Sunday, December 25, 2011

Christmas 2011

Using her new science kit for experiments with Daddy.
Milo watching in anticipation. His eyes never leave Elsa is she is in the room!
Favorite present of the year...a pink sleeping bag. She has already asked if we can go camping soon about five times!
Opening presents.
Ice skating for the first time. It happened to be "Hanukkah on Ice" in Silver Spring so we also watched them light a gigantic menorah right in the middle of the rink....hilarious!

Elsa is Three!



Elsa is three! She spent the day doing some of her favorite things; a hike in the woods with her Daddy and puppy, a swim at the indoor pool and finished up the day reading to her brother in her new beanbag chair (thanks Nana!). Its nearly impossible to believe how much she has changed lately.

She can count to 13 in spanish and english, she can play make believe/pretend like the best of them, she runs faster than 6 year olds, she is very nurturing and loving to her friends and especially to Milo. She loves broccoli, mango and meatballs. She has a silly sense of humor and loves to make people laugh. She likes to help mommy bake and he helps daddy make smoothies and coffee nearly every morning. She has one chore, and that is to feed Dalasi every morning and before dinner at night.

We love you Elsa!!!

Friday, December 23, 2011

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Sickies and Smiles




Milo has had a rough few weeks, pneumonia and RSV. Despite the crummies and all of his medications he finally began really smiling at us this week!

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Elsa's 3rd Birthday Party







We had Elsa's birthday party a week before her actual birthday (one of the drawbacks of having a Christmas eve birthday). I asked her what she wanted for her birthday and she said...PINK! Well, she got pink...pink cupcakes, pink cake, pink poofs, pink plates, pink dress, pink juice, pink pretzels and a homemade pink pinata.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Milo's First Hike

Milo slept through his first official hike, very similar to his sisters first hike!

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Milo is Three Months




What a difference a month makes! This month was a pretty big one for Milo. For starters, he is finally going longer than 2 hours between feedings - I think he knew he was wearing his poor momma down! Clearly, by the size of his cheeks, triple chin and rolly polly rolls, he is still getting plenty to eat.

His personality is starting to show more and he is much more engaging. He is pretty chill - unless he wants to eat and then he lets you know with a really loud cry and a pouty lip curl. He just started smiling and cooing. He looks and reacts to Elsa way more than mom and dad. If she is in the room, you can see him trying to figure out where she is at - and he smiled at her first.

This month he had his first vaccinations, which he took like a champ. He also had his first cold. One of his pastimes is pulling mommy and Elsa's hair - really hard!

Mommy, sadly, went back to work, so he spent his first full week with Clara. Not surprisingly, he adores her as much as the rest of us do. Elsa was happy to have her brother with her all day and help Clara take care of him.

He is such a sweet little bug - we can hardly remember our life without him!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Holiday card outakes



We tried to get a nice family photo with 2 smiling parents, 2 smiling kids, and one happy pup. Well, when your card arrives in the mail you will see we were unsuccessful. Errol and I could not agree on a photo and after 2 tries we threw in the towel!

Anyways, here are a few photos that were not deemed photocard worthy, but are plenty fine for the blog.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

UVA - Charlottseville

Racing Daddy on the Quad at UVA.
Daredevils. Elsa couldn't get enough of this and only stopped when Daddy's arm were about to give out!
Pondering if this East Coast institution is worthy of her intellect (well, her 15 year from now intellect).
Milo was there too and he really got into the swing of college life..naps!