Teresa can walk! She walks all over the place now! It is amazing watching her fall down and get right back up again and walk somewhere else. She is full of personality and will be turning one on December 14th. She is growing fast! The ACTUAL big news is that Justin and I will be [...]

St. Nicholas came to our house the other day and brought a small gift and some candy. I think that Elizabeth has played with Teresa’s baby doll more than she has played with with her Tinkerbell toy… It’s too funny!

Teresa started walking the week of Thanksgiving! She went from taking two or three steps for a month, to walking. She just decided it was time. Of course it helped that we were all sitting in a circle and clapping when she walked to one of us. :) Now it is cute watching her walk [...]

I took Elizabeth and Teresa to the library for story time today. They both enjoy going, and I am hoping it will help Elizabeth become more social with other kids and adults. At the end of story time, the librarian blows little bubbles all over the room and Teresa is just enthralled with them. She [...]

It’s really funny sometimes when, as a parent, you learn what makes your children excited. Joseph has been begging to go to Sam’s Club to eat! We had let our membership expire, so we were not able to go. On Monday, we decided to renew our membership and surprise the kids with a trip there [...]

Yesterday and today, the littlest Karpilo, Teresa, has decided that she needed to jump out of my arms! It is always when I least expect it, so it scares me to death! I have been lucky and caught her each time, but I’m sure the day will come when I don’t catch her…