Bathroom

The bathroom has been finished for a while now but I kept forgetting to take pictures of it. I have the most wonderful and patient husband in the world. It took me almost 2 years to decide on everything (tile, paint, etc) so he could get started. Here it is all finished:

Didn't he do a wonderful job? Thanks Honey!

Baths and Bowling

Butterbean had her first bath and loved it - it's amazing how similar and different two children can be. Ladybug hated baths until she was about six months old.

We took Ladybug bowling for the first time and she loved it. All her cousins helped her and I think she ended up bowling for all of them as well.

She was especially proud of her shoes - this one is all girl!

Speaking of baths ... Chris completely renovated the 'girls' bathroom. Here's what it looked like before

Stay tuned for the after shots!

Introducing Butterbean!

Butterbean was born Thursday, January 13, 2011. After a long 26 hours she finally decided to join us at 2:17 pm.

Proud daddy

and sister.

Snow

We got a rare early January snow and Ladybug loved playing in the snow with Chase and Daddy. She has asked to 'chase Chase' almost every night since and has asked if it's snowing every morning. I think she likes the snow!

Christmas

I know it's been over a month since Christmas but here goes anyways.

Giving Daddy his presents.

Can I open it now?

More presents.

Chris' smoked Turkey. This has to be the best turkey I've ever had!

Merry Christmas!

Toddler's Creed

I ran across this post on another site and thought it was too appropriate not to link to.

http://iammommy.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/11/toddlers-creed.html

While her daughter is just about to turn two, Ladybug is right in the middle of two-dom, and boy do we know it some days. I'm hesitant to say terrible twos because she really is great 98% of the time. The only times she gets defiant is when she's tired so you could say that's our fault too.

We're enjoying the ride and are still very optimistic that she will do great transitioning to the role of big sister in the next month or so. But for now enjoy the truth in the toddler's creed!

Happy Halloween

Despite Ladybug not walking well we still decided to take her Trick or Treating. Another use for the wagon! We made a stop at Maamaa and Papa's before heading to Uncle Guy and Aunt Holly's for dinner and trick or treating with the group. These are the only pictures we remembered to take.

Chris wheeled her around in the wagon while the other kids went to the doors. We did skip in front of the group a couple of times to let her walk up to the door. I think we may have gotten her to say trick or treat once but she was good about saying thank you.