Valentine's Day and Hitting the Slopes

Yuki's first Valentine's Day

Her hair is up in a ponytail and then a french twist all in Valentine accessories Pretty

Hi Sweetheart

Gorgeous Girl

The best picture of the whole ensemble

This is Seth trying to get the camera

Valentine's Day meal

Water please

Valentine's Day morning. You can tell who got up first. Poor Seth only had a red sweatshirt. No cute Valentine's Day clothes for boys, but 1000 for girls.

Eating red raspberries for Valentine's Day

Learning to ski with instructor, Bob

On the bunny slope with Bob

Going up the conveyor belt to ski down

Pre-ski

My beautiful dozen pink roses on Friday

My roses opening on Valentine's Day

We are going to have our Valentine's Day celebration on Monday, since Rich is working in the ER today. That is fine. I would rather go out when it is less crowded, less expensive, and less commericalized, but just as special. So tomorrow after Savannah's swimming lesson we will go out for a nice dinner. We will also give the kids their presents tomorrow. When Seth takes his nap, Savannah and I are going to paint hearts for Daddy.

Yesterday Rich took Savannah to one of our local mountains in Avon, Ski Sundown. She had her first ski lesson with an instructor (and daddy near by) for an hour. It was a private lesson and she loved it. The instructor said she was a natural and caught on a lot faster than kids older than her. She is very athletic. The instructor asked Rich if she gets it from me. I am sure he was rolling on the snow laughing. I am the furthest thing from a skier. I don't like anything about it. We are so proud of her. She is an amazing girl. She just adapts to new things so quickly. Maybe daddy will finally get the ski buddy he has been waiting for. The jury is still out on Seth...too early to tell. But, if the three of them ski in the future, lots of time for mommy to shop and go to the spa. She is going to take a lesson next weekend at Gore Mountain and Whiteface when we are up in the Adirondacks.

Savannah chose to get dressed up for Valentine's Day even though we stayed in. She chose the entire outfit and accessories you see above.

Hope everyone had a loving and lovely day!

Early Valentine's Day

This is the best picture I could get of them together this morning After school with a balloon she bought for Mommy with Daddy

Balloon Girl

Pretty in Pink

This is the please smile picture

Not the most cooperative, but this is the best one we have

Take 1 she looked down

Take 2 she looked away again

Thought this was a riot. Seth got himself in the middle of all the toys

Entertaining himself with a princess wand and dolls

Busy, busy boy

Loves princesses--definitely in touch with his softer side with a girly big sister

He climbed over the chair to get in the middle of the dolls

Today at school Savannah had a "Friendship Celebration" for Valentine's Day. She looked really pretty in a pink Addias shirt that said LOVE with matching leggings with hearts. She had heart socks and hearts in her hair. She did not want to take any pictures this morning though, so the ones above are the best I got. I sent in sugar free strawberry jello and Savannah said her friends ate it. When I asked her about her day she said, "I played Play-doh." So, not much information about the party. She came home with a bag of goodies including cards, candy, stickers and pencils. Rich took Savannah to school today and then got his haircut and did some errands. Seth decided to not even take an hour long nap so he got plenty of Mommy and Seth time on his 11 month birthday.

This morning while Seth was playing independently, he climbed over Savannah's princess chair and got himself right in the middle of all the dolls, puzzles, and princess stuff. He was in all his glory and mommy laughed and snapped a few pictures.

Daddy and Savannah came home with a big valentine balloon, a dozen pink roses and a latte from Starbucks. Savannah said, "Happy Valentine's Day, Mommy. I love you, Mommy." Melt my heart! Have a great Valentine's Day weekend everybody!

11 Months? No Way! Yes Way!

Seth Now

Seth 2 months ago Seth 3 months ago in Disney

Seth 's first set of professional photos

Seth 12 weeks

Seth first home

In 11 months you have developed from a tiny infant who only cried a-wah, a-wah, a-wah and only slept for less than 2 hours at a time and only took 3 oz. of formula per feeding. Now you have learned to smile, babble, roll over, crawl, pull up, cruise the furniture, stand holding on, reach, grab, and play. You also now have 6 teeth and eat all kinds of yummy foods and take 8 oz. of formula. You sleep through the night in your own crib and room. You say mama, nana, and dada and make a whole lot of sounds. You love to play with your toys, especially cars, trucks, and trains. You stack cups and blocks and put big chunky puzzle pieces in a puzzle. You clap your hands, sign more and all done, and reach out to be picked up. You can drink from a cup and a straw, even though you still prefer your bottle for milk. You are extremely social and your smile melts every heart in a second. You love your big sister and any attention she will give you. You are curious and intelligent. You get into anything and everything and when we tell you something is off limits you give us a big smile and continue to do it anyway. You love The Wiggles and watching that can really entertain you. You love music and groove to the beat. You are a champion eater and sleeper with your 2 mega naps a day and sleeping 9-11 hours uninterrupted at night. Next month we will celebrate your first birthday. An incredible milestone and we can't wait to see what is in store and celebrate the miracle called you! We love you Seth, always and forever.

What's in the Package and Hanging Out in My Chair

Princess watching shows and playing Me, standing on the edge of a chair, NEVER!

Let's try sitting!

CClap

Really into it

Can you tell the TV is mounted on the wall?

Sitting like a big boy

What did we get?

These are Savannah's barrettes.

What's this?

What else do we have?

Lots of goodies

And I thought I was the only one who gets excited when a package comes from the Gymboree. I just set it down when UPS delivered it and before I knew it the kids were searching the contents. Very cute how they were a team.

Seth loves to sit in the Elmo chair, eat snacks, and watch his shows. It is so adorable and he is really growing up (way too fast). Please ignore that fact that his shirt is soaked. It always is. He is a teething and drooling machine. It is so much drool now it is like rain coming off his chin. And, he refuses to wear a bib. He hates bibs.

We did not get nearly the snow that was predicted. Only about 3 inches fell but it took all day and into the evening. We are heading to Lake George and Lake Placid next weekend. Savannah is going to take a 1/2 an hour private ski lesson at Gore. It is funny because about 6 years ago when Rich was skiing and I was reading a book in the lodge I watched the kiddie ski lesson and thought how cute and saw the moms watching their children taking a lesson. It seemed like my turn would never come to watch my child out there and now here it is. Rich might take her this weekend locally to see if she likes it. I am going to get to go outlet shopping and to the spa, so I am looking forward to it. That is the compromise for going somewhere cold. And in 5 weeks we will be in Puerto Rico, where it is guaranteed not to snow.

An Apple a Day

I want the WHOLE apple. None of this cut of pieces thing for me. It is a granny smith, so it is a little tart

Big Bite

Yum!

An apple may be all day entertainment

Pucker up

He can really take little bites

MMMMM

Look at me take big bites

I think it is a good teether too

Look at that face

He wouldn't let me take it away for anything and he had no interest in the little pieces I cut up for him

Seth was having dinner last night and I decided to sit with him and have an apple. He started reaching towards me and saying, "Mamamamama." So, I cut him up a few pieces of apple and he continued to reach out for me. So, I gave him the whole apple and he LOVED it. He wouldn't give it up for anything. So then I took off all the skin and gave it back to him. Even though it was a Granny Smith and was quite tart and puckered his lips and continued to eat it. He is an eating champ! It was so funny. I guess he is going to be a whole apple lover.