Sledding and snowmen

Well, as usually it has been snowing here in Tooele. We decided that we needed to make our first snowman and Elizabeth's first also. Elizabeth hates to be in her snow suit and boots but she did a lot better this time. She reminds me of the little boy on Christmas Story...I've fallen and can't get up. We biult it on the deck and Hercules as usual ate the carrots. After we built our snowman we took the girls for rides on the sled. Elizabeth LOVED it so much. We would lay her on her tummy and she would just laugh and smile the whole time. She hated taking turns and letting Victoria ride but she did it. We had a little bump and I would take the girls over it fast and Victoria fell off one time and just laughed. Elizabeth would just laugh when she would go over it. Then we took the girls over to the park for a bigger hill and had so much fun. Both the girls would go down the hill b themselves. We let them race and they loved it. Elizabeth fell off the sled at one point and just laughed. Victoria would try to walk up the hill and would fall down because it was steep and slippery.
We are having them time of our lives with out girls and it is so much fun to watch them grow up. I know I say it a lot but I love being their mom and love being at home with them, even though sometimes it gets stressful. When I do leave them I have a broken heart and cannot wait to be with them again.

Elizabeth

Victoria

Elizabeth 15 months old

Elizabeth had her 15 month check-up yesterday. She weighs 21lbs 11oz, 30 1/4 inches long and her head is 46.5cm. She is in the 50th percentile in everything but her head is in the 75th percentile....for her big brain. She has all 16 of her teeth in...just waiting on the 2 year old molars. She can crawl up and down the staris, walks and runs everywhere, makes animal sounds, shakes her head yes and says mama, dada, sissy, milk, juice, please, minnie, seahorse, uh-oh, yucky, kaka and yes. She is a bringht little girl...when I tell her it's time for bed, she will kiss everyone good night and go to her room. She still hates her teeth being brushed and loves to still suck her thumb and touch our tummies. She is the clown of the family. At night she will start to pace around the room, stop, start to laugh and dance and then do it again. When getting ready for a bath she will fart and just laugh because she thinks it is funny. One night while getting out of the bath, I was brushing Victoria's hair and Elizabeth was handing me something, I grabbed it and it was poop. She had squatted down, pooped and wanted to hand it to me. She went to grab more and I was yelling yucky and she just laughed. She brings so much laughter into our lives. I love her very much and cannot wait to see what the future holds for her.


Victoria now sleeps in her bed without a bed rail. I was scared the first night of her falling out but she did not. She will be 3 in 2 short weeks.

The Nutcracker

Victoria had her Ballet recital on December 5th. She was a mouse and a snowflake in The Nutcracker. The mice had to run around on stage and play dead at the end when the mouse king died....but Victoria watched the Nutcracker and Mouse King fight and then when all the mice left the stage she stayed behind because she wanted to pick up the mouse king's sword.


They changed from a mouse into a snowflake. She comes out on stage and they circle around the Snow Queen...but Victoria decided to sit behind the Queen and play with her snowflake wands, she did get up and dance around her. One of the girls' snowflake wands got caught in the SnowQueen's tutu and she tried to get it out but failed and then one of the little snowflakes also tried to get it out and it was so cute.


Her Papa gave her 3 yellow and 3 pink roses afterwards and she was so happy to get her flowers. As you can see on her face. We went back to our house with close family and friends and had spaghetti. french bread, salad and yummy ballerina cupcakes.


As a mother, I am just so very proud of her and all that she does. I cried when I saw her on stage and at that very moment I looked at her and thought that she is growing up to be such a beautiful little girl...she is no longer my baby.

Family Pictures

There is an old barn by our house and a feed tower of some sort that I thought would be awesome for pictures. I had my friend take the pictures and they turned out pretty good. We needed some new ones with Hercules in them.

Elizabeth and her Seahorse

Our good neighbors got this Seahorse for her 1st birthday. At first she liked it and then wanted nothing to do with it. Now, she loves it, sleeps with it and takes it everywhere with her. She loves to push it's tummy to play the music and then snuggle with it.

DISNEYLAND

Our 1st family vacation since Elizabeth has been born. We went to Disneyland for 3 days and had the best time ever. We left for the airport at 5:15am Monday and our plane left at 7:30am. We flew Jet Blue and it was so fun. They had TV's for everyone and the snacks were great. We will fly with them again. The girls liked the plane ride, Victoria and Louis took a nap but Elizabeth was up the whole time. We went to the beach and Downtown Disney for some shoping. We went swimming at the pool. We got Victoria some arm floaties and she loved them and swam by herself. Elizabeth loved the pool too...she would splash all around and put her face in the water.

Tuesday was our 1st day at Disneyland. The girls woke up at 6am and we were eating breakfast by 7am. When we got into the gates we were met by Goofy dressed up in a skeleton costume. He came right up to Victoria and asked her for a raisin. She gave him one and he ate it. Then we went over to Mickey and she wanted nothing to do with him. Elizabeth was not too sure about him but was OK for a minute and then she too started to freak out. Elizabeth did not like the dressed up characters but she loved the Princesses and Tinker Bell and friends. We went through Sleeping Beauty's Castle, Jungle Cruise, Tiki room, Pirates, Snow White, King Arthur's Carousel, It's A Small World and that was all we had time because we waited in line for 3 hours to see the Princesses. We waited the first time 1.5 hrs and then when we were shopping we saw different ones so we got back in line for another 1.5 hrs and ended up only seeing one new one and not three, but it was OK because Victoria loved it. Victoria got Cinderella's dress, glass slippers and a tiara; Elizabeth got a tiara and a Tinker Bell halo and I also got a Tiara. Elizabeth took a nap in the stroller and so did Victoria. We did not get home until about 9pm, the girls fell asleep on the way home so I had to wake them up to give them baths...not fun.

Wednesday we went to Disneyland first thing to ride on a few rides before heading to California Adventure. While the girls were asleep Louis and I went on Tower of Terror...forgot how thrilling that ride is. Then we met Snow White and went to the Muppet 3D show and Playhouse Disney show. We went to Ursula's cave to sing a song and Found out which Disney Character Victoria is most like...Jane from Tarazan. We met Minnie on our way to go eat at Ariel's Grotto with the Princesses. We had our photo taken with Ariel and then we sat down to eat some awesome food. Belle, Cinderella, Aurora and Snow White came to our table. The dessert was so goooood and so was the rest of the meal, well worth the money. We bought some Mr.Potato head parts, ate some ice cream and then watched the Disney Pixar Parade. Then of course headed back to Disneyland for some more fun. Went on Finding Nemo, saw Tinker Bell and freinds, Jungle Cruise again along with Tiki room. Went on Dumbo which the girls loved and the Tea Cups. Again we got home at around 9:30pm. My girls were going to bed late every night and waking up early by themselves.

Thursday...our last day. We went on Splash Mountain and Victoria said she liked it but did not want to do that again. I went on it with my mom. We went on Winnie The Pooh and ate some yummy treats. We met Pooh, Eeyore and Tigger. Victoria gave them all a hug and was not scared at all. We went on all the rides she liked the best this day. It was just a mellow day of riding whatever she wanted. We went to California Adventure while the girls were napping and went on Soaring Over California and that was great. Victoria was not tall enough to go on that ride. My mom was nervous to go on it and then once it started she loved it but said she would not do it again. We left the park early finally like around 5pm. We ate some dinner and then went swimming in the pool.

We left for the aiport at 5am Friday morning and our plane left at 7am. The girls were not very happy on this ride home. Elizabeth finally fell asleep as we took off and Victoria just wanted out of her car seat. It was good to be home. Saturday morning Victoria asked if we were going to Disneyland today and then Sunday she asked to go on the Pirate's ride. She loved it. We are going to DisneyWorld in 3 years and I cannot wait to take them again. Victoria will be 6 and Elizabeth will be just months away from 5. It will be so much fun.

Elizabeth 13 months

So, my little baby is no longer a little baby. She has 10 teeth and still has two more molars about to pop in anyday now. She says; boo, hi, mom, mama, dada, woof woof, quack, meow and the letter A. She can walk but chooses not to. She will walk between two people and take like 15-20 steps but if I just let her hand go and want her to walk....she will take a ew steps, stop and stand there for a few seconds and then sit down to crawl. She is such a little turkey head. She has a temper like no other. If one of us makes her mad she will start to scream and turn away from us. If her sister takes something from her she will hit her while screaming. But even with her temper I love that little girl so much. She is just so dang cute and her little smile she gives you just melts your heart into a million pieces.