1 and 6 year pictures

I took the kiddos to get their pictures taken last week. They did such a good job! I can't wait to share them. Marcus has a little trouble containing the cheesy smiles, but at least he pretended to like his sister for a while.

Big Girl's New Trick

Watch the video below to see Josie's newest trick. Hint: Stick around 'til the end of the video.

The Toothless Wonder

Check out the man with the missing tooth! This is the first lost tooth, with many more to come. In fact, the one next to it is already loose.

And by the way, we know it's been a long time, but look for more posts to come soon!!

10 Year Anniversary!

Last week, Andy and I celebrated our tenth anniversary. We got to spend a couple of nights at a hotel in Indianapolis, while Grandpa Dan and Grandma Linda spoiled the kids. :) We had a great time. Please enjoy a few highlights from our life together. Blast from the past! I couldn't figure out how to make this picture bigger, but it was the oldest one I found of us as a couple. This picture was from the 4th of July after we started dating in 1997. We got engaged the following September.

June 20, 1998 - We got married in Evansville, Indiana at Faith Church of the Nazarene. This is one of the few pictures that survived, thanks to technological difficulties on the photographer's part.

This is from around our first anniversary. I was going to get our picture taken every year, but that only lasted two years. It's not much fun, until kiddos come along!

I just like this picture of us. I think it was taken around a year before Marcus was born, so we were married almost four years.

And baby makes 3! We were 26 years old and married 4 1/2 years, but I think we still look like kids holding that tiny little bundle. Boy, if I could just go back and tell those two what they're about to get themselves into!

Introducing Marcus Andrew Burnette! Born on November 13th 2002, our perfect little boy.

Another happy picture, and another tiny little bundle. I guess we'll have to wait and see what advice we should have given these two. :)

Welcome Josie Renee Burnette! Born 5 years after her brother, on January 31st, 2008.

Ten years, and two great kids later.............

......I think we'll keep each other! :) I love you, sweetheart!

Family Hiking Trip

On Friday, we all went hiking at Shades State Park near Crawfordsville. Yep, even Josie. We all had a lot of fun. Josie enjoyed her ride on mommy's belly. She kicked and giggled the whole time. She even took a nap while we climbed around the rocks!

Marcus was quite the little explorer. He and daddy showed mommy how it was done. He was so excited for all of us to be there, finding cool things to look at. One thing I learned, the harder the trail, the better Marcus likes it!

Beautiful weather, great scenery, awesome family. What a great day!

Random Josie Pictures

I wanted to take a couple of pictures of Josie in some of the outfits that I really like on her.

This is actually the outfit that Josie came home from the hospital in. She looks so big in it now! I can't believe she has graduated out of the newborn size.

I love the brown and pink combination. We got this dress at our church baby shower from one of our friends.

Josie's favorite spot for napping is her swing. This is pretty much the only place she'll sleep during the day, unless we're driving and she falls asleep in the carseat. She's been doing great at night, though. She's slept from 9pm to 7am for the last 4 nights! Also, as you can see, she isn't into her pacifiers the way Marcus was. She just loves those fingers!

Josie's dedication

Josie's dedication was on Sunday, April 20th at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Danville. It was the first baby dedication that our church has had in a while, and everyone was really excited!. Reverend Don Garrett of UUI performed the ceremony. About 20 of our friends and family were able to come from out of town. After the service, we all went to the Mayberry for lunch. It was a really good day!

Josie trying to be patient until it's her turn in the spotlight.

Reverend Garrett and our family. Marcus looks like he's enjoying this, huh?

This pretty girl really needs a nap! She was awake all day being passed around by admirers. At 3 pm, after everyone left, she fell asleep and slept for the next 16 hours. She did wake up about three times to eat, then it was right back to bed!

Josie with two of her Great Grandmas. We want to thank everyone for coming!