We heart February

Story from tonight:
Mom to Matt: Are you thirsty?
Matt: I am a boy.
Mom: Ok, is mommy a boy or a girl?
Matt: Mommy is a girl.
Mom: Is daddy a boy or a girl?
Matt: Daddy is a teacher.

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Pirate day:




Amazingly, Abby was not complaining about this one:










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she said! she said!

Our Abby "said" her first word yesterday. We've been working with her on a few sign language words and she finally nailed the word 'drink'. And then this morning eeked out a 'eat'.

She will be 11 months on March 5th. People keep asking, "Don't you have a 1-year old" and I (lori) say, well, my son is 2 1/2 and my daughter is 11 months. Oh yea, that is almost a year, isn't it?" And time goes by. She walked across the living room yesterday holding on to just one finger of dad's, her other arm swinging free. Looked like she was meant to do it. Time to babyproof another foot higher.

Slice of January 2010

Sleeping babes during the same naptime:

Seriously, this was NOT staged:



Dinner at Grammie & Papa's - how much longer will Matt fit on the counter like that, and Abby fit hanging on mommy's arm?






Birthday present from Oma Motoko (Oma means Grandma in German). It's actually an art station - easel - but Matt found greater immediate use of it as a garage for his cars. Surprising.



A very favorite pasttime is looking thru magazines and books:


And Abby LOVES pulling up on everything. Won't be long before she's up and walking. Can she already be 10 months?

Family photos

Family photos

Abby's Baptism

Abby's baptism was on December 26th at St John's Catholic Church. What a beautiful baby - and she wore the same dress as Matt, Lori, and most of Lori's siblings and cousins.




Here she is "receiving the light of Christ" with the same baptismal candle used at Dave's baptism and Matt's too.


Cake design-ologist Katie's cake for the bebe:


Cousins Matt, Abby, and Lily