Happy Birthday Baylee

My little B, Baylee Sue, is turning two!  You are growing up way too fast!  I know every mother says this, but really this little girl is something else.  Talking at 18 months, I don't just mean saying a bunch of words, she could talk to you as well as the twins can.  It's just so cute to hear such a little person talking so clearly.  Potty trained at 22 months, counting to ten, reciting the alphabet, only wanting the big cup (no more sippy).  She just isn't my baby anymore, it's so sad, yet so exciting to not have to change diapers anymore! Baylee always has a smile on her face, and she thinks everything is funny, she just busts out laughing all the time, even when I'm yelling at her to get back to bed. Her favorite line is "mommy that's so funny (or so crazy)".  She is super well-behaved, which could mean I finally got the hang of this parenting thing or she is just an angel. She really looks up to her big sis, and just wants to do whatever Alivia does, they play dolls, dress-up, and tea party all the time.  I'm so glad they have each other.  On the other hand, Baylee will never pass up the opportunity to play cars with Aaron. She plays well by herself too, just give her a box or an empty cupboard to hide in, of course she thinks this is hilarious. I could go on, but instead I'll share some adorable pictures of my sweet little baby girl.

Matt made her cake

Snow Day

Of course, two weeks of winter vacation and hardly any snow, then the day school is supposed to start back up, and it's a snow day.  But that's okay, Nathan got to go snowboarding this morning and it wasn't even crowded.  Another snow day tomorrow, maybe Matt will take some pictures of Nathan snowboarding for me.  For now here are some cute pictures of the kids playing in the yard.

Christmas 2010

Yay Christmas! We had a wonderful Christmas.  Matt was off work for nearly two weeks so lots of family time.  The kids loved all their presents.  Alivia's favorite was her princess dresses, she wears one every day.  Aaron loves his new bike and if it wasn't so cold or snowing he would be out riding it every day.  Baylee got a little kitchen and she loves playing it with her sister.  Nathan got new legos, and a new snowboard and is on the mountain right now trying it out in the fresh powder.  I got a recliner for the living room, and Matt got a new Ipod and the board game, Catan, that we had to play everyday until he beat me at it. Haha it took about 5 nights.  We finally got a decent size snow storm this weekend, so we will bundle up and enjoy the snow today.

Day trip to the Aquarium

Who doesn't love visiting the Aquarium with 4 kids! Well, it wasn't bad at all.  This was a few weeks ago during a week of rain, so not that many people were out.  The kids loved it, of course!  We did get a little wet since some parts of the Aquarium were outdoors.

  

Of course the kids' favorite part of the day was in the bird exhibit, where hundreds of curious lorikeet fly around and even land on you.  Matt had a couple land on his arm and back, and while filming the kids, one landed in my hair!  I was just grateful he didn't poo on me!  Here's the video...

First snow of the season

It wasn't a lot of snow, but the kids were very excited to get to go out and play in it.  Matt helped them build a snowman, and I was able to get Baylee to smile for a picture.