Kyle "Stands"

He's not 100% on his own (he's using the ottoman for support), but still impressive.  And cute to see him dance.


PS - Since I don't know how to edit my video, at the end you get to see how well Lily listens to me. urg!

My Little Cinderella

Piano Time

Think there's any natural talent?  Good to see Great Grandma Betty's piano being put to good use.

February Catch Up

See what we did in February...

Lily's First Manicure!

"Look, Kyle!  I picked bright green."

Lily showing her fingers and friend Madison showing her toes.  The trip to the salon was something we did with the Moms' group I'm in.  It was cute to see all the girls get fancy.

Bedtime stories with Daddy

We had a big storm with lots of wet snow.  While Daddy watched Kyle, I took Lily out to build a snowman.  I was going to take a picture, but she knocked it over when I went in to get my camera.  :(

The next day, while Lily was at school, I bundled Kyle up to take him out in the snow for the first time. As you can see, he was thrilled.  Maybe you'll like it better next year, buddy.

SO BIG!

Kyle snuggling with Miss Corey

She's been my friend since I worked at Disney in college.  She's always lived down South but now she's moved to Illinois!  About 5 minutes away to be exact!!!  It will be great being so close since before we only got to see each other about once every other year.  

Lily and friend Taylor watching a movie on the couch.

We had some computer troubles this month and Taylor's Dad came to our rescue.   The whole family came over and the kids played while he did his repairs.  It took several hours, so while the baby boys were asleep and the girls were comfy on the couch, the adults played euchre!  It kind of felt like our old college days... except for the Disney movie playing in the background.  

Just before Valentine's Day I took Lily to make chocolate!  It was another fun outing with the Mom's group.  Here she is decorating "chocolate pizza".

"Ta Da!!"

She made chocolate heart suckers, chocolate covered pretzels, and chocolate pizza.  Of course,  had t help her eat it all.  Parents have a tough job sometimes. ;)

Yum!  The suckers were her favorite.

New clothes mean time for a photo shoot.  

Looks like a future Zeta in all those strawberries.

Kyle's Valentine's shirt #1 (Taken)

shirt #2 (Heart Throb)

Sibling love.  Happy Valentine's Day!

Our friends, Rich and Jane, came over for a visit with their daughter, Cameron.  She falls right between our kids age-wise (she's about a year and a half now).  Kyle had fun watching her play and she had fun watching Lily play.  Except for Kyle, they didn't sit still much, so this is the best picture we could get of all three.

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!

Fun times at the table

The kitchen table is where we spend most of our day.  Here's some recent highlights.

Kyle has gotten really good at "SO BIG".  Some times he'll do it on his own and keep repeating until I cheer.


Lily has always pronounced Sleeping Beauty as Sleeping Boobie.  She now realizes that it's funny.  I love that giggle she has.


Kyle is an eating machine.  He recently started eating scrambled eggs, and as you can see, he can't get enough!  I know this is kind of long, but he finds his stride half way through and does some funny stuff.

Big Boy