A Country Music Dance Party

Our boys love to dance, especially Andrew. Our second activity of the morning (not planned by mom of course) was blairing country music on Luke's radio and having a dance party in our PJs. Andrew's little body never stops moving. I tried capturing some of his best moves, but it was difficult. The best part is that he beathes so heavily because he is working so hard, but that doesn't slow him down.

The Fun Continues

The boys spent a good 45 minutes filling up Luke's crib with blankets, stuffed animals, and books. Andrew was pretending to be the airplane pilot and they were taking a trip together. They must have crawled in and out of the crib 20 times, hopefully it stays in one piece for their sister.

Snow Day Saturday

We headed up to the snow this morning with a couple friends and their kiddos. It was beautiful fresh new snow and the older kids had a blast sledding, wiping out on their sleds, and building a snowman. Luke and his friend Jacob aren't quite sure yet if they like the snow, so they stuck pretty close to their mommies. The snow was pretty deep, so we were quite a sight trying to all get across to the sledding hill. We finally realized that crawling was a much better way to get across than walking. Andrew and his friends Spencer and Lauren had one pretty crazy wipeout when they were all trying to ride the sled together. Andrew ended up with a bloody nose, but thankfully we had a fireman/paramedic and a nurse with us, so he was covered. He was up the hill again and ready for more as soon as they got the bleeding to slow down. Thankfully we live so close to the snow because by the time we were done sledding and heading to In and Out for lunch the sledding hill was full of people. Enjoy the slide show below. Luke chose the song, it's their favorite.

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Love this Kid!!!

Luke likes to wear Andrew's big boy undies over his diaper after his bath at night time. He roams around the house like this until he gets too cold and then finaly asks for his PJs. He is so proud of himself, as you can tell, and he's the most squeezable and kissable little guy when he's running around the house in his undies.

New Year's Eve

After our fun filled week of Christmas and Andy and Luke's Birthday we were pretty pooped out by New Year's Eve. The boys had both not been feeling great and daddy and mommy were trying to recover from all the festivities as well. We decided with a couple of our neighbors to just stay close to home and hang out. We had a successful dinner at the glamorous Red Robin with 7 kiddos and 6 adults (we're quickly getting out numbered) and then we headed back to our house so the kids could play and the adults could attempt to play a game. At about 9:30 our neighbors Mike and Christina stopped by to show us all their new mini van. We all checked it out and oohed and ahhed at all it's fancy features. This is when you know you're getting older and you're parents of young kids, when you get all excited about checking out your neighbors new mini van on New Year's Eve. The adults never made it through our game, but the kids had fun playing and attempting to have a slumber party in Andrew's room. As they said, "We're not sleeping, we're just messing around." We finally called it quits at 10:30 and everyone went home to their own beds. One year we'll try to stay up until midnight, but as far as we were concerned it was already 2008 somewhere.

It's a.....

We are very excited to announce that the Vanden Akker family will be joined by a little GIRL this May. We had our ultrasound today and everything went good. The boys joined us in the room to see the baby on the screen. They were a little confused about how the baby looked and Andrew was most concerned about where the eyes were. When the lady told us it was a girl Andrew responded by saying "BOY, BOY." He is a little sad that he isn't going to have a brother, but the good news is that we have 4 1/2 months to prepare him for his sister. His cousin Ben is also having a sister a couple weeks before us, so hopefully that will help him get excited. So far he has told everyone that we are having a BOY.