Snow!!!!!

I saw some snow boots on clearance at Old Navy and had to get them. Once Paige saw them, there was no turning back. We had to get her snowsuit (which is 4T, by the way), hat, gloves and coat, put them on and go outside. As you can see, Paige was VERY excited!! :0)

When Brian got home from work, Paige wanted to pile everything back on and go outside with Daddy. They spent a good 10-15 minutes walking back and forth on the little hill behind our condo. Daddy was a very good sport! ;0)

One of Paige's favorite things to do with the snow was, of course, to throw it at Mommy. She was really good, though, about only throwing it at my legs and no higher. Hopefully she'll remember that rule in years to come! :0) I loved seeing how much fun she had in the little snow that we had. As you can see, it's not much and it's pretty crusty...but to a 2-year-old, who cares!!

I love this picture of Paige. You can barely tell, but she's making snow angels. Brian had so much fun teaching her how to do it. Paige made several by the time they came into the house. I have a very cute video of it, but for some reason, I can't upload it onto the site. :0( I guess the picture will just have to do for now!

Brian's Basketball injury

A few Saturdays ago, Brian went to play basketball with a bunch of his Optometry school buddies. This is a normal occurance and everything is usually fine and dandy. When he leaves to go play, Paige and I usually tell him to have fun and don't get hurt. Well....we forgot to say that and guess what happened. The first play down the court, Brian landed on someone's foot and rolled his ankle. This picture was taken a couple days after the incident. He iced it most of the day on Saturday, but not at all on Sunday and this is how it looked on Monday!



Brian finally gave in (after many hints from me) and soaked his ankle in an ice bath on Monday night after work. He did not enjoy it one bit, but Paige, on the other hand... As you can see, she is a typical "monkey see, monkey do" toddler. :0)

Potty-training

Paige was so excited when she opened up her potty. She had to sit on it and read all of her books that she got for Christmas.

The day after Christmas we started potty training Paige and by that night she had peed in it once . The next day she went poop in it, but she had to show that she has some Gifford blood in her and read a book while she was doing her duty!

For the week of potty-training, this is how Paige was dressed when we were at home. She had to have her "My Little Pony" or "Pink training" panties on without any pants and sometimes a shirt. In this picture, she decided to add her scarf to the ensemble! (I crocheted this scarf and Santa gave it to her for her for Christmas.)

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve we all went over to the Hardy's house again. We put the kids to bed and we played games, ate very yummy snacks and watched the ball drop at midnight. It was so much fun. Krissy and Ray were the most amazing people and said that we could keep Paige there with them overnight while Brian and I went home and could sleep in a little. It was wonderful! This is a picture of the kids after their New Year's Eve sleepover. Aren't they so cute in their PJs?!?

Merry Christmas (a little late)

As you can see, opening presents took it all out of Paige (actually all three of us). She was going strong for the first 1 1/2 hours and then she crashed before she could help open the rest of Baby Brother's presents. After a short rest, though, in her potty box she was ready for some more!!

We had a great Christmas Eve dinner and Nativity play at our friends', Ray and Krissy's, house. We took the picture with the timer and didn't realize until later that half of Jeff was missing. Oops! :0) I love this picture, though, because it shows all 3 of our families together during our first and last Christmas together. We sure love how close we have become with the Hardy's and Heninger's. They have truly become our family here in Ohio!

Here are the 6 kids performing the Nativity Story. Halle, in the peach pillowcase, was Mary; Jack, holding his headpiece, was Joseph; Kate, in the green shirt, was the wiseman (wiseman-woman as she called it); Kasen, with the white headpiece, was the angel; Brandt, the one running away from the scene, was...you know, we're not sure was he was; and Paige, was the shepherd as you can see from her "animals". We didn't have any sheep so she used a pig, cat and bear, instead. It was short, but very sweet!!

I was digging through some boxes before Christmas and found our 2 santa hats. Paige wanted to wear the big one, of course, and decided that her baby had to have one on also. She thought it was the coolest thing, and so did I! (Or at least the cutest thing!!) :0)