A Quick Catch Up!

Usually our Christmas card contains a letter giving everyone an general run down of what we've been up to over the last year. That didn't happen this year. I'm hoping that it will resume next year time permitting. So the idea of this is to let those who we aren't in contact with on a regular basis during the year know what's been going on in the Frambes household. I'm sure that there will be a lot of things missing, so if you have any questions please leave me a comment and I'll answer it.

This is our 5th year in Charlotte, NC and it looks like this will continue to be home for quite some time. Dennis still works for Time Warner Cable (16 years now!). I am still staying at home with the girls. Although, I was bitten by the go back to work bug it just doesn't make sense right now. Maybe in a couple more years. Katherine turned 1 in January and Elizabeth will be 4 in June of this year.

Elizabeth is finishing up her second year in preschool. This year she was in preschool at the church that we attend and loved it. She'll be continuing that next year. She also has speech therapy 2 times a week. She is also wrapping up a year of Little Gym (precursor to gymnastics and dance). We won't be continuing that as she's lost interest in it. I think we'll be trying swim lessons this summer and maybe soccer. Elizabeth is a tomboy and loves cars, trains and planes.

Katherine is a crazy 15 month old. Her and Elizabeth are certainly opposites. Katherine loves dolls and all things girly. She is also a climber. After she took her first steps at 11 months she was set on walking more and more every day. There was no going back to crawling for this little girl. She talks a million miles a minute. I wonder where she gets that from (certainly not me!). At 15 months, she clearly says, "Hi Grandpa (or Grandma or Momma or Dada, or Sizzer(her version of sister), or Bandit dog)", "How are you?", "I'm fine.", "I love you.", "Thank you.", "All mine"(Thank you Elizabeth and Lazy Town!) and the list of not so clear, but recognizable phrases, songs and words is huge! She can mimic the ABC song to about H on a consistent basis. You say it she repeats it (which is not so good some times). She loves peek-a-boo, bath time, and to be tickled. She's now to the point where she's no longer allowing Elizabeth push her around and take toys away without protesting or putting up a fight. She's a smart cookie that has quickly learned just how to get her big sister into trouble. The one thing that we are still working on is sleeping through the night. That has certainly taking it's toll on everyone in the household.

Both girls keep us on our toes and give us plenty of entertainment! Parenthood has certainly been quite an adventure thus far and we look forward to many more adventures. I am hoping that I'll be able to capture some of adventures here to share with all of you. Enjoy!