Our Girls

So Santa wasn't a big hit this year. She did talk to him from a distance though. She told him "ho, ho, ho" and "baby" (that's what she wants for Christmas). And if you look very closely...there is the beginning of a smile when Santa asked for 'five'.

We woke this morning to a neighborhood covered in "soooooow" (as our baby says it). Unfortunately mommy and daddy promised they would deliver presents for church so we had to leave the house. Mommy prefers to just stay put when there is white stuff all over. Here is our baby's first venture out into the snow this year. Note to all concerned viewers of photos: She WILL wear gloves when we go out longer than 60 seconds. She WILL wear boots and snow pants, and a big jacket too. We were only out for literally 60 seconds...So please don't report us to DCFS (yet). This adorable coat and hat was a gift from Grammy. It is so warm and snuggly! Not to mention cuter than cute!

Metal mixing bowl = Hat??? YES HAT! Or not a hat??? Hat. Who needs toys when you have a kitchen full of fun things???

This is our Gingerbread Girl all ready to decorate wearing her cute ginger-jammies from Aunt Tracy:) Daddy is showing her how to squeeze the icing. She was all about squeezing it and tasting it...but she did not like it at all when mommy made it in the mixer. Our baby does not like machines that make noise (vacuum, mixer, etc.) They are scary and she feels that they should not be used AT ALL around her. She was a great help! The finished product!

Yes, this is titled correctly. And No, we have not started potty training yet. A few days ago our baby found this book on her shelf (a generous gift from Uncle Nate) and she has wanted to read it nonstop. I am talking 15 - 20 times a day! She is obsessed. More than obsessed. It is actually getting a bit ridiculous. She digs through her books on her book case saying "poop, poop, poop" looking specifically for that book. And then when she finds it, it must be read immediately. Do not pass go, do not collect $200 - immediately read the book! The book has these little 'lift the flap' pages that she lifts and then she says "POOP!" when she finds the one with the poop under it. It must be read at least 3 times through each time you sit to read (no skipping pages either!). Augh!!! Uncle Nate you just wait till you have children:)

It was cold and rainy outside and my baby and I were stuck at home with nothing that had to be done...so we ventured to an indoor play place here in town. It truly was like a huge hamster cage for kids! (And mommy's!) We were the ONLY ones in the place. It was a blast! We started off in the toddler area (where the video is filmed), but then went through the big kids tunnels, down the big-kids slides, on the big-kid trampoline, and over the big kid bridges. She LOVED every minute of it. The slides were HUGE. I made sure she sat on my lap as we went down just in case she got scared...but she didn't. She laughed the whole way down and then signed (and screamed) "More! MORE!". After 45 minutes, mommy was tired. (It was quite a work out folks!) So it was back to the toddler area for our baby. She didn't stop or sit down once! She is quite the climber these days. We have to watch to make sure all of our chairs are pushed in around our kitchen table. She has been known t...

The Andrew and Daughter Day didn't get off to a great start. We couldn't go swimming - too cold, too rainy. We went to the library -closed, too early. We went to see Aunt Mary at a pottery sale - again, too early. We went to the world's largest Burger King play place - too rowdy and too dirty. So finally, it came down to Christmas shopping. Not really what I had in mind, but hey you do what you gotta do. The girl had a blast! I let her run a little rampant up and down the Mall hallways - she ran about half a step ahead of me saying "Hi" and "DaDa" to everyone we met. She burned off a little steam, had a good time, all was right with the world. And then... the carousel. She looks a little somber in these pictures, but this was as good as mainlining chocolate cake as far as she was concerned. She picked out the "Cat" to ride on, she "Grrr'ed" at the tiger and "nay"ed at the horses. All in all it turned out pretty spectacul...