Snow Day

We had a recent snow storm and warm weather (40's!) so we played outside yesterday morning!  Winter snow is really dry so we couldn't really build anything and after a complete sledding failure last year (too scary for the girls) we dug out our sand toys and just played.  

Milan loved it!

Eden didn't really understand the difference between summer and winter....she desperately wanted to play with the squirt guns.  We compromised and blew bubbles for a while....that was a big hit with the girls!

Here's the baby bump at 26 weeks!

Coloring Eggs

Sometimes the ridiculous pictures are the most fun to look back on!  

The minute we got back from our Christmas vacation, the girls started talking about the Easter Bunny so I decided to do a little early egg coloring.  Milan took her time meticulously mixing colors and adding stickers.....she's quite a crafty little girl so this was right up her alley.  Eden bombed all her eggs into the egg dye, which "punched" the shells then modeled with her eggs and asked me to take pictures.  They both had a great time!

25 Weeks

Here's a belly shot at 25 weeks.  Dave has been super busy studying/stressing for an O Chem test this week, so I just did a self portrait while I was thinking about it.  Not the best picture, but oh well.  

Milan tells me almost every day that I look "pregno."  She is pretty sure she can see the baby through my belly button, which is where she will come out when I go to the hospital.  Milan thinks we should name this little girl Brae (like a donkey!).  Eden likes to lift up my shirt and see the baby.    Kind of embarrassing when she insists on doing this in public.  Both girls like to kiss my tummy and say good night to baby girl.  

Bowling

After a couple of months of requests from Milan, we took the girls bowling for family night.  Eden found her sunglasses on the same day and pretty much rocked this look!

 Eden was a cute little bowler....she would waddle back and forth with her six pound ball.  She also clapped after every one's turn, even her own.  (Last night, I heard clapping and saying," Yea mommy!" before she fell asleep.)

Team work :)

 Clapping for their ball.

Milan jumping for joy after she knocked some pins down.  After our game, Milan walked up to the bowling alley guy and asked if they have kid bowling teams.  Turns out that they do.....I'll sign her up in March if she's still interested.  Bowling isn't really my preferred team sport....I hope that our future does not include visiting bowling alleys around the state for competitions!

Just a Normal Day

I love staying home with the girls and I feel like this is such a fleeting time, so I wanted to record a day in our lives to look back upon.  Yesterday started at 8:00: 

The girls slept in. Eden came into our room asking for "befast."  Whenever she's awake, she tries to pull off the covers and insists that I am standing on the floor.  Dave is allowed to continue sleeping though. Milan usually just plays by herself in her room for a while in the morning.  

8:30

The kids are settled with breakfast so I went for a run/walk since it was such a nice morning.  Dave watched the girls since it was MLK and there was no school.

10:00

I had big plans for tackling my to-do list while Dave was at home.  Instead, Dave offered to fix a friend's car so their whole family came over for a while.  The girls had a long fun play date while my friend and I chatted.  I didn't accomplish a single thing, not even dinner, but it was a fun visit and it was nice Dave was able to help out.

3:00 

Met some friends at the rec center for swimming.  Milan had a GREAT time playing with her friends.  She kept her life jacket on the entire time so I kept checking on her, but didn't worry about her too much.  Eden doesn't normally love swimming, but this time she wanted to play in the pool the whole time.  She was a little too brave so I held her hand the entire time.

5:30

We got home from the rec center and the girls wanted their jammas to warm up.  Milan wanted to wear her footie jammies because they were warm, but also her night dress so she could twirl.  This combination is difficult if she ever wants to go to the bathroom, but she is able to overlook that detail.  Dave brought home a pizza for dinner.  We did a quick lesson for family night and made cupcakes for a fun activity.  Finished a quick bath, ate a cupcake w/o frosting (since they were already clean for the night), read a story, and off to bed.

They were asleep within minutes (swimming can wear you out!) so I headed to Wal-Mart in the snow storm for some desperately needed groceries (seriously, we were out of milk!).  Dave brought the groceries in from the truck, since I hate packing them up the stairs.  

Big Girl Bed

Eden has always been a great sleeper so I have been in no hurry to modify the crib.  We finally decided to begin the transition process so that Eden will be moved into Milan's room in time for the new baby. Eden and I talked about her big girl bed while we were in Oregon so she was super excited when I finally had the guts take the crib side off.  She has continued to go to bed and take naps like a rock star!  Plus, it's super cute to wake up to the sound of the girls pitter-pattering down the hall towards my room.   

The second night, we went in to check on Eden and found this......

Both girls thought this picture was pretty funny when I showed them the next morning.  Next up, potty training (ugh!).

Our Trip to Oregon

The next several posts and lots of pictures are about our trip to Oregon.  We are definitely enjoying this perk of being students.....you can't beat a month long Christmas break!  We really lucked out with beautiful sunny weather for most of our trip so we were able to take our kids on lots of fun adventures.  Spending time with family was great and of course we took advantage of babysitters!  One of my favorite parts was going on fun dates with my hubby; we got to go on hikes, Rhino rides on the sand dunes, and dinner dates with friends!  It was definitely worth the long drive!