Little Money Buziness

Yesterday was Lily's first trip to an indoor germ-fest - I mean indoor play center. We took her to family night at our local Little Monkey Buziness (yes - its spelled wrong) and she had a ball! She figured out how to throw her weight and scoot forward enough to get herself down the slide, and the smile on her face at the bottom was HUGE! We will definitely go back - but maybe when there are a few less germ monsters - I mean other children around.

Time for an update

It's been about a month since anything went up, so it was high time for an update. Things here in Denver are going well. Its been busy since the new year started with work demanding a lot of both of us, and a choir trip to Florida looming in the near future. Miss Lily has been her usual active self, but not active enough to actually walk. She is "knee-walking" so that she can somehow combine crawling with the ability to carry things around the house and drop them wherever she pleases. She is working on some new words and likes to imitate things that are said to her. Of course, like every strong minded woman - she only does it when it's on her terms. No trained monkey in this house. Her favorite new thing is to pick up anything she can get a hold of, hold it up to her ear and say "Ello" Its ridiculously cute. She loves chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese and anything sweet. She hates having her hair washed and getting up in the morning. Other than that, things are going swimmingly!

Stop, Drop and Read

Ahhhh. On a cold winter night, there's nothing like putting on your snuggly footie PJs, curling up in your favorite chair and reading a good book.

Happy New Year!

Well, the holidays have come and gone, and we all made it through alive! It was great to have two weeks together, and we saw lots of family and friends both in Denver and in Dallas. Our Denver holidays were filled with lots of down time, indulgent afternoon naps, and great food. Our Texas time was a wonderful opportunity to see lots of family, but it also included another trip to the ER. What threatened to be appendicitis was actually just a bad stomach flu that started with Kathleen, moved on to Nana, Aunt Karen and eventually got Paul as well. We are all back to normal - or at least as normal as we get! We hope you all had a great holiday season and we wish you a wonderful and healthy new year!

Lily loved playing with Luke's kitchen

Cute cousin Abby!

Curly girl Lily sitting in a carriage

La Cantera lobby had lots of cool animals

Family Picture Christmas 2009

Lily had a Holly Jolly

Merry Christmas, everyone! Lily had a great holiday and she asked me to wish you all a very happy holiday season - whatever your religion. She's very PC like that. Christmas Eve was our traditional "small family" evening. Just Paul, Lily and myself. We had the usual shrimp dinner followed by the adults exchanging gifts. I think that the tone of that night will change dramatically in the next few years. Christmas morning brought lots of presents from Santa, and we had brunch with Nonna, Poppa and Poppie. There's nothing wrong with a breakfast of champagne and eggs benedict with tenderloin. Mmmmm. We then moved on to the Wismers' house to open presents and spend time with Aunt Tiffany, Uncle Ben and cousins Nettie and John. Lily doesn't quite get what's going on yet, but she does understand playing with toys - no matter who they belong to. Sharing is something we will be working on before Santa comes again. Here are a few pictures from the last few days. We'll have more to share after our trip to Texas. Happy Holidays!!

The family tree

Getting ready for Christmas Eve Mass

Let the opening commence!

I love my new Giraffe Bike from Nonna and Poppa!

Wearing Cousin Nettie's princess earrings - well, one of them.

What does a duck say?

"Cack cack", of course!