Great big sister....

M: I've got a great big sister who takes good care of me. In the mornings and after naps she likes to come climb in my crib to snuggle with me. She also gets me toys to play with or reads me books to entertain me until Mom and Dad come get me up. She's also good at cleaning me up and getting me down from my highchair after meals. Mom and Dad are glad she's such a good helper and I'm glad to have a great sister to play with!
W: Don't worry I bribed her with chocolate to say such nice things about me! In other words, we had some nice warm weather last week so we took advantage one afternoon when there was some wind to go fly our kite! Good thing we enjoyed the warm weather while it was here because it is COLD now, it even snowed this weekend.

Daddy's home!!!

W: We're so excited that Daddy came home this week. We went and picked him up at the airport in Baltimore so we could see him a day sooner. The picture above is of me holding the sign I made by myself for him. It's been great to have him home!

M: I don't know who this new guy is that moved into our house. All I know is that he likes to tickle me a lot and thinks I need adrenaline training! He says he's my daddy but I'm still a bit skeptical of him.

Bargaining chip...

K: Whitney seems to think that Maren has more pull around here than she does. She has started to try to get things she wants (and that I may have previously told her "No" about) by saying "Maren wants this..." They are truly sisters! One minute they can be best buddies and the next minute they are worst enemies.

Walking wonder...

M: Well I couldn't hold off until Dad got home. Maybe I'll be walking more than crawling when he gets home. Mom hopes so as she says she's getting tired of cleaning the stains on the knees of my pants and the top of my socks. Here's some footage of my latest trick:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We wish you all a very happy new year! We're excited as the new year means that Daddy will be home very soon. Love, Whitney and Maren

Hot fudge pudding cake....

We had some delicious hot fudge pudding cake for the family birthday celebration. I had a great time digging into it and the vanilla ice cream.

Mom had to empty the water from the bath and refill it because it was so brown after rinsing me off!

Happy Birthday to me!

M: Slacker sister, she forgot to mention that the best part of our travels so far is celebrating my birthday! I'm a big 1 year old now! I'm lucky as I get to celebrate twice! We had ice cream, presents, and a pool party in the hot tub on my actual birthday. Then we are celebrating again tonight with my cousin J that is two weeks younger than me! Happy Birthday to me....