Christmas 2009

It was a magical day as I hoped for...Alora surprisingly was up early and did not want to go back to sleep like she normally does so early in the morning, but possibly she knew there was something special about the day! We all got up and went downstairs to see what Santa had left us all. Cole was very excited about the car track he saw first and Alora her 4-wheeler that matched Cole's. Of course, Cole couldn't pull himself away from his new electric train! We set it up in his room so that he could play with it by himself and not worry about little sister trying to take it apart and of course he asks us constantly to go with him to watch it! We had a fun time playing with cars, building robots with all the Megablocks, coloring, eating, practicing ABCs, and chasing each other on the 4-wheelers. It was a fun-filled day that I hope the children will remember...at least a part of.

Alora is babbling!

She's so cute! The past couple of weeks, we realized that when Alora yells, "Bah BAH!" She's calling her brother. We would say, "Boy BOY?!" We tested it out...she will keep repeating after you! This week or rather yesterday, I noticed when she woke up from her nap she started doing the "Doy doy doy..." the same thing Cole did last year transitioning to words! She also has been "La la la..." singing and "L..." swishing her tongue side to side...So I believe her first word was Mama which she still says, for me it's "maMA?" but it sounds similar when she wants a bite of your food! "mammma". She says bottle "BAba". I miss it, but am so glad she has stopped the glass-shattering scream! She still has quite some lungs when she cries and you can't miss her crying...oh no, she WILL be heard!

Decorating Done?

Here are some current photos of the house...