FINALLY!!! End to Beginning

January 18th, 2011:

I love this little girl! Amy is really great at giving me a reason to smile.

Amy said she was a "pioneer airplane driver." Do you see the little head cock?

I know, 3 of the same picture, but she's so dang cute!

Adelynne as Tinkerbell, and Eddie as a little wizard. He was going around casting spells on the girls.

We love Eddie! He is so fun to have around the house in the mornings. He is with us Monday through Friday in the mornings. He loves to join the girls in their play.

January 14th 2011:

Isn't she adorable?! She just melts my heart.

January 12th, 2011:

Happy Birthday to me! I had a great birthday with lots of friends over for dinner. It helped that my birthday fell on Wednesday night dinner. Christi made me a delicious dinner of pasta, and everyone enjoyed my delicious chocolate cake with homemade chocolate frosting. Joni made me this really cute headband that I proudly modeled.

Aurora wished me a Happy Birthday too.

During the party, Aurora showing off her ginormous flower:

January 3rd, 2011:

My parents, Dustin, me, Adelynne, and Amy went ice skating for the first time since we have lived here. We have a small outdoor ice rink. This was Dustin, Adelynne, and Amy's very first time ice skating. Dustin did very well only falling once. Adelynne and Amy fell quite a bit, but they were both good sports. By the end of our two hours Adelynne was out on her own and doing quite well. She had a great time, and I actually took her back the next Saturday, just me and her.

Big sister Amy. She sure loves being a big sister:

January 2nd, 2011:

Aurora is 4 months! She is grabbing her toes and it is so cute!

Oh I L.O.V.E. this baby!!!

Happy 4 months!

The girls in their Christmas dresses. Made by my fabulous mother! My mom is so amazingly talented. My sister and I had dresses like these when we were young that my mom also made. She used the same pattern for the girls' dresses:

My mom is so good at all the details. Thanks mom!

January 1st, 2011:

We invested in some real estate:

A house with a fireplace,

a birdbath in the front yard,

sliding glass doors on the side and shutters on the windows,

and a pond with a duck. Isn't it the cutest house ever?! Adelynne helped me put this beauty together. Legos is one of our new favorite family activities.

December 26th, 2010:

Christmas! Well, one day late. Amy opened up a new mermaid barbie, can you tell she was happy about it?

Aurora liked her new book that Grandpa and Grandma Belt sent:

Aurora was also happy to have Grandpa Biggs come for Christmas too!

We even had Princess Rapunzel come and visit us for Christmas!

Do you think she likes it?

Adelynne's hair was in curlers. We had our Christmas on Sunday because my parents came late on Christmas day and we wanted to do all the fun stuff with them. So I did Adelynne's hair in curlers to go to church, but she ended up throwing up all morning. She was still in remarkably good spirits for being so sick. Amy was fine all day, but when we put her to bed she ended up throwing up everywhere. So she was sick early in the evening.

Amy opening up her Rapunzel wig. Amy has always been obsessed with long hair, hopefully someday her own hair will be long, but for now she loves to wear pretend hair. Gramma and Grampa Biggs knew just what Amy would love!

She blinked. You can see that she is still dealing with a clogged tear duct. Always a goopy eye, poor baby.

Santa brought the girls flashlights!

Santa also brought Adelynne some pet shops:

December 25th, 2010:

So this was our Christmas Eve. Dustin and I told the girls that we had emailed Santa to come to our house on Christmas Day night, instead of on Christmas Eve. So, the girls took their reindeer food and sprinkled it on the ground. You can see they are in pjs and curlers.

The pure joy of believing:

December 24th, 2010:

Aurora had to go on a nebulizer because she had bronchiolitis. Say that one ten times fast! (So do you remember my old post about Aurora and her gagging issue? Turns out the gagging/coughing problem was leading up to this infection). We had to do her nebulizer treatments every four hours as needed. Plus she was on an antibiotic for an ear infection, and a steroid for the bronchiolitis. She did not enjoy all these medicines. But when Dustin would dance Aurora would not cry during her treatments. Daddy is wonderful entertainment.

We had a wonderful Christmas holiday. This was our very first time staying home for Christmas, and it really was wonderful. The worst part was not being with Grandma and Grandpa Belt and all our wonderful friends and family in Las Vegas. It really was a very hard decision to stay home and not be with the Belt Family for the holidays. We miss them so very much. But regardless, we had a great holiday, and it made all the difference having my parents come and celebrate with us. Every night we but two nights while my Dad was here, we played a game of chicken foot. My Dad never won once. We played with all our new Christmas toys, went ice skating, went to look at Christmas lights, and took a quick trip to Chicago. My parents watched the girls while Dustin and I attended the temple, and then my parents got to go as well. We ate at Giordano's and had famous Chicago style pizza. We went to downtown Chicago and walked around the "Magnificent Mile." Our favorite store was the Lego Store. Then we enjoyed dessert at the Rainforest Cafe. We really had a great time. My Dad went home and my mom stayed behind for an extra week and I enjoyed every moment having her here. One of my favorite times with my mom is playing Tuesday night volleyball with her. I have a blast with her. I also joined a co-ed city team with great friends, and my mom was able to come to my first game! Its wonderful to have the support of my mom. My girls love having Gramma here too. The girls and I drove my mom to the airport, and when my mom got out of the car, Amy looked horrified that we were leaving Gramma behind, and Adelynne just bawled..... for 20 minutes. I finally had to ask her to stop crying. We can't wait to have Gramma come again!