January Catch Up

Here's all the fun we had in January 2013.

At the beginning of the month we took Kyle to the doctor for his second flu shot.  His weight confirmed what we had suspected.  He was too big for the infant car seat.  So at 7 months old, we moved him into Lily's old convertible car seat.  They like looking at each other and sometimes hold hands.  It's so cute!

Lily turned 3 years old this month!  Our gifts to her were "big girl" furniture, Princess stickers for her walls. and a Rapunzel comforter.  Here she is posing with all three.  Can you tell that she placed all the stickers?

Since he's not interested in moving, and we're getting tired of watching him sit, we started standing him up.  He's really just leaning, but it's close to standing.  He can stay that way for like 30 minutes and loves it!

Lily LOVES playing with her babies.  Now that she's 3 she plays by herself more.  She's got quite an imagination.  It's funny when she plays Mommy and I hear her regurgitate things that I have said to her.  It's especially entertaining to me when the babies have been bad and she's disciplining them.

Birthday Party #1 (for the Grandparents)

Nana, Kyle, Grandpa, and Lily

Lily got a Princess bedtime storybook for Christmas and I think she had Grandpa reading it to her for 45 minutes!  That's the only book she wants before bed now.

Papa, Kyle, Lily, and Grandma

Dad and Mom with the Birthday Girl

She wanted an Elmo Birthday again and I didn't feel like making the same cake as last year, so I tried these Elmo cupcakes.  I also attempted to make cake pops for the first time because I got the supplies for Christmas.  I need some practice to get them perfect.  But I think Lily will gladly help eat my rejects!

Birthday Party #2 (for the kids)

A Princess Party (of course!) but Elmo was invited too.

Lily is wearing her Rapunzel dress and showing the camera her new Cinderella slippers. 

The Birthday Princess

All hail, Prince Kyle!

Grandma thought Kyle needed a Prince outfit for the party.  Can you believe she made this?  And she used a leftover table cloth from my wedding!  I thought that blue looked familiar...

All the Birthday Princesses

Clockwise from Lily: Madison, Livie, and Taylor

And the Princes: Axel and Kyle

Axel is Taylor's little brother and these guys were born just a few weeks apart 

Balloons are the best!

Unfortunately, Lily was sick on her actual Birthday.  The day after her party she woke up with a high fever and bad cough.  The doctor said it was bronchitis and gave her some antibiotic.  She was sick all week and it was probably the sickest she's ever been.  We are thankful she's been so healthy all these three years.  It sticks that it fell on her Birthday, but luckily she was healthy for her fun parties.  Of course Kyle and I got sick too (and eventually Matt).  But we just had colds that weren't as bad.

Later in the month, once everyone was healthy and the snow finally came, we got to go outside and play. This was her first snow angel!