Language can be fun

This morning, Elizabeth had crackers all over the kitchen floor. I looked at her and said, "Hey, what is this?" clearly a little frustrated with the little piggy. She looked at me like I was a total moron and said, "Crackers." Right on little one!

Christmas with the Senich's

Merry Christmas! The Grant's spent four days in the North woods. Elizabeth was a rock star car traveler and hardly cried during the car ride. She also was well behaved at church...so we were very thankful that our little cutie may be growing into a good little girl. Here are a couple of pictures to summarize our vacation. (Photos from the Underbakke Christmas will be posted later this week.)
Elizabeth and Benjamin had matching Santa pajamas. Santa was very good to both of the kids...the trunk of our car was loaded with toys on the way home!
Elizabeth liked opening presents, but she wanted to play with each one instead of moving on to the next one. The baby-lover received three new babies- putting the total up to 5. She is in baby heaven at home. She also got a stroller and bottle to use with her babies. Plus lots of clothes, books, and fun toys.
Elizabeth wasn't as excited by sledding this year (especially when her mom accidentally dumped her in the snowbank!) Once mom was in the sled with her, it was much more fun, but tough work on Daddy!
Katie and Elizabeth sported matching hats. Nice look!

Totally Biased

As her mother, I know that I am totally biased, but in this adorable matching sweater and hat from cousin Siri, Elizabeth is just too darn cute!

Safe travels for the holiday everyone! (Think of us in a car with a wild one year old, driving 4 hours!)

Matching Santa Belly

Despite constantly being on the move, Elizabeth has retained her Santa belly. Looks like she'll be warm for the winter!

Too funny!

A little piece of artwork that Elizabeth brought home from daycare. Not sure if you can see the totally hilarious face on this little angel. All the other kids were beaming in their pictures, but apparently Elizabeth takes this angel business seriously.

13 Months Old!

Today Elizabeth is 13 months old. She is a very busy little bee. With walking and running down pat, she is working to increase her vocabulary through signs and words. She also loves to color and begs to use the markers at our house. Some of you may be surprised with a hand-made card this Christmas.

Those of you crazy people who have two kids under the age of two truly amaze us because Elizabeth is more than enough right now. (In the past week, I have been asked by 5 people when the next one is coming- so publicly my answer is not for a LONG time!) After taking Elizabeth to a party last night and having her eat dirt and cat food in a two hour time period, I am pooped!

Life is Good!

Life has been pretty busy for us in the month of December.

Josh began his first year as head wrestling coach. Last night, he had his first team victory! Between wrestling and school, we haven't seen much of Josh, and the forecast isn't much better until March. We're making the most out of the time that we have.

Elizabeth is loving life and testing boundaries. She is quickly adding signs and words to her vocabulary- averaging around two a day! The new verbal skills lead to some frustration in trying to state her point.

I have finally regained my body after a year of nursing. I'm very proud to have accomplished that feat and surprised to miss those quiet moments that we had together. I also got a weekend away to spend with great long-time friends. The time away was rejuvenating and is getting me through single parent days.

Hope everyone has a great December- enjoy all the yummy treats and don't worry about the pounds...you'll burn them shoveling snow this year!

Scrooge of Snow Day

Today we celebrated a snow day at our house. Josh and I both had our work cancelled, but Elizabeth could still go to daycare. We dropped her off and headed to the gym for a workout. I envisioned that we'd spend the time catching up on cleaning, reading books, and wrapping Christmas presents. Unfortunately, lesson planning, grades, and wrestling have taken priority- plus I had a proposal due to my supervisor. Looks like we are the lamest snow day celebrators.

Decorating the Tree

On Sunday, Elizabeth decorated the Christmas tree that her dad cut down. She was definitely more helpful last year. This year, she stuck every ornament in her mouth, although we were pretty happy that she hasn't taken down the tree...yet!

I got a call from daycare this morning saying that Elizabeth was running a 101.6 temp, so we are bonding again today. I was pretty sure that she was really sick because when I walked in the door, she ran into my arms. Definitely not something that happens every day! Should I be offended that my child only wants to come to me when she's sick?!