Lazy blogger syndrome

Well, I just realized I didn't post anything in March. I'll attribute that to "lazy blogger syndrome," which I'll claim is a side effect of the CRAZY pollen count here that's causing our allergies to go nuts. All of us have been stuffy-headed, runny-nosed, congested, coughing, watery-eyed messes for a while now! As gross as it is, though, I wouldn't trade the spring weather for anything. We got SO lucky in avoiding a bad winter this year, and we're actually having spring-like weather...in spring! What a concept! I was especially glad that we had gorgeous weather for Easter. Here are some pictures of that!It's like pulling teeth to get them both to look at the camera at the same time.

Andrew accepts a jellybean bribe

Having fun outside!

See all my eggs?

Amelia liked this one best.

Happy birthday, Andrew!

Andrew turned the big "2" on Friday! We kept our celebrations pretty low-key (we didn't even get around to eating the birthday cake until Sunday afternoon!) but still had a fun weekend opening presents, eating with friends at Red Robin, playing with those presents, and eventually eating the cake. Amelia was about 30 times more excited for Andrew's birthday than he was (obviously he doesn't really get it yet), so it was a big weekend for her, too. Here are some pictures!

Inside the new ball pit

Plotting, I'm sure...

And this is what happens next!

We LOVE Thomas and Friends.

Yummy ice cream!Sesame Street school bus cake

Happy birthday, Andrew!

Snow fun

Unlike some of our friends on the East Coast, we've not had too bad of a winter so far (and I'm not complaining)! We've really only had two "big" snows, and even those were under 8" (definitely not bad!). Anyway, the kids had fun playing in the snow we got yesterday. Enjoy the pics!

The Kiddos

As promised, here are some recent pictures of the kids. They're both doing very well and keeping us either entertained or insane. ;-) Enjoy!

So sweet.

Isn't she looking so grown-up?

Such a little cheeseball.

Yes, this is Andrew in the dog's bed. He got in there by himself, I promise.

Little cutiesMy personal favorite. See, they do love each other!

New (?) Year, New Stuff

Hello out there! I have been soooo lazy over the last couple months, and I figured I'd better have at least one post in January. I guess the year isn't really "new" anymore, but since this is the first blog of 2010 it can be new, right?

We've had lots of changes in the Jobe household in the last month or so. Most of them aren't really earth-shattering, but you get to hear about them anyway, ha! :-) The biggest change is one that most of you probably know about, but I haven't mentioned on the blog. NO, I AM NOT PREGNANT so don't think that. It's this: Bryan has a new job! His last job ended in October and he "involuntarily took some time off" from then until last week, so this is BIG news. The last quarter of the year was pretty stressful for us, to say the least; we are so thankful to our families for all their help and support, and to God for His faithfulness in bringing the right job at the right time (even though a little sooner would've been ok with us. ;-) Bryan had his orientation for his new job last week and he is so excited about it! The company is big, stable, well-respected, and they are very excited to have him, so we are very excited about it! So that's the big news. The rest of it is little stuff, but I have pictures of it.

With birthday and Christmas money we did a lot of re-organizing and re-arranging in our house! My birthday present was an additional shelf from IKEA (love that place!!) for all my craft stuff, replacing the yucky plastic drawer carts I had. I LOVE this shelf and desk! I've done several projects here already and look forward to several more! Here is a picture of the shelf, and the first project I did on it...a skirt for Amelia!

The next re-arrangement we did was to bring my desk upstairs; it had been downstairs when Bryan's office was upstairs, and since his office is downstairs now, it wasn't the best place for my desk. Anyway, we moved my desk up to the front hall. Not ideal, but it's functional! We then got inspired to re-arrange our bed, which exposed our large window (with really ugly mini-blinds and sheer curtains), which prompted us to get new Roman shades and curtains, which necessitated new throw pillows, which gave us the color to paint our bathroom (which had been sanded and ready to paint for...um...a year): "warm brownie." Whew! So here are pictures of our "new" bedroom and bathroom. We love it!
Also, I know I get excited about small stuff--hey, I'm easy to please--but if you'll notice, the curtains in the bedroom are exactly the same pattern as the new shower curtain. And I got them at two completely different stores. SO exciting! Anyway, that's all our new house stuff. I'll add some new kid pictures in a different post...too much in one day would overwhelm you, after the shock of seeing that I actually posted something!

Merry Christmas from the Jobe kids!

An Instant Classic

This Sunday after church we went to visit Santa at our local mall. We'd prepped the kids for the visit and both were as excited as can be--Andrew kept saying, "see Santa! see Santa!" and Amelia was jumping up and down as we waited in line. Then it was our turn. I said, "Andrew, are you going to let Santa hold you on his lap?" "yeah! yeah! yeah!" "Ok..." So Amelia climbed up on the jolly old elf's lap, as excited as ever, and we set Andrew on Santa's knee... and Andrew instantly started screaming. Of course. So it wasn't all Andrew had expected. Needless to say, therefore, this year's picture with Santa is an instant classic.
The photographer kept snapping pictures, hoping to get one where our dear son was taking a breath from all the wailing, and the whole time Bryan and I were just laughing, saying, "it's fine...we think it's funny!" Then to each other: "does this make us bad parents??" Anyway, hope this little gem gets you in the Christmas spirit. Ho, ho, ho!