Christmas Pics

Trip To West Side Market

Nataleigh and Daddy met up with Grandpa, Nonna, BisNonna and Becca at the West Side Market. They had a wonderful time! It was the first "real" snowfall of the year.

December crazies!

The girls at Nataleigh's 2.5 yr. well visit ;)

...so I'm doing really bad about taking pictures...but I have a great excuse...our camera hasn't been working. Which stinks! One day my dream is to have a really nice camera and take photography lessons. I love photography! Anyway.. So, Chris takes pics on his phone and sometimes they turn out and other times not. Here are few pics from the beginning of December when we put up the tree...
We are enjoying this season! It's crazy though with a toddler and an infant trying to keep them on track and not overwhelming them too much. Also, trying to keep up on my end with baking, buying a few gifts, and doing what I normally do during the day... etc etc....I'm finding myself VERY overwhelmed by it all right now...oh well...this is only a season!
Mia is close to getting her top two teeth poor thing!
Nataleigh had a 2.5 yr well visit this week and she's growing and doing great! The doctor was impressed with how she talks in paragraphs and that she's potty trained! WOOT WOOT! YAY, Nat! She weighed 28 lbs (50th%tile). At 12 months she was at the 5th percentile for her weight so this is a drastic improvement. If I told you how much she eats you would be blown away! She packs it in but she's always on the go too and has a very high metabolism :)

Gingerbread House!

This year we did a Gingerbread house with Nataleigh. She LOVED it! We bought the entire kit so nothing was homemade. Maybe we will try homemade next year! :)

and Nat is more like mommy every day! ;)

Nataleigh is very much into singing ;) When I was a little girl I remember telling my mom to "be quiet" when she was singing so I could sing and be heard. ;) Well, I got a little taste of my own medicine this week when Nataleigh "quieted" me while singing so she could sing! ;) hahahaha.
Love her more and more every day! ;)

Cinnamon Rolls!

Once a year I bust out the sinful cinnamon rolls. They are fun to make but also VERY unhealthy so I figure once a year won't hurt! ;) I found this recipe last year (thanks Pioneer Woman) and it made 8 pans of cinnamon rolls...yes, 8! We had them coming out our ears :) This year I remembered that and cut the recipe in half :)

Funny things kids say! ;)

I've been meaning to write down all of the cute things Nataleigh has been saying...here are a few:
**When looking at the lightening with daddy, daddy asked her: "where does lightening come from?" With fast response she says: "lightening bugs." ;)
**She calls the Christmas tree the Birthday Tree. ;)
**At her second haircut when the hair would get in her eyes she would call them fuzzies ;)
**She will say "biscuit" in a southern accent ;)
**my favorite-she pronounces "Rupprecht" "Pooprecht" ;)

...I'm sure I will think of more...

She's also really into singing these days. She will sing all of Jesus Loves Me, Zaccheus, This Little Light of Mine, Reflection, Tell The World, Holy, Holy.

New Mia milestones!

Today Mia went from her belly to sitting up!!!!!!! She's also really close to getting on all fours! Pretty soon she will be taking off! ;) We've also been teaching her the signs for "please" and "more." She had been doing this weird thing with her hand for awhile now and finally we figured out she was trying to sign "please!!" I will put a video on here of it soon! Amazing! I always say this but they do indeed grow so stinkin fast!

7 months!

Our sweet Mia is 7 months old (12-2)! She's def. growing and changing SO quickly! This past month she:
*Rolls over from back to belly all the time now
*Says "MaMa" and just said "DaDa" yesterday (12-3)
*nurses 4 times a day and eats solids 3 times a day
*She loves pretty much everything she eats
*scoots around on her belly-a lot of scooting backwards
*takes 3 naps (morning, afternoon, late afternoon catnap) sleeps 11-12 hrs. at night
*has become more coordinated with her hands
*gives kisses
*LOVES interacting with people, especially her sister ;)

a pic to come...

Sisters! Sisters!

Our girls are so fun right now! They love each other more and more everyday! ;)

When Nataleigh's left alone with her sissy (at least she's sharing) hahaha...

Thanksgiving 2011

We enjoyed being with my (Jessica's) side of the family for Thanksgiving! Nataleigh LOVED playing with her cousins and thought she was hot stuff sleeping in the big double bed at PaPaw and GiGi's! ;) Mia enjoyed the change of scenery (I think they both did) and is becoming a pro at scooting backwards on her tummy.
Chris and I enjoyed relaxing, being with family and playing games...oh and we must not forget our fun outing with my siblings and their spouses to Carusos and Rural King (the big farm store in town) ;)
Here is our first family picture (I know, pathetic we are just now getting one) that my mom took...

this are all out of order-I will put them in order later :)