So Far So Good January

I don't expect any of you to remember our January of 2009, but we do and it stunk! We cycled a stomach bug in our family while I was preggo and Chris was working a ton before he broke his leg. So this January, we are super thankful for Chris' better schedule, him doing P90x instead of his leg propped up, and the worse sickness so far has been David's cold combined with the breaking of his first 2 teeth resulting in a spiked fever. He is all better now with 2 new pearly whites. Yes, I know it is only the 9th of the month, but we are grateful for the small things.

By the time we got outside to "play" in the snow this past week, this was all that was left. Hoping to get more this winter!

Alex likes to paint like mommy. Here she is finger painting, but she has tried acrylic and will try water colors soon.

My second canvas painting...this was for my friend Stacie who is having baby Caleb in February. I designed it to match his bedding below. My inspiration came from the blue elephant with the green and white polka dot background. I was super pleased with this painting and had so much fun doing it. And yes, I let Alex help paint one of the coats on the balls. :)

You can't see the orange and red well in the bedding below, but the painted balls helped bring those colors out. I painted the wood letters separate and glued them on. I really like that look.

Caleb's super cute bedding...it's similar to David's, but cuter with the brighter colors. Sorry David... I didn't see this one when you were coming through. :)

Storytime with her dolls

The only place David would nap one ave when he was down and out with a cold, fever and 2 teeth pushing through at the same time. They looked so sweet napping together.

About the only (half) smile we saw from him when sick. He was at least holding his head up in this pic as he went a whole day being so lethargic...it was pitiful. (Don't let the sippy cup fool you in the pic...he has not taken to one yet; we are just trying every day. He has never taken a bottle (though tried), so the cup is going to be work.)

"Click on this pic and see my 2 new teeth!!!"

We were shocked to see teeth at 7 months old as Alex didn't get her first 2 teeth until 10 months and her 3rd tooth at 13 months! David already thinks he's hot stuff with his teeth as he tried to chew a few samples of ice cream today. That's not a norm, but we had to let him celebrate with us in Alex's potty training successes which will be another post one day...maybe. Until then, here's a part of a cute conversation with Alex today. While on our way to get ice cream (her choice) in 20 something degree weather today, I told her, "It is freezing today for us to be eating ice cream." She excitedly, yet seriously said, "We have jackets." ha!

Speaking of talking...hopefully, I'll get a video of David talking more soon. He's been saying da da and many variations of it plus attempting more sounds. I love hearing him "talk!"

My sweet friend, Jennifer, had precious baby Andrew Thomas this past week.