It's beginning to look a lot like......

Christmas! I found a fake tree on super duper clearance sometime in March so we thought we would give it a try this year. After Dave set it up, he discovered that it rotates.....after Milan saw that, we haven't been allowed to turn it off.

Eden likes to lay on the floor and watch the tree.


Milan had a fun time with the decorating. She dressed up like the "Christmas princess" and was very serious about placing the ornaments.....good thing the tree rotates, or they would all be on the same branch.


Here's dad helping her put some extra decorations on the mantle.


Yesterday, we completed the look by adding the train set.


Voila....our masterpiece!

A Week with Grandpa Bob

Grandpa drove all the way out from Oregon to visit us for a week and spend Thanksgiving with our little family!

Grandpa Bob showed up Saturday night and Milan was over the top excited....she just danced, jumped, and ran around the house.

Sunday, Grandpa Bob surprised Milan with some fun gifts.....a ton of story books and a Strawberry Shortcake doll that she absolutely LOVES.

Then, Milan talked Grandpa Bob into playing outside in the snow.


Monday, they wrapped some presents for dad......Milan used the entire roll of tape making sure they were secure.

Then, Milan helped dad unwrap the presents....she's a real helper with things like that :)



Monday night I went to watch New Moon and Grandpa Bob hung out with Eden (who was supposed to be sleeping, but wasn't).

Tuesday, went to a birthday lunch with some friends while Milan hung out with her grandpa.


Wednesday, lunch at a friend's house and the kiddos hung out at home with dad and Grandpa Bob.


Thursday, lots of cooking, eating and dessert with friends.
Friday, grandpa Bob fixed Milan's princess car! We bought Milan a princess Power Wheel a year ago at a yard sale and it has never really worked.....grandpa fixed it and Milan LOVES to actually drive it instead of just playing with the radio. (I'll take pictures next time she goes cruis'n.) I also went Black Friday shopping at WalMart and went on a date with my awesome hubby for our anniversary!

Eden

Here's some new pictures of our little Eden!


Look at her extra little chin....so cute! She is already wearing 3-6 month clothes and size 2 diapers.


Bath time with daddy! Eden likes to relax in the bathtub and the warm water gets her ready for bedtime.


Here's Milan and Eden hanging out with daddy.

Date with Milan

Yesterday, Dave and Eden stayed home for naptime, while Milan and I got to go on a special date. I asked Milan where she wanted to go and she picked the park....it wasn't freezing so we spent an hour at the park playing and talking. We stopped by Cold Stone on the way home where Milan chose pink ice cream with sprinkles. I loved spending time with my little girl and we'll definitely have another date soon!

Cherishing

I really should keep a journal, but I don't so I'm trying to be better at blogging so I can remember all the little stages later on. Here's some little tidbits and pics of my cute girls.
Milan loves to play in Eden's Bumbo....she likes to sit in it, drag it around the house, and put her babies/animals in it too. She is growing up so fast and playing by herself a lot more. She is also a great helper with Eden....she likes to talk to her and says, "hers sooooo cooooote" to me all the time. She helps me put lotion on Eden and even dumped the water out of her little tub and put it away for me today. She is talking a ton and she likes to talk in opposites....."ice cream is yummy, it's not yucky." She loves to learn new words and we're working colors, shapes, numbers, and letters.


Little Eden is just cute, smiley, chunky, and gassy! She is pretty much on a routine (it's the EASY routine from the Baby Whisperer if you read that.) but there's some hiccups because your supposed to stay home every day for it to work....well, Milan and I like to go to play group, lunches, play dates, story time, and the store.....Eden's a trooper and does pretty well with everything.


Play time on the floor.

2:30 AM

2:30 this morning, Milan should have been sleeping peacefully in her bed. Instead, she woke up, put on her princess dress from the dress-up box, drug out all of her toys and played for hours. She took a short nap at 11:30 then carried on for the rest of the day. Man, I am tired and hope that it was a one-time thing.

Little Miss Smiley!

Look at these cute little smiles! I wish I could freeze time because both of my girls are at such a fun stage. Also check out Eden's little red frizzies.....looks like she's going to have curlier hair than Milan, but hopefully the same color red.





It looks like she might be a little small for the Bumbo but I thought we'd try it out ;)