February Recap

Here are just a few of the pictures I've taken throughout the past month. It has been unseasonably warm so there has been quite a bit of playtime outside on the swingset which has been fun for Annaliese and Haleigh. Annaliese will play outside regardless of the temperature! She can tolerate much cooler temperatures than her mother:) 

Haleigh feeding herself her bottle

Enjoying the sunshine!

Future basketball star!

 Doing somersaults off the stool and onto the beanbag!

 The new room setup...seems to be working out quite well!

 Playing the guitar with her homemade pick (she cut a piece of construction paper, folded it up, and then taped it together so it wouldn't bend when she played!)

 Longingly looking outside

Haleigh keeping an eye on Annaliese and Elias

 Not quite sure what's going on here...but it looks like trouble!

Annaliese teaching Elias how to play their orchard game...she did a pretty good job explaining it! I was impressed! 

Spring is in the Air!

Yesterday was a beautiful day and since I didn't have to work, we decided to go for a little drive. It's been awhile since we've ventured out of Bellingham:) There are several local fields of daffodils and tulips and the daffodils are already in full bloom! We thought it might be fun to check out...we headed to a place called RoozenGaarde and we were not disappointed!

Tapping into our Dutch heritage with a picture by the windmill!

Practicing 'high-fives'

The best of my attempts to get them both looking in the same general direction

 Daffodils and Mt. Baker...not a bad view!

 Annaliese had a lot of energy; since it wasn't very busy and there were several large, green, grassy areas, we let her run all over the place. It was wonderful!

When we were done looking at the daffodils and soaking up the sunshine, we headed to Woods Coffee for a little afternoon snack. I decided that I wanted to do a puzzle once we were back home so we made a quick little stop at Grandpa and Grandma's house for a puzzle...and ended up staying for dinner! So fun that we can do that now!!

Enjoying her own hot chocolate!

A Valentine's Day Date!

For Valentines Day, Grandpa and Grandma invited Annaliese and Elias out on a date! Annaliese was so excited and talked about it every day for several days leading up to it! They decided to go out for donuts so Saturday morning I dropped Annaliese off at their house, along with the double stroller. They packed Annaliese and Elias into the stroller and walked to the donut shop while Kim, Thane, Haleigh and I went out for breakfast. 

After donuts, they walked across the street to Whatcom Falls Park and played at the playground for a bit. Looks like they all had a good time!

Grandma also helped each of kiddos make cute Valentines Day handprint cards for us! 

11 Months!

Last week Haleigh hit the 11 month milestone! This last month has been so much fun as she has become much more mobile and much more vocal as well! 

Sleeping: Haleigh usually goes to bed around 7:00pm and sleeps until 7:30 or 8:00 (depends on how loud Annaliese is in the morning!) Every once in awhile she wakes up in the middle of the night, but all it takes is a few minutes of snuggling and her purple bunny and she is asleep again. Naps vary from day to day. Usually she takes 2 naps, one in the morning around 9:30 or 10:00 and another one in the afternoon somewhere around 2:00. It does depend on what time she wakes up and what sort of activities we have planned for the day! She does quite well with the lack of consistency in the nap arena!!

Eating: This girl loves to eat. And eat. And eat! She eats pretty much everything the rest of us eat, with the exception of raw veggies and peanut butter. Haleigh loves broccoli, english muffins with cream cheese and avocado, bananas, smoothies, pasta, cereal, cheese and eggs. In fact, I can't really think of anything she won't eat!! She is still drinking formula as well; she gets 3-4 bottles/day, each with between 4 and 6 ozs of milk. It seems like she is less interested in the formula and more interested in stuff she can pick up, so I think we will probably transition her over to cows milk in the next few weeks. 

Maybe a lefty? She definitely uses her left hand more often than not to pick up the little pieces of food on her tray!

Teeth: Right now we have 8 teeth; 4 on the bottom and 4 on the top. I don't see any evidence of any more trying to come in right now either.

Clothes: Haleigh is wearing 12 month clothes primarily. There are a few stray pieces of 9 month stuff still in the drawer but they are a bit tight:) Several items are even 12-18 months already! And I will admit, Haleigh spends an awful lot of time in her jammies, regardless of all the cute clothes she has! We are just about to move up to size 4 diapers too. She's already wearing them at night and as soon as our current supply of sz 3 is out, we are moving up! 

Activity: Haleigh is crawling all over the place! She loves exploring the whole house and will rapidly make her way from one room to another. She also has a few favorite toys and will pull the toy bins off the shelf and contentedly sit and play until Annaliese comes and takes the toys away. She loves to watch Annaliese and be close to her! There is frequently a trail of cheerios following her!

(Note the orange letter that is flying at Haleigh...she and Kyle were playing a game and she loved it!!)

 Stacking blocks

I caught her with Annaliese's cat!

Dislikes: While Haleigh is generally very happy, there are a few things that she doesn't care for. Having her diaper changed, Annaliese taking her toys away from her, and being hungry top the list.