sweet baby girl

I had a little impromptu photo session with Miss Paige this afternoon. She is sporting her new knit hat that I got for her on etsy. It was such a deal, I could not resist. She is so into wearing hats, that I thought she would be totally into wearing this one. She liked it for a little while, but then was over it.  She is fast approaching eighteen months. Her vocabulary and speech (is that the same thing?) has exploded with a new word or phrase everyday. Which is good, because the whole ability to communicate is a very helpful thing. She is quite the climber, and can now pretty much get up on the couch all by herself. I often find her in her room, in the rocking chair looking at books. She has a never ending appetite for those. She is still not really into television, but will occasionally watch Yo Gabba Gabba.

She has recently added broccoli to her diet. I was in total shock. I have been offering it to since she started eating regular food, and she ALWAYS spit it out. Now she eats it with gusto. Who would've thought it? We think she may be allergic to strawberries....but the jury is still out on that one. She does have very sensitive skin, which does not like all this dry air.  

She has pretty much outgrown all her eighteen months size clothes, and has started to fit into some twenty-four month size stuff - as seen in these photos.  She is still very small waisted, although I would not say she is skinny. I think they are making clothes nowadays for very chubby babies. I never had this problem with Emily, and she was not a chubby baby either.

Anyway, she is just as cute as can be. And a total pain when it comes to taking pictures. She does not sit still for anything - which I remember Emily being the exact same at this age. I don't have a whole of "face" shots of her either. So, I take what I can get.

 

And who could not love this cute little furry face. We have put off having him groomed because of the very cold temperatures - and I think he is most grateful.  Besides, I love it when he's this furry...except that you can't see his eyes. I want to put his hair up in a cute little pony on the top of his head, but Eric won't let me. He says all the other dogs will make fun of Max. I think they would just be jealous. Don't you just want to squeeze his nose?

thirty eight

I am thinking that my dear, sweet husband had a very nice birthday.  We started the day off with the traditional birthday pancakes, some quality time spent with family, a take-out lunch from Jimmy Johns, work, a yummy dinner made by my Mom, rum cake, presents, and ended the day with an operation night at the good ol' train club.  A good way to cap off thirty eight years.
A very large icicle hanging from the overhang on the back of our house.
The girls having a little fun this morning.
Paige partying last night.
Paige doing some work on Emily's Barbie laptop.  If only she could learn to invoice on that thing.
My Mom reading with Paige last night.  If you sit still long enough, Paige will bring you a book.

Poor Emily has a cold.  She came down with it Saturday night when I got back from a day of scrapbooking.  She stayed home from school today, and will probably be missing dance class as well. She is camped out on the couch watching movies.  Hopefully, she will be feeling better soon.

layouts

I know that today is Eric's birthday, and there will be pictures tomorrow, I promise.  However, today I took some pictures of my most recent layouts, edited them, and I am going to display them now...like it or not.  I spent twelve hours at a scrapbook event this past Saturday and got a whole eight layouts finished - which considering the fact that I can take up to four hours on one layout, eight in twelve hours is pretty good.  As always - you can click on each picture to see it more up close and personal.  Enjoy!  BTW - these are not really in any sort of order.