Fun Filled January

I didn't have a New Years Resolution to take more pictures, but I happen to have one for nearly every day in Jan. I thought I'd share a few with you!

We started out the year sledding with our cousins!

Aliah went to her first day of Sunbeams, and Inara went to her first day of Nursery.

We made homemade pizza,

practiced the piano,

and played with Daddy.

Aliah learned about the Statue of Liberty,

and now thinks this is the appropriate pose for every picture.

Inara continued her obsession with having her shoes on at all times,

and little toes continued to pick up glitter and track it all over the house.

This was the best night by far. We had show tunes blasting, I was washing dishes, Spencer was folding laundry, and these two little princesses were dancing the night away!

I hope your January was as fun filled as ours!

I feel like I should post because apparently even Spencer is better at it than me. So I'm sure most of you are wondering, why there has been no talk of this baby that's on the way? Well... without sounding like a horrible person I couldn't post before. But just so everyone knows, I'm due to have a little BOY April 21st. (And yes Michelle I added a ticker.) I was totally sure it was another girl and I was thrilled about being pregnant and planning all my princess adventures with them. So when I found out it was a boy I was more then shocked. (I was mad, confused, annoyed... you get the picture.) I was this way for about a month, but now I'm changed. I'm super excited to have a new kind of adventure that will likely include, trucks, bugs, sports, and who knows what else. (Not to mention the fun I have picking out little boy clothes for him to wear. It least I have an actual need to go shopping!) My favorite thing to say is: I guess I'll be trading in some GLITTER for some DIRT!

Spencer is writing this.

I try not to post on here very often, but I had to tell this story about Aliah, and Kelsey is napping so she didn't see it first hand. We just came inside from playing in the snow.

I know cute right! How I ended up with the two cutest girls in the world I'll never know. (Although Erica (Dunaway) gives them a run for their money and it's hard for us to admit.) As we were playing in the snow three horses came by. Aliah dropped everything and ran to the sidewalk to watch them go by. She stood as still as the snowman who had only just had his eyes put on. She didn't move a muscle until they were well out of site. I stood back on the porch and watched her slowly sink down to sit in the snow. She sat there for a minute without looking back.

"What's the matter Aliah?" I called. She slowly turned her head over her shoulder without looking up from the cold snow and through a choked voice said, "Dad . . . I wish I had a horse." Then she burst into tears. I ran over to the sidewalk and sat down beside her in the snow to try and console her.

Those are the moments where you would give up all your dreams just to make that sweet little wish come true. Luckily for her, Daddy wants horses too!

You Better Watch Out!

This Month

This month has been so full of fun activities. We celebrated mine and Spencer's birthday's, Aliah had her first ever dance concert, and of course it was Thanksgiving!

My highlight this month was Aliah's dance performance. She was so adorable!

Most of the time!

(Little Purple Pansies.)
We missed getting her picture in her pumpkin costume, but this nurse one is super sweet. This dance was Chicken Pox for Christmas and she sings it all day every day now.

My birthday was fun. Spencer made me a yummy no flour chocolate cake, and we went to a fancy steak house and to the symphony. It was Broadway night and the singers were crazy awesome. One had won a Tony, one was playing Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway now, and one was the only guy who had ever played both the phantom and Raul in Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. Crazy awesome, right?!

Spencer's birthday was fun too. We invited friends and family to Pizza Pie Cafe and had a great time hanging out and eating the all you can eat pizza, pasta, and salad bar all night.

Thanksgiving was fun. We got two days worth because Spencer's family ate together on Wed. And we ate with my family on Thurs. We had a lot of fun eating, talking, and just sitting around.
Now on to CHRISTMAS!!! Happy Holidays everyone!

Family Pictures

(How many of these can I post without seeming vain?)











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