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Stoops in February

well, its the last day left in the month, but we have already exhausted this month with fun. Ted took the day off and we went up to Oakhurst to see part of the Amgen Tour of California Bike race that had Lance Armstrong riding in it. We know we "saw" Lance we just didn't know which one he was. We had enough time that we made it down back to clovis to see them ride again. Zerrell enjoyed ringing her cow bell and it was alot of fun to see all the racers.
We Celebrated Harpers Baptism with a small group of family and friends on Feb. 21. He looked so cute! We had a nice party afterwards at our house (our first party here!) It was alot of fun. Then we Celebrated Zerrells 2nd birthday on Feb 25. We had cake and ice cream and presents. She had a great time! She is getting so big!
Ted and I celebrated February with getting a brand new dishwasher and stove!!! The dishwasher is wonderful and our new stove arrives march 5! we can hardly wait!! We feel so old getting so excited over new appliances, but we are SOO excited!
Unfortunitly we have all been sick this past week, bad colds. Poor Harpers the worst. But we hope to be feeling better soon. Zerrell is testing out the toilet, it is all of her own doing! i honestly have no desire or patients at this point in my life to start trying to potty train her, but she LOVES to take off her pants, diaper, tell me she has to poop and gets on the toilet. Uses WAY too much toilet paper and flushes the toilet. She has only actually "gone to the bathroom" in the toilet 2 times, i think it was just luck on her part. She is talking more and more and doing things to make us laugh and cringe and dread her becoming a teenager.
Harper is talking and talking, i took him to a wedding shower today(zerrell stayed home with ted) and he was talking to everyone, it was like he was trying to tell HIS side of the story since Zerrell wasn't around. He weighs 15.2lbs now and is starting to try and rollover. Life is everchanging and we look to God to help us along the way. My favorite quote is by Mother Teresea "I know God won't give me more than I can handle, I just wish He didn't trust me so much."

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Life just seems to keep getting faster. I can hardly believe that Harper is almost 3 months old and Zerrell is almost 2! Harper is growing like a weed. He has outgrown all of his 0-3months clothes and we are on to 3-6months outfits. he loves laying on his back and taking in the world around him. He smiles and coos and makes all kinds of adorable sounds. He turns his head to seek out who is talking to him. He is still madly in love with Zerrell. Always watching her and he will even stop fussing if she comes and talks to him when he is getting upset. He has just discovered his hand, he can bring it up to his mouth after a little work and starts sucking on it. This only last a few minutes when he realizes that it's not going to give him any yummy milk. He is a very happy baby.
Zerrell is still talking up a storm. ive been amazed to see how her vocabulary and language improve and grow everyday. She is finding Harper more fun these days and hasn't hit him in about 3 weeks. She is becoming a good helper of mine, most of the time. She is fascinated with the toilet. Everything from playing in it, putting toys in it to taking off her diaper and getting on it saying "poo." She sits there for a few seconds then gets off, then comes back, then gets off and so on and so on until we can get a diaper on her again. She keeps us laughing when we aren't pulling our hair out.
Ted's been working hard on cleaning up our garage and fixing up our future vegetable garden. I've been painting and reorganizing everything. We are all preparing for his deployment in April.