Quiet

You know what one of the things that I really love about the snow is? How quiet the world seems. It seems like everything stops to let it fall. You can't even hear the cars drive by. This is what it looks like at our house this morning.

I know that my last post was about snow. My life is pretty uneventful but not so uneventful that all I post about is the weather. I will post a little later about our trip to Utah. Here is a cute pic for the road. This is a 'basket' that holds toy fruit from Ikea. She thinks it is funny as a hat.

Snow and such

Well I am sure a lot of people heard about the major snow storm we had here at the end of last week. It started snowing on Thursday night and didn't stop until Saturday morning. It was crazy. We have probably a foot and and a half in our yard. We decided to go out a try to play in it. The only problem is that we don't have any real snow clothes for Jane. I just put on a bunch of layers and made it work. Take a look.

Some perspective on how high the snow is in our yard.

Trying to make a snow angel but it was just too deep.

This what she had on under the coat and a pair of footy pajamas. Oh yeah that is two pairs of socks and they soaked all the way through.
Besides the snow. Jeff and I had our birthdays last week. It was mostly uneventful. We did go out the weekend before to a movie and dinner. That was fun. Jeff got me new scriptures which was really good because I have had my same set for literally 20 years. Jeff got new snow boots just in time to be able to shovel the driveway.
Ok enough about us, lets talk about Jane some more (because that is really what this is about). Here are two of her favorite places to sit.

She is sitting on my side of the bed against my pillow. She always crawls up there when I am changing her diaper. Unfortuntely, she has peed a couple of times while sitting up there with no diaper.

This is not a joke. She really does this a lot. Not as much as she used to though. She especially does first thing in the morning. It is like it is the perfect seat for her or something.
She is also walking much more now but still not 100 percent of the time. She was has a funny way of keeping her balance.

Ok well that is all I think. I will just leave you will a couple of video of her cuteness. She loves her friend Jacob and gets really excited to play with him. She also gets really excited to see his mom Camille.

What the....

Why is it that Jane doesn't really want to walk on her own but can do this?

Also I don't want any comments about her big booty. She can't help it if her diapers are massively massive on her little body. Dang cloth diapers.

Walking Alone

The night that I posted the video (which wasn't working but is now) on the last post, she started doing this.



She is still only doing this right now. She is still cautious to do it really on her but Jeff is really excited.

A funny story

When we were in Las Vegas, we went to the store to do the final bit of our Christmas shopping. We wanted to get a few more things for Jane so we were in the toy/book section. Jane is riding in the cart and taking it all in. I was looking at something and Jeff sees an old style looking salon chair that is Jane's size. He thought it would be funny to put her in it and see what she did. Well he put her on it and she just sat there for a while. We needed to leave that section but she didn't want to get off the the chair. So I decided to put the chair in the cart and let her sit on it. She sat there the rest of the time while we were in Target. It really was a good 20 minutes or more. It wasn't until right before we left that she was okay getting off of it. Here she is.

She is pretty funny. It is sad that she is sometimes our personal play toy. Like when we try funny hats on her when we are in Hobby Lobby.

Another funny, not so funny thing she did. Some of you may have seen these on facebook. She figured out how to get into the cupboard and pulled out her bunny cookies. She sat there eating them for a while and then....

She found the box of cheerios and dumped them all over the floor. Fun times.

Ok just one more thing. I often tell Jeff that it is funny the Jane's favorite thing to play with is a free box that we got from costco. (just click on the link to go to the video)

http://youtu.be/JeXRCMXLcB8

She is walking like a champ in this video but still doesn't want to do it on her own. She always wants you to hold her hand still. I have started walking her around everywhere (as opposed to carrying her) in hopes that she will feel more confident. It does take longer but I hope it pays off soon.

Christmas in Sin City

We decided to go to Las Vegas (Henderson, really) for Christmas again this year. We spent last Christmas with my family so it was Jeff's turn. We convinced Jeff's parents and a couple of his siblings to meet us down there at Jeff's sister house. Here are some of the highlights.
As some of you know, Our anniversary is the 21st of Dec. That is the day we flew in to Las Vegas and so we didn't really celebrate that day, except the cupcakes Jeff surprised me with. So the next night Jeff's sister watched Jane and we went out to eat and to a movie. I can't believe 4 years has gone by so quickly.
The next night Jeff's parents arrived and we went out to eat at a restaurant we always hit while in Henderson. The next night was Christmas Eve. We had a great dinner with prime rib, garlic mashed, salad and lion house rolls that Jeff's mom maid. Oh and a ton of sparkling cider. So delicious.

We did the gift exchange and the kids opened a few presents and then off to bed. Well I was in bed but others were up for a while. The next morning we got up to open gifts in our stockings. 

Jeff is dressed up because we went to church before the real opening began. 

This is a robe that Jeff got free with his purchase of my perfume. Jane was one the one who really scored. You can see a hat my mom made. She also got presents from Chris's family. The stacking cups are a big hit. Jane was pretty oblivious to most of it and still didn't get the concept of opening the presents but it was fun. 

The next day the two other family joined the festivities. It was fun to have so many there. We had a lot of playing video games, cards and mostly eating. Lots and lots of junk food but also some great dinners as well. 

The family tradition is to play a lot of Dr. Mario. I never really play because I just am really horrible but I am amazed at how good some of the family is. I guess they should be for how many years they have been playing. Even Jeff's parents have recently got into playing and spent a bit of time in front of the game this trip. 

One of the great things about being there was how nice the weather was. We went outside most days and to the park one day. 

Jane had a good time with the cousins and conned most everyone into doing two things constantly.

Yes, walking with her and playing/going up and down the stairs. I think that she lived on those stairs when someone wasn't walking her around. She still doesn't want to walk on her own but now wants me to walk with her constantly. She is getting close, though.
Overall, it was a really fun and relaxing trip. I really have a good time with Jeff's family and feel lucky to have been married into a great family. Thanks everyone again for all the gifts.

Here is one more pic for added cuteness.

Just Jane

So I haven't post in a while. Nothing too eventful has happened so I was thinking about what I could post. Well I thought I would just post about Jane and how super cute she is. She is now 14 almost 15 months. She hasn't started walking (much to Jeff's chagrin). She is really super cautious and likes to take things slow. Here are pics of some of the things she loves.

This is her little corner in the front room. Her toys and books are always scatter around. She loves books.  She will just pull them off one by one and flip through all the pages.

I often wonder why I buy toys. She gets lots of mileage out of things like toilet paper rolls. It was funny because she was crawling with this on her arm. It made her have a limp. So cute.

She does love food but now the challenge is to figure out how she wants to eat it. Does she want to do it herself or have you feed her or cut up on her try or the funnest is when she wants me to hold her while I am feeding her.

We just love to hear her laugh so here is another laughing video. Sorry it is turned the wrong way at first.  I have some toy grapes and am spitting them out of my mouth.

There are two new things that Jane has started in the last week or so. One of them is dancing when music comes on. It is funny how this seems instinctual because Jeff and I don't really dance. The other thing she is doing is putting phones up to her or our ears.
Oh one more thing (you know I could go on for days about her). You know how when you go to costco and they put your food in a box. Well we usually have one or two of those sitting around and they have become a favorite play toy for her. If she is not sitting in them then she is pushing them around like a walker. I often put her in them too and push her around.

I know it seems like Jane spends all of her time in her pajamas (don't judge me). I am of the mind that if we aren't going anywhere why get dressed. Saves on the laundry :)