Life at home

Life at home has been busy, but enjoyable. Madison has started laughing which seems like a small thing but it is so awesome to see her developing and learning new things.

The kids are watching the movie Cars, Drew's favorite movie.

Also, watching Cars... (We have seen it a lot recently!)
After the Super Bowl's half time Drew started singing and dancing. This is a clip of his singing "ya, ya, ya" and offering me and his dog to sing as well. The last video is of Drew whining to see one of his favorite people, Josh. He is quite persistent, asking for him throughout the day, every day!

Snow, Sickness and Super Bowl

We have had a rough few days as Drew battled the flu and a high fever. The high fever caused two seizures on Thursday. It was certainly scary but not as bad as the first time he had a seizure in June because they didnt last as long and we also were more informed on what to do and the potential risks. The good thing is that his fever broke that following night and even though he was really weak, he started showing personality again on Friday. It is always hard to see your little one not themselves and its a sense of relief when they become themselves again! The other hard part was that we sequestered Madison in our room to try and give her the best chance of not getting sick. So far she is just fine! Mike and I took turns with Drew and Madison in the different rooms, after 48 hrs of no fever we let them reunite, Drew was very happy to see his sister again!

So Midland got cold, I mean COLD! It will usually snow one or two times a year but it would melt by noon. But it was below freezing for a few days and it felt below zero with the wind chill! Drew liked the snow but didn't like it when the cold wind blew so we only stayed out a little bit.

Sweet Madison

This is Drew's dance during half time at the Super Bowl. The funny thing is that he never really danced before so I'm not sure where he picked it up but it's super cute!

update

It been a long time since I have updated you all on our lives so here are some pics and stories from what we have been up to.

Andrew loves to smile when he sees the camera, there is not a recent picture where he isnt making this silly face!

Madison is just growing so much. She smiles a lot and it more interactive. She has been sleeping through the night for a few weeks now which is a HUGE blessing because that means that we get more sleep!

We started being a little more relaxed with giving Andrew treats. This was a chocolate strawberry...he really liked it!

Andrew just wants to play with he little sister, unfortunately that creates a problem because Madison cant really play with him yet. He tries to feed her, hold her, give her toys, push or rock her when she is in the car seat or bouncer. He really is sweet to her and she survives :)
Messy boy!

Opening presents on Christmas. We went to Hood River (Grandpa/Grandma Lane) for Christmas eve and Christmas morning. Drew liked the first present in his stocking but didnt want to stop playing with it to open more... he didnt quite get the present thing yet. The next day we spent Christmas with Mike's family and by then Drew was all about opening presents and helped most everyone open theirs! Thank you everyone for spoiling us and our kids on Christmas, it was too much!

Grandma Brenda and miss Madison
Drew is so busy that sometimes the only way to get him to sit on our laps and snuggle is if we bribe him with a snack. He also loves sharing his snack. Uncle Danny had fun with this!

Grandpa Tiland
My (Angela) sister has two kids and they had fun playing together. Eden, the oldest, showed Drew her tricks like how to slide down the stairs. They would also chase each other around the house. Noah (on the right) would try to keep up and play along :)
Uncle Jeff
This may seem like a weird picture to include but it comes with a story... We were waiting for our ride when we arrived in Oregon so Mike and Drew rode the escalator over and over and over. I stayed with Madison and the bags and whenever we came into view Drew would wave and scream "mamma!". It never got old to him!
Before we left Midland to go to Oregon all the Worldview family got together. This is Sarah and Madison and I. Madison is dressed as a little present, cute hu?!!


The second video is of our Christmas at Mike's dad's home. Drew was having fun handing out the presents. The third video is of Drew eating an Oreo, one of his favorite things to eat. He is very meticulous in how he eats it, first the filling, then the cookie.

New pics

Family visiting us in Texas and us visiting family in Oregon

Uncle Danny

Grandpa Tiland




Grandma and Grandpa Lane

Family Photos

Madison: 2 Weeks
Andrew: 18 Months