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Monday

WI Dells

Dan took the girls to WI Dells for a long weekend with Grandma Diane, Uncle Dave, Aunt Becky and Cousins Lauren and Katie. Mom had to miss out on this trip because work is so busy, but Dad did a great job of getting some fun pictures!


Tehya having fun stomping on the water spouts
Aunt Becky having some cuddle time with Ada
Tehya saying "Dad I'm COLD!"
Lauren playing with Ada - she's going to be a great babysitter in a couple of years!

Ada Learns the Art of Sitting...Sort of

Sitting pretty on my changing table
Using my feet and the wall for some support
It's ok, I still look cute!

Ada Likes Ellie Kitty!

Ada is absolutely facinated with Ellie, our family cat. When Ellie is in the room Ada's head never stops moving as she tries to keep tabs on where the kitty is. We have recently started working on the art of petting Ellie- which usually results in huge grins and giggles from Ada, and a few fist fulls of fur when she gets overly excited. When Ellie runs away Ada squeals until she comes back for more "petting"
Ellie is very patient with Ada, just as she was when Tehya was a baby.


Attack of the Baby Sister!

Ada decided that posing for a nice picture
with her big sister was not in the cards this night -
she wanted to attack Tehya!

Tehya tried hard to get a nice picture for mommy,

but Ada just kept trying to eat her face!

Gotcha!

More Exer-Saucer Fun!



We have a Colts Fan in the House!

Dan's aunt Kay and Uncle Greg (we think more Uncle Greg) sent a Colts jersey onesie to Ada when she was born. It fits her perfectly now, and boy oh boy has daddy been searching high and low for a Vikings one to replace it!
You cant see it well in this picture, however Tehya is wearing one of her favorite tshirts that says "I get my good looks from my dad!"
Miss Ada seems to be content with her choice in team support!

Ada discovers the Excer-saucer





Powerwheels in the Snow





Pretty New Christmas Dresses






Aunt MaryJean always buys the most beautiful dresses - and this year is no different! Tehya and Ada both look like Christmas angels if you ask me!

Getting ready for Christmas - Train Style



Dan and Tehya enjoyed setting up the Christmas train this year - a gift from GG Dixie and Papa Charlie. Tehya thought it was "totally awesome" that the train went around and made noise!

Ada's new Toy

GG and Papa Charlie (my grandparents) brought Ada a gift that she adores
Ada spent over an hour tonight playing on the floor with the puppy toy She giggled and laughed everytime she was able to grab it. The ears crinkle and crunch so she thought that was really funny! She also seems to get quite a kick out of it when we squeeze the legs for her - they each make a different sound!

Tehya Turns 4!

Tehya has celebrated her 4th birthday - oh goodness where has the time gone?!?
This year after much deliberation (its a big decision you know) she finally settled on having the Disney Princesses cake.
We had quite the housefull to celebrate which is always a lot of fun. Tehya was quite spoiled with gifts yet again - most of them being noisy things that mom and dad would never have bought for her!
One gift she received was a new winter coat and snowpants from Grandma Sue. Some other fun things she received included lots of Littlest Pet Shop goodies from Grandma Diane, a new fancy leotard for dance class from Sarah, a remote control snowmobile from Dylan and Alicia that she wasnt quite sure about since she couldn't ride on it, a Barbie electric guitar with speaker microphone (thanks a lot Jackie) and a talking trainable toy parrot that has succeeded in scaring me several times already since it is motion sensitive. (Please note Brian, paybacks to tend to hurt). I am going to stop there because to be honest if I detailed all the gifts she got this blog entry would be quite extensive - our little Miss Tehya was quite the spoiled birthday girl this year!
At days end Tehya was looking pretty satisfied!

Ada's Baptism

Ada was baptized on Sunday December 2nd
I know I am quite biased, but doesn't she look absolutely precious?
Godparents Jay and Anita Krisnik (my uncle and aunt)
Godparents Dylan and Alicia Ascheman (longtime friends)
Grandma Sue and Ada
Grandma Diane and Ada





Ada's on the Move!


Ada has discovered the joy of hanging on to toys and gets the giggles when she can get them to make noise. One of her favorite things to play with right now is rattles.

We found one of Tehya's favorite baby toys in the box of goodies that was packed away - her little Piglet rattle! Ada has decided that she likes it quite a bit as well!

Ada has also been trying very hard to roll over recently. She kicks and squirms and pushes her little body trying so hard to make the move....but hasn't quite made it yet. I'm sure we won't have long to wait!

Tehya the Dancer




Grandma Sue found a bunch of my old dance recital costumes packed away in one of her closets...and lucky for Tehya a few of them just happen to fit her perfectly!
Miss Tehya has also officially started dance class this month - she goes once a week for a ballet and tap lesson with a class of six other 4 and 5 year old girls. So far she seems to absolutely love it... Hopefully it will keep her interest long enough to make it to the recital in May!