Time flies!

I can't believe how fast Amy's first year went. She is pretty much walking now. She still crawls a little if it's easier to get where she's going, but she's walking most of the time. She can even walk while holding a large item in her hands...which I think is just adorable! She can also get into a standing position now without using a piece of furniture to pull up with. She just puts her hands down on the floor and pushes herself up. She has 6 teeth and her hair is starting to get curly at the ends. It's actually looking a bit like a mullet right now, but I don't want to start cutting it yet. I think I'll let it get longer first and then tame it from there. She's just the cutest little thing! We love her to bits! She says "Hi!" when you walk into the room and says "Hello?" if the phone rings (or even if you're just holding the phone, for that matter). She says bye bye, night night, mama, dada, brother, baby, puppy (and will make a barking sound if you ask her what a puppy says). We think she's the smartest baby alive!! Ha ha...of course we do.

Jake is student of the month at school. He was a very good listener at school the last few weeks. We are so proud of him. I'm amazed at how fast the school year has gone. Jake did really well on his second term report card and his teacher says he's doing great! I can't believe that in two months, Kindergarten will be over forever! (sniff sniff). He loves to play outside and can't wait to go knock on the neighbors' doors to see who can play. We've had to limit this a little as I think he was forgetting he has his own home. I guess everyone else just has cooler stuff than us!

The backyard pond is now just a big disgusting hole. The previous owner came and removed all the water and equipment for us. We have a guy coming with an excavator next week to fill in the hole and level the yard out. We'll have to let it settle and then we'll plant some grass. I want to get a swing set out there for the kids and just make it more kid friendly. Hopefully Jake will want to play at home more often. I'm still not giving in on the video game issue. I don't think a 5/6 year old needs to sit and play video games. He has one racing game for his Wii and the sports games that came with it, but he's only allowed to play once in a while and for no more than an hour. I just think he can find better things to do! Now if we could just get Daddy off the couch a little more often...we'd be good. I must admit though, I do enjoy my tv time...but there's a big world out there beyond the couch!

Jake has stopped going to TaeKwonDo. It was too expensive and he wasn't really excited to go anymore. He liked it, but not enough to make it worth $110/month. We'll start swimming soon and play outside this summer a lot and see what he wants to try in the fall.

Time for bed...5am comes early and I have a bad headache that only sleep can cure...:)