Sunday, December 11, 2011

Happy Birthday, Grandma J!

Bella woke up singing "Happy Birthday" this morning . . . .
I wonder if she knew it was a special day????

December 11~ My Grandma J's birthday
We love and miss you Gram!
Happy Birthday! 

The "good ol' days!"

Both of my grandmas

After my sister's wedding.


The background of this picture is the wedding quilt she made us.

Grandma's Girls ~ July 2008

Thanks for the memories, Gram!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

23

Could it be? 
Is it true? 
Will Pinky REALLY be 2 in a month? 
Where did the year go? 

We find ourselves in the hustle and bustle of getting ready for the Christmas.  We are anticipating trips to see Santa, Christmas programs at church, visiting our families for Christmas, and ringing in the new year with the ones we love.  And of course, we're still enjoying cheering on the Bison Football team! 

At 23 months, Pinky has officially tipped 30 pounds on the scale.  She's outgrowing most of her 24 month clothes.  She's become much more particular about what she eats . . . but still loves cheese!  She asks for cake and cookies, and even pumpkin pie, but she doesn't actually eat these treats.  Ice cream, on the other hand, is always a hit.  And a new favorite for our girl is lefse!  In fact one of her first 6-word sentences was:  "I eat the lefse all gone."

She's starting to become more interested in "tea parties", playing pretend, and a personal favorite, hide-and-seek.  Pinky hasn't quite caught on to the part of being quiet . . . she does great until someone says "where's pinky?" and she'll yell out "right here!" with such excitement!  So fun!  Hide-and-seek also allows us the opportunity to practice counting to 10 several times each night.  She's almost got it mastered! 

Decorating the tree.  Dec. 2011

Evidently it was a pretty tough job! 

Hot chocolate and cookies with cousin A after the
Holiday Lights Parade.  Nov. 2011

I wish we could bottle this excitement and joy and sell it! 
We'd be rich!