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)
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)
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 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?!?
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)
Paige absolutely LOVED the horses on the carousel. I wasn't sure if she would since the last time she rode the penny horse at Meijer, she flipped out once it started to move. She didn't do that on these horses, though, as you can see from the picture. :0) I think she had a smile on her face the entire time!
There was a lone peacock roaming through the zoo and Paige about died with excitement. She wanted to follow the "ceacop", as she calls it, throughout the entire zoo. When we went to ride the carousel, the peacock realized that it was his chance to get away. When the ride was over, Paige immediately asked where the "ceacop" was. I can't get over how much Paige loves any type of animal. She hasn't been afraid of any animal that we've come across so far. I wonder if we're going to have a future vet on our hands! :0)
We had such a great time with my mom and grandma this last week!! I think the best part was seeing how Paige interacted with them. Everytime she wanted something, whether it was a snack, a toy, etc., she had to make sure that her grandmas had it too. We were able to go to the Columbus temple, COSI, the zoo, Kirtland, and of course shopping with them, also. We made a lot of great memories on this trip, that's for sure! The saddest part was saying goodbye, of course. Paige saw her grandmas walking away at the airport and she started crying and saying, "Gandma, gandma" over and over! It was so sweet, but sad. Luckily it didn't last very long, or else it would have got me going! At least I understand that "Gandma" will be coming back in 3 months when the baby's born!
This is one of my favorite pictures that we took at Kirtland. We had a great time seeing the sites and feeling the spirit there. I wish we would have been able to go into the Kirtland temple, but Paige (and Mommy) weren't going to last much longer without a real lunch! My mom took some great pictures of the temple from the outside, though, and hopefully she'll be able to go in when she's out here for Brian's graduation in June. Thanks Mom and Grandma for taking me up on the offer to come out. We enjoyed every moment and Paige still talks about her "Gandmas". :0)
We set up the tree after the BYU/Utah game on Saturday. We wanted Paige to help put the ornaments on the tree, so we taught her how to put the hooks on the ornaments, find the perfect "spot" for it, and place it on the branch. She did so well and as you can see in the first picture, she was quite proud of herself. She especially liked the ornament we got for her last year which has her picture in it (it's the blue square right in the middle of the tree.) All was well in the Adair household until Paige decided that she wanted to take a couple ornaments off the tree and move them to a different spot. As she did this, the tree tipped over and crashed down to the floor. It didn't hit Paige, but we did have a few casualties. One of my favorite snowman ornaments was broken into bits and a few gold balls. I was very surprised more damaged wasn't done. I think Paige has learned her lesson, at least for now, because every time she gets close to the tree to look at the lights and the ornaments we ask her what happens if we play with the tree and she says in her sweet, angelic voice..."tree fall down".
Instead of sliding down the orangutan statue like her friend, Kate, Paige decided she wanted to give it a kiss instead! She definitely is a loving girl. (We wouldn't want her any other way!!)
Paige, Kate, and Jack had to try to get on the replica of the "World's stinkiest flower" at the same time. We always have so much fun at the zoo, especially when we go with our friends! We're hoping to go again this week before the weather changes for the worse.
