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.

Christmas 2008

Hard to believe Christmas is over already. Caroline enjoyed it and loves all the new toys she got from Santa Claus, family and friends. Christmas Eve she wasn't feeling well, but luckily she was over it by Christmas morning.

This is a picture of the spread that Santa left for her.

First thing she went for was the trampoline. She loves to jump, I'm hoping this will save our furniture.

She got to hold a real baby-cousin Margo.

Grandma and Grandpa gave her a cute table and chairs set that Grandpa painted himself, turned out great!

Brianna gave her blocks that she likes to stack and then destroy.

There's lots more, and she plays with it all. Now we just have to make room for all of her new stuff!