Two days after Christmas is Kasie Marie's birthday. Since she turned 25 this year, we decided to get together to celebrate. Our plan was to head up to Mt. Charleston, go sledding, and then come back home to a nice big pot of chili. Unfortunately, there was an avalanche warning on the mountain. Instead, we had a game night. Kelli and Eddie came over early to help make chili, and cupcakes for Kasie. While they were there, we exchanged Christmas gifts. I got some of my blue kitchen accessories I've been dreaming about. I'm SoOo ExCiTeD to collect them all. They brought Grace a stuffed puppy named Violet that learned her name and teaches her how to spell it. Violet also knows that Grace's favorite food is sweet potatoes, and her favorite color is pink. She loves it! She especially likes to ride with Violet in her wagon: When Kasie and Jeremy arrived, we sang Happy Birthday, and Kasie made a wish. Then, Gracie opened her presents from Uncle Larry ...
Picture of the Week: Happy Birthday, Amelia! Brother took a long nap at work on Monday. Then he blew out his diaper while I was feeding him. Somehow, he missed me, but it did get all over my chair and the floor. He hung out in his play mat on Tuesday. When I picked Perry up from school, they had self portraits hanging on the wall, and hers had me cracking up. I love it so much! Brother wasn't amused when Perry insisted that we watch Cinderella after school. Wherever you find him, you will always find her. Toodles hung out on the floor next to Brother and made himself comfortable. This guy fell asleep while I was burping him at work Wednesday. Grace and Char had a petting zoo at Kid Zone and took pictures of the bunnies to show me. Brother continued his nap fest at the office. We got some much needed rain. It's been a really dry summer for us, and we're definitely missing the typical afternoon thun...
Baby Brother is three months old! That's one quarter of his first year already. He's really a happy baby. He's always kicking his little legs and is smiling more and more every day. He only cries if he's hungry, and you've ignored the previous five minutes of him grunting and yelling "meh!". I like to think he's really trying to yell "ma!". He still goes by Brother, but we've also been calling him Bro Bro, Brother Bear, Buddy, and Brudder. Whenever Perry comes close, she tells us to say, "sister is here". She'll get upset if you say, "There's Perr Perr", and quickly reminds us, "No! Say 'there's sister!'" Brother is weighing in at thirteen pounds and is twenty-four and a half inches long. He's really getting chubby and has lots of rolls all over. For those keeping record, Grace was fifteen, Char was eleven and a half, and Perry was twelve pounds. He's...