She's 2!!!

My baby (for 4 more days!) turns 2 today!  She requested pancakes for breakfast, which was a given for her!

This little silly is so sweet and hilarious!  She's also a little bit of a smarty pants too!  She's talking waaaay too much for her age, and it's hilarious to watch her facial expressions when she tells you a story.  

We love you Zoe!  Happy Birthday!

4 Years Old

My baby, so proud to be 4 years old.

She had a party at school, Zoe and I snuck in to watch the festivities.

We had a family dinner with my family and had a mass party for Lily, Carter and Millie. Then, on Lily's actual birthday Buz's family came over for cake and ice cream. Then, because you can't have too many parties (but you really can, we did!) we had her little girlfriends over for a tea party...

I haven't taken her to the doctor yet, so I don't know her stats, but she's definitely growing. Taller that is. Still needs to grow a waist!

Lily's smart. A little too smart. She outwits us all too often, but I'm glad she's got the brains to do it.

The other day she was singing a song they learn in school to help them remember what sound each letter of the alphabet makes. She said, "Mom, listen this is funny. 'I know z says z z z, I know y says ya ya ya, I know x says...'" I couldn't keep up to figure out if she was singing the alphabet backwards in correct order, but she was! Little smarty pants :)

Lily is sooo excited to have her baby brother come into our family any day now, and she's prepped me with all of her duties, like taking him out of his crib, handing him to Zoe, bathing him...

uh oh.

I'm so grateful for this little spunky girl in my life, I wouldn't take her any other way.

Love you Luce. Happy Birthday.

January/February

We had a few mild weather days in January, so the girls and I took advantage of our zoo pass and headed outside.

While Christian and Ashlee were in the process of moving and finishing their basement, we spent some time at Wheeler Farm feeding the geese and ducks, and checking out all the other animals. Yes, Buz wanted to blend in as a farmer. Nice.

Lily's preschool had a celebration day at Airborne. I think this is what has sparked Lily's somewhat new determination to be daring. Somewhat daring.

Zoe always likes to pull the goofy faces.

Matilda Jane Time!!

Save the date!

Come check out their amazing spring line for little girls, teens, and women. It will be so much fun!

Friday, February 3rd, 6 - 8 p.m.

My house

(message if you want my address)

Bring your moms, sisters, friends, aunts, and of course kids are welcome!

Also, Cozette Couture will be here to sell all of her little lovelies!

snow

It FINALLY snowed, and we were able to test out our sled I bought, I think, in November. The girls looooved it.

Merry Christmas 2011

i'm sitting here listening to zoe defy our new plans...we moved her to a big girl bed. in lily's room. lots of changes coming that little one's way. i figure while i wait for her to fall asleep i may as well update the good old blog. here's our happenings for christmas morning:

the annual anticipation on the stairs picture

posing in front of their santa spoils. all lily asked for was a sailboat for the bathtub. that santa really delivered! and zoe is all about babies, and pretty much hasn't put hers down since!

buz and i got zoe a few accessories for her baby, in the hopes that fights over the stroller, etc., would be thwarted. yeah right!

lily got lots of new games. she's in heaven.

after our family (and aunt sarah!) opened presents, the rest of my family came over for our traditional aebelskivers. a very yummy breakfast! (santa brought the girls their own table this year too!)

thompson, sarah, my aunt carla, and christian. my mom, other aunt maren, and ashlee and baby cole were also there, but apparently i didn't take that picture.

hope you all had a merry christmas and a happy new year!

it's a.....

boy!!!

looks like it's time to mix things up around here and start evening the scores. just a few more months and he'll be here!!!