Random January Happenings

Our house is the pit of computer despair. In January our external hard drive kicked the bucket, causing us to lose all our pictures from April 2010-February 2011. But at least I blog and I always have pics on my phone. So here's a little snapshot of what happened in January.

I spent hours putting together train tracks only to have my two little Godzilla's knock it down in seconds.Just a casual breakfast watching Sesame Street.

We're still working on potty training, so most days Beau goes without pants. On this fine day he thought his outfit need a little something extra...his rain boots.

Bella is super duper mellow. One day I found her laying down, playing with the ball machine. See if you can spot her. Hint: Her hand is on the blue handle.

We took a family trip to get frozen yogurt.

Bella loves to sleep with her baby dolls.

Bella discovered the joys of the laundry basket and Beau joined in.

We took many trips to the library for Storytime.

We shopped at Costco.And, Joel and Beau had Ice Cream Sunday while I was away for the weekend.

Nana & Aunt Mel's Visit

My mom and Melissa came to stay with us for the weekend and during her visit we spent a little time at the park. The kids always have a blast playing with Nana and Aunt Mel. We love our special family visits.

Superbowl 2011

This year our Superbowl festivities were somewhat mellow. We joined Joel's family at Kelly and Trevor's house to "watch" the big game. I put "watch" in quotes because we spent more time watching our kids than the game, but it was fun nonetheless. Leah put together a play, which consisted of lining up all the cousins in a row. We didn't see any acting, but we did see a row of smiling faces. And that was good enough for us.

Bella's 10 Months

January 18, Bella turned 10 months. As of 10 months she's walking more than crawling, signing baby and dancing waving and clapping more. She's finally started eating table food. At this time it's only the Gerber puffs, but this is a huge step for her. Hopefully we can make more progress in this area soon.

Signing with Beau and Bella

Bella's signing. A few weeks ago Bella started signing Baby. Here's a little video of her new found talent.

We watch "Signing Time" videos all the time. The theme songs goes a little like this... "It's signing time with Alex and Leah, come and play." Beau has really made this song into his own. Enjoy Beau's version of the Signing Time theme song.

Sea Ranch Fun

Well, it seems as if going to Sea Ranch for Joel's birthday is becoming a tradition. Bob, Janice, Joel, the kids and I spent about 5 days in Sea Ranch the first week in January. Bob and Joel worked on installing wood flooring most of the time, but took a break on Joel's birthday to golf.

Janice, the kids and I took a few walks and hung out around the house. On our last day there we were all able to go to the beach, run around and check out the sunbathing seals. We had a great time and are hoping to go back again in February. We'll see...

On our walk to the beach we stopped at a hollow tree to take a picture.Gabby, Beau and Gigi on our walk to the beach.High tide, can't go down to the beach, but the view is amazing.Beau enjoyed feeding the turkeys outside the house every day.Happy 31st Daddy.Popo and Gabby swinging with Beau.Popo and BellaBeau chasing the deer in the meadow.

Beau enjoyed seeing all the seal sunbathe.What's with this family and running?

Walk Away

A few days after Christmas Bella took her first steps. I was finally able to get a few of these steps on video on January 3 (9 1/2 months). She's still a little wobbly, but she continues to get stronger and stronger each day. My baby girl is growing so fast. Also, here is a picture of her two bottom teeth, as promised.