A Little Sunshine to Brighten Your Day

Nothing new to report, just some random pics of the wee-ones. The weather has been nice and warm lately and supposed to be even nicer this coming week as we host the Davis'. Kole is already asking if Papa Snoop will take him on the train ride at the mall and they aren't even here yet :) Enjoy the pics :)

Sydney playing with some napkins before bed


Kole insists on wearing his crown when he eats his "cupcakes" (aka: healthy homemade muffins with whole wheat flour and carrots as the main ingredients)



O.M.G. Kole is actually eating a vegetable voluntarily! Its BROCCOLI!!!


Goofin' around

Tired of jumping and needed to take a break

Kole and Sydney sharing a book

Sydney doing some sitting on her own

more sitting (and loving the hand-me-down fishbowl!)


Playing with an envelope before bed one night. yes, she does have REAL toys too...


Kole dancing Flamenco. He's watching Buzz Lightyear do this dance on his Toy Story 3 movie

So Random

So these are some pics that are pretty random; most found on our phones and missed during my previous posts. Oh, plus a few of Sydney and her new "trick" :)

Seth caught a big one today--a Black Drum

My future's so bright, I gotta wear shades

Oh, hello my new favorite book!

Hmmm..

Oh wow! Now that I'm sitting I can finally see what's in this fishbowl!

How can that be comfortable?

Sydney looks so cute in her leggings mommy made, just what she needed!

Birthday hat and cupcake during the birthday "do-over" for Seth

Of course, Buttercup had a party hat of her own too

At the beach

Kole and his dad doing some fishing

At the zoo. Kole just fed that giraffe.

Emma and Kole, probably watching Toy Story 3 together (before the sickness hit of course)

Kole doing some fishing

Seth called this a "skate"

Good fishing

I think this fish is called a Pampano (?)

Middle of January

Can you believe it? I'm posting within such a short period of time from my previous post! Now....this is a good start but don't get too excited, it might not last. A few pictures to share with you below. Updates:


Kole continues to be obsessed with trains. Day and night. We opened up the Geotraxset we bought him for Christmas last week. We weren't going to because Kole was content with his wooden tracks and Thomas trains. We couldn't take it, we had to open it! Well, I'm happy to report he loves BOTH train sets!!!He plays with both of the seperately and also together. The Geotrax set is pretty cool since the train is controlled by none other than Kole the Conductor by remote. he thinks he is pretty cool, that's for sure. Kole met a friends at the mall play area last week. He and his new friend Jacob are equally rambunctious and are around the same age. Jacob's mom is very nice too and we made a play date for the kids to wild at a play center. Wouldn't you know....Kole got sick with a cold (damn mall play area) and we cancelled. Jacob's mom did give me the name and email address of a woman int eh area who is a leader fo ra MOPS group. I contacted her and am joining her "new" group that starts in February. I am totally excited! I am actually finding a little more time at night to do my own things lately. Sydney has been going to bed (albeit in her swing to start) MUCH earlier than she used to so I'm finding myself puttering around at night being totally unproductive. I've decided to take on a major project (productive) for the kids but am not quite ready to give any information out yet, but I'll be working on it at night when the house is quiet and I have my own time :) Stay tuned :)


Sydney got a new toy today---a pink jumperoo. We have one in GR that she LOVED while we were there so I thought I'd check the kids' consignment store or craigslist to see if I could find one less expensive than the one we bought for Kole that is currently collecting dust in our basement in GR. I found a cute pink one for Buttercup on craigslist for $25!! I also found a kitchen table booster seat for Kole in the same area so Seth picked up both of them on his way home from work. Sydney loves the jumperoo, even more after I adjusted the height on it so she could actually jump in it.


The weather here has been awesome the past week or so but is going to turn cold the next few days---only in the 50s! Good thing I packed long sleeved shirts this time around :) Well, that's all to report for now, enjoy the photos!


Okay this is old, but not sure if most of you have seen it. This was the first shot taken of them and they are both LOOKING and SMILING! The kicker: Sydney just came from her 6 month shots! They both look like rag-a-muffins (Kole's messy hair and Thomas t-shirt to Sydney's bare feet) but that's why I love it! It was totally spontaneous!


Watching a movie--Toy Story 3 of course





Oh....Buttercup....

Sydney's new Jumperoo

Geotrax train set

Watching a movie together

In the play "room" at the yucky Merritt Island mall

Photos from the last month (or so...)

Finally, some photos of the kids and a little ditty from me. We had a busy month or so starting with a visit from Mary Rose at the end of November. We made a trip to the zoo, the mall to ride the train, and a trip to the pediatrician for some pinkeye. We also took a zillion photos of the family trying to get a good shot for our Christmas card. I think we found a winner and that photo found its way into many mailboxes this year. Shortly after our visit with Mary Rose we took a trip to Michigan for the holidays. We arrived on the 10th and were busy until we left on the 28th. We went to the GFS annual meeting in GR where Seth won a Gold Club award as well as a product award. We stayed at our house on Fuller since it has not yet sold. Seth left us on Sunday the 12th to return home to Florida and the kids and I stayed. We had an overnight visit from Carey and we took a trip to the cabin for a few days. We celebrated Christmas with Rachel and Matt and Dad and Deb and then a trip to Bay City for the start of the Christmas holiday. It was cut a bit short from the get-go with me turning around about 45 mins into the trip to clean our house spotless for a showing that night. We arrived in Bay City much later than anticipated, but we did arrive safely. We had a nice time seeing Jay, Keri, Emma, and our new neice Anna. Kole played really well with Emma, Keri and I stayed up late one night catching up, and Seth flew into Flint on Wednesday. Kole unexpectedly came down with a bug that kept him and Seth up all night and forced them to sleep in the bathroom, if you catch my drift. We were suprised to find out that Mary Rose was also ill and Carey woke up feeling under the weather as well. The Texas extention of the Davis clan quickly packed up and headed out so they could escape the germs. We ended up cancelling our family photo that was planned for so long with the photographer. The Florida extention of the Davis clan packed up their (clean) things and left to return to GR so Kole could mend and the three of us could escape the germs as well. Poor Kole was still pretty sick so we rented a boat load of movies and stayed inside for the next 24 hours. Unfortunately, Seth started not feeling well so Sydney and I decided to leave and attend the Rosloniec Christmas gathering at Aunt Rose's house. We had fun catching up with everyone and Buttercup got a chance to meet her cousin Paul who came in to GR from Santa Monica, CA. We left as a request from Seth came in to get home quick as he was in bad shape. I spent the next two days (including Christmas) packing our things to come back to Florida and keeping Sydney away from the germs (poor thing was quarantined to her chilly bedroom for days!) Christmas came and went (we cancelled Christmas with both families) but there were signs of a little improvement from the sickies. By the time the 28th arrived, Seth was feeling better and Kole was too (although I still double diapered him, just in case). It never felt so good to arrive back home (albeit a temporary home)!!!! Seth worked for a couple of days then had some time off for the holiday and the weekend. We took a trip to the zoo NYE day and ate chinese food to ring in the new year---even though we were both sleeping by the time the ball dropped at midnight. It was the first year in many many years that I didn't spend it with my friends Tina and Matt. We have remained friends since high school and always rang in the new year together. It wasn't the same without them :( New Year's day found me a year older (barf.) and out and about in the bustling city of Melbourne :)
Kole and Sydney are doing great. Kole is OBSESSED with trains these days. He lives and breathes trains. We gave him some Thomas trains and some tracks to play with while he was sick in GR and he's been hooked ever since. I hear him in the monitor just as he's waking up and he's talking about "pay trains? okay!" Since we've returned home that's all he's done is play trains. Well, I take that back. He's played trains and watched Toy Story 3. He's also obsessed with that movie (and Buzz and Woody too). I think we watch it almost every day.
Sydney is growing like a weed (finally!) but struggling to eat solid foods. I try everyday but she can't figure out how to swallow the food that's in her mouth. She ends up gagging on it and spitting it all out. *sigh* She is doing new tricks: clapping and also lots of babbling. Kole thinks she is pretty funny the way she babbles :) She's getting stronger everyday with her sitting as well. She is at such a fun age!!!
Seth has been going fishing when he can. The weather hasn't been great but the weekend had some sun and warmer weather so that found him at the beach. He finally caught the elusive Pampano fish he's been after and he cooked it up. If you liked fish I'm sure it was tasty but I don't generally like fish. He also brought home some whiting fish but I didn't try that. He's excited to have some visitors coming this Winter so he can teach them a thing or two about surf fishing :)
Me? Same 'ol same 'ol. Just trying to keep up with everything :)
here are some pics to enjoy.... :)

We had a birthday do-over for Seth's birthday---it was on the 28th but we re-did it on Monday. Complete with birthday cupcakes and "crafty" party hats for all!

Mary Rose caught a fish!!

Bathing beauty

Kole being goofy as usual

LOVE this. Seriously though, he was laughing SO hard at Sydney b/c she's so wiggly and she thinks anything Kole does is hilarious so they were cracking up at eachother!

My Santa Babies

The best part about the photo?? Buttercup is wearing a barrette!!

Christmas morning

He likes them but is just tired...

Christmas at Matt and Rae's house

Kole was in a trance watching TS3

knock knock, mommy? It's me, Kole!

Sydney at the cabin all cozy in her fleece

Kole's FAVORITE thing this Christmas. The snowmobile with Papa Tom.

Sledding at the cabin

Poor Kole sick on the way back from Bay City. He clutched Buzz and Woody the whole way home.

Loving her brother's big books

What?

Picking shells

Fish on!

At the zoo playing veternarian with a stuffed animal

Paging Dr. Kole...Your animal needs it's medicine

Petting a turtle at the zoo

Pinkeye Kole

Just playin'

Just snoozin'

On the train at the mall with Nana

It was a Toy Story Christmas
*Listen very carefully at the beginning. He is saying "Buzz" for Buzz lightyear if you couldn't tell. He's so excited about it he's whispering as if he can't believe he really got a Buzz doll!