.: February 2011

Sunday, February 13, 2011

This and That...

Well, I think I have pretty much given up on being real consistent with blogging. I really enjoy it! I just don't know where the time goes. What have we been up to? Well, the girls are growing and loving life. They have started to play together, which has been so funny to watch! I posted a video of it at the end of this post, so watch it if you have time to! Lindey still doesn't say much other than hi. But she does know quite a few signs and lately has been babbling and moving her lips the way she sees us move our lips when we talk. I think shes close! Shanna can write her name, which she is very proud of! :) She started gymnastics at the beginning of this month and has really loved it! Eric has been doing a few things around the house and I for some reason haven't mentioned yet that I started working at a rehabilitation facility as a certified nursing assistant at the beginning of October. I work Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 2:30 to 11 and Eric comes home from work at 2 on those days and watches the girls. I am really liking it, but there you have it..The reason I have been so non existent in the blogging world as of late. Now enough jabbering! :) Here are a few pics...

The girls were playing dress up. Here Lindey is making a silly face. (She has been doing that more and more when the camera comes out)

Gorgeous outfit!

Notice again the silly look on Lindey's face!

Conked out during lunch after a long morning of hard play!

Eric tiled the backsplash here just recently and I thought it looked really good! I don't know what I did without it before this!

Lindey is modeling a hat I made that can be made either for a boy...

Or a girl. Just add different accessories to it and there you go!

Ok so please excuse the mess. Its just about bedtime for the girls.

And yes, this is 2 in a half minutes long. And I would say its worth every second. But I am a bit partial :) So you can just watch a few seconds if you don't have time. She laughs near the beginning so you have to watch til you see that..Its pretty cute!

Shanna -- Wild One

Age: 4 years!
Nicknames: Goose, Shanna banana, Shannaroo
What does Shanna say now?
"Could you get chicken nunnets from the freezerater?"
In our home we try to help Shanna not say words like stupid, dumb, or substitute words like "dang it". Well one night Eric was helping her pray before bed and he said, "Please help me to make good choices." and Shanna repeated it and promptly punched her pillow and said, "dang it."
"Ring around the rosies, pockalittledoodoo, ashes, ashes we all fall down."
Shanna: "Oh you have a pretty hair thing mommy?" (pointing to the flower clip in my hair)
Me: "Yes I do, do you like it?"
Shanna: "Yes! Daddy will come home and he will dance with you!"
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"Achoo, could you bless me?"
Shanna had to go potty at Grandma's house one day and so she said, "Grandma, you stay here, I will be right back." Grandma said, "Ok I will sit on my blue chair." When Shanna was done, Grandma said, "Now I need to go potty." Shanna said, "Ok I will sit in your blue chair." When Grandma came out she looked over at Shanna and saw that she was seated in her blue chair with her blanket draped over her knees exactly the way Grandma often placed it, had Grandma's glasses on her face and was carefully turning the pages of Grandma's school textbook. She often found Grandma in this exact position.
Me: "Shanna, what does a rooster say?"
Shanna: "Cock a little dude"
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"Look at my eyes!" (This is usually said when either Eric or I aren't paying attention to what she is saying.)
First Prayer: "Heavenly Father, thank you for this day, thank you for the blessings, thank you for the prophet, thank you for the food and the apples, Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
"Thats so embarrassing, all the time!"
(Said as we turn onto Grandma and Grandpa Merrill's street) "There's Grandma's house! My sweet little Grandma. She is such a sweet girl!"
"Come here my little daddy."
"This is reedy reedy good Mommy!"
One day I was drawing on the chalkboard some stick figures of grandma and grandpa. I drew a triangle shape for grandma's dress and Shanna turns to me and says,
Shanna: "Oh mommy is that her bib?"
Me: "No Shanna, thats her dress."
Shanna: "Oh! Thats her pretty dress so all her dreams can come true?!"
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"Ummmm...Kinda yeah.." (Said with head tilted and eyes to the side)
"Look, I am kinda like a princess."
"My eyes aren't working!" (Said when she's been crying and her eyes are filled with tears so that she can't see anything)
"I am so proud of you" (This is usually said when we do something she is really happy with, Ex: take her to the park.)

Lindey -- small headed child

19 months!
Nicknames: goose, LindeyLoo
Waves and says "Hi" and "Bye"
When a lot of people are laughing she will start to laugh a long with everyone
She loves her big sister and will laugh at anything Shanna does
Shes a mommas girl
LOVES baby dolls and gets very, very excited about them when she sees them.
When she sees sher coat she gets really excited and starts saying, "oh, oh, oh!" :)
She has an opinion about everything and will not budge if she has made up her mind. If she sees something she likes she will take it, even though another person might have had it first. She is also very very intense when it comes to just about everything!

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Sunday, February 13, 2011

This and That...

Sealed For Time & All Eternity

Carrissa's Usborne Books and More

Eric -- Dad

Carrissa -- Mom

Shanna -- Wild One

Lindey -- small headed child

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