Here are some highlights from January 2012.
January 4th: Lily was playing in the toy room and found this echo microphone. She had a great time listening to her own voice echoing inside it!
Mary was playing in the toy room with us. Here she is dancing in an outfit a friend bought us from Russia.
Also, we made creepy crawlers for the first time today! Joey loves them! He had a good time finding out what things in the house he could get them to stick to.
January 6th: A sunny winter day.
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| Mary and Lily playing peek-a-boo under the kitchen table |
January 10th: Having a "monkey platter" lunch! One of Mary and Joey's favorites.
January 11th: Joey swallowed a penny. He was very upset for about a minute. And then we all forgot about it.
January 18th: I went grocery shopping. I often like to try to buy something new and interesting for us to try. It could be a fruit or vegetable we haven't tried before, or anything really. This time I noticed that there was a big sale on Twinkies. I realized that Mary and Joey had both NEVER had a Twinkie. So here is a picture of Joey eating his very first Twinkie! They both said they were pretty good. Joey could only handle about 2/3 of his. Then he ate a whole bunch of fresh blueberries, which were also on sale.
January 19th: The kids and I made paper snowflakes out of construction paper and decorated our patio doors with them. We also made God's Eyes out of popsicle sticks and yarn and stuck them to the window too. So pretty!
January 20th: Lily started cruising today! For those unversed in baby developmental terminology, "cruising" is when babies stand up and walk while holding onto something for balance, like the couch.
January 21st: Another big day for Lily! Her 7th tooth came in! Now she has four on the top and three on the bottom. She also is clapping now! Here's a video of her showing off her new skills.
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| Tens month old and loving it! |
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| Ta-da! |
Mary, Joey, and Lily had something else exciting happen today - their cousin Maximus was born!
January 23rd: We went to go see a children's opera performance of The Three Little Pigs. It was put on by members of the Florentine Opera and was actually very good. Afterwards, we drove up north to go visit baby Maximus!
January 24th: Pictures of us with Maximus. He was born weighing 11 lbs 3 oz and measuring 22 inches long!
January 29th: All dressed up to play in the snow!
January 31st: The kids had a morning bath. Lily really loves taking a bath!
She has also discovered the joy of emptying drawers and cabinets.
