Podritz Family

Hello Hello.............

So hard to keep up with this since we don't have Internet and Im not working this summer.......glad to finally be able to put up some pictures.

What's new with Mia........

She is now 7 1/2 months old

weighs 23.6 lbs

she can "gimme 5"

Almost do "so big" by herself

eats veggies and fruits.......prefers veggies over fruits.....weirdo!

Loves to play with rattles and absolutely ANYTHING she can get her hands on....then it goes right to her mouth

she sleeps through the night

still needs oatmeal cereal in all her bottles but we go back to Children's next month to see if we can take some out...hopefully she has improved

sometimes can hold her own bottle

she was baptised on June 20th.....those pictures were on my other camera that i forgot to bring to upload......next time i guess

She loves to play patty cake and so big

she can skooch herself around a little but hates to be on her knees.....no crawling yet

loves to jump all the time......in her jumper, saucer and whenever she is being held

Gavin Gavin Gavin......

talking up a storm........seriously never stops labeling things and asking questions

has a lot of energy for running and jumping where-ever we go

can count to 10 by himself......can count to 20 with help

can almost say the entire alphabet by himself

loves to sing the song "deep in jungle"

he knows that he is two but will continue to tell you he is 5 if you ask him

is still obsessed with Mia.....always kissing, hugging and helping her

favorite food is definitely yogurt and "pa-tots" (pop tarts)

Would go swimming or play with the hose every single day because he loves water

he is also learning to use his pedals on his bike to move him around

Whenever somebody leaves, gavin always tells them "good-bye and come back"

When gavin thinks that you did a good job at something whether it be eating your food, carrying something or even just talking to him he will tell you "good job" and be very excited about it!!

This accidentally got deleted from the 4th of July picture portion and i love it so much that i had to add it in at the top!! I think Mia looks like a chubby little old lady that hates the beach :)

Cutie Babes in their stroller

out with natalie and abby

4th of July at Camp Pennington

Trent, Garrison, Heather and I at Pike Hole Bar

Many drinks later

a little smooch and hug

at the beginning of the night

Annual family sunset picture

hangin at the beach

Gavin was such a good swimmer.....definitely need to think about getting him into swimming lessons to gain some more skills to put behind his "no fear" thinking

Mia doesn't look like she enjoyed swimming for the first time but she sat in the lake for a good half hour so she really did

gavin is trying to dive into the water

ready to swim

random pic from the fair that i forgot to add earlier.....gavin loved the animal barns

First time watching the fireworks.....gavin kept shouting "again" when one would end and we were waiting for another

Mia decided to sleep instead of watch fireworks

Mia's legs

Cannon Falls Fair

Gavin and Evan at the fair

Mia did so good at the fair.....she slept in the stroller half the time

Evan and Gavin got matching tattoos

bounce house

sooooo much fun on rides......gavin and evan rode all of the rides twice

petting a little chick

Mia at Taylors graduation

Memorial Week-end at Beth and Nicks

always in Mia's face........she hated this for about 5 months and now loves when gavin gets in her face

Gavin and cousin Wyatt sharing the truck

whhhhooooooo- hoooooo

going down the slip'n'slide

playing outside

gavin is seriously a fish.....always in water

laughing at each other

Mia's painted toe nails

ready for a walk

Mia at about 5 months

So.......it's been too long since I have updated this. Obviously the kids have gotten pretty big!

Mia is 5 1/2 months old now! I know!

*She is about 20 lbs

*she wears mostly 12 month clothes

*she has almost mastered sitting alone

*she eats veggies everyday

*we can see her little two bottom teeth through her gums...not through yet, but won't be long

*she is developing great eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills.....grabbing and playing with toys and our faces

*everything she can get her little pudgy fingers on, goes in her mouth

*we brought her up to children's hospital to see a respiratory specialist b/c she had a cough for about 4 1/2 months (pretty much all her life) and they did a swallow study and upper GI test on her and figured out that when she drinks formula, it is too thin of a liquid and some goes back into her airways causing a chronic cough. So, we are now adding cereal to all her bottles to make sure it is thick enough to go down the right tube. So wonderful that she is finally got some answers and she is feeling better and not irritated by this cough. She is a really good girl

*she loves to scream......which then gavin seems to think he needs to scream too causing our house to be pretty loud and crazy

*she sleeps in her crib in her and Gavin's room

*when she is on her tummy, she can push herself up so her arms are straight and holding herself up but when she tries to tuck her knees, her knees go up and her arms fall

* she got her toes painted for the first time last week

*now, loves to watch gavin and loves when he gets really close and in her face. He makes her laugh and smile all the time

GAVIN GAVIN the terrible (but wonderful) TWO's

*favorite food now I think is spaghetti

*weighs 30 lbs

*he really loves MIA! Wants to do whatever she is doing like sitting up on a blanket, or laying on the floor. He lays next to her and says "cheese" cause he wants me to take their picture

*he asks "what you doin" all the time and when I answer him, he says "me too" and wants to do whatever I am doing

*He loves to wear sunglasses

*my favorite thing that he is doing now is using his imagination. He pretends to be a puppy and will get down on the ground, pant, bark and crawl around. It is soooo cute!

*He is starting to get into more movies......he loves to watch "cars"....."home on the range"......chicken little"........"brother bear"........"open season"......

*He still makes his "eeeeeerrrrrrr" sound to put himself to sleep-he has done it since he was about 6 months old.......it seems like it puts Mia to sleep too :)

*He is in a real loving books stage again, he even wants to sleep with them

*favorite thing to do is still to go on a tractor ride and play outside

Looking forward to summer vacation and seeing family and friends!! We are also in the process of getting our house on the market! BIG STEP :)

just trying on daddy's boots..........he must think he is gonna be in the army some day or something

playing with mia's toy together and watching mickey mouse clubhouse

Mia is pulling gavin's hair. He just sat there until she let go

being silly

mia is learning to sit up by herself

this was a picture taken while auntie arianne was babysitting.......yeah, she's fired! :)

awww.....

gavin loves to help hold mia's nebulizer mask

Gavin's family birthday party

sittin with bumpa

daddy and mia hanging out

Mickey Mouse cake

3 of my sisters trying to share Mia

help from uncle ryan

very excited about the gift of balls from Great grandpa dean and great grandma cindy

sharing some snack with our dog Hunter and the dog we were babysitting, Hunter #2

chillin out eating a snack

loves to swing

pretty sober

Gavin's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse birthday party with friends...........

mmmmm.....cupcake

mickey mouse cupcakes

whoooooa

blowing out his cupcake

our friend joe and tasheena with thier two daughters, Laila and Paisley

Laila, Gavin and Evan sitting in his new sandbox

MIA!!!!!!!!!!

gavin and his bff evan

Mickey Mouse headbands.....yay!

Mickey and Minnie greeted our guests as they got to our house

what a cutie cowboy........looks an awful lot like his dad

new bike from mom and dad

The night before Gavin's birthday, Jason and I blew up a bunch of balloons and put them on the floor of his room while he was sleeping. When he woke up, he was sooooo excited to see all the balloons and then he understood that "today was his birthday". Dad put him in his crib and filled the balloons in there so he could hit them all out

still has that just woke up look

Night out in Eua Clarie with Alissa

all alissa's girlfriends out for a night with me!

Welcome home JOE!!!

Kate, me and Tara (joes wife)

Having a shot for Joe's safe return from his second tour in Iraq. His first tour was with Jason and our other friends in this picutre Jeff and Kate too

Winterfest.....this was our recruiters week-end up in Brainered in March....