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! :)

Mia's on the move...

The only problem with my new camera is that it doesn't take videos! Oh well. But Mia is CRAWLING!!!!

Ok, mommy get ready - this is going to be good!

Now, remember, this take a lot of concentration on my part so please don't disturb me....

Okay, here I go...get ready!!!

Aren't I talented? And now your life will never be the same because I'm never going to stay in one spot!! hahahah!




And taking after her big sister in her love for reading....

29 forever!

My birthday was Friday, the 23rd. I am now officially old. I turned the big 3-0 in reality, but truthfully this is the last time I am admitting that. I am sticking with 29. I know, I know, I KNOW that 30 is just a number, you're only as old as you feel, blah, blah, blah. Yes, 30 IS a number....a really LARGE number that I have no interest in embracing. And if I'm only as old as I feel....well, I haven't had a good night's sleep (or even longer than a 4 hour stretch at once) in well over a year and it doesn't look like its going to happen anytime soon - so if I go by that....man I'm well into my nineties! ;-) But, the good news is that I had a great birthday. My mom came out for my birthday with Teresa and her 6 kiddos...RAndy had to work so he didn't come, which was sad for me since he's my FAVORITE brother! :) But it was really fun to have them here for the weekend. Its so stinking cold here, I don't think it got above 27 this weekend, so our outside time was limited. But we went down to Riverfront Park and played on the giant wagon slide and then fed the ducks. Its really the ONLY thing I know of to do around here. I hear that there is TONS of stuff to do, but its been so cold and there is SO much snow that we haven't ventured out too much yet. Malo decorated my birthday cake for me and seriously put 30 candles on it. For his 30th, I was KIND and put the number 3 and number 0 on his so he only had to blow out 2....but I had to blow out THIRTY!!!! And the quote from the day was from Scott, "THERE ARE A MILLION CANDLES ON THERE!!!" Thanks buddy, thanks! :)


AND....I my family went together and got me a new camera the Canon 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera, EOS Rebel XS! YAY!!!! So watch for better pictures!!! I was so excited about it! And awesome Aeranee gave me a gift card to the OLIVE GARDEN -yummy!- and the movie theater and a coupon for a free night of babysitting! So the hubby and I are going to have a date! Wa-hoo! Anyway, it was a good day and I'm happy with where my life is right now. So yay for birthdays! And here are some pics with my new camera! I can't wait to play around with it!!!