Peas in a Pod

Leah and Chase have been inseparable lately....now that Chase is not a baby anymore (sniff sniff) and is carrying on full blown conversations...he wants to do everything and say everything (and I mean everything!) that Leah does. Sometimes she gets annoyed but most of the time she loves it!
Here are some pictures of my 2 little peas in a pod...

Meant To Be

I know it's been forever since I've posted... but I was going through some old stuff today and found my poetry journal from college. A few great entries and thought I'd share one that seems fitting on how my life turned out thus far and what I didn't know then...


Meant To Be
By: Sarah (Habicht) 1.31.2003

How will we know
What's "meant to be"
Will it be the kind of love
That hits us to our knees
Do we learn from these mistakes
To prepare ourselves for him
Are the other ones just pawns
So that we will truly know
How to appreciate the one
I guess we will just know
God has a funny way of showing us
How to live, love, and learn
If it didn't hurt so bad
Then we wouldn't heal as much
And learn how to be the perfect match
When the right person comes along
And we will just know
How to do everything right
And so will he
If it's really meant to be

Sarah's parenting 101

Always kiss goodnight.
Pick your battles.
Eat breakfast for dinner.
Be silly.
Put whip cream on strawberries.
Read to them.


Tell them they're wonderful.
Tell them to man up.
Hold them tight.
Let them go.
Sing talk.
Play dress up.
Have your own language.
Make traditions.


Bribe them.
Please and thank you.
Get messy.
Let them help cook.
Take long walks.


Snuggle them.
Say "I love you" a thousand times a day.
Scavenger hunts.
It's okay to cry.
It's not okay to whine.
Nobody has the answers.
Make schedules.
Be flexible.
Go on dates.
Breathe.
Laugh.
Say "I love you" a billion times a day.



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The Little Things

Sometimes we need to take a break and just remember it's the little moments in life that mean the most...
Like a picnic with daddy...

Like supermanning on the swings...


Like tucking in 37 stuffed animals...


Like finding a really big stick...


Like a kiss on the cheek...


Like having a tea party!



Like your baby girl's first school picture...


Like a little peace and quiet in the car :)






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Leah's Lingo

Dropping Leah off at school today she gibes Chase a kiss and looks at me and says, "mommy, make sure to keep my brother safe while I'm gone!"

Then she goes to her friend's and sits down and I watched her for a minute and she said "mommy...it's time for you to go now!" and blew me a kiss.

We were playing outside and she picked a dandelion...squeezed her eyes shut and said..."I wish... I could go to the doctor!" and then blew. Lol what kid loves the doctor? Mine.



Chase's words:
Ya (yea..he says that a lot)
No (and he scrunches his face up)
Obviously momma and dada
Dog, cat, meow and woof woof
Moo and horse sounds
Apple
Broke (broken...we get that one a lot because he's destructive)
Wow wow (wubzy)
Rock (loves this word too)
Ew yuck!
ball
Bug

Lol and tons more...he's a chatterbox!


















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Leah's Lingo

Me: Leah, what do you want for dinner tonight?
Leah(like a teenager): mom... have NO idea.


The other day we were playing up in leah's room and I could tell she was tired but didn't want to take a nap. "mom I'm taking a nap but just for pretend, ok?" I agreed and she got under her covers with her baby "pretending" to sleep. Well her pretend nap quickly turned into a real nap ;)

Me: Leah it's time for bed.
Leah: mom! I'm working!







Tim worked his first 24 hour shift today since we've been here.
Leah didn't want me to sleep alone so she insisted I sleep with one of her babies...






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You may remember my "not so rosy" post when Leah was about 18 months and had Roseola. Well last weekend we had round 2 of the Roseola virus for the Vanderhoff kids. We were at the beach and Chase just wasn't acting like his normal self. He was fussy (well ok that's normal) but he wasn't eating (red flag!!) and he was very tired. Then he started spiking fevers and slept most of the day.

Poor little Bubs just wasn't feeling good. I suspected it was probably just Roseola because we had gone through this with Leah and he had no other symptoms. He just wanted lovies so that's what we did.



The day after we got home from the beach house, he woke up with the Roseola rash and that confirmed it! The virus was over and Chase was back to normal again....with polka dots!



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Little cabin in the woods...

So last weekend my parents offered to watch the kids for the weekend and send us off to their cabin 3 hours away in Deep Creek. My response? Heck yea! It was a great weekend full of relaxation, hot tubs, wine, and some good old fashioned fun ;)

We slept in until who knows when...ate at the cutest little truck stop for breakfast (or lunch?) both days. We went horseback riding through the woods and had drinks at a lakeside bar. It was so nice to get away for awhile and we came home very refreshed to our babies. Thanks mom and dad!!








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Chase turns one!

On Thursday, my little bubba (aka bam-bam) turned ONE!! I keep hearing "where did the time go" and "he's one already?!" but honestly GOOD GRIEF! This has been one of the longest years of my life and I feel like he should be turning 3 or 4 already! (not that I'm wishing time away at all!) Between the colic (incessant crying for no reason), waking up every 2 hours until umm last week, and us moving all the way across the country, it has been one grueling and eventful year! But I'm pleased to say that our little man is blossoming and developing quite the personality. He is SO smart...you can almost see his entire thought process when he is thinking or wanting something. He points at everything and his current words are: dada, bo (boat), key (kitty), prit (pretty), and up. Still not mommy!!! But he does call me "prit" so I guess that's okay ;)

He is finally sleeping all night and he thinks Leah is SO funny. He loves to be outside and loves wagon rides. And he absolutely adores his daddy. When Tim walks in the door his whole face lights up and he immediately reaches for him. We just love this little guy!!! Happy birthday, Chase Timothy!!















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