Snow and Valentine's Day

The only picture I got from Valentine's Day. Then the camera batteries died. I will have to dress her up again so I can try to get a cuter picture. Katie has been going on "dates" with Nana. It is one of my favorite times of the week! She loves it and comes home chattering non-stop.

Katie thought Levi might want to play with her toy food.

Playing with her brother. Please disregard the gross food in her mouth:)

Helping Mommy shovel the driveway. She loves getting out of the house after months of pregnant Mommy not wanting to go anywhere:)

Showing me the snow.

One month!

I can't believe Levi is already 1 month old. At the same time, was it only a month ago I was pregnant and mom to 1?


Levi has started smiling and is definitely NOT sleeping through the night. He usually sleeps from 11-3 and 3-7 ish and then sometimes goes right back to sleep so it really isn't bad at all. There have been a couple nights where he just will not sleep, nurses every 2 hours and we end up just pulling him in bed with us.


Katie is still adjusting to Levi and how different Mommy is and the fact that she is almost 2. We adjusted the rails on her crib down and she still hasn't figured out that she could get out if she wanted to. Not going to fill her in on that fact! She also is in the early potty training stages. Mommy doesn't really have the time or dedication to really make a push for it right now.





Brother and Sister! Sleeping.
Smiling! Don't know what he was smiling at but at least I caught it! Doesn't he look exactly like Taylor? Maybe the3rd one will somewhat resemble me?!

Katie loves to help with Levi and snap him in things. He is not so fond of it. Especially when she is squishing him to get it snapped.

Kissing Levi. He loves it.

Levi James is here!

Getting ready to become a family of 4. 8lbs 1oz - 21 inches - 14 1/4 head - January 4th 2010 - 8:33 AM

So excited to have our little boy!

Proud Daddy!

Checking each other out.

I will post the delivery details in the next day or so. I will have to sit down and do it with Taylor because it already seems a little blurry to me:) We are all doing great and can't wait for Levi to meet Katie. We should go home tomorrow. No kids under 18 are allowed to visit at the hospital due to the flu so we are trying to be patient.

Present pictures.

Looking very satisfied about her new vacuum. Quite possibly my all-time favorite picture of Katie. She actually gave us a real smile and not the crazy grimace that has been showing up lately. She only had a few presents to open as you can tell by the pile behind her which are mostly hers:)

Trying on every outfit was essential to the success of the night!

Her new doll high-chair. She loves all the stuff for her "babies." She made Taylor take out and assemble every gift she got:)

Happy New Year!

Taylor won the pickle prize this year! It was his first year to win. My Aunt started this German tradition of hunting for the pickle every Christmas and though I am a multiple year winner somehow Taylor has never won. We will begin training Katie to follow in her parent's footsteps this year. The extended family pose with all our noses taped. Yes, we are that cool.

Christmas at the Stejskals.

Christmas Eve at our house. How happy is Katie to be taking a picture?

Making gingerbread houses, or barns.

Katie's first time sledding!

My mom got Katie a new sled and she LOVED it. She kept saying, "Again!" She loves the snow and going fast. She will be a better skier than Mommy by the time she is 5 years old:)

Parade of Lights

We went with our good friend to the Parade of Lights which is a local Christmas parade. There are lots of lights, music and animals which Katie loved! We were so bundled up because it was freezing outside. She actually made it through the whole parade which shocked us!Katie and Toby "hanging out" at the parade! She looks like the kid from A Christmas Story!
Not the most exciting parade video you will ever see, but Katie does actually wave at one point:)