Night Lights and Teeth

Sleep has been a difficult task for our children the last few months.  It seems that when we have all adjusted to a rhythm someone or something throws it all off and we are back to waking many times a night.  The latest factors have been Isaiah's  teething and Audrey's fear of the dark. So to help soothe one of their challenges we decided it would be helpful for Audrey to have a night light!  Leo had the day off so he and Audrey took a trip to Target to purchase a special light.  

This is what they found...... As you can see, Audrey is very fond and proud of her new comfort. She was smiling from ear to ear as I plugged it in and had a lot of fun turning off all of the lights and showing Isaiah.  She kept on telling us, "Ooh, I feel so safe now!" Isaiah thought that it was pretty neat too! I hope these little pleasures continue to content our children for years to come Now my next task is to figure out how to get Isaiah's teeth in without so much discomfort.  I'm open for suggestions.

Scooters, Boots and Beanies

Audrey's latest form of transportation has become the razor.  We have had it now for a few months but this is the first week that she has actually shown interest in it.  I think she can now balance with more confidence.  She has been doing lots of jumping and dancing and I think this has improved her balancing skills!  So,..... we spent a bit of the afternoon outside with the razor.  Isaiah trails behind her in his walker.  If he could walk he would be running after her.  He fondly watches her blaze up and down the sidewalk.  Soon he will be doing the same.

     Here are the two of them together.  

They really do adore each other and it is so much fun to watch their love

for one another grow each day.

Spanky, our cat, always plays outside with us.  Wherever the kids go he follows.

He is more like a watch dog than a cat.

Ahh.... I'm trying to hold onto these times because they are going

by faster than I like.

A Family Day

Today we went to the park up the street from our house and had a lovely picnic.  We had an unusually long service at church so Audrey was itching to go home and go to the park. The picnic was her idea so we made lunch and spent the afternoon playing and enjoying one another's company.  It seems that we pack our lives so full of this and that and sometimes forget to just stop and spend the day being together without an agenda!  We had such a nice time. The weather was beautiful and we had some fun taking pictures together.  Audrey made some friends on the playground.

  She is becoming more social as the days go 

by.  Isaiah enjoyed watching her go down the slide and joined in a few times, with the help of Leo.  It was a nice day all around and now we are finishing it off with a Christmas movie! It has been a great day.  Family days are the best!

Leo and his Mini Baristas

The kids and I went to visit Leo on Friday.  We took some lunch to him and managed to get him to stop and sit for a quick snapshot!  Here he is with his mini baristas.....  Aren't they cute!

Hey Jude!

Yesterday, my great friend, Megan came to visit with her sweet dog Jude.  Audrey LOVES Jude and they spent most of the visit outside playing in our front yard running up and down the sidewalk.  It was great to see Megan.  She is a dear friend and for some reason we don't seem to spend enough time together. Time flies by too quickly!  Anyway, Audrey and Jude ran around on the newly fertilized grass (ugh) and had a marvelous time!

In this picture they are playing "tug o' war" with Jude's leash. 

They are the perfect size for one another to boss around and it only reminded me of how much Audrey wants to have a dog!

Someday, when we have a nice big backyard!!! 

Annie

Starting out

So here we are.... the Poehner Family blog.  I have been wanting to do this for a while but just have not sat down and made the time.  The plan is to share the things that are going on in our lives with the people that we love and care for.  I hope that it as enjoyable for you to read as it is for us to share it!  This is a recent picture of the family since our newest addition.  Isaiah John was born on April 27th of this year and we are so in love with him!  More to come.....  

I have a lot of catching up to do!

Annie