The Fullers

Katherine is Four Months Old!

Katherine Mae is four months old now and life is rolling along for our family. Virginia Anne loves her big sister and would spend all day every day holding, hugging and kissing her if she could! Katherine is rolling over, eating rice cereal, grabbing rattles, and sleeping 10-11 hours a night. In other words, she is amazing just like her big sister.

Virginia Anne loves her two day a week preschool and has enjoying making new friends, learning new songs, and perfecting her painting skills. While she is at school, Melanie & Katherine get some one-on-one time together, which is nice.

Our holidays were wonderful here at home. Virginia Anne had a lot of fun opening all of her presents as well as Katherine's (and a few of Mom's & Dad's) and we were able to fly to Denver at the end of December and surprise Gramma C on her birthday!

Moving Right Along

The pregnancy and baby preparations are moving right along now. With just about a month to go, the nursery is nearing completion, and all of Virginia Anne's baby clothes have been taken out of storage. Virginia Anne is very ready to assume her new role of big sister. She talks about "Baby Sister" all day long, gives Melanie's belly hugs and kisses, reads books to her, and has been practicing changing diapers and taking her dolls for walks in the stroller.

If you'd ask her, she'll tell you that Baby Sister is coming in "two weeks." If only that were true! We're savoring the last few weeks of summertime and being a family of three but also eagerly awaiting the arrival of the newest Fuller.

The Date Is Set

September 18th is the date that we expect the newest Fuller to join
us. Melanie has a c-section scheduled for that morning and we are busy
getting things ready. Virginia Anne will start a mother's day out
program that same week so things will be busy for sure!

In Case You Missed It

In case you haven't heard, this September the Fuller family will grow! Melanie is pregnant and due September 23rd. Updates will surely come, but things so far are going well. We're excited and Virginia Anne is thrilled to become a big sister.

Happy Birthday Virginia Anne!

Tomorrow, our not-so-little girl will turn two. Hard to believe it's already been two years, but we've packed a lot into this short time. She has turned into such a smart, beautiful, humorous and all-around wonderful daughter that we're very proud of.

Happy Birthday Virginia Anne!

Turning 2

We traveled to Colorado at the end of March to witness some friends getting married and celebrated an early birthday for Virginia Anne with Melanie's family. Videos and photos are below and on Flickr.

We're Having Pizza!

Singing Happy Birthday

Celebrating Virginia Anne's 2nd Birthday in Colorado

Is it Really March???

I'm ashamed to say that our last post was before Christmas. My goodness how time flies! I thought the holidays were busy, but these days are even more so. We're enjoying some warm weather right now and work to spend as much time outside as possible.

Virginia Anne has recently gotten into Thomas & Friends and enjoys taking her engines everywhere she goes. They even eat with us sometimes. She loves to walk and we take long walks around the neighborhood with Petey when the weather allows. Last week, we registered her for preschool in the fall (only on Tuesdays and Thursdays) which I think will be a nice change for her and a chance to make some new friends. Her vocabulary is incredible and we call her "repeater" now because she'll repeat anything we say and no word is too advanced for her to try.

Her hair is getting so long now and is hanging in her eyes. Be on the lookout for pictures of the very first haircut in the next few weeks! She is very funny and LOVES to make other people laugh.

Allen is staying busy with work and traveled to DC a couple weeks ago for the CPAC conference. He always enjoys being back in the city that we both love so much. As for myself, I continue to work at Flat Creek once a week and spend the rest of my time managing all of our lives and trying to have fun doing it. So far, it's a blast and I would not trade it for anything.