Skating Party 2010

We had another great skating party this year. Unfortunately we had a bit of a warm spell earlier in the week and lost a bunch of the snow so there was limited sledding and snowmobiling. We still had a great time with family and friends. (p.s. my hair is slightly out of control/lions mane like in the photos....)
The spread..

Grampa Jack and Auntie Em

Grammy Kelsa, Auntie Em, and Uncle Erich trying to get frozen P to laugh.

Georgia (with Miles) on skates for the first time.

Auntie Em, Brendan, Georgia, and myself warming up by the fire.

Grammy Kelsa, me, Penelope, and a contemplative Auntie Em.

Miles and Brendan

Uncle Erich, Bryan, and Brendan play hockey

Kristen and Jeanne

Kristen and me

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy Birthday Miles! Georgia and I spent the day preparing for Daddy's birthday. We made his favorite garlic marinated fajitas and a tropical coconut cake with a mango sauce. We got him a framed photo of the girls for his desk (including a girly frame Georgia picked out), a fly fishing book, and a gift certificate to his favorite local tackle store. Georgia insisted on getting him some beer and picked out a six pack of microbrewed beer at the liquor store. She was very proud of herself!

9 Months! Say what????

My Lil P turned 9 months today. I really can't believe it. She is SO much fun right now. She loves to move. She gets up on her hands and knees, rocks back and forth, and then flops to her belly and rolls instead. She can easily pull herself up and loves to stand. She loves to dance to music and scrunch her nose up to make people laugh. She has been waving hi and bye appropriately for two months now. She LOVES people but adores her big sister and finds everything Georgia does hilarious. I love this baby girl. Oh and she has four of the CUTEST teeth a baby ever has had.

It's hard to tell based on the "evil" look on her face but she is mid-laugh in this picture! She laughs with her whole face.

Cora!

Finally the germs have left the house and the kids were healthy enough to go meet their new cousin Cora! Cute little Cora was an absolute angel. Penelope was very interested in Cora but unfortunately doesn't understand "gentle" just yet!

Gratuitous

More pictures of my lovely, sweet, Lil P. I am so in love with this baby.

Ham

Ask for a nice smile and this is what you get....

Like Mother

like Daughter...
This is my go-to face for pictures and apparently, it is also Penelope's go-to face. Sweet....