It's been a few weeks since the last post and they have been busy weeks. Most of our time outside of work has been spent getting our house ready to sell. It's officially on the market now and we hope someone wants it! One of our biggest accomplishments was ripping down wallpaper in the kitchen and bathroom and painting....that was quite the weekend project but we're pleased with the finished product.

Maggie is back in the kennell while we're gone during the day, and Caroline likes to play in it too.

We took full advantage of the warm weather last weekend and played outside as much as possible. She liked digging in the dirt with her cousins.

Caroline is becoming more and more independent everyday, but she still likes to check out "baby" toys when she's around them although she's way to big for them now.

And she's still a messy eater, this is after pizza pasta, yummy yummy!

Mommy's Valentine

Unfortunately Caroline was sick on Valentine's Day, but Mommy got to spend lots of time with her and give her some TLC to help her feel better.

Of course she always feels better when she loves on her kitty cat too, although I don't think the cat feels the same.
Last weekend she spent the whole weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's house and didn't miss Mommy and Daddy one bit. She enjoyed spending time with them and playing with her cousins. We took advantage of the warm weather when she came home and played outside where she discovered how much she loves dirt!

A couple of weekends ago we went to a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. I'm amazed that she isn't scared of the big characters, but she walks right up to them giving high fives and hugs, she couldn't get enough of them. Earlier that same day she did the same thing with the cow at Chick Fil A.

January fun

Caroline has really been talking more and more every week. Her vocabulary is growing and she's babbling a lot more. Her favorite word lately has been "showa" (shower), don't know why? She still loves putting on our "shoos" too.

We had a little bit of snow Tuesday, just enough to cover the ground and for Caroline to play in at the babysitter's house.

Definitely not as much as she saw last year in Wisconsin though.

The cold weather was the perfect opportunity for her to wear the cute outfit that Grandma Jean made for her.

This morning she wanted to put a diaper on her baby, then took her baby to the potty.....I think she may be a little confused.

Caroline peed in the potty twice a couple of weeks ago but now she won't even sit on it. Oh well, it's a start. I hope she'll try again soon, the thought of her being out of diapers is very exciting!

Dressing up

I guess Caroline is beginning to practice playing dress-up. I snapped a few pictures of her recently wearing some interesting combinations........

In this one, she had taken off her pants, put on one of my shoes, and is carrying a basket as she pushes her stroller around the house, she later added a pair of sunglasses.

Here she's wearing one of my slippers with Travis' camoflauge hat and nothing on but a diaper.

Tonight she walked all the way through the house wearing both of Travis' shoes pushing her stroller of course.

We went to visit extended family including Great Grandma the weekend after New Years and captured a picture of the 4 generations.

This past Friday night her friend Carter came to visit, and she took her last ever bath with a little boy. It didn't take her very long to notice he looked a little different than her as she reached down to put it out to us.