Cold January

Todays high is only 5 degrees...it's bitter cold so me and Aaliyah will be staying home.  It's nice though with a fire.  We had a little trouble with our thermostat so Greg made a fire before he went to work.  And it's a good day to catch up on my blog.  Her new thing is hiding her nukie....it's cute.  She'll just laugh and want you to find it.  She loves feeding her babies and animals and changing their diapers.  Here she is having a snack with giraffe.

  When we had snow, we would bundle up and play outside, she never wanted to come in....but mom was cold.  I pulled her in this sled, but that didn't last too long.  She of course wanted to go in the swing, so we did that.  And she likes playing with the sticks and picking up rocks.

 

About a week and a half ago, she took a fall in our closet....I think it was the shoe rack she fell on.  It doesn't look too bad, but her worst so far.  I know there will be plenty more.  Hopefully she'll be looking good for her pics next Sunday. 

My baby is all beat up! 

 

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!  I feel so bad I've been neglecting her blog...totally missed the 17 month mark.  But I suppose I don't need to give an update like that every month.  I'll just go with the flow.  The new year has been great; I passed my written board today!!  Just have the practical next week and I'll officially be an esthetician.  My new job is only a couple days a week, so I still get to spend time with Aaliyah.  I am truly thankful I was able to stay home with her...I love every minute of it.  With our next one, I may not be able to do that. 
Aaliyah's been sledding a couple times this year already and loves it!!  She gets into everything she can, had to put some more locks on the cabinets and the fridge!!  She loved opening the refrigerator and grabbing whatever she could.  She doesn't do too good with no....she'll throw a tantrum especially when it comes to food. 
Here are some pics of her playing with her new doll house from Grandma Linda.

Merry Christmas

 Merry Christmas!!  Aaliyah celebrated Christmas four times already and has one more to go on Saturday.  We first went to church at 3:00 Christmas Eve; very crowded but a nice service and  as long as Aaliyah had her box of raisins, she did okay in church.  Then went to Tom & Cindy's for dinner.  Christmas morning, we opened presents from Santa and headed to Sheboygan for lunch at great grandmas house.  Lastly headed to John's house to celebrate with the Fernandezs. 

Christmas morning; opening presents from Santa

Mickey and Minnie Mouse Snow Globe.  She kept turning it upside down to play music, because the one in her room does.  She still liked watching the snow.

She got lots of play food and a blender!

Christmas Eve....of course she has something in her mouth, this girl loves to eat!

Her first Elmo from Aunt Debbie

Cousin Erin made her a pillow

Her new baby with crib and bottle

Visiting the North Pole

Today we took Aaliyah to see Santa in Santa Land at Boston Store.  She loved all the decorations, animals, elves and Bruce the Spruce.  It was so fun just watching her explore.  When it was time to see Santa though....not too happy.  So, we had to do a family picture, which turned out nice.

Bruce the Spruce talking to us

She was in awe of everything....

And she's off to see what's next

And last was Santa Claus

Feeding time

Birthday Party for Jesus

This past Saturday, MOPS had a birthday party for Jesus.  It was so nice Grandma Linda was able to come too.  It was at Crossroads church in the morning.  There were plenty of activities for the kids, a puppet show that told the story of Jesus and cupcakes at the end.

Looks like such a big girl with all the other kids!  I was lucky to get this shot, she wasn't here long, too busy running around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grandma's showing her the nativity scene stickers

Happy Birthday Jesus

Eating a cupcake with Grandma...probably her favorite part of the whole day!

St. Nick

Aaliyah woke up and her stocking was filled with all sorts of goodies. ( :

What's inside??

Coloring book and flashcards

Yeah, crayons!!

And a princess castle ornament