Another Veggie Tales moment...

We listened to this song over, and over, and over, and over...

A busy week...

Well, this week did not turn out as planned. I planned on getting lots of Zac time, but instead I've gotten lots of Elias time! Zac has been in the hospital since Monday with RSV. He is doing better and will hopefully be home today! So Elias has gotten to spend the week with us and we've had so much fun! Addie and Elias love to play with each other and have really been quite easy to watch. Just look at these cuties!

(Veggie Tales came in handy once in a while)

Glad to meet you baby Zac!

Addie and I are in Iowa meeting my new nephew Zachary Mathew! We are enjoying spending time with everybody and surviving the weather!

Addie loves "Baby" as she calls him.

She and Elias are playing in the ball pit at grandma and grandpa's.

We were talking about Daddy here.

And this morning everyone is a little tired from our busy weekend, so we decided to rest and read some books.

Our little joy...

"Hi Grandma...yeah, I'm having fun in the hotel...yup, played with the kids today..."

At the Arboretum

The little pioneer house at the arboretum.

Wooohooo!

Praise Jesus!

She's pretty cute, isn't she.

Back in Texas

Well, we're now in Texas. Wayne drove down on the 29th and 30th with everything we own in our minivan (well, almost everything we own, I think we have 8 more boxes, but that's it!) Addie and I flew down on the 31st and after a 4 hour delay in Dubuque because of fog, then flying standby from Chicago, we made it! Our New Years Eve was not so exciting to say the least, I think I was asleep by 9:00 after that long day! We're getting settled in to our new place and enjoying being back in the warm weather! We have some great friends here in Dallas who are letting us stay in their house with them for the next 8 months! Dan and Cyndi are good friends of ours, and Addie has fallen in love with them and their two dogs, Duke and Daisy!
Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Yes, Wayne fit in there as well.

She still makes us smile :)

Looking for the puppies. She really likes Duke and has learned to say his name.

Duke and Daisy. I think they feel safe from Addie on this chair. She likes to chase them around.

Before we left Iowa, we got to celebrate Elias' first birthday! We wore Thomas the Train conductor party hats and had a great time!

And here is the birthday boy!

We wanted to get a picture on the last night with grandpa and grandma and all their grandkids. It was hard!! When we finally did get all three kids looking at the camera, grandma was looking at her cute grandkids! Oh well :)

Christmas...

We had a great Christmas in Iowa with the whole Van Dine family. Addie enjoyed getting some new toys and playing with her cousins! Here are a few pictures of our fun week.

Christmas Eve

Julia, Addie, and Elias are ready to go sledding!

Christmas Eve pjs!

She loves to build with her new blocks!

And she got really good at making the train go! Thanks grandpa!