Family Pic

I know this is from June, but at least I am finally posting it. Thanks Clarissa for taking it!

Life!

My aunt died after battling with brain cancer for over a year on the 7th. Her passing has really put things in perspective for me. What is really important? All of us have an allotted amount of time on this Earth. What am I going to do with that time? It makes me want to dig deeper into the gospel and to try to be a better person. It makes me want to spend a lot more time with those I love because we don't know how long each of us has.

My aunt, Nancy, was a teacher of music, but she taught me many things. She even took the opportunity to teach Elizabeth even though she was so sick that she couldn't walk. When I went to visit her I took Elizabeth and she saw some dolls on my aunt's piano. I told Elizabeth that they were dolls from Korea and my aunt explained to Elizabeth that Korea was a country like the United States. I didn't even think to explain that to her. Nancy makes me want to be a better teacher for my daughters. We learn so much from our mothers and I want to make sure that I take the time to explain and teach, even when I don't feel like it. Thanks for teaching me that lesson Nancy. We will miss you.

WOW! A long time!

I can't believe that it has been almost a year since I have posted anything. Shame on me! I don't have any pictures for you all because our computer broke and we had to buy a new one. When I get the pictures from our old one transferred over I'll try to get some posted. I can't promise how quickly that will happen owing to my history with posting. (hee hee)

Elizabeth turned three in October. She is so big! I can understand most everything she says to me now and she is all over the place. She loves to sing and dance and play with Eva. She thinks that she is the little mommy and can frequently be heard telling Eva what to do and even tries to put her in time out. She is her own little person and want to do everything herself. She definitely tests my boundaries, but for the most part she is very sweet. It is a constant challenge to get her to eat. I am at my wits end with it. She has set things that she will eat and if I give her anything new it is a struggle to get her to try it. If she does try it she gags on it. The other day it was so bad that she actually threw up. What do I do? Any advice would be great!

Eva is 21 months old now. I can't believe she is almost two. She is talking a lot and I can understand quite a bit of it now. She is not one to be pushed around. I think it is a second child thing. She doesn't let Elizabeth or anyone else bully her. She is kind of mischievous. She likes to grab the toy that Elizabeth is playing with and run off giggling as Elizabeth sits there and cries. I have a hard time not laughing when she does that. Eva absolutely loves her Daddy. She screams and runs to him whenever he comes home. (In fact both of my girls are daddy's girls.)

Lance is doing well at Walgreen's and with the National Guard. He has more training that he has to go do for the Army. He will be gone to the Dominican Republic for 2 weeks in May then off to Ft. Lee, Virginia for 4 months in June. I find it interesting that Lance will be at the same military base that my grandfather did his basic and AIT training for the Korean War at. I am going to miss him so much. It is going to be a lonesome summer.

I am doing really well. My goal of losing weight is coming along nicely. I'm half way to my goal. I've lost 25.6 lbs. I found a program called Live the Life and it has really helped me get control of my eating and overall health. I highly recommend it. Well I can't think of anymore updates so, Bye!

Catching Up Again!

I know this is really late, but better late than never right? I finally got my Easter and Baby Animal Days photos together and a few from our backyard.

Eva is getting so big. She is officially 10 months old now and has started crawling and pulling up on everything. She follows Elizabeth everywhere and want to be doing whatever she is. Luckily Elizabeth loves to play with her. They get along really well. Elizabeth has been potty training. I thought we were done. She was doing really well, but now seems to have forgotten everything. Any advice would be great. Elizabeth is getting so big. I can understand most of what she says now, although she still goes off into her own little language sometimes. She is also getting very good and trying to sneak around. Yesterday she wanted to go outside and was inventing up all sorts of excuses, like going to look for our cat. She even told me to go to my room so that she could sneak out.

I thought I would also update you on my weight loss goals. It has been slow going, but I've lost 4 pounds since I last posted. It isn't as much as I would have liked, but any weight off is a step in the right direction. I am still working on it an will get to my goal eventually. Well I think that is everything. Bye!

Outside Fun

Baby Animal Days

I thought that Baby Animal Days would be so fun, and it was except for the fact that Elizabeth didn't want to touch anything. She gave into petting a duckling and I forced a rabbit on her, but everything else she did not want to get close too. We still had fun despite the fact. Maybe next year she will want to do more.

Easter

Easter was fun. We had an Easter box from Gran and Papa in New York, then we had an egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Carter's House. All in all the girls ate way to much candy!