the kids

Matt took Abbey out in the snow and was throwing her up in the air and she was landing in the snow pile. She couldn't walk in the backyard as the snow was too deep for her.

Gavin and Abbey chilling on the floor.

Gavin likes to lick his upper lip and then smack with it.

Abbey's hair is finally long enough to pull back into pigtails.

Abbey in her new dress from Great Grandma Heyboer

Gavin just being Gavin

Gavin and Abbey in their new pajamas from Great Grandma Heyboer

Abbey LOVES her new Dora pajamas

Gavin trying a sippy cup for the first time

Matt likes to spike Gavin's hair after his bath.

Comparison

So I decided that I would post a comparison pic between Abbey and Gavin at about 5 months so you can see the difference between the two.

Here is Gavin at 5 months in the highchair

Here is Abbey in the highchair at 5 months-she was definitely bigger than Gavin is-she had a lot bigger face

Finally Posting again

Gavin wearing Abbey's sunglasses-cool dude:)

Gavin and Abbey laying on the floor

Gavin is so close to rolling from his back to his stomach-he just has to figure out how to get his arm out from under him

One incredibly happy boy with spikey hair

Abbey got a Ponyville set from Great Grandma Kuiper

Gavin got a musical whale from Great Grandma Kuiper

Abbey got a princess purse with sunglasses, phone and pretend makeup from my sister for Christmas

Gavin with his stocking on Christmas morning

Abbey with her stocking on Christmas morning

Gavin with his present from Grandpa and Grandma K

Abbey with her Clipos from Grandpa and Grandma K

Abbey and Paige opening their presents from Grandpa and Grandma K

Gavin got some trucks from my Grandma Klamer

Abbey got a new baby and accessories from my Grandma Klamer-notice the nice wet sleeve on her shirt-Daddy was supposed to be watching her as Mommy was feeding Gavin but he was playing basketball instead with the boys-Abbey was playing in the drinking fountain for a good 15 minutes or so.

Here are the kids again in the Sunday clothes-this time Abbey is in her new dress.

Tired little boy

Happy boy in his bouncy seat

Abbey just being herself(a little weird)-she must take after her Daddy:)

Abbey got Mater for Christmas as well as Lightning McQueen, Sally and Doc Hudson. She carries them all around with her and asks to watch Cars almost everyday.

Abbey after she opened Mater and her Dora nightlight

Gavin with his new Lovey

The kids before church-notice they are both ready-we were waiting for Daddy to get ready for church as Mommy and both kids were ready(this is a normal Sunday morning for us). We usually have to wait for Matt to get ready so we can leave.

Abbey with her new puzzle that she got for Christmas

Gavin in his saucer

Gavin with his new toy

Gavin in the highchair waiting for his cereal:)

Playing in the snow for the first time-Abbey had a hard time walking in her boots for the first time:)

Sorry about the major delay in posting again-I'm not doing so good with this:) I will try to make up for it with this blog and catch you up with what has been going on this us in the past month or so. We have been very busy with Christmas parties and being sick-Matt had the flu New Years Eve, Day and the day after and both kids had nasty colds at the same time as well. I was very busy with wiping noses and making sure Matt was okay. Thankfully, the kids and I did not get the flu as well. It went around the Kuiper Christmas party at the end of December.

This pic was on Thanksgiving Day, Abbey wanted her picture taken:)

One happy little boy(most days that is)

Abbey chillin' in her Dora chair

Gavin LOVES his bouncy seat

Nice, warm, and cozy in the snowsuit

Abbey playing in the leaves

Abbey thought that she needed to follow Matt while he was mowing the leaves up in the yard

Abbey, the day after the wedding

Abbey, the morning after the wedding

The wedding cake

Family picture at the wedding

Sorry for the delay in posting again, November has been a busy month. The wedding was the first week of the month and the week after that we started potty training Abbey and it has all gone downhill from there. I don't have many pictures from the wedding yet as I didn't remember to take my camera with when we went into downtown Grand Rapids to the Van Andel Museum to take pictures, but as soon as I get them from Shari's sister I will post some more pictures.