The Winterhalter Writings

Austin is WALKING!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:17:00 -0600

Check out the video of Austin walking. It just happened over night. I am soooo excited that he is starting to walk.

Hot Fireman!

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:45:00 -0600

The fire station down the street from us had an open house this last weekend. They had the firetrucks, ambulance, police cars all out for the kids to get into and check out. They also had information booths where they talked to the kids about safety, 911, etc. They also had hot dogs. It was really neat. Austin loved the fireman's hat. I think he's pretty hot, but I am biased.

Austin Crawling

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:19:00 -0600

Austin has learned how to crawl! Everything must move 3 feet up!!

Austin LOVES crawling. He has realized that he can now explore the house and find things. He loves going into the office and finding the cords. It is so fun watching him crawl and find new things.

Jenny's New Do!

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:56:00 -0700

Jenny decided that she wanted to cut her hair short to her chin because she hates getting tangels, so mommy and daddy said "ok." I took her to Lollilocks this morning, and we looked at pictures. She decided that she liked the "bob." So that's what we did. She has an A-line bob where it is shorter in the back and longer in the front. You can't tell in the picture because she had the lady put her hair up in ponytails. When we take them out I'll take another picture of her hair without the ponytails. Jenny absolutly loves it. She says "it's really cute!" Mommy agrees.

Austin is up on all fours!

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:27:00 -0700

Austin has learned how to push up onto his hands and knees. Once he gets up he rocks back and forth. He's only gets up for a couple of seconds, but it won't be long until he is crawling around. I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet. I liked being able to corral him into one area. I can't even put him into his excersaucer or jumper anymore. He wants to be on the floor so that he can at least roll to wherever he wants to go. Jenny crawled at 8 months, and since Austin is 7 months I better get ready soon. He is so ready to be mobile and to chase sissy around the house. It is very fun, though, to see him moving and growing. I do love it!

"And he's UP!"

This is just a funny picture. He was rolling around the floor and found Jenny's socks that she had left on the floor. He decided it would be fun to chew on it. When I looked over at Austin this is what I saw. I started laughing. Jenny came out to see why I was laughing. She looked at Austin and started cracking up too. I ran to grab my camera as this was something I had to share. Enjoy!

Little Man has Teeth!

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Wed, 4 Feb 2009 16:20:00 -0700

Austin has teeth!!!! He cut his first bottom front tooth about a week and a half ago. Then last Saturday he got his second bottom front tooth. It is very exciting to see him smile and to see his two teeth.

Jenny's 4th Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:49:00 -0700

Jenny turned 4 on January 7th. We had two parties for her, one with just family, and one at Chuck E. Cheese with her friends. She loved having two parties. It was definitely Jenny's day.

At Chuck E. Cheese they made Jenny stand up during the song to put on her birthday medallion. She was shy because Chucky was right there.

Austin's 1st Time Swimming

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:42:00 -0700

We went to the club to take Austin swimming for the first time. He loved it! When we got into the pool area he got wide eyed and started squealing. When we got into the pool he would move his arms up and down to cause a splash and then gasp because the water had hit him in the face. Jenny loved swimming with her brother. In case you were wondering, the things in Jenny's ears are ear plugs to keep the water out of her ears as she can't get water in her ears due to the tubes. It was a fun afternoon!

Ice Skating

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:34:00 -0700

Jenny wanted to go ice skating so I took her to Southlands Mall where they turn the fountain into an ice arena in the winter. She was very excited until we actually got out there. Once she realized that it was very slippery, she didn't want to fall on her butt. We went around about 2 times and then her feet were hurting, so she was done. Mommy wasn't too disappointed to be done either as she has not ice skated in a very long time and was scared to death of falling on her butt too. And let me tell you, it was a work out! It is hard trying to balance yourself, not fall, skate, hold Jenny, keep her from falling, and help her skate. I have new appreciation for all the professional ice skaters out there.

Solberg Family Pics

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:40:00 -0700

We had everyone home this Christmas, so we of course had to have family pictures taken. Above is Jenny with Austin. She wanted to hold Austin, and Austin kept wanting to arch out of her hands, so we were glad to get this shot.

Papa and Nana with their grand kids.

The whole Solberg Family, and Austin's 1st Solberg Family photo op.

Our family shot. Thanks go to Val for the Curious George monkey that helped Austin smile. He LOVES his monkey!!!!

Our two Marines. Don't they look so handsome. I can't believe they are all grown up. I remember having to babysit them, Trevor breaking his legs because he was roller blading in the house, Tigger having stitches after stitches after stitches, playing naked in the mud, breaking raw eggs on the floor one morning. Who would of thought that these two trouble makers would one day become Marines and represent America. WOW!

Christmas Pics of the kids

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:42:00 -0700

Meeting Santa

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:54:00 -0700

We took Jenny and Austin to the Southwest mall to meet Santa. Jenny was very excited to go and see Santa and was rehearsing her list of Christmas items she was going to tell Santa she wanted. When it became our turn Jenny walked up to Santa. She didn't say anything, but just looked at him. Then Santa asked her if she would like to sit on his lap and she said yes which shocked both Bryan and I. We thought that she would be very shy and cry. Then we put "Santa's Little Helper" on his lap. Austin didn't cry either. He just looked at Santa and then at me to make sure I wasn't going to leave him there with this weird guy. We took the picture which actually turned out better then we thought. I was expecting a frowning Jenny and a crying Austin. So I'm thrilled with this picture. After the picture Jenny told Santa what she wants for Christmas. It was a very successful day!

Sleeping on the job

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:52:00 -0700

So, I was feeding Austin last night some cereal and carrots, and I guess they weren't good enough because all of a sudden he just went to sleep. It kind of scared me at first because he literally just passed out, but he was breathing and okay. He looked so cute that I knew I had to take a picture of him.

Jenny's School Pic

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:14:00 -0700

Just wanted to share Jenny's school picture.

Funny Story

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:27:00 -0700

So yesterday, Jenny was running around the house like crazy, probably from a sugar high because she kept sneaking candy. I kept telling her to stop and of course she wouldn't, so finally I raised my voice and said "Jenny, stop running now!" Jenny proceeded to stop right in front of me, looked at me, and said "Yes, your majesty" and bowed. I started cracking up. I thought wow, I've succeeded as a parent when your child calls you your majesty. LOL

Austin 4 month checkup

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:18:00 -0700

Austin had his 4 month checkup today. He weighs 17.5 pounds and is 27 inches long. He is in the 89% catagory for his weight and 99% for his height. So he's tall and lean. Austin does however have an ear infection in his left ear and a bit of pink eye in his left eye. So, he is on antibiotics for both of those. He also recieved an oral immunization and 3 shots, so needless to say Austin is not feeling the greatest right now. My poor baby! :(

Jenny and Barbie

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:09:00 -0700

On Saturday we all decided to go to Walmart to see if we could find the Barbie and "The Diamond Castle" horse and carriage. Jenny loves that movie and already has one of the Barbie's, Liana, from the movie. She has told us that for Christmas she wants the other Barbie, Alexa, the Diamond Castle itself, and the horse and carriage. We had seen in the ads that Walmart dropped their price for the horse and carriage from $50 to $20 so we couldn't pass it up. I took Jenny and Austin and went to a different part of the store while Bryan went and found the horse and carriage, paid for it, and put it in the back of the car. Now if only we could get such a great deal on Alexa and the castle. Maybe the day after Thanksgiving.
As we were walking back to the front of the store who do we run into?? Alexa and Liana from "The Diamond Castle." We had no idea that they were going to be there that day, so we tried to get Jenny to take a picture with her favorite Barbies. As you can tell Mommy was more excited then Jenny as Jenny was a little scared. She wouldn't stand by them, so I had to hold her. She wouldn't even smile. We took the picture anyways and now Jenny carries the picture everywhere and says "that's Alexa and Liana with me." Of course I scanned the picture before I let her have it.

I took this picture with my cell phone so it is a little blurry, but one of my favorites. Jenny actually held Austin, smiled, and looked at the camera. I made funny faces to get Austin to smile. I was amazed I got a great picture.

Ariel and our Military Baby

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Sat, 1 Nov 2008 21:35:00 -0600

We had a great Halloween. We had our families over and Jenny's best friend Joey. Jenny was Ariel from "The Little Mermaid," Joey was Wolverine from "The X-Men," and Austin was our military baby in honor of his Uncle Dan, Uncle Teag, and Uncle Trevor who are serving in the military. We met up with several of the neighborhood kids and all went trick-or-treating. It was a huge group and very fun. We have the best neighborhood!

Jenny as Ariel. She waited so long to wear her costume, and I was thrilled that is was such a warm night as her costume would not have been as fun if it had to of been covered up with a winter coat. She did start out with a sweater, but then took it off as she was hot from walking so much. About half way through our trick-or-treating I had to unload some of her candy into my pockets as her bucket was overflowing and heavy. When we got back to the house she was so excited to see how much candy she had gotten. So was Daddy & Papa, and they quickly snuck some candy from her bucket without her seeing.

Austin as our military baby. He went trick-0r-treating for about half of the time then went home as he was tired and hungry, but he enjoyed seeing the lights.

Our princess and Navy/Marine baby.

Pumpkin Carving

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Sat, 1 Nov 2008 21:12:00 -0600

I guess I should label it pumpkin coloring enstead of pumpkin carving. Jenny didn't want to cut her pumpkin open to pull out all of the "yucky" stuff, so I gave her the choice to color her pumpkin. She jumped at that, and as you can tell she drew a nice pumpkin face. She was very proud of her pumpkin.

Austin's 1st Cereal

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:27:00 -0600

We gave Austin his first taste of cereal the other night. He wasn't too sure at first but quickly gobbled it down. I would say that he did better with it then Jenny did when she first tried cereal. I didn't let him finish all of it as I wanted to see how it would sit, but there were no problems. Both Bryan and I were anxious to have him sleep through the night due to the cereal, however, it was completely opposite. Austin was up every 2 hours. It was miserable! The next day, though hesitant to try it again, I gave Austin another round of cereal. He ate all of the cereal plus a little bit more. What can I say, except that I have a "growing" boy. Ha Ha! Austin did not sleep through the night that night, but did sleep for a solid 5 hours. So, I'll take that. Overall, it is very exciting to see him take this next step.

Miller Farms

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:43:00 -0600

Last weekend we went to Miller Farms with Nana, Papa, Taniel, and Kelsey (Trevor's girlfriend), and we had a blast. Yes, it was cold and wet, but we still had a good time. Miller Farms is off of 1-25 and exit 243. They have so many fun things to do like a corn maze, hay maze, tractor derby, petting zoo, and an air slide. You even get to take a hay ride out into their fields and pick as much as you like of potatoes, onions, carrots, pumpkins, corn, squash, etc. Jenny loved riding the tractor's with Daddy. Daddy's legs were very sore afterwards, but as he said "it was worth it to make her happy." Austin slept through most of it, but he was still cute.

Lollilocks

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:51:00 -0600

Today I took Jenny and her best friend Joey to Lollilocks to get their hair cuts. Jenny has been here before, but this is the first time she has willingly sat on one of the animals so it was a "kodak" moment. Joey, however, was very excited to sit on the motorcycle. In fact, Joey was so confident that when the lady told him she liked his hair color he said "I know." We all laughed.
Joey chose to have blue spiked hair, and Jenny chose to have her hair braided in the back with a pink and black ribbon (to match her outfit) and sparkles. They had a fun time!

Just Sharing

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Thu, 2 Oct 2008 19:49:00 -0600

I don't have anything really to say except I have two cute kids.

I guess I should explain the doll in the picture. That is Leana from Barbie and The Diamond Castle, Jenny's favorite movie for the week. :) Jenny has a chore chart where she has certain chores she needs to do every day. When she does a chore she gets to put a happy face next to it. We decide how many happy faces she has to get before she gets a reward. Her reward this last time was to get the Leana Barbi doll from that movie. Jenny is now working towards getting Leana's best friend, Alexa. She is already well on her way.

Our Navy Crawling Team

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:14:00 -0600

Austin has been recruited as the next member in the "Navy Crawling Team." He joins his sister who was recruited when she was a baby.

Their Uncle Dan, who is in the Navy, gave Jenny this outfit when she was a baby, so it was only fair to put Austin in it as well.

Can't wait for Halloween

noreply@blogger.com (The Winterhalter Writings) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:06:00 -0600

Jenny has said that she would like to be Ariel from the Little Mermaid for Halloween, so for the past couple of weeks I have been searching ebay for an Ariel costume. After trying to find the right costume, the right size, and staying on top of the "bidding wars," I finally found her costume. So, for everyday this week Jenny has been watching the mail for her Little Mermaid costume. Today it came and she was so excited. We had to put it on and try it out. Outside of it being too long, it is perfect. She even already had a crown and wand to go with it. We only let her wear it for a little bit explaining that we need to keep it nice until Halloween. I'm sure she won't be able to wait until Halloween to wear it again.