Sickness at the Knoper house :(

A few days ago we spent the weekend in Grand Haven. While we were there Charlly started to have some bad diapers :S yuck! After we got home on Sunday, he threw up on me a little but no big deal. He and Audrina had a cough on Monday and by Tuesday, Charlly was throwing up a few times a day. So, off to the doctor we go, and what do ya know, he has a double ear infection AND the flu. Poor boy is only 8 months hold and has the flu.

This is the first time we have ever had the flu in our house so it has been a learning experience for all of us. But slowly he is starting to eat more, and seems to feel a little better.

Audrina is now starting to show the signs of the flu as well. I am hoping she doesnt get the "puke" part of it all.

Also, new in the last few weeks. Charlly has one tooth through and the other is almost there! FINALLY. Audrina as two new teeth that broke through and two more to go......there is so much going on in our house lately its crazy.

We hope to spend the rest of the summer with family. We are taking a little vaca to FL in sept. and I hope we will be able to do some more camping when we get home.

Well, thats all for today!

Crawling....kind of

So, a few weeks ago Cody insisted that Charlly had crawled, but because no one else seen it we didn't really believe him. Today Courtney and I were watching him play on the floor when he suddenly started doing an Army Crawl! He gets up to his knees and pulls with his arms on the floor. It is soo cute!! I am so excited because now in no time at all he will be crawling everywhere!!!

New Traditions

I can still remember reading the Precious moments Night time Bible stories. I am so excited to get to start that tradition with my kids. My parents just brought the book over tonight. Both of our kids LOVE reading so im sure they will be totally into it when we start tomorrow. They even gave me two other children's Bibles to read to them as well. I figure as they get older we read the other Bibles! Cant wait!!

With New Strength Comes New Trials...

Charlly has now developed a new state of awareness. And with that comes the desire to no longer want to sleep. We have been pushing through the last few nights to fall asleep. Prior to this, He would fall asleep without ever making a noise, and suddenly he wants to scream for hours!!! Oh my goodness. This boy has a set of lungs and is unwilling to give up. But I am staying firm and not rocking him to sleep..It is so hard to listen to your baby scream at night! But I know by doing this we are going to make everything easier.

Lets see if i remember how to blog!

Sorry it has been so long! I kinda forget about my blog :S opps.... It doesnt help that i have two babies running around all the time, its hard enough trying to keep up with them let alone my blog...but i am now determined to keep everything updated.

So, Audrina is running every where and having the time of her life. She is fully potty trained now (since 16 months old) She is talking like crazy and we are having the funnest time ever with her!!! She is a bundle of energy, thats for sure!!

Charlly is our little cuddle bug! Our chunky monkey, is doing great, minus a little health scare. We recently found out that he has a bulge in his soft spot (possible a sign of water on the brain) but after a CAT scan we found out everything is fine. In the last week or so the bulge has actually gone away! Praise the Lord!!! Thank you to everyone who has been praying for him. He is now sitting up and rolling all around the room. I am sure in no time he will be crawling around like crazy.

So, thats the kids. Cody and I have just been trying to keep up with the wonderful craziness of our lives. We are spending lots of time at the cottage, and camping as well! We are really enjoying our family time this summer!!

here are some pics of the kids :)

Crawling!!!

Yesterday, July 13, Audrina crawled for the first time!!! She has been getting around by rolling or doing a mini-tummy-bear-crawl..haha a little funny looking.. but the other day while we were at a party she crawled three little crawls! and today again she has a toy ball that she goes after. The only thing is that she will only crawl when she starts in the sitting position! oh this is so exciting, shes getting so big!!

7 months old already!

Audrina is 7 months old. She is growing like crazy! she is now 16.8 lbs and is 25 inches long! wow is she getting big. She is trying to crawl, but really cant do it, she usually just rolls to get where she needs to go. 

Thank goodness we have finally gotten over our sickness, we are not sure what she had but she had a very high fever for three days.  but everything is great now, she is back to her self!

We are now expecting baby number to. a little close i know.... at least they will be great friends. we are due on Dec. 21st. hopefully a little earlier than that! haha 

well everything is going great! having a great summer so far! ill try to keep up on the blog a little better this summer! sorry!!!