Christmas 2009

Stutzman Christmas

Bauer Christmas

Our Family Christmas

We are a very fortunate family, we had a wonderful christmas this year celebrating with all our families! Thank you to all of you for the special place you hold in our hearts!! We love you ALL!

Merry Christams to ALL....

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas, as we reflex on the true meaning of the holidays and the celebration of the birth of Jesus. So may the celebration of Christ's birth be a joyful reminder of God's GREAT love for us!

1st Snow Fall

Last week we got our first very little snow fall. Bo could not wait to go outside and play in it. Dave, Mark and Josh were actually finishing the combining right around our house that day as Bo had to be out with them. I can't wait for our next white fluffy snow fall so we can use the sled and play in it a little more.

Intro to Chuck E Cheese!!

Last Friday night we took Bo to Chuck E Cheese's for the 1st time celebrate potty training! He has caught on so quick and even is staying dry through naps and most nights (90%). We have only been doing it for about a month! Bo has done so well with it that we thought we should reward him. We didn't know what he would think of the place, but after eating pizza and warming up a little he was ready to play. He enjoyed it as well as we did! Uncle Hans was in town and able to join us.

My Baby Girl

Gracie's Favorites...
-trying to sit up
-rolling all over the place
-when anyone talks to her
-her baby doll
-trying new foods
-laughing at her brother
-giggling
-snuggling with Mommy
-exesaucer
-daddy's whiskers

Growing Fast...

Things Bo Loves to do..
-play with tractors, combine, drive tractors, dump auger cart, etc...
-play with puzzles
-coloring, or making sticker pages
-ride in what ever Daddy or Mark are driving (tractor, combine, semi)
-loves his Curious George monkey
-being read to
-eating anything and everything
-having ice cream with Daddy
-play with and make Gracie laugh
-cuddle with Mommy after naps

My 1st Dolly!

About a week ago Bo brought out two of Gracie's dolly's from her room and gave then to her. She loved on then right away. I think she might just take after her Mommy on loving dolls, I think I played with mine up into jr. high. lol. Bo likes to play with them a little, we might just have to find a little boy doll, that may go over a little better with Daddy! Although tractors are still by far his favorite thing to play with!

Halloween ...A little late??

We had a fun time this year at Halloween, we went over to Mimi and Papa's to celebrate Sesame Street style! Aren't they all so adorable! We are thinking (adults) that we probably have one more year of picking there outfit and coordinating it before their going to have their opinion in costume choice. So what will next year be????

PLayiNG aRouND!

So I am really slow with learning new technology (just ask Jodi :) . Well since I have had Photoshop Elements for about 1 year or so and I am just now learning how to put a collage of pictures together. I have used it alot with editing my photos but nothing more fancy. Anyway, did this one this afternoon and had fun, lots to learn yet. But hoping to be able to put our Christmas card together this way with a lot more detail to it. Had to start somewhere. Kind of fun hope it doesn't take me as long the next time!

p.s... If you have any helpful hints for me let me know! What is the easiest way to do this????

Play Time.. So Happy!

Gracie loves being in the upright position, so she is really enjoying her Hop n' Pop, Exesaucer and the Bumbo these days! Still as happy as can be!!

Back to the Field...Finally.....

Kenndey came out for her 1st combine ride,

so did Brody and Reece

waiting on Daddy to come back

Bo and Mark having a good ole time in the combine!

26 months and 5 months old!

Bo is 26 months old right now and full of energy and seems to rarely wear out! He sure keeps us on our toes! He is so fun, most of the time :)! At this time he is still very into tractors of all sorts he loves going through the magazines and naming all the equipment and brand name! It is fun to watch him sit in the family room all by himself and hear him naming what he is looking at. He still loves being outside as much as possible. Bo is also into his Curious George stuffed animal and caring him around. This seems like it might be the new attachment. We are STILL working to getting ride of the paci! I think I just need to do it cold turkey, I give into to much.

Gracie is 5 months old and a VERY HAPPY little girl! She is rolling over from back to front hasn't done to much of front to back but I am sure that is not far behind. She is such a joy and blessing. She is getting more chatty and smiley all the time. We have started cereals and she gets them once a day, she does really well with them and seems to like cereal much more than Bo ever did. She has also spent time in her bumbo and in the exasaucer which she seems to enjoy for spurts of 20-30 minutes at a time!

God has been so good to us and we feel so blessed to have our two little one's in our lives!

Happy 30th Birthday Daddy!

On Sunday night I was able to pull off a SUPRISE 30th Birthday party for Dave! He had NO idea so it was great!! He had a lot of fun and I was so thankful to everyone who helped me pull it off. Out of about 60 people nobody slipped!! Thank you everyone. He was even more suprised that all 3 of his brother from TX, OH, VA and Grandma Yoder from FL were here to celebrate with us!
Happy 30th to my best friend and hubby we love you so much and hope for many more years of celebrating YOU!! Here are a few pictures from the night, thanks Jodi and Amy!

Projects COMPLETE!!

The Before

In the Summer of 2008 we began to redo the outside of the house. It first started with tearing out the front OVER grown bushes, then the side bushes, back bushes and ended up tearing out the landscape all around the house!! Last summer my Mom and I painted all but the North side of the house, got close to fall and I was pregnant. We painted the cider siding, windows and shutters. I also redid the back landscape. This summer we got a new roof, and Mom and I did the front landscape. Dave said he would complete the painting (he HATES painting) this was his gift of love to me!!! So he has a very small portions of the back garage left but we are very close and ready to move on to the next "to-do list" projects maybe next spring we will start something new!! haha! Isn't there always something to do!

The After

Love our front yard, this is only half of it!!

A Few First!

Where did summer go???? We have been very busy the past month with just a lot of random things. These are just a few pics of some first's for both kids. Bo had his first smore! He wasn't so sure about it, and didn't like the sticky marshmellow on his face! I think he only ate about half of it. Hope he starts to like them, they sure are good this time of year!! For Gracie, this was the first time I put her in her Bumboo and she loved it, sat there for about 20 minutes playing with her little gym set! Her neck is very strong and she is always trying to sit up to see everything! Although she doesn't like to be on her tummy! This is a good solution to that problem.

My Baby Girl

Just a few pics I recently took of Gracie. Just love her to pieces!

I had these same cheeks when I was her age! Mine might have been a bit chubbier!

Weekend full of John Deere

This past weekend we headed off to Moline, IL to visit my Uncle and Aunt, and also to check out the John Deere area! Dave and I had toured the John Deere combine plant a few years ago with friends but this time we went to check out the museum, JD headquarters and the JD store! We had a nice weekend away from home. We weren't sure how this would all play out with 2 little one and one hotel room. The first night took a little while to calm down and get to sleep with all of us in one room (about 1/2 hour, not to bad!) By the next night we were all wiped and it only took about 10 min for us all to be out! We had a great time with my uncle and aunt and seeing there new home! We really enjoyed the Quad Cities area, it is rolly and a really nice area to visit and live! Thanks Uncle Les and Rhonda for being our tour guides! Here are a few pics from our trip!

PaPa's New Pop-Pop!

Papa got a new Model B tractor and is keeping it out at our house! So last night Papa came out to give Bo and Daddy a ride on it and teach Daddy how to start it up! Bo then talked about it the rest of the night, even wanted to pray for Papa's Pop-Pop when he went to bed.