11/29/11

Baby Einstein

River watched his 1st Einstein video last night. He loved it and squealed, waving his arms throughout! I forgot how amazing it is to watch someone so little get so much entertainment, joy and focus out of a video.

11/27/11

Decorating for Christmas

Christmas 2011.......this brings babyproofing to a whole new level......Chase had to put our tree on top of the entertainment center! It is beautiful but so funny. And I still can not believe that we have are a family of 4 and fill up a mantel with stockings. It is surreal to me that we have jumped from 2 just two years ago;) I can not wait for Christmas with the two little bugs this year :)

Buddies

The girls playing peekaboo tonight:)

Who sleeps through the night.....this guy!

12 weeks tomorrow! Sleeps through the night and still takes a nap with mommy;)

Festival of Trees

Festival of Trees is Tri State's hospital fundraiser gala. It was fabulous to get all dressed up and spend some time together with cocktails, music, and adult conversation.

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving at my Mom and Rod's house, just the 6 of us. It was Laken's first holiday meal with food and only half of it ended up on the floor:)

One and One Third, 16 Months, Toddlerhood!

"Toddlerhood is like three parts fiesta mixed with two parts wrestling match, and one part jungle safari!" This quote made me laugh when I read it and I had to share it because it describes Laken right now to a T! It is so fun to see the world and all of its adventures through her eyes. She has developed sass, humor, opinions, and a whole repertoire of emotions and expressions. One minute I can not stop laughing, and then next we are ready to pull our hair out. I received the nicest compliment and beamed the other day when a friend told me, "she just has the best little personality!" We adore her, and she is often the topic of our adult time conversation at night. "What did Laken do today?" .........."she climbed inside her toy box and could not get out, she played with a bug on the kitchen floor, she climbed into the bottom drawer so that she could reach into the top one, she told me {no, no, no)!" Awww snap, that psychic in Sedona was right......we have a spitfire on our hands. I often call her "Pistol" when she is sassy now. It pairs nicely since River is our "Magnum" born at 3:57 ;)