First day of Memere's trip, baby's first visit to our house, & Seo's birthday!

what a cutie!

 Seo is wondering if the baby is stealing his place as the baby in this photo!

 Alex working hard making pizzas and chocolate cake:

Usually in the late afternoon we put on a kids show or movie for the kids as a little down time for them (and us) while we finish dinner and clean up from work. The above picture is them at the start of the show, and then a bit later I looked over to see them like this:

I love them so.

Other noteworthy things:

• Lil's bottom middle two teeth are very wiggly. 
• Seo has been really loving to snuggle lately which is especially lovely. 
• A few nights ago we couldn't find Seo's binkies (weird right???) and then again the next night too. And he hasn't mentioned it since.  He hasn't been sleeping as soundly at night though. 
• Lili has been seeming really big lately. She is really expressing interest in reading, and we have been having a lot of conversations that are shedding light into her rapidly expanding mind and thought process.
• Seo is at one of my personal favorite ages. He seriously melts my heart many many times a day with all of his cute one-liners and sweetness. One liners such as "Yee-haw! Giddy-up cowboy!" and "Rocket ship~ BSHHHHUWWWWWWWWWWW" and "Rock and roll baby!" 

today.

Today was a fabulous day to spend outside! We journeyed to Switzerland, made snowflake kites, drew mountains, played a Swiss game, and enjoyed cheese fondue for snack. It was a great day!
See you next week!

kids

Seo went through the grocery store today skipping, pretending he was riding a horse saying "Yee-Haw Cowboy!" Over and over again.

Lili's recent illustrations

Lil has been creating some amazing illustrations this past week. For a long time she was much more interested in making abstract works of art, but recently she has been into drawing people (and lots of hearts). 

This is her (on the left) petting our cat Pippy. Mom (me) is watching. 

 this is the back of that drawing:

 This is Seo eating some raisins next to a big bowl of raisins:

 And this is my favorite. Her cousin Nimuae just got braces and this is a portrait of Nim with her new blue braces:

Some Holiday photos

Some holiday photos from our time at the Carmonas house. It already feels so long ago! Miss you all!

Finally uploaded some of the photos on the phone and there are so many cute photos... like this one. a candid shot from our road trip in October.