YAY its almost Spring

Hello Everyone,

Well, what can I say other than it has been a really long time since I have written anything on here and see it's been awhile since we posted any pictures or videos. Well everyone, we are all in luck.... we finally splurged on a new mini digital camera with plenty of both to show all.

So, the kids are going like a pair of weeds lately. Literally...
Evelyn is walking everywhere nowadays. She loves to be on the move until she climbs up into your lap  to collapse and snuggle for a few minutes. She knows quite a few words now too. Up, Momma, Dadda and dog are her favorites. Apple is right up there too though.

Logan has been waiting all winter for the rain and cold to finally go away. It's hard to get too enthused about playing in a wet sand box in the cold. He's been going to Tot-drop a couple times a week for a few hours which he thoroughly enjoys. With the weather finally changing, its been sunny and mid 60's this week, hopefully he will get back into leading Toulie around the backyard exploring again and crushing things with his sandbox machinery soon.

Katie has had her hands full all winter long with trying to find productive things for them to do. It's hard to force yourself out of the house everyday to go do something "fun for the kids" but she has managed as best she could. It's that or turn em loose to eat crayons and tear all the cushions off the furnitures for forts and nerf gun wars.... I dont know who taught him that... hmm

Well I figured I needed to get at least one blog post in before I head back overseas the middle of next month. I'm sure Katie will try to update the site as much as possible. She's gonna solo it this time around for the most part unless they can get back to see the extended fams for a couple weeks.

Anyway, without further ado, here are some great pics of the west coast clan

S

A New Year!

Hello Everyone! Happy New Year!! We hope the start to your new year has been great! Time really does fly when you are having fun! We just recently got home from our Christmas trip to Minnesota. We were there for 10 days, and boy, did it go fast! We had a wonderful time seeing family and the kids had so much fun playing with their cousins. It really breaks my heart to think that they could play together like that all the time if we just lived closer. Sadly we didn't really take many pictures. Our point and shoot camera died a long time ago, so we only had our phones. We really need to get a new camera.

We had three Christmas gatherings that we hung out with family, ate great food, and gave and opened awesome gifts. Below is a pic of my Christmas Eve cuties.

Christmas morning we opened gifts and had delicious eggs benedict, made by my dad (and Adam helped). Eggs benedict is a tradition now =). 

Logan got to go to Cabela's with daddy and his cousins. He loves to go look at all the animals and nature scenes. 

Logan also got his first experience with Pink Eye. Poor kid. It was nasty, but he managed to keep his spirits up and nobody else got it, so that was great! 

There was snow! It snowed a few times while we were there and we got to go sledding numerous times! Even Evelyn got in on the action! It was fun to watch the kids sledding on the hill that I grew up sledding on with my brother and sister. They really had a great time!

A special "Thanks" to my parents for hosting us for those 10 days. I know it wasn't easy to have our crazy, messy family in your place. We had a wonderful time! Also a special "Thanks" to the Harts for watching Toulie for us. We couldn't have done it without you either! 

Next up for the Kirsch fam is getting settled back at home for a few weeks. It is Evelyn's birthday next week, so we will probably have a small little celebration for her. Then we will get geared up to go down to SoCal for a wedding weekend extravaganza! One of our friends is getting married down by the beach, so I'm sure we will have a great time! Stay tuned!
P.S. Today is Sean and my FIVE year anniversary! Whahoo! Happy Anniversary to US!

November?

Geesh, time is flying, as usual. Can't believe it's been over a month since we've posted. Sean has been gone a lot, so that doesn't leave me much time to blog. His last trip for a little while was a conference in Lake Tahoe, so I drove up there with the kids to visit. We had a nice time and there was a little snow up there. Logan got to go sledding and hot tubbing.
Logan had a great birthday. His party was a Chuck E Cheese, which he loves. He wants to go there ALL the time. He loves to play the games. He really enjoyed getting all the presents and playing with them. Thank you all.
Evelyn is growing so fast! She's got quite the personality too. Dramatic and demanding, just what a girl should be, right? She stands up on everything and eats everything too. She is hilarious. If she catches a glimpse or whiff of anyone eating anything, she crawls right up to them and demands some of it. Pretty funny stuff.
Now we are awaiting Sean's Mom and Bob out here tomorrow. Finally! Someone to spend Thanksgiving with! We have never had visitors for Thanksgiving nor have we gone anywhere since we have been out here. Yay! Here are a couple pics of the kiddos.

 One of Logan's birthday presents, a big train track!

 Evelyn, getting so big!

 Bathtime together!!!

 Who doesn't love swinging with a view of Lake Tahoe?

 Brother and sister love!

Logan and daddy on a rock they climbed many times!!

An update on E.

So Evelyn had her 9 month appointment yesterday. She was 16 lbs 10 oz (10th %), 28.5 in long (77%) and head 50%. We continue to have long, skinny kids.
(At Logan's 9 month appt., he was 16 lbs 13 oz and 30 inches tall, very similar!).
She is doing everything a 9 month old should be doing and more! Being a preemie has not held her back much at all! She was a couple months later when it came to eating pureed fruits and veggies, but now she gobbles them up with no problems. She loves to eat now!!
She babbles a lot and crawls all over and pulls up to stand on anything. As most of you know from facebook that she likes to climb the stairs like crazy too. Geeze.
She is extremely dramatic though. No one but Sean and I can hold her, touch her, talk to her, etc. She cries a lot!! It is frustrating but hopefully only a phase! Mommy needs a break!

Here is a video of her being goofy. This was about a week and a half ago when she started pulling up and now she does it quickly with no problems at all!!

Check out some new pictures of us

Hawaii Pics!

 Mai Tai's at the Luau

 Logan with Grandma Lynda and Grandpa Bob

 Balcony of our room

 Logan running on the beach

 Mommy and Evelyn having umbrella time

 Logan could have stayed in the pool all day

 Riding the aquacycles...Evelyn wasn't a fan of her life jacket but was a trooper!

 The Nance family on the aquacyles!!

Of course this monkey found trees to climb!

Last but not least, check out this little fish!! I think he will be swimming very soon!

Hello Everyone!!
So I realize that we have not posted many Hawaii pictures. To be honest, we didn't really take that many. I was holding a baby the whole time, which isn't very conducive to picture taking! I'll use that as an excuse...yeah. But, there are some pictures, and most are on Sean's computer, so I will have to talk him into posting them.

We had a nice time in Hawaii. It was not by any means relaxing, but it was fun. Lynda and Bob were there, so we got to spend quality time with them. We hung out at the beach and pool with them, had some great meals, watched fireworks, and they also took Logan on a submarine adventure! He loved that! Our good friends Chris and Elise and their son Eli were also on the trip. Logan had tons of fun playing with Eli, running around on the sandy beach, falling on purpose. There were many great meals had and Mai tai's drank between the adults ;0).  We went to a Luau with fun entertainment and food. The mommies got a nice massage one day....lots of fun. Chris and Elise visited Pearl Harbor and we rented paddle boards and aquacycles. You'll have to see the pics.

We got home a week ago and decided we needed a vacation from our vacation. Ha. Both the kids got sick after we got home. Probably from the airplane and lack of naps! Logan actually doesn't nap anymore, but after playing so hard in Hawaii I'm sure his system was run down.

New in the Kirsch household: Logan got a big boy bed!! We got rid of the crib and got Logan a full-sized bed, complete with a truck comforter. He loves it. I think he would have liked Thomas the train too, but they didn't have any full-sized comforters.
Evelyn is crawling a little and pulling herself up to stand on her music table, crib, and whatever else she can get her little hands on. She is very vocal, loves her daddy now (finally!) and is beginning to eat solids better!  See the pics of how stinkin' cute she is!

That's all for now folks, hopefully we can get some Hawaii pics and videos up soon! Adios!