Small Group

We LOVE our small group. I mean it. They are just the most wonderful people...every last one of them.

12/22/08- Our group met for the last time as a "whole" group....one of our couples moved to Hershey, PA on Jan 2nd, and so the 22nd was our last night for all of us to be together. We are praying for Mike and Leslie that they would find a wonderful church and group to plug into...we will miss them tremendously here.

We took some group photos that night...so here we are.

I love you guys!!!!

Poor sick little girl....

The week of Dec 16th, my poor little baby got REALLY sick. She was so miserable...it was just pitiful. I felt terrible for her. The only thing that made it even worse was that Doug and I were sick at the same time. With a whole house full of sick people, there wasn't a lot of energy left to "take care" of her. So...I confess that we resorted to a lot of children's videos.....we would all lay in our bed and put a video on the TV and then Doug and I would go back to sleep with her in between us. The bad part is that we only have THREE children's videos....and we watched them over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over....we about lost our minds over those 4 days. And as a result, Danika has a new obsession: Danika begs for "Eggie Dales" ....also known to the rest of the world as "Veggie Tales." We created a monster.

Here she is propped up in a chair watching Bob and Larry while Doug and I were sprawled pathetically on other peices of furniture. It was such a miserable time.

Here she is when she was on the mend....still not 100%, but excited to be eating food again.

However, just FYI, the Veggie Tales obsession is apparently here to stay. Ever since that week, it is the FIRST thing she asks for every morning, it is the first thing she says when she comes home from daycare, and it is the thing she is begging for as we tuck her into bed at night. ALL we hear from that little mouth is:

• "oovie mommy?"
• "eggie dales mommy?"
• "watch eggie dales now, mommy?"
• "oovie please"
• "bob & arry, mommy?"

Anyone know a cure for Veggie Tales obsession?

Babysitting twins...

12/13/08-
Our dear friends Sam & Courtney have the two most adorable "twin" girls you could ever meet. And since our kids are close in age and we live nearby, we try to help each other out with babysitting. Well....somehow it always seems that when it is our turn to watch all the girls, Doug is mysteriously unavailable. :) Anyway, I had the girls by myself for a fun evening back in December and I have to tell you, it was just hilarious.

First of all, Danika is jealous and was less than impressed that these two invaders were in her home. But she warmed up quickly to them and they all started just having a ball....until it was time to eat. I have two boosters, but not three. So I put Danika in a stroller and I sat in a wheeled computer chair and I just rolled between all three of them trying to stuff food in each mouth and keep the mess to a minimum. I was laughing out loud at myself...it really was a funny sight. And Danika just kept glaring at the girls...she was so jealous that they were in HER booster seats! Check out those faces....



Okay...now isn't that enough to make you laugh? Can't you just picture me rolling all around trying to keep everyone fed?

Anyway...once food time was over and I got everyone out of thier seats and back to playing, it was one big party again. The girls really do get along great, and it was quite a fun evening, even if they all kept me hopping. :)


Danika was trying to be a big girl helper....by "helping" with the clean dishes. This is what she did with my mixing bowl while I was unloading the dishwasher. That weird facial expression is what I get when I say "smile for mommy" when I'm taking a picture...it looks like a combination of pain and a wild animal growling. Believe it or not, she really was having fun. :)

It was even funnier when she tried to get out and she was stuck...I had to tip her over and pry this silly bowl off her butt.

Odds and ends...

Martin still hates Danika...but she LOVES him. She recently got a hold of him when he was sitting on Doug's lap and just squeezed the living daylights out of him. Just look at him...he looks so happy. :)

I wasn't feeling very well during the month of December thanks to this little one on the way, so decorating was a slow process. And my "helper" didn't really make things go any faster. :) Every time I climbed the step stool, she climbed up behind me to "help." It was really quite entertaining. :)

I'm a lousy blogger...but I have an excuse!

Well....I'm a terrible blogger. I know it's been a month since I last updated. But I have a really good excuse.....

I'm pregnant right now and due with the second little Bierer Baby on Aug 5th.

We are REALLY excited! But since Thanksgiving I've been miserable. I keep hoping it is going to get better, but I feel lousy. Why is this baby being so mean to me?????

Anyway...if I can get my act together I'll post Christmas pictures and pics from Danika's birthday very soon. :)

love,
andrea

It's a BAD BOO-BOO

So...we had a mishap yesterday.

Danika has been refusing to wear her mittens, so lately I have been telling her that when she doesn't wear her mittens or gloves, she has to put her hands in her pockets. She is pretty willing to do this, and it seemed like a happy compromise for both of us. That is, until yesterday morning.

We had the mitten fight on the way to daycare, I settled for my usual compromise, and we got out of the van to walk into the building. We got about half-way there, and my precious little girl tripped and fell flat on her face. It was like I could see it happening in slow motion, but I just couldn't reach her in time. And...since her hands were in her pockets, she couldn't catch herself. She hit the cement face first. I knew it wasn't going to be pretty, but when I scooped her up, her mouth was full of blood and she was terrified.

Long story short, while initially it looked like she put her teeth all the way through the upper lip, after we got the bleeding stopped, we realized she didn't. She put a deep gash on the inside, and she got several cuts on the outside from the cement. Mommy had to take the day off work to comfort and cuddle the little bug, but it all turned out all right. She got to eat a lot of popsicles and jello and she liked that. :)

By late afternoon, she was even pretty good natured about it. I asked her to show me her boo-boo and she puckered her lips right up and pointed inside. I asked if I could take some pictures and she said, "Yep." So...I did.

Here is Danika "Bruiser" Bierer as she looked yesterday afternoon.

The Dress Up Girl

This is a common occurrence in our house now. Anytime I leave my closet door ajar, a little elf climbs in and grabs a pair of my shoes and claims them as her own. The shoes are different every time, but the laughter it causes her parents is pretty much the same. :)

Along with the new shoe obsession, she has also taken a new interest in dressing up. This is a glimpse of her Snow White costume. So much fun! I love having a little girl!!!! :)

She's pretty pleased with herself. :)