Fuzz fuzz everywhere!

I had to share this! Every time Natalie's socks come off she is searching for fuzz. It's the only time it seems she sits still for more than 30 seconds, and she has the most intense look on her face while she is doing it! Brenna used to do the same exact thing when she was Natalie's age, but the only difference was she would say "fuzz, fuzz" while she picked it out! Too funny!

Date night!

Well Ben and I got to go out on a date again! We actually got to go out just two short weeks ago. We decided to go to the Greene this time, and I even convinced Ben to shop for some new clothes for him! We shared an appetizer at the Pub, and then headed to see Sherlock Holmes. The movie was great. My in-laws have been coming up every couple of weeks to help out with the girls and let Ben and I have some time to spend together since he has to dedicate so much time to school right now. They are willing to come up at least once a month, and it looks like we will have free babysitting for Valentines Day too! We ended our day with dinner at Don Pablos with the family. Thanks mom and dad!

Peek a boo I see you, and a little dancing too!

Natalie has just been so much fun lately, especially since we seem to have a reprieve from teething. We turned on Taylor Swift today, which she immediately starts smiling the second she hears it come on! Her "dancing" is turning in circles which I of course think is just too cute. Then we played peek a boo for like 30 minutes. She thinks it's the best game ever right now and is just giddy running around, so I can always get some really good pics of her smiling. As everyone knows I don't like the baby stage, but I really have been enjoying seeing her develop and I can't believe how quickly she is growing up already. She still isn't talking much, but I'm really hoping she will start saying more over the next few months. She really seems to be trying to say a lot of things and I hear a lot more new sounds from her. Well enjoy the pics of my precious baby girl! I need to do a page with my big baby girl soon too!

Growing girls

Hard to believe that Brenna is fast approaching 6 years old and Natalie will be 16 months in a couple of weeks! Brenna is already planning her birthday party. The social butterfly at work! She weighs almost 50 pounds and has almost outgrown all of her jeans! Not good since we are only half way through the winter!

Natalie has gotten two more teeth at the bottom which makes eight so far, and she has about half of her top two molars. She actually lost a few pounds at her 15 month appointment, but has been eating like a bear lately to make up for lost time! We have a weight check at the end of the month to check her progress.

We are a little stir crazy so the girls have been getting creative with things to do in the house! This has become one of Natalie's favorite activities, and I don't think she even knows what you are really supposed to do with the cart! Enjoy!

More fun in the snow!

We got about 6 more inches of snow!!!! What can I say? Yes every picture was taken from inside my nice warm house. Thanks Daddy for braving the cold with your girlies!!

Are we desperate for outside play or what!?

Tasting the snow. Yum yum!

Brenna having a taste!

A little dirty but....

at least I finally got a picture! When it gets above 5 degrees I may brave the cold and take a better picture of my brand new car!!! It took forever, but we finally got what we wanted. It's a 2010 Toyota Rav 4. I LOVE having so much more space, and key less entry! No, the civic did not have it! We did get the 4X4 as well since we will be taking this car to Colorado Springs, and Ben let me know in a very nice way that I will be driving this car until the wheels fall off! Thanks Baby! :-)

As for other news, I apologize for not posting lately, but I have been in a far off land for the past week! What I thought was an allergic reaction to laundry detergent turned out to be a drug reaction! Hives, a trip to the E.R. (where the docs said "well we are scratching our heads" went to a whole new level!)almost passing out, and too many drugs in my system was a little scary! I seem to be on the mend finally, and will not be using amoxicillin EVER again!

Christmas at our house!

Well we tried something new this year for Christmas. Since we are back in Ohio and close to family, we thought it would be nice to have Christmas morning at home and then drive to Indiana Christmas afternoon, so we could still be with the family. We are so excited to be back in cold weather for the holidays and we were really wishing for a white Christmas, but will take the cool temperatures none the less. We celebrated with Ben's family Christmas night and headed to my parents house Saturday morning to open gifts. Then we went to Ben's aunts house Saturday evening. This is the first year we couldn't fit everything in the Civic on the way home! Adding another child into the mix pushed us over the edge I guess. We've had some pretty good laughs seeing how much we could fit into that car and still have room for bodies! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and an even better New Year!


Ben and my gift from Brenna! My favorite one!
Cookies for Santa. She was soooo excited this year!

Opening her first gift.

The best pic of her on the move with her new Christmas PJ's!

She loves her new horse!

Her own CD player.

My Willow Tree nativity set! Complete!

New dart board for the man cave!

Corn hole game for my dad.

New bike!

Natalie got a new Radio Flyer bike too! Hopefully her legs will be long enough for it this summer!