holiday party

the new house is being built!

giggles in the tub

Huff girls

updates

hey big smile!

Here's Dave on our overnight getaway for both of our birthdays. A little spa, a little dinner, some reading by the fire, breakfast, cross country skiing and it was all enough to remind us how much we like one another.

Gorgeous new mobile courtesy of Cookie & Curly . Annaliese loves it, and I love it too. Her little closet (it's an office) is really coming together.

A little sassy.

Lots of joy.

dressing them up

Annaliese was a willing participant in this dress up game today at the Elders, but she really didn't have a say. Sydney on the other hand, was the one requesting all of the scarves out of my closet.

Lil' Halloween

If you look on the blog in October of 2008 you can see Syd in the same outfit. I think this time Annaliese will prevail and actually wear the dragon costume. It's way too cute and Liese seems to like it much more than Syd did.

Halloween

Last week Syd went to a pumpkin patch and fall festival with my Mom and I. There was an area that had pony rides for the kids and she was enamored with the ponies. Thankfully she didn't ask to ride them that day, but she did say that she wanted to be a pony for Halloween, then she clarified that she wanted to ride a pony for Halloween. (shoot) This week we were shopping at Target, and wouldn't you know it, they had a pony costume. Of course I had to get it.


The second part to this story is that tonight we had our friends Ronnie and Becca over for dinner. Syd was playing with them and showing them her room, and her costume, and when asked what the pony's name was, she said "Horse."
Awesome!

Still Funny

A couple of nights ago in the bath Syd was squirting Dave's teeth with water from her bath toys and cracking herself up about it. So much so that she wanted me to come into the bathroom to show me. So while I'm there, Dave asks her why she's laughing so hard, she sits back and says, "because it's funny." That got a huge laugh out of me. She knows what's funny, don't be so surprised.

The family

Lately when Dave and Syd and I hug, she says, "My family. And Annaliese."
Here we are in August in Pebble Beach. Thanks to Molly and Brian for the great pics.

the view from our sliding glass door

Yes that would be out laundry hanging on our deck. All we wore were bathing suits. We parked the stroller on the patio outside the door and it worked perfect until the last night when it rained all night and water was dripping off the stroller when we got up. Whoopsy.

Mexico

My Mom and I took Annaliese and Sydney to Mexico last week. We went to a small resort just south of Cancun and north of Playa del Carmen. We met friends of ours from Canada there, and had a really big week full of sun, swimming and not a lot of sleep. Let's call it a trip not a vacation. We played musical beds at night, and missed Daddy a ton.


We were trying to keep the wind off of Annaliese's head. Which style do you think she should go with?




Everyone was in the pool. It was incredibly warm and humid. Annaliese did great and didn't cry the whole trip. The only exception was on the plane ride home when Syd bit her foot and left a mark on the top and bottom. I don't know what was sadder, the bite mark on my baby, or the unprompted apology that Syd gave to Liese when she realized what she had done 45 mins earlier. "I'm sorry Baby Liese" - kiss kiss kiss.


Every morning we could order Tea, Coffee, Juice and pastries. The staff leave it in a little cubby in your room, so when you're ready to enjoy a little wake me up, you can open the door and it's waiting for you. Syd's favorite thing was pouring the tea, dunking the tea bag, spreading the butter and jelly and stirring the sugar. Did she consume any of it? No, not much, but she got really good at pouring and spreading.


Just giggling and smiling, that's all she did all week. I'm really not exaggerating.

Syd was swimming under water in just a few days. She loved it and was so proud of herself. Our friend Chris did such a great job helping her learning how to do it all.

It was so hot the whole time that Annaliese fell asleep in a lot of different places outside. This one was taken on a couch at the restaurant's outdoor eating area under my Mom's watch.

We were either sleeping, swimming or looking for lizards with the big girl. Here's a quick moment of eating.

One night when I was actually sitting at the table during dinner.

Thanks for browsing. Thanks for all your help Mom, Margaret and Chris.

How about these girls?

Syd and Annaliese - The big sister can't get enough of the little. I frequently find Liese's hair sticky and matted to her head because Syd's made a drive by kissing.



Thanks to Aaron and Tina Retts, Annaliese is looking very stylish.

Grandpa and his girls

sorry so long

No excuses for the lack of blogging.
Syd's awesome, a big girl and growing a ton, learning and using lots of words.

Annaliese is growing great guns too. She'll be 4 months next week and is already in her 6 month clothes and stretching those out.

We're having a ball and have really enjoyed the summer.

Here's Annaliese's first haircut and Syd mesmerized by the carousel. She doesn't want to ride it, just watch it.