Happy 9 months!

We now have a mini-toddler on our hands :) Within the past month, she has gone from infant to toddler almost over night! And her personality is definitely shining through! She has much more energy than Tristan ever did and seems to also want her way more than he ever did. She may be a little firecracker! Here are some milestones of our little 9 month old:
* She can take 4-5 steps at a time now. And she "walks" along the furniture effortlessly.
* She loves to talk and babbles all the time. Mainly words that sound like baba, dada or a combination of those. Tristan loves having conversations with her in her own language. Seriously adorable :)
* She's also sitting down with us and eating three times a day. We love having her join us at the table!
* She also had her frist mini-tantrum the other night when we had some friends over. A one year old was playing with her toys and she just about had a conniption. I had never seen her act like that before. And Tristan (once again comparing the two - I'm trying to stop!) never did this this early. I think he waited until he was almost two to have a fit.
* Even though she has had mini-tantrums, she is also full of a fun and loving personality. I think it's fair to say she is full of life! She loves to laugh and will turn your face to look you in the eyes and chuckles, as if to say, "Did you get that joke - hahahaha!!"
* Her nickname has also become, "sissy". Definitely not by any character trait; rather because that was easier for Tristan to say instead of Talia. So it's kind of stuck.

Here are some pics of our sweet, sweet sissy!

Her feet never seem to stay in the feet of these tights. But love the pics, so had to post!

She also LOVES to be in the playroom with her big brother, but has to be constantly supervised as everything goes in the mouth. We both are excited for the day when she can go in there all by herself and play. She's pretty much over all the toys I bring out for her :)

First tooth - finally!

After a few months of worrying just a tad, we finally see a tooth poking through!! She has a tooth on the bottom and maybe even one on top - yea! I wasn't quite worried, but a little concerned since Tristan had six teeth by the time he was this age. But after talking with the doctor who said we should only start being concerned after 15 months (yikes!), she reassured us that all kids are different. Phew. And shame on me for knowing not to compare children - I'm a teacher, I should know that!! No pics yet as it is barely poking through, but excited to see how she changes with teeth now!

Aunt Michelle's bday!

We celebrated Aunt Michelle's bday last night by taking the whole crew to our favorite kid-friendly restaurant in Bend - Jackson's Corner! About 15 minutes into arriving, Tristan fell asleep in my arms. I guess the appetizers partied him out too much :)


Talia's first time eating "solids"! She loves them!


The sad, sad birthday cake I made with the kids. Definitely not the fancy red velvet cake I had imagined, but tasted okay. The rookie mistake was putting it in the (off) oven before we left for dinner, which was still a tad too warm. The candles didn't even stand a chance :)

Go Ducks!!

We celebrated the Ducks' Fiesta Bowl victory by watching the game with the Goodys and one of Ryan's friends. The boys took over the Man Cave upstairs, while us ladies & kiddos watched downstairs. Well, by watching, I really mean talking and having fun dressing up Talia in different Ducks spirit attire :)

Go Ducks!!

Happy 2013!

Happy New Year's!!! Wow, what an uneventful night :) We had the grand plan to celebrate the live NYC ball drop at 9pm, put the kiddos to bed, then stay up to celebrate until at least midnight, but instead we fell asleep - by 9:30!! Definitely the most laid back New Year's I've ever had!! And we also didn't get any pics of our grand celebration! Wow, what party poopers...at least I woke up to the first day of 2013 feeling well rested!

Snow activities with friends!

We've been taking advantage of the holiday weekend by packing as many activities into a few days as possible. And since we live in a popular vacation destination, we've had quite a few friends come into town for New Year's as well. Lots of fun activities!

On Saturday, we went into Sunriver with the Goodys and took Tristan ice skating for the first time. Talia and I spent most of the time huddled up in the fire room, but had fun cheering on the ice skaters!


Then yesterday, we all went to Black Butte to visit Trac, Dave, Lawrence, Britt & Sam at their cabin. Me and the kiddos stayed behind as Brian went skiing with Dave and Sam. We took a snow walk and then tried to ski down the mini-hills in the neighborhoods. Tristan wasn't quite sure about it, but Trac and Lawrence managed to do some mini-sledding!



And today, we met the Zervises (who are staying in Sunriver) at a sledding hill. Little did we realize, this hill was not for the beginner sledder. I'm surprised we didn't see more people get hurt! Brian and Tristan were only daring enough to go up a quarter of the hill. It was steep and fast! I stayed and chatted at the bottom with Falkie as we watched the a lot of near-crashes and people narrowly missing a gigantic collision. So glad for the decision I made!

Love this pic of Falkie and I. Definitely mommy fashion at its finest. I'm wearing as many layers as possible to keep Talia warm in the Ergo while Falkie is wearing her 3 year old daughter's hat. Classic :)

First steps!!

I can hardly believe it, but our little Talia has taken her frist steps!! She has moved so quickly from army crawling, to crawling, to pulling herself up on the furniture, to now taking a few steps at 8 months old!!! Yikes, I'm going to have my hands full in the next few months!!