14 Months

Well, clearly we haven't been blogging!  Because we've got two fourteen month olds now... two walkers... two good eaters... two curious little tots... they love bananas, spaghetti, and playing with their older cousins. 

Margaret is our little Magic 8 Ball.  I ask her questions and she either nods or shakes her head in response.  She points to things and shouts "Da!" (... she's a little German baby.)  We call her "Little Grandpa" sometimes because she's a little Vennie... Something about her... her face and her hairline.  Actually she is finally getting hair.  Daddy says she's getting "that little girl mullet".  It's long on the top and back, and short on the sides.  Sounds attractive, huh?  She clings to us when we're in new situations around people she's not used to. And she loves shoes.  Hers, mine, anyone's really.

Nora is fun and spunky and full of life!  She is always up for new experiences... like the swings at the playground.  Or dominating the big staircase on her first try.  It is so easy to make her laugh.. and she has the sweetest giggle and the deepest belly laugh.  She's always smiling with her big teethy smile.  She is probably the most happy when she is walking to the stairs and I am chasing her.  She loves her freedom (walking) and she LOVES the stairs... or she loves being upstairs... one of the two.

Lucas and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary on Nov 11!  We had a nice night out while Lucas' aunt babysat.  We went to a couple wine bars and then to get steaks.  I think the highlight of the evening was the cheese tray we ate at our first stop.  We were pretty much full after that.. but thought we should stay out longer than an hour on our date night!

We moved into my mom and stepdad's basement, and we our renting our house out.  This is to save money for our next house, since our Kirkwood house is so small with no room to grow, and we aren't in a position to sell at this time.  Living in Wentzville has been great.  My mom watches the girls full time, and it's so wonderful that we don't have to pack up the girls every day and take them to day care. 

We had a renter who lasted 45 days....  I know, I know, but conducting illegal activity in our home was just not something we could live with, so he had to go.  (I know, we're those kind of landlords... ) So now we're in the process of finding a new renter.  It's only been a week, but we have already had quite a lot of interest.

I am very much looking forward to Christmas. :)  It will be a lot of fun this year with the girls!

Hopefully our next post will be sooner than 8 months from now!

Much love,