Someone else got into the paint, too!
Love!
Monday, July 30, 2007
NOW we're up to date!
Catherine and Ian.
Harrison's new big-boy, kindergartener, spikey, haircut. He's a pretty cool little dude now!
Last weekend we geeked out and went to Drum Corps International in San Antonio. It didn't start until 8 and we were walking back to our car around 11! Alex was full of energy and walked to whole way back to the car!
T-R-O-U-B-L-E!!!!!
Finger painting fun!
Getting closer...
The highlight of the St. Louis trip for Alex was riding the little train that is run out by my parent's house. He LOVES trains and was so excited. He kept leaning down to watch the wheels on the track and Mom had to make sure he didn't fall out or get bumped when we passed trees. Before we left the station, Mom told him to hold Do-Do's hand and that's just what he did. By the way, if you detected a name change of our friendly roadkill, you're very perceptive. A while back Doh-Doh became Do-Do. We tried to continue calling him Doh-Doh, but Do-Do he became. Now it's REALLY interesting...Roadkill named "Do-Do".
Ian's looks have changed pretty drastically in the last couple of weeks. He's sporting some very large front chompers and is proud of them!
One of the few times Ian has actually been allowed to walk behind Alex's firetruck. Usually he gets pushed away with a firm, "MY car!" Alex must have been sleeping when I took this picture.
A couple of weeks ago, Kevin's cousin Karen and her family were in town on a vacation. They happened to be staying just minutes from our house! Kevin's cousin Christy and her family, who live in Austin, joined us for a mini-family reunion. This picture is of the "little" cousins, Alex, Harrison, Juliette and Joshua. Catherine and Christopher (Karen and Jim's kids) were at the grown-up table. :-) I didn't get a picture of Christopher somehow, but I'll post one of Catherine in the next post. She was great with Ian and the little guys. She kept them all in line.
Almost there...
Wacky Zachy, Anne-boy, Noodles, and Harry all piled into Lulu and Pops bed. (nicknames from Lulu and Pops (Anne's mom and dad)). Explanation...Zach is wacky, Alex is very much like I was as a little one, all Faith will eat is Noodles, and Harrison would only let Lulu call him Harry if it was "Harry Potter", but that wouldn't work because "he didn't have the right glasses".
Harrison and Faith at the butterfly house in Faust Park, St. Louis. The kids were so excited to have butterflies land on them, but Lulu was the only one lucky enough to have them.
Alex and Zach had a blast jumping on the trampoline at my cousin Laurie's house. Laurie and Todd were nice enough to host us for an evening of great food and catching up with cousins. Brian and Michi came all the way from Germany, and Steve and Nat came all the way from Virginia! It was great to see everyone, and especially to introduce Ian to the crew!
Pops needed Harrison's help chopping down this tree in their backyard. Harrison was ready for work with his Sponge Bob work gloves!
My brother Scott and I had a stroll down memory lane (as did Mom and Dad) when we headed down to our old childhood haunt of Lake Wauwanoka. Mom and Dad are selling the lots that were beside our old house (if anyone is interested let me know;-)) and we went with them to show the lots to a prospective buyer...I'm sure they'll take back-ups, though! Anyway, the kids had a lot of fun swimming in the lake at the beach and it was fun for Scott and I to show them how we used to spend our summers when we were little.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Almost up to date!
We had a nasty run of childhood diseases this summer. Alex was on the front end of Hand Foot and Mouth of disease, which we all had except for Kevin, when Alex fell asleep in Fletcher's bed. It was the most horrible thing. Alex and Harrison had it the worst and both cried and screamed for 3 days straight. We were lucky enough to get six full days of that because they had it a full week apart.
Fletcher with his Dolly his last night with us.
So big!
In St. Louis we went to Six Flags with Aunt Jenny, Faith, Zachary and Lulu and Pops. Ian and I had to sit out a ride, so I caught this cute one of him trying out Alex's sippy cup.
Alex with his "Bad Guy Guy" guns. Pops and the kids spent a Saturday morning washing cars and Alex helped a lot.
More pictures again...
A tuckered out Pappy and Alex.
Playtime in the morning.
Ian loving on Fletcher. (i.e. Pulling fur out)
Crazy baby!
Big boy pulling up and cruising!
Saturday, July 28, 2007
And More Pictures...
Alex's own attempt at putting together a look. Snowman jammies, hawaiian shirt, and R2-D2 hat...very nice.
Pops and Ian
Ian was baptised over Memorial Day weekend.
More Pictures...
First and Second Place trophies in his first karate tournament!
Messy baby!
Down by Lake Travis on Mother's Day
Happy Baby!
BIG DAY!!! Harrison lost his first tooth in May! The permanent one was already in behind it!
WAY over due update from the Witt's
I had good intentions, I really did, for keeping this blog up to date with the latest and greatest in Witt happenings. What I didn't anticipate when promising everyone weekly updates, was that I would start a part-time job, and have absolutely NO extra time! I'm going to try to make this a priority, behind the kids, husband, house, work, me, but a priority none-the-less.
So, a quick run down on what's happened in our lives for the past 4 months...
Me...as I said, I started a new job in April! I am doing freelance Educational Correlations for a company called Academic Benchmarks. Basically, I take materials (encyclopedia articles, textbooks, lesson plans, etc.) and align them to the state standards of education for the 50 states and also other countries. Now is the time to pick me for your trivial pursuit partner as I have been reading encyclopedia articles for 4 months now! I go to the highest bidder! Anyway, I work, or try to work, 20 hours a week. It doesn't happen very often that I get the full 20 in, but I get as close as I can. I'm enjoying the mental stimulation, having a little extra cash that "I" earned, and also getting back into the educational field.
Kevin...is enjoying his job at Digital Motorworks. He is really busy, but it's a good busy. The best part is that he's only about 8 minutes from home! He works with some really nice people and is enjoying the challenges. Outside of work he's busy trying to find the right balance of watering and mowing, so that the yard grows at the slowest rate without dying. Mother Nature is being quite nasty with him and has been producing rain almost everyday! She's on his bad list! For fun, or for second career, Kevin is very engrossed with Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360. He's actually quite good and if you catch him playing when he doesn't know you're watching, you'll see some especially cool "rock star" moves!
Harrison...is getting ready to start Kindergarten! I can't believe it! He's excited, but I can tell he's a little nervous about it. He's kept busy this summer with swimming (although we've had so much rain that we haven't used our pool as much), playdates with friends, karate, and driving me nuts. He loves video games which is a big surprise to you, I'm sure! He just got a haircut last week and looks like quite the big guy. He picked a picture of David Beckham and wanted "spikey" hair. That was actually second choice. First choice was a mohawk like the rock star on Guitar Hero. I told him he had to be a rock star first and guess what he now wants to be when he grows up?!?
Alex...is always playing with his choo-choos, cars, go-cars, and buses. He's very busy and keeps himself occupied for much of the day. His language is really picking up and he's finally branching out and attempting more new words. He does still need a translator for most things, but does quite well with his most used vocabulary. It's amazing how every conversation comes back to, "Mommy go bye-bye in Mommy's car" or "Daddy go bye-bye in Daddy's car". Then we switch it up, to "Mommy go bye-bye in Daddy's car"! He's a very funny guy with great timing for making us laugh. He drives around the house at full speed on his firetruck and can do a vicous spin-out when going around curves. You'd have to see it to believe it!
Ian...is now 10 months and has learned so much just in the past month. When he was around 7 months he was sitting up quite well and learned to pivot around on his buns to get things around him. At 8 1/2 months the little stinker actually started to crawl! I'm not used to these early crawlers! Within one week, he learned how to crawl, clap, go up stairs, pull up and I caught him standing without holding onto anything! I call him "Crazy Baby" because he's going to give me a heart attack! He's cruising around furniture now, walking behind push toys and is babbling a lot. He loves to climb on his brothers and has the funniest squeal when he gets excited! He's eating all table food now and will try just about anything. I wouldn't be surprised if he took his first steps very soon. Ian's worst habit is that he puts EVERYTHING in his mouth! He loves to eat paper, especially toilet paper! YUM!!
Our sad news is that our beloved dog, Fletcher was put to sleep on June 28th. He had been diagnosed with liver cancer back in April after we had him to the vet for pre-operation bloodwork. We were going to have surgery to remove a non-cancerous tumor on his hip. Right when this all happened he also took a fall in the house and tore his acl (knee ligament). So, because of the cancer, we decided not to do the knee surgery and just tried to keep him comfortable and happy with medications and lots of treats. Somehow the growth on his hip burst on the 26th and I took him in to have it dressed and cleaned on the 27th. The vet didn't like the looks of his ankle, which was very swollen, and did an xray. It revealed that Fletch had a broken leg. We had no idea. The next step was clear since he was most likely in horrible pain. So, I brought him home, fed him a dinner of bones and bacon and we had a nice last family night together. I'm probably having the hardest time with it, because he was my first baby. Such a part of my routine and it's hard to go through the day and not have him with me. The kids are handling it ok, although they are both sad. Alex just says, "My puppy had Ow and go Bye Bye". Harrison wanted to know where Fletcher's body was and tried to tell me that the vet didn't need to bury him, we have plenty of space in the attic. Everyone deals with it in their own way, I suppose. :-)
I'm going to post some pictures of some of the fun we've had since April! It might take a few posts to get them all in as you're only allowed 5 pictures per post. The kids and I spent a week in St. Louis and had such a good time seeing all of our family. We got to do a drive-through at the Witt's, on the way to and from St. Louis, too.
Watch out Bruce Lee!
Ian's first attempt at Cheerios!
Our dear friends, Elise and Eric Su with their adorable daughter Jaelin! They've visited quite often in the past several years and especially this year! They're moving here for good next week! YAY!!!!
Harrison getting up close and personal with the fish at Hamilton Pool.
Alex at Hamilton Pool.
So, a quick run down on what's happened in our lives for the past 4 months...
Me...as I said, I started a new job in April! I am doing freelance Educational Correlations for a company called Academic Benchmarks. Basically, I take materials (encyclopedia articles, textbooks, lesson plans, etc.) and align them to the state standards of education for the 50 states and also other countries. Now is the time to pick me for your trivial pursuit partner as I have been reading encyclopedia articles for 4 months now! I go to the highest bidder! Anyway, I work, or try to work, 20 hours a week. It doesn't happen very often that I get the full 20 in, but I get as close as I can. I'm enjoying the mental stimulation, having a little extra cash that "I" earned, and also getting back into the educational field.
Kevin...is enjoying his job at Digital Motorworks. He is really busy, but it's a good busy. The best part is that he's only about 8 minutes from home! He works with some really nice people and is enjoying the challenges. Outside of work he's busy trying to find the right balance of watering and mowing, so that the yard grows at the slowest rate without dying. Mother Nature is being quite nasty with him and has been producing rain almost everyday! She's on his bad list! For fun, or for second career, Kevin is very engrossed with Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360. He's actually quite good and if you catch him playing when he doesn't know you're watching, you'll see some especially cool "rock star" moves!
Harrison...is getting ready to start Kindergarten! I can't believe it! He's excited, but I can tell he's a little nervous about it. He's kept busy this summer with swimming (although we've had so much rain that we haven't used our pool as much), playdates with friends, karate, and driving me nuts. He loves video games which is a big surprise to you, I'm sure! He just got a haircut last week and looks like quite the big guy. He picked a picture of David Beckham and wanted "spikey" hair. That was actually second choice. First choice was a mohawk like the rock star on Guitar Hero. I told him he had to be a rock star first and guess what he now wants to be when he grows up?!?
Alex...is always playing with his choo-choos, cars, go-cars, and buses. He's very busy and keeps himself occupied for much of the day. His language is really picking up and he's finally branching out and attempting more new words. He does still need a translator for most things, but does quite well with his most used vocabulary. It's amazing how every conversation comes back to, "Mommy go bye-bye in Mommy's car" or "Daddy go bye-bye in Daddy's car". Then we switch it up, to "Mommy go bye-bye in Daddy's car"! He's a very funny guy with great timing for making us laugh. He drives around the house at full speed on his firetruck and can do a vicous spin-out when going around curves. You'd have to see it to believe it!
Ian...is now 10 months and has learned so much just in the past month. When he was around 7 months he was sitting up quite well and learned to pivot around on his buns to get things around him. At 8 1/2 months the little stinker actually started to crawl! I'm not used to these early crawlers! Within one week, he learned how to crawl, clap, go up stairs, pull up and I caught him standing without holding onto anything! I call him "Crazy Baby" because he's going to give me a heart attack! He's cruising around furniture now, walking behind push toys and is babbling a lot. He loves to climb on his brothers and has the funniest squeal when he gets excited! He's eating all table food now and will try just about anything. I wouldn't be surprised if he took his first steps very soon. Ian's worst habit is that he puts EVERYTHING in his mouth! He loves to eat paper, especially toilet paper! YUM!!
Our sad news is that our beloved dog, Fletcher was put to sleep on June 28th. He had been diagnosed with liver cancer back in April after we had him to the vet for pre-operation bloodwork. We were going to have surgery to remove a non-cancerous tumor on his hip. Right when this all happened he also took a fall in the house and tore his acl (knee ligament). So, because of the cancer, we decided not to do the knee surgery and just tried to keep him comfortable and happy with medications and lots of treats. Somehow the growth on his hip burst on the 26th and I took him in to have it dressed and cleaned on the 27th. The vet didn't like the looks of his ankle, which was very swollen, and did an xray. It revealed that Fletch had a broken leg. We had no idea. The next step was clear since he was most likely in horrible pain. So, I brought him home, fed him a dinner of bones and bacon and we had a nice last family night together. I'm probably having the hardest time with it, because he was my first baby. Such a part of my routine and it's hard to go through the day and not have him with me. The kids are handling it ok, although they are both sad. Alex just says, "My puppy had Ow and go Bye Bye". Harrison wanted to know where Fletcher's body was and tried to tell me that the vet didn't need to bury him, we have plenty of space in the attic. Everyone deals with it in their own way, I suppose. :-)
I'm going to post some pictures of some of the fun we've had since April! It might take a few posts to get them all in as you're only allowed 5 pictures per post. The kids and I spent a week in St. Louis and had such a good time seeing all of our family. We got to do a drive-through at the Witt's, on the way to and from St. Louis, too.
Watch out Bruce Lee!
Ian's first attempt at Cheerios!
Our dear friends, Elise and Eric Su with their adorable daughter Jaelin! They've visited quite often in the past several years and especially this year! They're moving here for good next week! YAY!!!!
Harrison getting up close and personal with the fish at Hamilton Pool.
Alex at Hamilton Pool.
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