Happy Easter!

We hope all our friends and family had a blessed Easter! He is risen!

We enjoyed a beautiful church service, then had a delicious lunch with Brent, Melissa, and David. We're going to miss them next year, as we often get together for Easter from year to year. Jenna and David enjoyed playing outside (at least when David wasn't spinning Jenna around in the swing and when Jenna wasn't taking David's toys). My quest for matching easter outfits was successful, but we failed to capture it on the camera, so maybe I won't obsess about it so much next year (well, I probably will anyway). By the time I was able to take a picture Kaela was napping and then Jenna changed into her play clothes. Oh well.

Kaela is still giving us fits at night. It is so crazy how much like Jenna she is. It is like the same baby all over again. At least we know (or hope) she'll start sleeping at around 9 months like Jenna did. She is really becoming vocal now and letting her opinion be heard. We love her so much and she gives us joy despite the insomnia. She is trying really hard to sit up but she doesn't quite have the muscles for it and is way too wiggly!

Jenna's new thing is that she wants to help me cook and do dishes. At first I kind of didn't want her to help because I didn't think she could actually help me. And, of course, me being the engineer I didn't think I could get things done very efficiently with a 2-year-old helping. But, I gave her a chance and she actually is a pretty good helper. She gets so proud of herself when she helps me, too.

financial peace lesson

So we've been doing the Dave Ramsey financial peace study, and wanted to teach Jenna a little about what we've been learning. Its really just common sense. Make a budget, pay off debt, and save up for things you want to buy. Today we were at the hardware store and saw this bike on sale for $18, I thought it was a really good buy and almost just bought it on impulse for Jenna because it was just her size. I decided instead to teach her about what she can do with all those coins she finds or we give her and puts in her piggy bank. We went home and counted her coins and found that she had more than enough, so we went back to the store and she traded her coins for the bike. She was so proud! And she loves her new bike!

Dance-off entry

Ok, Rebecca, here is our dance-off entry. I saw your entry for Jake on your blog, so I had to post this one. Jenna felt the need to groove to this super bowl commercial and with the magic of DVR we were able to play it over and over. Sorry its sideways, I haven't figured out how to turn the video I record from my camera yet.

Then again, maybe not...

Kaela is back on her sleeping at night strike, that week of rest was nice while it lasted.... I guess she'll sleep well again someday..

Meanwhile she is still developing normally despite the night awakenings, this last week she has decided to roll over (we tried to get it on video, but she was camera shy, I think). The first time she rolled over from back to front, then immediately proceeded to roll right back over to her back! She is really enjoying her jumping toys lately, too. She likes the freedom of moving around.

Jenna is really growing, too. She has had another growth spurt and is getting taller. Her new favorite thing to do is put together jigsaw puzzles (small, 10-20 piece puzzles). I was really impressed that she was able to do them with minimal help. I think she learned how to do them at church when I go to my thursday morning ladies bible study. There is childcare and she enjoys going to her "play group" every thursday. It is always surprising when she suddenly does things that she learned somewhere else and I'm like "when did she learn how to do that?". She really catches onto things quickly these days.

I've been working hard lately organizing a nursery program for toddlers at our church, called "Toddler Time". We currently just have children's church for ages 2-6 and it gets kind of difficult to have 2-year-olds and 6-year-olds together. So, I'm hoping we can have something fun for the little ones and also give parents a break, too (us included!).