Like Mother, Like Daughter

I think they call it karma. As most of you know, until I was almost 20 I almost never ate green foods aside from Chocolate Mint ice cream. Now I eats lots of vegetables. But what a time my mom must have had trying to feed me. Now my sweet little Caroline is my karma coming back to get me.... she is a very picky eater as evidenced by the video at the bottom. She loves toasted cheese, macaroni and cheese, plain cheese, bread, etc. -- a child after my own heart. And she does like certain other food items including peas, bananas, apples, sweet potatoes to name a few, but only if they are prepared a certain way, ughhhh!! And so meal time is not always the most relaxing time of the day. I can just picture my mom now saying, "Girls, I spent all this time making this dinner...." I have a feeling I will be repeating those same words!

And, just like her mommy, Caroline loves to read, well actually look at books. She can spend a good ten to fifteen minutes (that is a long time in baby life) looking at the animals on the pages, turning the pages, crawling with the book or just pulling new ones out. All of this after her snack and milk. It is very cute!

Lastly, this outside shot is a view from our neighborhood looking at the snow on the surrounding mountains, gorgeous!

A Day in the Life...

These videos and pictures are just a day in the life with Caroline. She has become quite the busybody lately and her favorite activities include:

1. Riding the bike with Daddy of course-- she doesn't even mind the helmet!

2. Pointing at everything -- the birds, the airplanes, the construction workers and everything else that goes on in the neighborhood.

3. The stairs -- she would go up them all day long if I would let her -- hmmm, maybe I should then she would nap longer -- just a thought.

4. Destruction -- she climbs on everything from the trashcans, to Daddy's office equipment, the fireplace, the coffee table, you name it -- she is very busy.

The house has now officially become Caroline's house as she is everywhere -- it is exciting to see the house through her eyes -- who knew we had so many exciting things??

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone!! Hard to believe that a year ago at this time we were on pins and needles waiting for Caroline's arrival and now, here she is, crawling all over the house!! Where has the time gone?? The new year (and Xmas) has brought new toys and lots of new skills. Caroline now crawls on her hands and knees and since she mastered the stairs a couple of months ago, it is her favorite thing to do... looks like we need to get some gates. I have posted a couple of videos below just to show what a day in the life is like. Her new walker toy is more like a slot machine to Caroline as you will see in the video below and her dance moves may need a little work from her Uncle Crispin (for now she just has the shake your bum down pat!).

We also put some butterflies up in her room above her crib along with her name that was painted by Grandma Jan and Aunt Katie. Enjoy the pictures and videos!!