Happiness!

It's 45 degrees outside, the sun is out and there is no wind!!!! So we went SLEDDING! We took Daisy a couple days ago when it was 15 degrees out and we only stayed 20 minutes.....but today she was ready for round two!!!! She LOVED it!

We then built a couple snow people.

Sometimes these two girls are so sweet!

Gracie making one of MANY snow angels, while we are trying to gather for a photo!

I love how both the girls had to be touching the snow-person!

And of course a quick stop at the park for some fun!

Last I heard we are supposed to get two more rounds of white stuff this week! So enjoy the sun while you can! Oh and today was day one of eye patching and Daisy did great!

Photos finally

Everyone has been asking for pictures of my little princess and her new glasses....these aren't the best but it isn't easy to get great pictures of your toddler! I think she looks adorable! She has been doing really well keeping them on and LOVES to get a prize out of the prize box each night after she has kept her glasses on ALL day!

Here is Daisy and Gracie at a birthday party last weekend:

Daddy and Daisy on their "puters"

Snow day!!! Which means all day in our PJ's......we had a fun fun day. Daddy was even here for most of the day! Here we are playing in the snow! (daddy was dying to go sledding outside and I had to keep reminding him that it was -20 and daisy could not tolerate that!)

Feeding baby some 'puffs'

Hopefully everyone stayed safe and warm today! Happy February!

Strabismus

Hmmmm....I have heard more words that I do not know how to pronounce or understand in the last few hours. However, I have a feeling that I will soon know more than I ever wanted to know.

Let's start at the beginning: a few weeks ago Daisy's teacher at school noticed her eyes weren't quite focusing correctly. Chris and i also began to notice it. After talking it over with a few great Optho guys we made an appointment for daisy to get her eyes looked at.

Here is the short version: Basically her left eye sits slightly towards her nose--not very noticeable. She is having difficulty focusing with that eye....so her brain is only using the images from her right eye. This is very evident if you cover her right eye, she squirms and pushes your hand away because she cannot see well out of her left. What this means--she has Accomodative Esotropia. What does this mean?

That these:

and these(her glasses are purple on the outside and pink on the inside with little flowers on the sides, this picture is of the brown and pink ones)

are in our future. Starting next week!!!! Full time glasses and 2 hours a day with an eye patch on her good eye! OH MY! Any tips and advice on how to get a toddler to keep glasses on and an eye patch will gladly be accepted.

I am having a hard time with all of this. Not really sure why...I know there are millions of people that wear glasses but no one her age should have to wear glasses! So, I am a little sensitive about it so no jokes please! :)

Daisy hasn't really realized what is about to happen. Next week should be a challenge for both of us. The good news is that this treatment should correct her problem and often kids outgrow it with treatment. (I did read that patching can last until they are 6 or 7!, please pray this is not the case!) She could need glasses in the future for a totally unrelated issue, so lets hope it is a quick recovery!!!!!

Daisy did so well at the Doctor's office. And received well deserved ice cream (smoothie) afterwards! I will keep you posted on how the adjustment goes and of course pictures of our little princess in her princess glasses!

Let's go Thunder!

Last night Daisy attended her first ever NBA game. She was SO excited. I wish so much that I could have taken video of her, but I am only one person. Getting the two of us to the game was enough challenge for me!

She was so excited after we parked the car. It is kinda a long walk, indoors but through some sky walk tunnels. She kept asking, "where's the basketballs?" and she was running and falling, running and falling. It was hilarious!

Once we were there she had to walk up all the steps by herself! OH MY! Our seats were all the way to the top on the back row! Luckily they were on the aisle. Before the game she sat in her seat mesmerized by the court, she danced and then Rumble the bison came out.......WOW.....she loved that bison! She wanted to know what he was doing at all times!

She even got into the cheers! I was so proud. She would sit her sippy cup down and clap and yell De-fence......(a little out of sinc!) and "let's go Thunder" She was seriously so cute!

Here are some photos of us before the game!




I am so thankful that we are able to do fun things like this together! LOVE this girl!

Colorado!

We just got back from our wonderful vacation to Durango! We had so much fun with Jake and Courtney--we were so lucky to be able to go with them! Here are some highlights!

First Day getting ready to hit the slopes....sun is out 40 degrees so beautiful!

At the top. This was seriously one of the prettiest places we have ever been!

Day 2 and 3 LOTS of snow....over 30inches!!!! Have you ever skied in snow that deep? VERY challenging! On the up side, it doesn't hurt when you fall into 30 inches of snow!

I was trying to capture how much snow had fallen, here is a good shot of the firewood shed at our condo building....

Last day....sun is out! Unfortunately the high was only 9 degrees that day! Lots of good skiing!New years eve!New years torch parade (ski patrol skiing down the mountain with lights! pretty neat) and firework show.......great thing was it was at 6:00pm....so we were in bed early!

Driving home.....the car reports negative 23 degrees as we are leaving Colorado!!! That is COLD for anyone wondering! We had such a wonderful time and no one was injured! Not bad for taking a 10 year break from skiing! Lets hope it is not another 10 years before we are able to go again!

Missouri Christmas

Last week I decided to make some sugar cookies and have the girls decorate them. Gracie LOVED it, Daisy LOVED to eat all the decorations! Funny what a difference 6 months of age will make! Daisy ate so much candy she had a tummy ache!

We were lucky to be able to spend last weekend with our families in Missouri celebrating Christmas. It was a fast trip, but so much fun! Daisy really enjoyed presents this year!

Daisy saw this car with Grammy and Grandpa one day at the mall, she just kept saying, WOW, that is so neat. WOW, that is so cool.......now she has her very own!

This is Daisy's 'CHEESE' smile. It is impossible to get a good picture with her eyes open. Please note the face in all the following shots!

She is getting so big! These pictures of her riding the Tricycle really showed me how big she is!

When we got home there was a package from Auntie with lots of great presents. This one is a dog, "jingle" who speaks while you read the story!!!! It is really neat! Daisy LOVES it!

We had such a great time. Thanks to our families for doing Christmas early. We celebrated Christmas yesterday, (Christmas EVE) as a family. I will post pictures later. We also took some really cute videos! Merry Christmas to everyone!

Thanksgiving and beyond

We were so fortunate to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Bratchers and the Powitzkys. We are so blessed with wonderful friends. (and as an extra bonus Uncle Steven was here to celebrate with us).
Funny Story: While the adults were eating Thanksgiving lunch the girls (Gracie and daisy) were playing. They were being really good and then someone decided to check on them and this is what we found!

They unwrapped all the presents under the tree and they were undressing themselves to put on the new PJ's!!! So sneaky! No wonder they were being so 'good'~!

My mom accidentally started the tradition of buying us PJ's for Christmas and letting us open them every thanksgiving! So I thought I would carry on the tradition and buy matching PJ's for Sara, Gracie and Daisy. Here are the girls after they finally got all dressed! So cute!

Daisy and baby Sara....although they are almost the same size!

Last weekend we took Daisy to see Santa. Here we are waiting in line. Isn't she so cute.

Again, not sure about Santa this year. We did give him a high five and tell him that we wanted 'Barbies' for Christmas, but she would not get any closer than this.....

Another photo of Daisy being silly. She put on 'daddy's shirt' all by herself and was so proud!

I am in the process of getting out Christmas cards......they might be new years cards by the time I get them out! Sorry!!! Hope everyone is doing well!