Laureli's party

It was a rainbow party! 

 Claire helping by blowing out Laureli's birthday candle

Loves all things soft and cuddly

Claire helping opening her presents

More helping :)

Puddle Jumping

One rainy day we bundled up and out we went.

We were all soaked when we got home, but somedays you just need to get outside. 

LAURELI is ONE!!

Our sweet little baby girl is not baby anymore and not so little, definitely heading full speed into being a toddler.

Day 1

Day 365

Here is a few things about Laureli:

• She has 4 and half teeth :)
• Has been walking for the last two months
• Is 22 pounds, 29 inches tall and is wearing 18 month clothes
• Loves her stuffed kitty, her mama and wants to be where ever big sister is but doesn't want her to touch her. Go figure! 
• Says mama, up, daddy and bye-bye
• Knows the signs for milk, all done, more and eat
• Enjoys pointing to her belly button and giving raspberries on other people's tummy
• Her favorite game is patty cake
• Eats EVERYTHING! 
• Does this funny but super cute fake laugh
• Will show you her tongue if you ask

The next Olympian …...

Claire really enjoyed watching the Olympic figure skating. She was twirling and jumping in the living room pretending to be a figure skater. Dave was able to catch some of it on camera.

Be sure to turn up your volume….

Laureli's boo boo

It was bound to happen. Stitches! It was a Saturday morning everyone had just gotten up and Dave was bringing Laureli down the stairs. His feet slipped out in front of him and he landed flat on his tailbone (bruised it pretty good). Unfortunately, he dropped her and she hit her head on the molding. I scooped her up right away and she calmed a little but as soon as I handed her off to Dave (so I could get out of my pjs and he changed her diaper) she was upset again. Since her bag is always ready, it was easy to get  out the door. Grab a quick banana and Laureli and I headed off to the emergency room. Luckily its only 10 minutes away. Once there the nurse put a bandage on it and gave her a mild numbing medicine.   

A hour later we left with four stitches, a black eye and a mild concussion. It was a little traumatic for all of us. Thankfully she won't remember any of it. Wish I could say the same for us parents. 

Eating a banana at the emergency room, waiting to see the dr

Napping after we got home. 

The next morning, the eye looked even worse

Day 2

Day 4

5 days later after the stitches came out

Day 5

12 days later. Isn't it amazing how fast they heal!?!

Christmas Morning

Nice and quiet, just the way we like it. Claire got a huge playhouse from Santa. He must have been thinking of me when he brought it because its collapsible and folds away for easy storage. Laureli's present from Santa was a water table. But both girls have been playing with it. Now if it would just warm up so we could play with it outside. 

Notice the matching pajamas.

Happy!

Our first house

Gingerbread house that is. It was messy and fun. The candy and icing tasted terrible. We had to be careful not to put too much icing as it would cause the candy to droop. 

taste testing the candy

droopy candy