We've all been sick this last week - coughs and colds and sore throats. Fun stuff. Last night, Aspen came and crawled into bed with us (she manages to escape out of her crib on occasion...we haven't moved her into a toddler bed yet because she rarely does it...). So she was laying snuggled up to me and all of a sudden, she sits straight up and kisses me on the forehead! And then she laid back down and started stroking my hair and then gave me another several forehead kisses. It made me smile. I know we do that to her all the time, its just always so sweet to see your child imitate such tender moments. :)

Sweet girls...

Mia is starting to really take after her big sister in a lot of ways. Here are just a few:

The two-fingers-in-the-mouth:




Climbing up on things:





Looking cool with their sunglasses!




Loving toward each other:



And just being so darn sweet!

Aspen update

Man, this has been a crazy hectic couple of weeks for us. We found out two weeks ago, after lots of worrying on my part and lots of blood work, stool samples, even an endoscopy, that Aspen has Celiac Disease. So we've spent the last two weeks trying to figure out all that goes into a gluten-free diet for little Aspen. She is already feeling so much better - SO MUCH! The color is returning to her face, she's stopped losing weight, her happy temperment has returned - along with lots of giggles. :) We are very grateful that we caught this early so we can get it under control and she will feel so much better. :) She's such a sweet girl and its been really hard on all of us to watch her being so sick and not knowing how to help, or even what was wrong. So we're on the way up! :)




AND....Aspen had her first dentist visit last week. YAY! Ok, so I know I have an obsession with teeth - I should have been a dentist or something. And Aspen loves teeth, too. She did great at the dentist and she has 16 wonderful, healthy, great teeth. :) All her tooth-brushing has paid off so far.



Anyway, that's it. :)

I love....

I love this new face of Mia's:

I love this sweet girl:

I love Malo for being such a great daddy:


I had my little surgery today....so maybe after 7 months of dealing with stupid stuff, I'll be ok. Kids, I tell ya! :)