Well, since my last post, Will has turned 1!!!! What a big boy. He is eating some table food now. He is walking while holding on to his walker. He is climbing stairs. He is into everything! :) We had a party for him and he thoroughly enjoyed every bit of his birthday cake... all the way up to the top of his head! We are getting ready to surprise Alina with a trip to Disney World. I'm so excited to see her face when we tell her, I can't stand it. I'm going to decorate her room with Disney stuff and make a big sign telling her about our trip. Then when Dan comes home, we will open the door to her room and surprise her. :) Will just woke up from his nap so I guess I'll have to cut this post short. I'll post some new pictures in a little bit.

Wow! 4 months have gone by since my last post. The holidays have evidently kept us very busy. The kids continue to grow... fast!

Alina is losing teeth all over the place. We were thinking about getting her some detures to get her by the next couple of months. (just kidding) She has 3 teeth gone on the top with another one loose. I see two of her three new teeth starting to poke through finally so hopefully she'll have functional front teeth soon. The missing teeth stage is kind of cute, though.

Alina had her 6th birthday last month! I can't believe I have a 6 year old already. We took her to Chuck E. Cheese for her birthday. She had a ball playing all of the games and she even ran into a school friend. They ran around hand in hand having fun all afternoon. The celebration was complete with cake... Chocolate, of course!

Will is changing every day. He is now crawling around fast a lightning and pulling himself up on furniture. He's using his walker a lot. He's getting really good at it. Just need some more practice with his balance and he will be walking in no time.

Will also is getting more teeth. He has 4 all together now. Two on top and two on bottom. His teeth are really starting to transform his face into a little boy face rather than a baby face. He only has a month and a half until he turns one!!! I'm not ready for him not to be a baby anymore so I'm excited, but a little sad.

In other news, I've been dieting since the beginning of the year and have lost 15 lbs so far. I'm determined to get all of this weight off before I hit my 40's (only 2 years away). Wish me luck. I'll get there.

Anyway, we all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years at home. The kids loved their presents (Will loved the wrapping paper). Now we are ready for spring. It has been colder than usual and we've had more snow that we usually get. So I'm ready for spring flowers!

Until next time, have fun!