What We've Been Up To

We've been doing lots and lots of playing. Eden is getting much better about showing Britain toys without smashing them in her face even!

Daddy taught Eden how to buckle Britain's car seat, and now we spend our days buckling, buckling, buckling until mommy refuses to unbuckle anymore!

There has been some escaping after baths before Mommy can get those horrible jammies on.

And also some VERY shocked faces when the escape fails because you fall down. Better luck next time!

Sometimes it's really fun to walk around with an Elmo sticker on your pants all day.

Others of us have been keeping a very close eye on Daddy. He escapes if you don't watch him closely you know. You go to sleep and then when you wake up he is GONE!

We've had more matching days, which is super fun for Mom.


Britain has figured out she can hold on to toys and shake them around.

There's also been VERY LONG Saturday's in the car while Mom and Dad look at houses. For those who don't know, we are on a hunt to find a place to live closer to Salt Lake so Russell doesn't have to commute 3 hours a day! We've come close to buying several times, but just haven't quite found the right place yet.

And, as always, Mommy has fun buying new outfits! This one is a little big, but by summer it should fit great!

We also spend a lot of time doing fancy gymnastics tricks. I have to be careful of when I lay down on the ground with my knees up or I end up doing this endlessly!

Brownie Goodness

The other day Britain was taking a nap while we waited for Russell to get home, so we decided to make some brownies. Eden does a really good job sitting on the counter, so I let her help. She started off helping me stir:


Then I poured the brownies into the pan, minus the huge handful she took for herself, stripped her down, and gave her the bowl.



And then the spatula.



All I have to say is apparently she is a fan of brownies, or at least the batter!

It's Always Fun When Grandpa Comes!

Even though Grandpa Flanagan could only stay for a couple days, we thoroughly enjoyed our time playing with him! By the time we went to enjoy some Pizza Pie Cafe for dinner Grandpa was quite worn out. Thanks for playing Grandpa!

Hello kids....the camera is over here.

There we go!

Britain's Blessing

This last weekend we were able to bless our little Britain at church. It was a wonderful day that she got to share with her cousin Lucy who was also blessed. (and stupidly I didn't get a picture of them together.....might have to fake it now!) Britain looked beautiful in her dress knitted by Grandma Leslie and her blanket crocheted by Grandma Flanagan. Grandpa Flanagan was able to come along with Grandma Leslie, Aunt Rachel and soon-to-be Uncle Chris, Uncle Kenneth, Aunt Holly and Uncle Caleb, and Holly's Grandma and sister Julie. Russell blessed her beautifully, along with Caleb, Kenneth, Grandpa Flanagan, and our Bishop in the circle.

Britain's beautiful dress.

Fancy socks from Grandma Flanagan

With Grandma Leslie


With Grandpa Flanagan

The Flanagan Visitors!

The Ahlstrom Visitors!

Our little family.

15 Months

Let me first point out that a photo shoot with a 15 month old is just about enough to make me want to ship her to Grandma's house for a week! Evidence:







However, we eventually got some cute ones.

15 Month Stats:

• 21 lbs 1/2 oz - 23rd percentile (and STILL not big enough to be forward facing in the car!)
• 31 1/4 inches tall - 76th percentile
• 46 1/2 cm head - 68th percentile
  

At 15 months Eden just loves her baby sister (usually a little too much!) She now has 4 teeth on top and two on bottom, and her first molar is beginning to break through! She has figured out that she can close doors and loves to go around pushing all the doors in the house closed. Then she waits for you to open it and find her. Eden now waves with her whole arm instead of just her fingers and says "hi" while she does it. She waves to me and Russell, Britain, and especially the baby in the bath faucet! Eden loves her gymnastics class we go to on Saturday's and is getting more brave at trying new things each week, although her favorite part is still balls and bubbles. She says "dat" (that) all the time and has started saying "please" once in awhile, although it sounds more like "bees." She still loves to read stories, take baths, and play outside too. Here's a few more pics:

Feeling the Need

Sometimes we all just feel the need to do something in particular. For example:

Sometimes you just need to swing.
Whether you are 14 months...

Or two months.

Or you need to line all your animals up to watch Sesame Street with you on the couch.

Or you really need to make funny faces when mommy is trying to take your picture!

Sometimes Mommy feels the need to have matching little girls and torture them with a photo shoot.

Other times you just absolutely NEED to wear your hat all day, even though you never step foot outside.

Sometimes you just need to smile,

Or read the Friend.

And sometimes you're feeling rebellious enough to ruin a whole box of tissues while mom is going potty!

Other times you are so tired of laying down that you just need to sit up.

And...every once in a while you need to get behind mommy and pull her back so she squishes you!

Chores

The other day eden purposefully was spilling milk from her cup. Russell told her she needed to clean up the mess, so she went and got the towel off the oven handle and wiped it up! However, she then kept spilling more milk so she could wipe it up! Don't worry, after we got a video we haven't let her do it again!