hello to the Doyles

This is for our dear friends the Doyles who are in Nebraska for the Holidays.

the monkey, hot chip and atmosphere

So nearly ever morning I hear Lance and Myla dancing and singing. They listen to Hot Chip or Atmosphere's song "you don't know". Myla loves singing and dancing to both songs-and we love wathcing her. Also the monkey mask was from Halloween-Myla loves to have us wear it.

and turn your volume up!!

Polar Express round 2

We attend the Polar Express for the 2nd year in a row. Myla and her friends all had a great time. Myla was still scared to sit with Santa, but she did get close enough to tell him what she wanted for Christmas. Below is a funny video of Myla and Connor singing on the Train! Such good memories.

Best Friends

Myla and Van are already the best of friends. Myla loves to talk to Van and just recently Van talks back. Van smiles every single time Myla comes to see him. I am excited to watch them grow up as brother and sissy. Enjoy the video!!

Thanksgiving 2008

For the first time ever We had Thanksgiving here in Duluth at the Voelker household!! Everything went just perfect; good food, fun games and family.

Lance's parents were up for a visit during the first part of this week. They stayed at the waterpark and of course a good time was had by us all-but espically by Myla. Myla loves to go down some slides, getting splashed by the big bucket of water and being in the Vortex with Mom and Dad. Lance loves the big waterslides and had to force me to go down 1 with him. It was a nice visit with the Voelker grandparents.

My Mom and Dad came up to join our family plus My sister and Brother-in-law for Gobble Gobble day ( that is what Myla was calling it). We ended the evening with a fun time at the hotel pool and even saw a boat go through the canal. Now today a little bit of shopping for the girls and work of course for Lance.

Homebith NYT

A great article on Homebirth. Thanks for sending it my way Jenny.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/garden/13birth.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&emc=eta1

Van 7 weeks old and a crazy 2 yr old

Life is general good here at the Voelker household. Van is getting big now. He sleeps better at night, cooing at us and starting to show an interest in toys. His casting process is going really well. Van will get his 6th cast Tuesday morning. As it looks he will need 2 more cast after tomorrow and then will have a small procedure preformed in his Achilles heel. After that he will then be wearing some feet braces. We are very optimistic and know that things will turn out just fine.

As for Myla, well she is in her "trying 2's". She can be the best little girl and then easily turns into devil Myla. She through her first big tantrum on Saturday morning. It lasted 1 hour because I asked her to pick up her Legos before she got her Milk. Myla screamed and cried, begged for her milk and was rolling around on the floor. Finally she stopped, picked up her legos, I gave her the milk and things were just fine. I won the battle for now.