More Snow Fun!

More fun in the snow. We took the girls for a sled ride. Anna wanted to go FAST the whole time. Ken got a total workout this weekend between the shoveling, snow blowing, fort building and sled pulling.

Sometimes Anna got stuck in the snow it was so deep.

Snooooooow Much Fun!

So our friend Alan, who lives in Florida, called us yesterday to rub it in that it was 75 degrees where he was... Ha! I say! We laugh in the face of fair weather! This is what winter is all about! You can't do any of this in Florida! It's Christmas time, winter, sunny and there is lots of snow. Winter doesn't get any better than this!

Remember the cardboard box fort I posted this summer... well Ken is hard at work on the winter version for Anna. She is in bed, and he is working on it. He started around 8:00pm and it is now 9:40pm and he is still working. Stay posted, I will get her reaction on video, but here is a preview for you of his building skills. And yes, for those of you who attended the BT lunch & Learn with ADS Pipe... their products also work well as tunnels as well as storm water conveyance products.

Big Smiles

I do think that Anna and Emma-Grace looked a lot a like at the same age, minus the hair from Anna. That is what throws me off. Also, Emma-Grace has these big round apple cheeks that Anna didn't have. So Anna had the hair and Emma-Grace has the apple cheeks.

Anna

Emma-Grace

Miss Apple Cheeks!

Catching Up

Well, it has been a while since I posted anything, so I have some serious catching up to do before Christmas! So here it goes...

Ken is without a doubt, Emma-Grace's favorite parent. She is a total daddy's girl. Which is fine, we are even now... I am Anna's favorite and Ken is Emma-Grace's. I definately can't get her to laugh like Ken can.

There are a few sounds that I would put in the best sound ever catagory. The first is the first time your baby cries. But the problem with that one is it only happens once, you are probably pumped full of drugs, tired, in pain and with lots of people running around... so the next best sound is when your kid laughs, which can happen all the time. In fact, I recently read somewhere that the sound of a baby's laughter can cause a rise in endorphins... even when you don't know the baby. So here you go! If you need a pick me up, check out the video below.

Our parent group had a Christmas party for the kids and Santa came. I preped Anna by telling her that Santa was going to be at the party and he was bringing her a present. It worked and she wasn't afraid. It was so cute watching the kids wait for him. They were all looking at the window...

Of course, Emma-Grace wasn't afraid.

Bath Time! Just part of the routine hair styling in the bath! If you check back a few entries, I think you will see a picture of Anna when she was just a few months old with the same hair style in the bath... it never gets old!

Anna having a snack with Belle, in her new Christmas PJs.

Can you guess what Emma-Grace is doing here? Notice both hands braced on the sides and both feet pushing on the tray of her chair... Her system is still getting used to solids!

Just too CUTE!

Christmas Lights

Just wanted to share Anna's reaction to our Christmas lights!

Helpfull Anna

Anna, helpful as ever, was involved in the first feeding of Emma-Grace!

Sleeping and Eating

The video is of Anna sleeping... just listen. It is definately blackmail material when she is a teenager!

We started cereal with Emma-Grace this weekend. She is a pro at eating! The little monster gobbled it right up. I think this is the first time that she has felt "full"!

On a side note, she had her four month check up. The mega-baby weighs 15lbs 15oz and is 25" long. She is about 2 lbs heavier than Anna was and is 1/8" taller than Anna was. She is doing great and I think she has started to teeth. She is a dooling machine, chewing on her fingers constantly and has bright red cheeks. Sorry for the red eye! Enjoy the rest of the pictures!

These little seats are so funny! They were not around when Anna was little. I love it because Emma-Grace sits next to us whenever we play games of with Anna's doll house. She is just part of the gang!

The girls' cousin turned one last weekend. As usual, Emma-Grace was a total party animal.

Well. the first batch of Christmas cards went out, so I thought I would post the picture that I used on them. Merry Christmas Everyone!

Christmas Time

Anna is thrilled with all the Christmas and all the trappings that go with it. She did a great job helping with the tree and hanging the ornaments. Here is a quick viedo of her trying to lift part of the tree up.

Here are Ken and Anna having fun. Notice the change in attitude from fun to crisis when Anna looses her hat...

Christmas Card Back Up

This was the picture I was going to use for our Christmas card, then it snowed and I got a better shot of the girls outside... stay tuned for the arrival of your Christmas card.

I got a little sappy too and wanted to put some pics of Anna at Christmas over the years...

2005 - Anna and Aunt Sara

2006... Yup, we are THOSE parents! She is a reindeer while we were in Florida in December 2006!
2007 - Our little Christmas gift

Big Bag of Dirt

Anna's response when asked what Santa will bring her if she is naughty...

Bath Time Beauties

Can you tell which one is Anna and which one is Emma-Grace? Of coures, Anna has the mohawk! Both are cuties, with or without hair!