How to Avoid Packing

We are moving in 3 days and I have very successfully managed to avoid packing up to this point. We have been playing with friends and enjoying our last few days here. This afternoon Milan was invited to a play date, which she loved (thanks Cammie!), and I loved playing with this little girl instead of utilizing my time to pack.

Milan is pretty protective of her Polly Pockets so that was the first thing Eden wanted to play with when she realized Milan was gone. Eden has moved on from putting everything in her mouth (which is a great phase to outgrow before crawling!) so I let her hang out and play for a while.

This is Eden's favorite thing to play with. She usually manages to move herself, through a combination of techniques, to a spot in front of the TV armoire so she can pull everything out.

Tomorrow might be a good time to start working on moving....maybe.

Yay!

Dave is home! For good! Dave has been working his butt off this past 1 1/2 years so that we're ready to go to school. He's been pretty dang driven....during this last trip to North Dakota, he managed to work 360 hours in 3 weeks. We are so grateful for all of the sacrifices he has made for our family. We are even more grateful that we're done with this crazy lifestyle....I couldn't be more excited to start spending more time together!

Milan stayed up with me Tuesday night waiting for daddy to come home. As soon as she heard his truck, she ran out to give him a hug then stayed super excited for the rest of the night. Here she is riding Piggy-Back.


Wednesday was family day. We went for a walk, watched Milan's gymnastics, headed to the park, took a family nap, then Dave even made dinner (and cleaned up....woohoo!)



We did a lot of swinging at the park.





Yep, we're pretty lucky! :)

Friends

My friends Melinda and Jen put together a little lunch this afternoon. They are going on a fun family vacation to Lake Powell so I won't see them again before we move to Laramie. It's a little sad to start saying goodbye to friends, but mostly I'm thankful to have met such great friends here!

More Gymnastics

I signed Milan up for another session of gymnastics, which she loves! She is getting brave which is great for learning gymnastics, but she is losing her fear of the teacher and getting a little wild while waiting for her turn. Good thing she is pretty cute with her ballerina dress-up and new tricks!

Summersault on the beam.


Handstand.

Sisters

Lately, I've been asked if the girls resemble each other. I found a picture of Milan at 11 months to post above Eden's recent picture from the parade. What do you think?


I think they have different eye shapes and different noses, but definitely look like sisters. It'll be fun to see what resemblences they have as they get older.

11 Months!

I honestly can't believe that Eden is 11 months old, which is so close to 1 year old! Crazy!






















Here's some tidbits about our cute little Eden:
- She's getting very interested in crawling....she goes from sitting to a crawling position and rocks back and forth a little. Her dang foot keeps getting in the way though.
- She is learning to pull herself up to her knees, but for some reason only wants to practice this skill in the bath tub.
- She loves to eat, but she is not interested in baby food or food that is cut up. She wants to use her two little bottom teeth and eat food just like us.
- She's learned to cry when Milan takes her toys.
- She loves to go through drawers and cupboards. She can't get to them on her own yet, which is very nice!
- When we pick Eden up, she gives us hugs and pats us on the back. Dave and I both love her little hugs!

Friends + Candy = Happy Girls

Last Saturday we headed downtown for another fun Wyoming Parade ...princesses, friends, candy, little shriner guys in mini cars ....what more could little girls ask for!?!



Eden was getting a little tired at this point, but we won her over with a sucker (Parenting at it's finest :).