Weekend of Fun Part 1

Well our fun started last Wed. night when Chris' sister Becky and two of kiddos, London and Poppy, arrived from Alaska. Just a tidbit about them. London is 3 and a ball of energy. He has awesomely crazy curly strawberry blond hair. Poppy is just 1 and the most laid back little thing until she really wants your attention and her squeal is attention getting :)

Thursday was a relaxing morning at home letting everybody warm up to each other and catch up on some sleep. Chris' parents were also here.

Ali and Poppy having a morning snack

We then headed out to the Children's Museum. We had sooooo much fun. I think that London's favorite exhibit was definitely the dinosaurs. He LOVES dinosaurs. He likes to be a T. Rex and a Triceratops. Both the girls enjoyed the Playscape Toddler Zone. They both got to crawl/walk around and explore. They also have a Curious George exhibit right now that is fun. We ended the day with a birthday party for Poppy. She had turned 1 the day before they came. We enjoyed cupcakes with frosting and she was a champ at opening her gifts. London was also a BIG help :)

Mommy and Ali having fun on the slides at the Playscape


Daddy and Ali on the carousel



Happy 1-year Poppy

On Friday we woke up with Ali not feeling so well, along with Daddy. Ali was having diarrhea and vomited. We had her checked at the Peds office to make sure it was safe to head out of town. By mid-afternoon Mommy wasn't feeling well also. We did make it to Wabash but headed straight out to my parents house and took some naps and went to bed early. Unfortunately we had little visiting/playtime with the Moren's this day :(

To be continued......................

Oh, how pretty

So Ali and I have discovered how fun it is to "put on" Mommy's makeup while Mommy actually puts on her makeup. She loves to carry around the brushes and hold onto the mirror. She sits in my lap and just babbles away. It is soo sweet. Well, today I was letting her play and I was busy doing my hair and getting dressed and then looked at her and she had the eyeshadow open. She had a big brown dot on her nose and multiple little streaks throughout the rest of her face. I couldn't get the best picture, but here are some. I guess I have to start being alittle more selective on what I give her to "put on". HA!

Note the tiny brown speck on her cheek by her ear

Admiring the dark spot on her nose with her mirror :)

Go Horsey Go

Since we have had all this cold weather we have been amusing ourselves inside. As you can see, one of Ali's new favorite activities is playing horsey on our backs. Actually, if you lay flat on your stomach on the floor, she comes right over and crawls on. She is super sweet with Chris and just lays her head down and relaxes while he totters around. She even knows that she has to "dismount" by going feet first.....so fun and cute!

Sorry for the long delay!!

Hello all. Sorry that we haven't updated lately. I can't say we haven't been doing anything but I guess downtime at the computer has just been obsolete lately....as you can imagine :)
Ali is doing great. She is basically a walker but still would prefer to crawl if she needs to get somewhere fast. We are working on 2 new teeth on the top. That would make 6 all together. She is loving her bottles of Vit. D milk and Soy. We have to mix 1/2 and 1/2...I think she likes the sweetness of Soy...imagine that :) She still loves to eat and we are to almost all table food. Just and FYI....flung spaghetti by a 1 year old can go pretty far...HA!
She is enjoying all her Christmas and Birthday toys. Here is a photo of her in her wagon with multiple other toys accompanying her......it was the funniest thing. We were doing our daily wagon ride around the house and every time we went by her toys she pointed to one so it joined us on our ride. By the end of our 20 min. ride, I think all but 3 toys from the downstairs were joining her.....so sweet!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to All!
We hope you had a festive evening. May '08 be a blessed year for all.

Well, we went out in '07 with a bang. Ali has been sick for the past 7 days. Thank heavens we made it through Christmas. She started with a fever/runny nose on Wed. the 26th and continued with a fever through Saturday. We ended up at an Immediate Care on Sat. afternoon. They diagnosed her with an ear infection. Then on Sunday we started in with a rash which we thought might be from the antibiotic. So on Monday I called and talked to the NP on and she said it sounds like a classic case of roseola. SO.....that usually subsides in 1-3 days. We are doing MUCH better. She is back to sleeping through the night and actually eating something worth mentioning. We are so happy. We had a sick little bug on our hands. NO FUN! I guess we feel sooo lucky that we made it through one year with only 2 illnesses....croup and this.

Since this has been our only activity for days.....sorry, no fun pics----hopefully we'll post some soon!