Lillian Turns 4

We went to Nathan and Marie's to help celebrate Lilly's 4th birthday and see the new house. Inga had a great time playing with Lilly and Klay. Elsa loved being held by everyone. It was so fun to see all the kids play so nicely together. Happy Birthday, Lilly!

Getting ready to eat dinner.

Lilly had me take another picture to make sure her crown was fully visible.

Elsa and Jasper staring each other down.

Lilly with her cake.

Inga laughing.

Everyone in their pajamas ready to watch "Horton Hears a Who".

While eating cake and ice cream, the kids were all trying to get everyone to giggle. It worked! They were all laughing hysterically.

Elsa's Window

Elsa loves looking out our back window. She started crawling a couple weeks ago and always gravitates to the window. Now she is pulling herself up to stand and look out. She is growing so fast! SHe and Emma usually hang out by the window for a while after Inga has gone down for her nap. It's the only time they have to themselves.

Inga as Poindexter

Inga woke up from her nap one afternoon with a fun new hairstyle. Luckily we got a few pictures of it to use as blackmail later on in her life!

Doesn't look too bad in this photo...

A bit worse, but she has no clue!

And here's the response I'm sure we will get when we show it to all her friends one day! (Really, we didn't plan on it turning out like this. It just happened.)

Basket=Fun

Inga has lately become obsessed with using baskets around the house for anything but their original purpose. She dumps out anything that is in them and they usually become stools for her to climb on in order to reach what she shouldn't. On this particular day, however, the basket became a vehicle in which both girls got rides in.

Christmas Pictures?

Who knew that trying to get just one good picture of the girls in their matching dresses would be this difficult! We got a ton where one of the girls is smiling or cooperating. Now if we could just work on them both doing it at the same time...!

Banana Nose

Inga was playing with some monkey stickers we had at home. There were stickers of bananas in there with them and Inga decided to put them all over her face...and then ham it up for the camera!

A Couple Cute Videos

Inga being her cute little self.

We took the girls to the mall to see Santa. Unfortunately, neither Inga or Santa smiled in the pictures so we didn't buy any. Santa actually looked kind of creepy in the pictures! Anyway, we then took the girls to the play area in the mall. Inga loves the broccoli slide. Yes, it is a slide in the shape of broccoli for those of you who have not seen it. Inga is the flailing pink thing that comes shooting out at the bottom.

Little Snorer

We visited one of my co-worker's homes over Thanksgiving break to watch the Bears game and make turkey cupckes. On the way there, Inga fell asleep. She must have been pretty tired because she was snoring! Turn your volume up, though. The background noise makes it harder to hear online than from our camera.

She also had a great time playing with Sarah's kitchen. Mommy thinks it would be a great Christmas gift but Daddy's not so sure.

After eating her turkey cupcake, Inga was too excited to play again to let Daddy clean her face.

Andrea is 30!

Well, I am officially old. I turned 30 a couple weeks ago. I don't feel too different but the boys are already starting to attck Elsa! Jason hosted a party to celebrate my big milestone. During the party, Brekin really showed his feelings toward Elsa. He wouldn't let her go! It was so cute to see them "playing" with each other. Stephanie and Dustin brought me a very nice symapthy card and Dustin even included a teacher-appropriate mug made of the highest quality. Pam had asked me what I wanted for my birthday and told her a clean house for a year...her gift to me was a bucket of cleaning supplies. Somebody thinks she's so smart!

The cake...YUM!

Brekin holding onto Elsa's overalls. Can you tell she's teething?!

How cute, she decided to let him hold her hand! Aww!

After my first cup of tea, this is what my mug looked like. I enjoyed it while it lasted, Dustin!