Poochie Cheeks

I love kissing these baby cheeks but the sweetest most tender baby kiss of all is right under her cheeks on her neck.

Caryn and Helys

Nope, we do not have two more kidlets. These are two name derivatives I said in succession tonight while trying desperately to speak to Carys. Now I understand my parents...

I'm having trouble uploading pics tonight, so I thought I'd share this little evening oddity.

Razzberries

Helen is really into making sounds, "talking" and razzberries. I caught her mid-razz here.

Little Readers

While we do watch our fair share of TV programs, we do a lot of reading too. We really enjoyed last night, reading together while we were all piled into Carys's bed. Carys loves to read her bible stories, Caillou and her counting activity books. Also, anything with a folding flap or pop-up is golden. Helen just loves to chew a board book but I'm happy with that. She's on her way to enjoying reading too.

Supervised Sitting

Helen loves a little supervised sitting. She can sit for a couple of seconds alone but she either throws herself back or slumps to the side. Usually we surround her with the boppy and a pillow to help her and so she can focus on the more important aspects of being a baby, playing with her toys!

Building Blocks

Carys loves to get down on the floor and build things. Usually a house for Mommy or beds. Here are two of her creations, Mommy's beds.

Poppy Love

Our little girls need their Poppy love.

Update: Carys and Helen had joint Dr. visits today. They are in good health. Helen got two owies today, polio and prevnar. Carys got one owie, a lead test. We wanted to check her levels since we moved into an older home. It's well below the danger level. She got a sucker that made her tongue turn blue just like Violet in Willy Wonka.

Tasting Ice

Carys went out to examine the snow. This is the first snowfall she will remember. She likes to taste the ice.

Snugglicious

Everyone loves to snuggle with Helen.

Update: Helen is still feeling sick and sleeping a bunch. I hope she will be feeling better soon. She's keeping down her food though. This photo was taken a week earlier.

Projectile Vomiting

One of the top ten most hated baby sickness symptoms for sure. Helen is not really concerned about the vomiting but the flavorless pedialyte we are trying to give her. Next time we will put a bit of sprite in there to make it more palatable. There'a viral sickness going around at the daycare so we're staying home tomorrow and if she's not feeling better, we'll visit Dr. Choi in the morning. Helen's a trooper though. She's still happy even when she's sick. She didn't get that from me.

Next she'll be bending spoons

Helen really wanted to grab the spoon so bad. Once she had it she could not let go. Or was she using her amazing mental capabilities to control the spoon, Hmmm?

Holiday Stocking

Usually when I have one craft idea, a string of ideas follow. Inspired by my friend Tamra's stockings and a giant bag of felt I had left over from a previous project, I'm creating a stocking for the newest member of the family.

Memory

Carys loves to play Dora the Explorer memory game. I'm sure you remember, the game where you take turns finding the pairs of overturned cards. She beat me eight to two. I'm happy she's smart but I guess for me it means I lost the synapses that might have remembered Dora and her pet monkey, eek.

On a side note, you know you're taking way too many pics when your subject says "no more pictures". This is why she's refusing to smile in tonight's photo.

Baby Bear Butt

What can I say? I'm a sucker for cute baby oufits.

Holiday Wreath

We need some decorations for our first Christmas in our first home. We bought this wreath for the inside entry door. Carys and I planned to decorate it. We have some ideas but we'd love to hear yours.

Happy Thanksgiving

Carys had a Thanksgiving celebration at her daycare. She colored this turkey herself.

First Snow 2005

Cullen took this fabulous picture when we discovered it was snowing. We are going to buy a sled for the sledding hill by our house this week-end! This first snow melted but it's only just begun to get cold.



It's time to break out the hats and mittens. It's cold out there and will be for 6 months!

Giggling Sisters

I wish you could hear the giggling that took place in this post-bath playtime. I'm going to try audio soon.

Locomotion

Helen is ready to take off but her arms and legs don't quite agree yet. For now she's content trying and she had a lot of fun tonight.




Just a recap. This is Carys December 2003. It's so much fun to watch her then and now.

Spoons

Helen wanted to grab the spoon but was surprised she had it once she did. It was kind of sticky so it stuck to her hand. More video later.



Carys is starting to use the spoon on a more regular basis, for eating. It's always been an amusing toy.