Happy Birthday Brianna Marie!

"I don't know if were ready for a ride?"
Dad and Mom got us a "jogger stroller" so we can ride in it when they run!

Look at my big blue eyes

Watch out boys..here I come

Bother and Sister

I'm all energy right now!

I am so tired

Calm as a cucumber We cannot wait to meet our new little cousin, Breanna

We are so happy to celebrate the arrival of Breanna Marie to Darin and Tricia. She arrived this past Wed. (a couple weeks early). She is healthy and brother Brayden is wondering how his world will change. We are so excited for them. We are hoping to go out to Minnesota in the middle of Feb. We will have the whole Beckering family together. Now there are 7 grandchildren under the age of 4. You can believe my parents are pretty proud. Things have been going well with the Stuive foursome. We have been stuck indoors do to this nasty weather and I have to admit I am going a little stir crazy. Luckily Tim's parents are going to babysit on Saturday night so Tim and I can go on our first date after becomming parents. Ella and Nathan continue to grow as you can see. We are just waiting for them to smile at us. Grandma Stuive is convinced that they might have smiled for her, but we think it was just gas!!!! They continue to grunt and can make some pretty good "tooting" noises. They are still on about a 3-4 hour schedule and one night Nathan went 5 hours from the start time of feeding to the next feeding. We are trying to keep them awake more in the evenings in hope that they will sleep longer at night. We do many experiments, and will let you know if anything consistently works!!!! Oh well, Mom and Dad are getting used to the sleep deprivation!

WE'RE OVER A MONTH OLD

Ella and Nathan are over a month old already. I can hardly believe how time flies. Tim put them on the scale with him and we are guessing they are close to 9.5-10 pounds. They are great little eaters, so I can imagine they will continue to gain weight quickly. We are still are on about a 3-4 hour schedule with them. Some nights are great and other nights....well, let's just say we don't like to repeat those nights. All in all, they are good babies. They still grunt all the time and are continuing to be more alert. Their favorite place to sleep is on any one's chest and they will sleep for hours that way! They are starting to fit into some

0-3 month clothes, but most of the clothes are still somewhat big for them. Both of them have taken up the art of spitting up. Occasionally, Ella gets the nickname, "Old Faithful!" They don't do it every day for which I am thankful. We are so excited for them to start smiling and interacting with us. We are so thankful for their health and we couldn't imagine our life now without them.