Peek-a-boo Alice

Ice Skating

We went ice skating with our friends the MacLennan’s this Saturday. Norah had some cold feet before she hit the rinkBut she quickly recovered and had a great timeShe even skated without holding Bryan’s hand for a few secondsOh Norah and Graham! They keep us on our toes. And then we have little Alice just sleeping in the corner.

Happy Valentine’s Day

Every Valentine’s Day Mimi sends Norah (and now Alice) a cute V-Day outfit. I love these skirts she made and the little girls wearing them. Norah would only make silly faces for the picture and Alice found that really funny.

Bryan’s 28th Birthday

Last year we went all out for Bryan’s birthday: surprise party, piñata the works – but I didn’t take any pictures. Bryan couldn’t even remember what we did last year to celebrate which just goes to show that if you don’t take a picture and blog about it, it didn’t happen. This year was much more low key but better documented.

Here is the the birthday nymph doing a special birthday dance around the apartment for good luckThe birthday breakfast table pre-French toast and cake. Bryan made his own birthday breakfast while I finished up the cake. Lets be honest – even if the cake had been done he would likely have made breakfast because he does all things breakfast just as he does all things grilled We wanted to have some people over to celebrate but it was tough deciding who we were willing to risk getting sick. In the end we decided that we didn’t mind if these people got sick and it turned out that they felt the same about us because they were already sick. Stacy’s birthday is tomorrow so we were also celebrating her – sigh – we love Stacy. What would we do without her? Notice the mini lint rollers on the table. They were a birthday present that Norah couldn’t resist opening. She must have been so disappointed.Bryan with his carrot cake

Norah was very impressed when Bryan blew out all 8 candles and told him “good job.”

Just Because

We haven’t been up to a lot lately because everyone is sick right now (thank you YMCA childcare) so this post is just because there are grandparents out there who like pictures.
Notice that Norah’s sleeves are pushed up on her jammies – she cannot stand to have sleeves past her elbows lately. No matter how tight her jammy shirts are the first thing she does is push up those sleeves.Being sick hasn’t stopped Alice from hanging out at the gym. She is so smiley.

Alice is 2 Months

Today at Target some ladies were oohing and awing at Alice and when they asked me how old she was I said “2 months” without hesitation. *sigh* I can’t believe I’m done responding in weeks. She had her two month appointment today and she weighed 12 pounds 13 ounces and supposedly she was 24 inches long. I’m a little skeptical because measuring a baby is not an exact science and I’m not sure if the nurse counted her hair. If she really is 24 inches that would mean she has grown a whopping 2 inches per month. Who does that?! Apparently babies. I really wanted to post a picture of Alice smiling. I was holding a mirror over her head and waiting for her to grin at herself and then trying to move it out of the way and take her picture before it faded but I wasn’t fast enough and after a while it just made her cry. I tried to get Norah to help me  . . . Then Bryan came home and I enlisted his help but as you can see she was tired of having her emotions toyed with.Look at this face – she was thinking “seriously people? I am the best baby ever: All I want is to do sleep and you are both so ungrateful.”

She really is a smiley baby though and has been in good spirits despite having a cold this past week.