Year in review

It has only taken us one month to complete this project. Finally here is our year in review for 2009! Enjoy! (We have been stuck in the house due to weather again!) Any indoor ideas for 1 year olds?

January
We spent some time with our friends in Texas! Always wishing they lived closer so this could be an everyday occurrence for Daisy and Henry!
February
Our friends David and Tam (and Luke) watched Daisy for the day while mommy worked! Here is their dog Dudley and Daisy, just chillin'.
A favorite picture around here of Daisy and Mommy and their crazy hair and open mouths! Those first laughs and giggles are so priceless....and still are today! March

Daisy starts rice cereal....does any child really like this stuff?Daisy's first snow and snowsuit experience! She was really unsure about it all!

April
Another group favorite around here of Daisy waving to mommy and daddy! This is just one of many bobby pictures we have taken of Daisy!

May
Lots of pictures from this month:
First our family trip to FLORIDA! We had such a great time, although I think Daisy is not so much a beach person? Hmmm....I wonder where she gets that?
Daisy's first boat ride on Grand lake! Daisy did love the boat and I am so excited about this, except I am going to have to overcome my fears of the fish so that I can teach her not to be afraid!
Daisy's first day of Day care!!! What a blessing this has turned out to be. Daisy loves her teacher and friends and mommy has kept her sanity!
Daddy becomes Dr. Daddy and we said goodbye to many good friends! Can't wait for them to all come back!
June
NEW HOUSE!
Daisy in her new room after nap one day! LOVE how red her hair looks here!
July
Another busy month!
Fourth of July outfit!
We joined our neighborhood playgroup. This day was spent at the splashpark! A new summer favorite. I get excited just thinking about it now!

Daisy in her 'new' bathtub!
Colorado trip to see uncle steven. (and that memorable 'easy' hike up a mountain)
August
The zoo! Another summertime favorite of ours (I am so ready for nice weather)
Poor Bimmer and his medical issues.....this landed him a one way ticket to the doggie resort and day/night spa known as Grandpa and Grammy's house!
September
Our little girl turned one!!!
October
The pumpkin patch!
Daddy's birthday!
Halloween!
November
Henry turns one!
Getting ready for winter with her new boots!
Thanksgiving! (first time at our house)
December
The traumatic trip to see Santa.
Jingle Jammies!
Oklahoma Blizzard '09~!
Just being her cute adorable self!
We have had such a wonderful year. It has been fun to reflect and think back on all that is possible to cram into one year. We are so blessed and thankful for our wonderful family!

More pictures....

We still take pictures constantly of our sweet little girl. I know I constantly say this but she is just so fun and cute lately! Here are her latest photos.

WARNING to Grandpa....you might not want to look at the following pictures!!!!
This is Daisy eating spaghetti. Lets just be honest. It would be a lot easier if we all ate spaghetti with our hands! (just very messy)

(Don't worry Papa, she took her dress off before she sat at the table to eat!)


This is how Daisy was entertaining herself the other day while I made dinner. She found a basket from the living room that usually holds her toys. She emptied it and took it to the kitchen to sit in while she emptied my/her purse/diaper bag!

Daisy is getting a lot of use out of her boots since the snow from Christmas is still on the ground! She finally figured out how to walk in them!

Since these pictures were taken, the Christmas decor is down!! How sad! However, we are still the only house on the block with our lights up outside! (it is just too cold). We are enjoying our time with daddy this month so look for more updates soon!

Daisy Talk

We took this video a couple of days ago. Its a little long but we hope you enjoy it! Just a little taste of what life is life with the Daisy Bear (in the hip-hop world she is known as D Bear!)

Party and Pigtails...

So for New Year's Eve we hosted a last minute Jingle Jammies dinner party. It was for those who 1.had to work the next day, 2.have children and cannot go out 3. don't want to stay up till midnight 4. or fight the crowds of downtown! It was a lot of fun. We had dinner and basically chased our kids around. So glad everyone could make it. Last year I promise to be a little more organized!!! We didn't take many pictures. But here are a couple:

Pigtails: Overnight Daisy has changed, her hair is LONG, her pants and shirts are too short, and she is saying more words daily. Her new favorite being baby. She is so adorable with her babies. How do they know at such a young age? Since she is so mobile it is difficult to get a good picture of her lately, so I am posting a bunch of her pigtails. They are so cute!

LOVE this girl! She has been so sweet lately. I hope this continues! I hope everyone is doing well. Chris and I have enjoyed every ones 2009 recaps in pictures and we plan to do one, I just need to find a time that he can help me. Luckily he has started another easy (meaning no weekends) rotation.

Late night post....

I am so behind on my blogging. I have a lot of pictures to share. Currently it is 1:25 a.m. and I am listening to Daisy scream. She has kept me up since 11 tonight, I have finally resorted to trying to let her cry it out AGAIN. So for distraction I am blogging!

In December the ladies in my neighborhood had a cookie exchange and I also had a party with my arthritis aerobics class at work. So I made LOTS of these red velvet cake cookies! They were a huge hit and looked so Christmas-y! (They are supposed to look like candy, totally stole the idea from my friend Danielle and her cookie exchange)

These are the recipes I passed out to my arthritis members as a little gift.

Then started so many days of unwrapping gifts, well for Daisy anyway. Here she is opening a box from Auntie Pauline. I am loving her expressions lately!

Chris and I also attended his Christmas party for work. It was so fun to get all dressed up. Thanks Nana for coming to town to watch our D-bear.

This is Daisy in her favorite spot at Nana's house. The dog bed!

Helping grandpa 'test' his new cologne.

Daisy really LOVED getting clothes for Christmas. She kept using the pants like a scarf! Hilarious.

Father and son and matching hats, oh my!

Daisy on her sit-n-spin. She couldn't quite figure it out but she loves to sit there and make it play music!

Christmas morning! (White Christmas, as I am sure everyone is sick of hearing by now!)

Uncle Jimmy bought Daisy a Black-n-Decker tool set, complete with a dress up outfit with a hard hat and safety goggles!

Sitting in her new princess chair from Nana. She loves this chair. Recently she has been sitting in it rocking her babies....so cute! Chris and I look at eachother and can't believe how she has turned into a little girl over night!

The year of the Snuggies. Mine is the pink one, but Chris borrowed it for this picture!

Daisy and Uncle David. Wish we were able to see him more.

Playing with cousin Lilly! Sometimes good, sometimes not so good!

Daisy in her new outfit from Daddy. She looks like a disco queen! LOVE it!

Playing in the snow

I have more photos from our first annual new years PJ party and of Daisy's new hair do (pigtails!) but I will have to upload them another time. All in all we had a great Christmas, but I think we are ready for things to slow down a bit!