Nap Time with Papa Dave

This is how we found them...too cute! Good thing she's a deep sleeper!

Bengals vs Jets

A few weeks ago, the Cinci Bengals (Coby's team) battled with the NY Jets (Papa Dave's team). This was quite the occasion and so of course, we had to make our loyalties known!
Our little Cee, the CUTEST Bengal by far!

Unfortunately, the get-up didn't prove to bring good luck to the Bengals...how tragic!

Pretty Girl

Need I say more?

Tea Party with "Friends"

Like I mentioned before, for Christmas from Great Grandpa and Grandma Peterson, the girls got a table and chair set and Mae LOVE, LOVE, LOVES it! We can hardly get her out of her room anymore because she just wants to play with it all day. The other day, she put her "Friends" (that's what she calls them), the moose, the pig and the dog, on chairs and had a tea party with them.

Just have to point out, her little crossed feet under the table.

Mae LOVES corn--real and pretend.

Feeding her friends...

What a fun girl!

The Princess and the Frog

On January 2nd, me, Mae, Kenna, Ash and Nana Pam all went to see "The Princess and the Frog." This was Mae's first experience at the movie theatre and I didn't really know how she would do. When we got there, we got Mae her own little cup of popcorn (which she LOVED) and I snuck in some juice for her. When the movie started, she was enthralled watching it on the big screen with all the people around! The show was pretty cute with a lot of singing and dancing, and Mae was dancing along with it, clapping and laughing! Every once in a while she would reach into her popcorn cup, never taking her eyes of the screen--it was sooooo cute! After about 45 minutes, Mae decided she had had a GREAT time, but was now done and wanted to go "HOME!" (And yes, she was yelling that in the crowded theatre!) After a couple ins and outs, (I'm sure the people on the sides of the row loved us) we decided it was time to go. Although, we didn't get to see the whole movie, we had a fun time and Mae thoroughly LOVED it while we were there! Days later she was still talking about it. Even now at random times she will look at us and say "Frog. Princess. Home." Now, we just gotta wait til the movie comes out on video to see what happened in the rest of it!

2009

2009 was very good to us! We had many things to celebrate, some of the highlights being Mae's 1st birthday and the birth of our sweet Lucy. We feel truly grateful for the many blessings we have, most importantly each other. Mae expressed it so perfectly one morning a while ago. We were all lying in me and Cobes' bed (our morning ritual), Mae drinking her milk and cuddling with her dadda and me feeding and snuggling miss Lucy, when Mae looked around and in her sweet little voice said, "Happy Family." We could ask for no greater blessing than a continuation of that in 2010!

Lucy at 4 Months!

On December 30th, Lucy had her 4 month check-up and HOLY COW-- has it really been FOUR whole months?!!! I guess time really does fly when you are having fun (and running like CRAZY)! She is changing and growing every day and just sooooo special (I guess every parent thinks that about their kids, but in her case, she REALLY is)! She brings such joy into our home with her sweet smiles!

Everything at the doctor looked great--she is healthy and happy--which is the greatest news any mother can hear. She weighed 11lbs 10oz and was 23&1/2in long. For her weight she was in the 12%, which is a little small, but the doc said she will probably be a little petite, just like her big sis!

You can't help but be happy when you see that smile!

My two girls--they already love each other sooooo much---and I love them even more for that (if that's possible)!