Saturday, January 10, 2009

This weekend (so far...)

On Friday night, we spent some time at Kidspace. Sara was most excited about seeing the "princess shoes." She is such a girl!



Today, Daddy and Sara played outside while I went to the gym. Since she's had such difficulty walking without falling, she's reverted to crawling in the snow (good thing her snow bib has knee pads!):

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Then they worked on riding her bike:

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Looks like she had a crash!
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Later on, we ran a few errands and Sara checked out the riding things at the mall:
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We found a Strawberry Shortcake poster at the One Spot and so we had to decorate it with stickers before hanging it up:
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Since it is FREEZING cold, we now have to blow dry Sara's hair after her bath. As you can imagine... that is a blast!
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After bathtime, we played with Mrs. Potato Head for a while:

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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Snow!

When we got back to Boston on Tuesday, the first thing Sara wanted to do was play in the snow. I am no snow expert, but this was more like slush than snow. But we still had fun!

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On Wednesday, it snowed/rained all day. Since it was so wet, we had to stay inside. (Well I guess we didn't HAVE to...) That didn't stop Sara from watching the snow/rain ALL day!




Later on, she made some tea (that has nothing to do with snow!)
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Today, the sun came out and it FINALLY stopped raining or whatever and so we played outside for a while. It was a chore to get all that gear on Sara.

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Especially when she wants to eat pretzels and run away from me
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But, she had fun!!! It was a little hard to take pictures since Sara kept falling and I wasn't in any hurry to take off my gloves to turn on the camera.
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Then tonight, the baby car seat came (the same one we used for Sara... I just had to ship it to myself) and Sara played in all the packing material (don't worry... that's all recyclable) and said "Its snowing... INSIDE!!" The packing material was all kinds of fun things... like a hat, a shirt, Big Bird's house, and wrapping paper!!! What an imagination!
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Sara loves

trying to sneak away to play with the candles 
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and peppermint sticks
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and chocolate ice cream
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and leaves (and warm weather!)
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and books!
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and Uncle Nathan
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and Liana
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and jellybeans!
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and pretending to be a ghost!
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We had a great time in Louisiana!! Thanks Amie and Paw-Paw! We miss you! We will back soon! 



Christmas morning video!

This is the video from Christmas morning I promised a while ago.  Disclaimer: it is LONG! Once a watched it I realized that she had no idea what the dollhouse was.  So silly! Enjoy!!! 

Saturday, January 3, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JP!!!!

Unfortunately, we didn't make it to JP's birthday today, but we are sending him HAPPY BIRTHDAY thoughts! Sara celebrated by watching Sleeping Beauty (and she got Paw-Paw to watch too!) I don't think that it will be one of JP's favorites though! 
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Happy Birthday JP- hope its a great day (and congrats Jen and Peter on surviving a year!!) 
We love you!!! 

Anna and Mrs. Carolyn visit!

Yesterday Anna and Mrs. Carolyn came to visit us at Amie and Paw-Paw's! It was so nice to see them! While we were waiting for them to arrive, Sara rested with Bitty Baby: 

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After we visited for a little while, we took the girls to the playground!
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Sara LOVES the sandbox!
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On the way home, we discovered that they is no need to buy a double stroller when the baby comes and Sara practiced sharing (we're working on it...)
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Then they shared some fruit
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And played some more! We had so much fun! We can't wait to move to Baton Rouge so we can play more! 
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Later on, Sara played in the dollhouse box! (don't you remember when the best thing about a new toy was a box? I remember one Christmas when Nathan and I got a new swing set and we played with the box it came in until it rained, ruining the box, and we were forced to play with the swing set...) 
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Then Paw-Paw and Aunt Kyla tried to help Sara grow some: 
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We've been having lots of fun here in warm and sunny Louisiana. But our time here is drawing to a close- today we took down the Christmas decorations and Aunts Kyla and Kendra headed back to Kentucky.  Soon Sara and I will be on our way to cold cold Boston.  But, I am sure that we'll be able to play in some snow! We can't wait to see Daddy!!! We'll be back in Louisiana soon enough and we'll have a new addition :) 

Mrs. Cheryl

The new link I added under "Our Family and Friends" is a link to Mrs. Cheryl Trahan's Caring Bridge page.  I grew up with her daughters, Kyla and Kendra, and she is like a second mom to me.  Mrs. Cheryl has been in the hospital with pancreatitis for 3 months. Even though the link is at the bottom, Kendra and Kyla update the page regularly (since it isn't a blog site, it won't move to the top of the list when its updated).  Please keep Mrs. Cheryl and her family in your thoughts and prayers!  

Friday, January 2, 2009

New Year's!

On New Year's Eve, Sara and I played with Play-Doh for a while:
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She was having a great time! She was real concentrated on what she was doing:

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And made this and told me that it is a "gingerbread house"
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Later on we hung out with Kyla, Kendra, Kristin, Uncle Nathan, Amie, and Paw-Paw:
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And she tested out her sleeping bag:
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And she colored Roo
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On New Year's Day, Sara helped Paw-Paw with dinner
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took a nap and woke up with an awesome hair-do
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played with her people:
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And helped Paw-Paw some more
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And then Paw-Paw introduced Sara to Calvin and Hobbes
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Hello 2009!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

What a difference a year makes!
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New Year's 2009
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We've had quite a year... just to name some of our changes: we sold our house in Tallahassee:
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we found out we are expecting our little baby boy: 

Sara turned 2:
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and we moved twice!
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And 2009 will bring even more: a baby boy and hopefully we'll settle down a little in Baton Rouge! Happy New Year to everyone!!!