Coloring

16 Months

The months just keep rolling by around here! Eden is already 16 months old, and while I can't believe she's gotten so big, I am counting down the weeks until she can go to nursery! Little Eden has quite a lot of energy these days.

Eden LOVES to be outside, and now that it's finally getting a little warmer we can actually go outside and play. If you even mention shoes or show her her coat she runs to the door and bangs on it while saying "go, go, go." She likes to sit on our laps to read stories or play with toys. She really likes to color, and gets sooo excited when I bring out her color book and crayons. She has learned to fold her arms while we say prayers. She is speaking in full jibberish sentences and also loves to say "digga, digga, digga, digga" which we think sprung from us saying "tickle, tickle, tickle" but she says it all the time! Other words she says are "yes, bath, Brit (for Britain), catch, and Dad." Eden has two molars and is working on getting two more. She is now pacifier free, and can sit forward facing in the car! She loves to play with Britain by showing her toys or putting the blanket on her. She still loves to play mommy to her dolly and all her stuffed animals, and makes sure they all have bottles every day. Eden has learned how to put the duplos together and now will spend a long time building towers. She loves to sing and dance, play balls, see the ducks outside, and watch the trains go by.

Future Speed Stacker

3 Months!

I can't believe our little Britain is already 3 months, and at the same time I can't believe she is only 3 months. She fits in with our family so well it seems like she's always been with us.

At 3 months Britain is a very happy little girl. She smiles all the time and squeals in excitement. She has great head control when we hold her upright, but hates lifting her head during tummy time. Instead she gets her knees up like she's going to crawl. Silly girl. If she could get her head up she could take off! She's doing much better at going to sleep earlier, which is great, and has always been pretty good at sleeping once she's down. She's eating us out of house and home, and yet her younger cousin still weighs more than her! She's gotten close to laughing too. She does crunches while laying on her back, and is really close to rolling over. Britain loves to play under her playgym and take a bath. She has also learned how to grab toys and swing them around.

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!