Poor Megan

Ok, so I was looking over our blog and realized that since Madeline has been born, there have been no pictures of just Megan, while there have been pictures of just Madeline. That seems weird to me, since for the longest time it was just Megan...I'll have to try to make an effort to get more pictures of Megan...

Maddy has rolled over!

We haven't got it on video or anything, but she did roll over a couple of times today and she can't stop talking about it!  So there is one milestone down...it's a bit sad because I now know, in a way I never did with Megan, that Maddy is growing up.  Even though she'll be 4 months at the end of this month, she's in size 6-9 month clothing, closer to 9 months than 6!  She's a big tall girl, like her sister!   Paul calls her our little nugget, but that doesn't seem quite right somehow, I perfer the term "Moose!"

Megan is still very much in love with her and she always wants to help and do everything for Maddy.  She's constantly giving her kisses and hugs and wanting to play with her.  It's soooo cute!

Staying at Home

So, it hasn't been quite a week yet since I quit my job to stay at home with the girls. On the first day at home, we went to the story time at the library and then to the grocery store. All day Megan kept saying, "I thought we were staying at home" She thought that when Paul and I told her that we were staying at home we would not leave the house at all, no wonder she was so upset! I think she's starting to get used to the idea though, we've been staying pretty busy during the day, we do two reading lessons a day plus errands and all the other stuff...we've already met some other people with kids the same age who stay at home.

Here is the latest picture of Maddy, I've started to notice that almost all the pictures I have of her and Paul, Paul is sleeping. I can't belive that she's alread almost 4 months old! She hasn't rolled over yet, from front to back, but she's still working on it, and she loves to "sit up" with me holding her up. Enjoy!

Too tired to write

Here are some recent pictures of Maddy, she is now in size 6 months....and even some of those are too small for her..she's a moose!

Madeline has found her thumb.....

And Paul blames me! He swore up and down that Maddy wouldn't be a thumb sucker, but I guess it's like they say, children are God's way of showing us that we're not in charge! She's been sucking on her fingers for the last couple of weeks, but today was the big day, just one thumb in her mouth! She can roll over from her front to back, for about 3 weeks or so and is working on back to front, she can get onto her side and almost all the way over but not quite there yet...

Megan is still very much the proud older sister, she's just great with Madeline, she always wants to hold her and is a great help. She got creative with a pair of scissors and her hair the other day though...

In related news, Paul and I have decieded that I'll stay home with the girls. There is really no one else to watch Maddy, the lady who is watching her now gave us until April 6th and she'll have another set of kids to watch. So we'll be taking Megan out of daycare and she'll stay home until Kindergarten in the fall. Hopefully she'll be able to go to the Waldorf school that is in Freeport, it's a private school but I've heard great things about it and Mom, as a present to Megan, has offered to pay for the tuition. So we're going to the open house in April to check it out. But I just can't wait, I really think that this will be so good for her. I'll try to keep us busy this summer, the library has some great programs and we'll do swim lessons once it warms up. We've been thinking about piano lessons, but we'll have to re-think that one with the loss of my income...

Ok, going to go, time for the kids to get to bed!

Baptism

Here are some pics of the girls getting baptised.

Pictures of Megan in the storm

Here is Megan playing in the snow. Paul built her her own hill to slide down.

New pics of Madeline

Ok, these are for Carol! I know I've been lazy.....sorry!

Finally a new post!

Ok, after Jess and Paul both said something, I decieded to post something new....I was going to hold out until Jess posted some new pics, but I bit the bullet...so enjoy! Oh, and I"m typing this with Madeline sleeping in her baby sling, thanks Aunt Alberta and mom! Here's a link to the website http://www.newnativeinc.com/index.asp, it's great even though we're still getting the hang of it...it keeps my hands free and her close!

New baby...why didn't I remember all this?!

Ok, so I'm a pretty smart gal for the most part...so why is it that I had completly forgotten how exhausting it is to have a newborn? I have a hard time forming a complete sentece and my brain feels mushy...poor Megan is having to deal with not only a new baby sister (who she loves beyond reason) and a loon for a mom....good thing she's a pretty cool kid!

Madeline Grace aka Tinkerbelle

Here are some pictures of the newest Langrehr member, Madeline Grace. She was born on the 27th of December and weighed in at 8.5lbs! Enjoy!

A Langrehr Thanksgiving

I'm not sure how we survived with three Langrehr men in one house....lucky for us there was enough estrogen to counter any male coup attempts that they may have made!

We had a lot of people in the house, Kyle and Aly came up, as well as Pauls parents and my mom and sister....it was crowed but we had a great time.

Kim came over with the beans, not green bean casserole but her famous baked beans, Paul got over that dissapointment as soon as he ate her homemade baked beans, in fact we were fighting over them the next day!

Paul, pre-surgery

Here's Paul pre-surgery. Notice the bent knee? No brace or crutches? (or crunchers as Megan calls them) We'll have those days back soon!

Pregnant Me

I looked at these pictures and I couldn't believe how big I am! It's hard to tell from my angle, looking down...but man am I HUGE! It must be twins..:)

Cutie Pie

Here's Megan in her new outfit from Lori...she wore it church and loved it! Coming soon ( I promise) is a picture of me in all my pregnant splendor...but by the time I remember to have Paul take a picture of me I'm in my pj's.....(which is about 30 seconds after coming home). So I'll have to just remember earlier some day! I"m sure there will be pictures from Thanksgiving.....stay posted!

Delicate procedure

Here's our doctor performing a delicate operation on a sugar cookie, notice how delicatly she holds her instrument? She's a great doctor!

Our own Doctor

After trying on too many princess costumes to count, Megan decieded she wanted to be a doctor for Halloween, she's got to be the cutest one there is!

Megan told me the other day, as she was rubbing my big ole tummy, "Mommmy, I can't wait for Tinkerbelle to get here" she really is so excited and can't wait to share all of her stuff....she tells all her friends at school that her mommy has a baby in her tummy and she's going to be an older sister, it's too cute!

Pauls Surgery

I just wanted to give everyone an update on Pauls surgery.  It went well and he's at home right now resting.  He made it up the stairs but I think it may be a day or two before he makes it back down!
The doctor ended up doing a lot more than he orginally thought and Paul will be doing rehab for at least 7-8 months. I'll keep everyone updated on his progress... take care!

Leaf Raking

Here are some neighborhood kids that Paul talked into "helping" to rake the leafs! They worked really hard, but I'm not sure they did much!

Our Pumpkins

Here is our Pumpkin with our jack o' lanterns, the littlest pumpkin is for Tinkerbelle.....