Playing...

Outside...

With Papa...

With Great-Grandma...

Ballerina with our bear...

and with our sister!

Silence....

You know that silence....when you forget that you just patched some dry wall & your 2 year old goes quiet for a bit.....

This is the result of that silence!

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Western Stock Show
We took the girls to the rodeo & stock show on Friday. Sami was really excited about riding this pony ... ride 'em cowgirl!

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Eliana is 5 months old!

Eliana is attempting to tripod. She loves the taste of her feet (I think it's adorable when babies chew on their feet!) She adores her older sister & Samantha can get her giggling faster than most people.

Ellie's first solids

Sami pretending to feed Ellie. (Samantha is a very doting big sister)

Giving her sister a ride

5 month teddy bear photo

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

SAMANTHA IS POTTY TRAINED!!!

After Thanksgiving we dove into potty training full force- Merry Christmas to me! After 9 days accident free, Samantha earned this doll that she picked out back at the beginning of potty training. I was worried with Christmas that the doll wouldn't mean much but it is proving to be her favorite baby- she bathes, feeds, dresses & rocks her baby. Often I will see her baby in Eliana's jumpy or on her play mat!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I attempted to get a photo of the girls in their Christmas pajamas- however Samantha wanted nothing to do with it; so here's Ellie...

Ooh- feet...

What daddy- look at mommy...

If I have to...

Christmas morning Samantha slept in; so Lance, Ellie & I hung out waiting for her to wake up- I don't want to hasten the 3am Christmas mornings! Ellie played like a champ while she waited...

Samantha finally came down & we opened gifts...

Again Ellie played as she waited... (Samantha kindly opened Ellie's gifts too!)

We ate cinnamon rolls...

Again, Ellie played as she waited (practiced her rolling!)...

Merry Christmas to everyone- it was very fun having an excited toddler in the house!

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HAPPY 2011!

Lance got a week off of work- we all loved having the extra time with him! (With the wind, snow & negative temperatures he decided to forgo the tree stand hunting! Smart call Lance!) So my easily bored husband started remodeling bathrooms! Sami, did as daddy did but to my hallway!

A closeup of the marble tile he's installing for the counter top.

Samantha having tea with her doll on top of daddy's work area!

Here is a pic of Lance's elk- Congrats Lance!

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Happy 2011 to all of you- don't forget your ham, black eyed peas & cabbage tomorrow!

For Mom

My mother made this advent quilt for me & this post is for the purpose of 'delivering' the photos of it to her.
Thanks Mom!
Jenny

4 months & pics!

Samantha & her friend Avery had a playdate; for lunch they shared a tea party!

Cheers!

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Eliana is 4 months old! She giggles, coos, loves to stand & sit up; she rolls over from tummy to back & is trying hard to go the other way too!

'Tis the Season!

Christmas time is here!

We are wearing our Christmas pajamas...

We have that "gotta have it" gleam in our eyes...


And we have the tree!

Gobble...gobble!!

We've been saying a lot of that around here lately! And here are some pics of what we've been up to...
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Move over Martha Stewart!
As some of you know I've been using cloth diapers...but it wasn't until lately that I've been ambitious enough to make my own! Here's my 1st!

Samantha is VERY into tools! She is fixing Ellie's hiney here!

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Anyone else...?
Have an issue with deer eating your jack-o-lanterns?

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Thanksgiving Part 1
I don't have but these pics of our time with the Colwell family- we all used my mom's camera.
Sami on the light rail


Samantha thoroughly enjoyed playing with Zach.

We found out that Katie loves creme brulee!

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Thanksgiving Part 2
Here are some highlights from our time with the Thomas family.
Eliana & great-grandma Norma.




Samantha & Uncle Wayne playing football.

Rock Band

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Just for fun