat ride

His army crawl at 7 months

Hannah puts on her hands on her hips all the time!

Happy Seth

Hannah was taking care of her princess!


They really do love each other. It makes me so happy to see them together.

COLT'S CAMP!!!

He was sleepy and sporting his Super Bowl Champs bib!

Hannah likes to say "Go Team Go!

My sister Allison, brother in law Paul, and sweet nephew Josiah!

Hannah seemed a little nervous but let this player hold her (not sure his name)!


Next we wanted her to let Gary Bracket hold her...she was terrified!

We had a great time (other than the crying! ) Have a good week!

Fun at the Zoo

2011-08-17T19:07:00.000-07:00

Hannah has been asking to go to the zoo all summer. She loves animals and loves watching Barney at the Zoo! I think Seth liked it too! He is such a good baby, just takes it all in and never makes a fuss! We went with some family and had a great time! Hannah can recall so many specific things from the zoo. Her memory is very good! Her favorite stories she tells are about feeding the giraffe, the sharks and dolphins dancing, her cousin Emery racing the cheetah, and the mommy daddy tigers! Hannah just won passes to the zoo from the library, so looks like we will get to go again soon!! Yay!

Cousins, Friends, and Aunts!

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Hannah and Grandma feeding the giraffe. Hannah kept saying "No, no, no, Grandma's turn!" She didn't like the long tongue!

Petting the sharks! The sharks would come up and look like the were "dancing"! Hannah talks about it all the time!

I LOVE her face in this picture. She is running away from the aquarium, terrified of the seal!

Grandma and Hannah looking at the penguins

We really liked the meerkats!

Aunt Amy helping Jed and Hannah see the snakes!


Seth and Jed having fun!

Vacationing with Family

2011-08-02T12:54:00.000-07:00

Way back at the end of June and over the 4th of July, we had two different vacations with both sides of the family. At the end of June, we went on our annual "Glamping" trip with my side of the family. We went to Brown County, IN where we stayed in a large cabin with air conditioning and showers but also did camping type things like hiking and campfire cooking! Over the 4th of July, we went up to the Clark's lake cottage and spent time with family! Both trips were great fun! Below are tons of pictures from the two trips...

RINGGER GLAMPING TRIP 2011

All the family

PawPaw and Grandma watched the kids while we all went out to eat!

Jed and Hannah playing the butterfly game

Hannah was definitely GLAMPING, not camping! Thanks Auntie for the cute outfit!

Aunt Amy braided Hannah's hair!

Hannah LOVES to run!

First time roasting a marshmallow!

Little wiggly baby!

Jed and Hannah with their suckers and their bug boxes! Hannah named her bug "Muck"!

4TH OF JULY WITH THE CLARKS 2011

Precious

Making fruit pizza with Maggie

Cousin Elena and Hannah

Hannah, Emery, and Elena playing with Maggie's jewelry!

Tea Party

Fun with cousins : Lilly, Josiah, Hannah

A Catch Up of Pictures

2011-07-24T19:16:00.000-07:00

Wow, life gets busy in the summer! I can't believe I haven't posted in about a month. We have been having so much fun vacationing, playing, swimming, hanging out as a family! Our kids are the best! With Hannah being 2 and Seth 7 months, they are at such a fun age!

Hannah asks to watch "Barney Zoo" every day! I think these are sweet pics of her laying on the couch, especially cuddling with Maya!

Little Seth is growing up so fast!! This guy is doing all kinds of things, which is so much fun. He is army crawling EVERYWHERE, fast! He started a few weeks ago and has gotten so good at it. He follows us from room to room and gets into all kinds of stuff. He also rocks on all fours a lot, but hasn't figured out how to move without his belly on the ground. He also LOVES eating food, including puffs and cheerios!

Above: Seth after Daddy fed him- wow! Below: his first taste of peas...not a fan but likes them now!

Above: playing in our new sandbox Below: Hannah reading to the puppies at the library!

Clark get together!

Seth: loves his toes, but most of all loves PAPER!! I have found so much paper in this little guy's mouth! I am cleaning things out of his mouth often! He also says baba, mama sometimes and really is such a content happy baby!!

Hannah moved into a big girl bed!!! She looks so adorable in it! Maya sleeps in her room now, and she likes that. Hannah tried to escape her room a few times, but now that a safety door handle is on the door knob and she knows what we expect of her in the morning, she has been calling for us from her little bed wonderfully!

Below: Seth figured out how to pull himself up!! He loves to stand! He is such a strong boy!

Father's Day 2011! Nate really is a fantastic Dad! I am so thankful for him! He is loving, selfless, fun, wise, hard worker...awesome.

Finally, a couple of cute pics of Seth!


Seth 6 month pic with Maya

Comparing Pictures

2011-06-28T19:59:00.000-07:00

6 months

Here comes a lot of pictures of Seth and Hannah...first few are of him at 6 months and her at 2 years! The ones at the bottom are comparisons of both of their adorable little faces!

6 months old

Hannah 2 years


Hannah's funny face - 2 years old

Hannah 2 years old

Hannah's 2 year pic with Maya

Funny add-ons to our cuties!

Ok, comparison pics...do you think they look alike?

Above, Seth at 6 months. Below, Hannah at 6 months

Above, Hannah at 3 months. Below, Seth at 3 months.

Above, Hannah at 1 month. Below, Seth at 1 month.

Visiting Family

2011-06-19T18:44:00.000-07:00

Me, Hannah, Josiah, Allison, Grandma Witzig, Seth, Mom, Jed, and Amy

Over the last month or so, we have spent a lot of time with our extended families. We went with my mom, two sisters, and nephews to Illinois to visit our grandparents. It was a great "girls" trip and was a lot of fun spending some time with family that we don't get to see very often.

4 generation picture with my Mom and Grandma Witzig

Jed playing with Seth....

The whole gang with Grandma and Grandpa Witzig

All the kids looking cute in their orange! We didn't plan this!

Hannah's new funny "cheese" face!

Playing "hide and seek" at Great Grandma and Grandpa Ringger's house

Seth with Great Grandpa and Grandma Ringger

We also have spent time with the Clarks! We had everyone together the other day at our house and also were together up at the lake cottage...always so much fun!

Our most recent family picture!

Hannah and Elena reading books with Papa Jack!

Seth and Gee

Cousin Emery holding Baby Seth!

Boat rides at the lake! Hannah loved going fast on the boat!

Hannah and Elena fell asleep on one of the boat rides. Papa Jack and Maggie held them as they slept!


Auntie rocked Seth to sleep

Cute Things They Say and Do

2011-06-07T20:53:00.000-07:00

As always, we are having the best time living life with our kids. Below are many pictures and updates on the cute things they are doing/saying/liking these days.

They really like each other! :)

Hannah loves to sit in this chair in her room and read books. She spends a good portion of her day doing just that. She really likes when Seth sits next to her while she reads to him and he plays with toys!

Except when he tries to eat her book or grab her hair! He is grabbing EVERYTHING and putting it in his mouth. I love the look she is giving him in the picture below!

Seth is 6 months old now so this is being posted really late, but below is his 5 month pic with Maya. He still doesn't really seem to notice her much.

5 month pic with Maya

Rollerblading with Daddy...

Hannah likes smelling flowers. This picture really reminds me of what Nate looked like when he was this age.

Reading...I love how she found a spot on the bookcase by the window

Maya is being a good listener

Hannah makes a new craft every week at the library storytime. I always hang it up and she is SO PROUD! She will walk by it and say "I MADE"! Whatever she makes or colors is usually for one of her Grandparents according to her!

I think he has enough toys...thanks Hannah

Hannah LOVES pretending to drive in the cars. Throughout the day she will say "Daddy Home Drive Prius!" One time we told her no when she asked to "drive prius." She replied with " drive cr-v!" Smart one!

A few weeks ago we had a couple of bumblebees out on our deck by the watertable and Hannah was terrified of them. We are still trying to convince Hannah to play out on the deck now!

Hannah likes to look at herself in the mirror after I get her dressed in the morning. Same thing everytime...hands on her hips, a big smile, and a few turns of the head to check herself out!

Playing outside in her shades and on the swing. She always asks for "underdogs!"

Seth...

He is our happy baby! People always comment on how much he smiles and how content he is! He is beginning to move a lot too! He rolled over from back to front a few weeks ago and now is rolling all over the place and finding ways to get what he wants! He has also been sitting up for a few weeks now. He also locks his little legs when he wants to stand. He is our strong boy!

He found his toes and loves to play/suck on them!

We started him on food this week. He seems to like it pretty well so far. I think his favorite part is grabbing the spoon and sucking on it! His first food was actually dog food that Hannah fed him! I found out he ate it after he threw it up in the car! I'm sure she meant well, ha!

Seth's first time in the pool. He looks so adorable in his little swim trunks!

A few more things...

Hannah-
-Common sayings: "ready, set, go", "Hannah's Turn", "Ouchies all gone", "mailman coming", "Soon, 2 minutes", "Coming soon", "Be back", "I run fast", "Abracabra-Magic" (as she waves her wand and brings a toy out from behind her back), "Mommy/Daddy what you doin Mommy/Daddy?", "What noise?", "Good Morning Baby Dude (Seth)"
-Stands with her hands on her hips a lot
- Wants people to chase her and likes hide and go seek
-Loves getting her toenails painted
-While running in circles or back and forth and her arms swinging back and forth she says " I exercise"
- Likes to march and sing "Lords Army"
-Her church terms: Little Church (nursery) and Big Church (where we have the service)
-She likes to use the word "big
- Maggie (Grandma Clark) broke her foot and Hannah is very concerned about it. She often prays for "Gee's foot" and then follows it up by saying "Jack help you", meaning Papa Jack will help her. So sweet.
- loves peanut butter sandwiches

Seth-
-loves to grab faces
-favorite toy is his plush car and his green frog rattle
- favorite book is Funny Feet (he likes to chew the feet on the book )
-He has been sleeping about 9-10 hours a night and takes 3 naps a day.
-likes to nap in the baby swing
-He weighed 15.5 lbs at his 6 month appointment
-No teeth yet but slobbering like crazy!
-Sweetest giggle and smile

Being a Mom

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I love being a mom! For me, motherhood is my greatest privilege and responsibility, and brings me the most joy! Being a mom makes me appreciate Nate and I's moms as well. We have wonderful examples of what a mom should be. They absolutely love on Hannah and Seth as well, which is a major blessing. Below are pictures from "Mother's Day"... it was a special day.

Hannah brought me gifts in bed!

Hannah carrying in one of my gifts...new pillows!

We went to Minnetrista (cultural center in Muncie). The exhibits were not cool, but Hannah had fun running around!

Seth was happy like usual!

Minnetrista has beautiful flower gardens. I love taking pictures of the kids, so it made me very happy to get some great pictures!

Hannah's 2nd Birthday

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We had such a fantastic time celebrating Hannah's 2nd birthday! She LOVED every minute of it. We are so thankful for another great year with our little girl. She continues to spread joy with her sweet spirit and fun loving personality! Her middle name fits her perfectly! We have so many people make nice comments to us about Hannah..like how "funny" , "sweet", "well-behaved" or "a neat kid" she is. They come from those who meet her in the nursery to those who know her well. We feel so blessed and proud to have her as our daughter!

Hannah on the morning of her birthday! We greeted her with a birthday balloon!

Eating her "Birthday Brownie" on her actual birthday

On Hannah's actual birthday, we celebrated by going to the Muncie Children's Museum and opening up gifts at home! We had a great day!

Birthday hug from Seth!

We had Hannah's birthday party with family the following weekend. The theme was "Puppies"...one of Hannah's favorite things! She was so excited for her "puppy party"!

Puppy placemat, dog bone cookies, puppy cups filled with popcorn as favors, puppy stuffed animals, & a puppy bowl filled with candy!

My mom made dog bone cookies!

My sister Amy made this AWESOME Puppy cake! It was perfect!

Family photo with the birthday girl

Hannah LOVED singing Happy Birthday! She has been singing it the past couple of weeks, but in her version she says "Happy CAKE to you" over and over. When we were finished singing to her, she said "Happy Cake again!"

Cousin Emery helped her blow out the candles!

Hannah with Grandma Ringger and Maggie/Gee (Grandma Clark)

With both sets of Grandparents. They are Hannah's favorite people! She talks about them every day.

Playing with Papa Jack in her new water table

And with PawPaw Ringger (notice the awesome cape my sis-in-law Kristin made for Hannah)

All of Hannah's cousins from both sides were here to celebrate (8 kids under the age of 3.5)! She loves playing with them!

It was a great birthday! Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate with us and for all the wonderful gifts!