Yes it has been a while but I am back and I have added music!

I figured your going to have a lot to read so I better make it comfortable!

So what have we been up to? Lets see...

Christmas was a lot of fun with a few twist just to make it memorable. Lets just say I am surprised we are not banned from Iowa! The girls had so much fun opening gifts by the time we were done they had 4 different Christmases. Now that is fun!

I just loved seeing A.J. He is the cutest baby boy ever, so big compared to my dainty girls. It wont be long and he will be able to let them know who’s boss!

Deena made this very cute frame for my grandparents of Avery. Isn’t it the cutest!
While we were in Iowa it snowed 2 times. It was so pretty. We got just what we wished for, a white Christmas. Of course while we loved it they were all ready for a heat wave to melt it all. (Its still there!) There are no pictures of Tabitha in the snow because she at first thought is was very interesting until she touched it and she was sure to let us know she didnt want any of it touching her!


You would think all of the festive unwrapping activities we did Tabitha would have figured it all out but she didn’t. When we got home and were unwrapping gifts under our tree she just stuck them in her shopping cart and pushed them around. Funny girl! She finally figured it out and was very happy to see what she got under the paper!

Abby got a new hamster for Christmas. This is what she asked for. Her name is Cuddles Olivia Joshi. As I tell everyone we just can’t have normal animals, she fits in just fine.

We definitely have had our battles with colds since we came home. Tabitha has had 2 different ear infections after her tubes fell out. I see new tubes in our future. Abby is home this week with a horrible cough and fever. She is finally better and will be going back to school tomorrow.
Tabitha has been to the dr. enough times now she knows to get a sticker and a sucker with every visit. Abby decided to stick her stickers on her. I would have rather she put them on her shirt but not Abby she had to stick them on her HEAD! So Tabitha walked around for a couple of hours like that before someone (Abby) eventually took them off her.

Tabitha had a friend over to play. Her name is Olivia. Olivia is just a few months younger than Tabitha. The girls have known each other their whole lives and every time they get together its is such fun. They basically walk around holding hands and playing with each other. Such sweet girls. I am now going to be watching her once a week. This will be so much fun for Tabitha.


It came, and now that it is over he doesn’t want to talk about it. Vinod has turned 40!!!! The girls had a great time making his cake and shopping for his gifts.

The girls went to the Build a Bear Workshop to make their own bears. This is something they have wanted to do for quite some time so they were so excited when we told them we could go. They got to pick out their bears, stuff them, then pick out clothes and accessories. On them way home they decided to give Tabitha makeover. Don’t you just love it!

Maddy and Abby got their report cards. Maddy got straight A's so we took her to Krispy Kreme Donuts to get free donuts. We ate a few then took the rest home. Tabitha got a chair pushed it over to the counter, climbed onto the counter, got a donut, got off the counter and chair and came into the living room and ate the entire donut.

Abby lost her 7th tooth.


Tabitha found a nice warm hat that matched her jammies.

Tabitha is getting to be such a big girl. She can say just about anything I say. She is learning her animals both with sign and the sounds they make. She loves Elmo and her baby (thanks Jeff and Deena). She likes to push her vacuum around and pull on Haley’s tail. She says Maddy very clearly and loves to give her sisters hugs. She no longer calls Vinod mommy instead she is calling me daddy. She loves to read books and her favorite are Elmo stories. She is always wanting nack (snack) and duce (juice). I just cant believe she is 21 months old!

Maddy was in her class spelling bee again this year. She was the 4th to last one out. She missed the word torpedo. She studied so hard. She is already looking forward to next year’s spelling bee!


So there we are, up to date.

Oh and Happy New Year! (Oh and by the way we were all worn out on New Years Eve that we actually slept through midnight. Abby was so upset we had to promise not to do that again this year!)