The baby, the dog, and the goldfish(es)

Don't ever leave a baby and a dog alone with a carton of goldfish!

"cheese!"

This big smile has been a rare occurrence the past few weeks ... Jennifer has been sick, sick, sick!! She got over one cold and just two days later came down with another cold, and they seem to stick around forever. She's still fighting this last cold, along with cutting some big molars. Needless to say we've all been running off of very little sleep the last few weeks - but we're lucky to be back in North Carolina close to family because we've had a lot of help : )

the sweetest thing*

She adores these boots! And, as you can see, blueberries are still her favorite food! She's saying "cheese" for the picture!

Using Amae as a seat!

She likes walking around in my shoes! And, yes, painters tape is still haunting my world ...

So darling!!

Tonight Jennifer gave Phil a kiss and said "goodnight" ... she's really started using a lot of words and always surprises us with things that she says! We love it, too, that when she gives kisses she actually says "mmmwahh!" She really is the sweetest little thing!

snow day!

Jennifer loves the snow!! It's not even 10:00am and she's already been playing outside all morning ... now she and daddy are asleep on the couch by the fireplace. And I'm surprised to see that snow is still coming down! We've had a fun morning and we can't wait to go back out this afternoon after nap time ...

She found an icicle and carried it with her for the rest of the morning!

Carousel ride and just plain cute!

Nana and I took Jennifer to the mall over the weekend to ride on the carousel! She had a blast! I also added a couple of other super cute pictures that I hadn't had a chance to post until now ... enjoy!

Jennifer and baby Liam

Auntie Katherine was in town this past weekend and Jennifer got to meet her for the very first time!! Auntie Lauryn came into town as well, and Auntie Lisa came over with baby Liam ... Jennifer absolutely loved Liam, they were so cute together!! We all had a really great time! It had been almost 2 years since Katherine, Lauryn, Lisa and I had all been together so we took advantage of Katherine's short trip to have some much needed girl time ... hopefully it won't be so long until we're all together again!

Christmas pictures ... better late than never : )

We finally got the desktop all hooked up so updating the blog should be much easier! These are (finally) some pictures from Christmas morning!