I realized that I have been going on and on about Taylor and haven't mentioned the fun things that Miss Colbie has been up to. She loves the jumper, boy does she love that jumper:) I love it too because it gives me some time where I don't have to hold her or chase her around. She is all over the place these days. She crawls all around and always wants to be in her sister's room. Taylor get's upset and shuts the door.
Colbie is the happiest little girl around. She doesn't fuss unless she is tired or hungry really. Most of the time that is the only time she gets mad.
Here she is crawling around the house. She also is talking a lot too. Babbles on and on. Too cute!! She sits in her big girl high chair now which makes it easier when we feed her and she is also in her big girl chair for the bath. She sits up all by herself now too. Getting so big so fast!

Thursday we had more arts & crafts day. We painted a birdhouse and did some heart paintings. Taylor loves her crafts. Colbie likes to watch from her bouncy:)


The past couple of days have been raining (which I LOVE) so I have gotten some major organizing done. I took all my shoes and piled them in the middle of the closet and cleaned everything out and vacuumed it all. Then I got rid of shoes and clothes that I don't need...feels so good. I went through all of my Cookie Lee stuff that is now in my closet since we don't have a spare room. I went through all of Taylor's toys while she was at Home Depot with her daddy, so I got rid of some of her stuff too. So far she doesn't even know. The kid has WAY TOO much JUNK!! I just don't have the heart to get rid of stuff, but it is out of hand. I also went though all of Colbie's clothes and closet. I am tagging the clothes I am not keeping for the Just Between Friends sale so I am ahead of the game.


Awww clean...love it!
We took Taylor to her dance class, she was so cute in her tap shoes and was so excited to go. We get there and she is peeking through the glass window and dancing around in her tap shoes as we wait to go in. The teachers open the door and say they can come in and Taylor refuses! Oh my goodness we just started and spent the money on the class and shoes and she won't go in. She was fine last week...ughhh! So we are hoping it was just a one time deal. We will see next week.

Taylor got a gift certificate to Build a Bear for her birthday (thanks Kelly, Randy & Keaton) so Friday we went with our friends Allison, Tyler & Carson. The kids had so much fun! Taylor picked out a pink tie dye bear, a pink princess shirt for her and named her Dancer.
They got to stuff them, give them baths, get them dressed and print birth certificates for them. What a neat place. She loves her bear and sleeps with her every night.

Taylor and Tyler her little buddy holding hands. They are so cute!!

This is Taylor on the drive home from San Diego...too funny!
Colbie and Nana:)
Camp Cookie with Gail. Amazing new line of jewelry from Cookie lee. The girls stayed with Nana and Papa while I was gone in Irvine.
I got to stay in a gorgeous room with a king size bed all to myself. I enjoyed the time alone at night, but was ready to see my girls by the 2nd day.
This was the first time I have left Colbie overnight (besides her surgery). She did great without me, but woke Nana up a few times throughout the night. Sorry Nana. Taylor had a blast with her Auntie Hannah too. Colbie brought home a cold with her that we are trying to get rid of. The girls had to get shots on Monday. Poor Taylor had to get a shot that was somehow missed from before and she cried and cried. Colbie got her 2nd booster to the flu shot and make just a squeak while Taylor was still crying. Tough little cookie she is. Then Tay got her lollipop and was happy, although she is still wanting a band-aid everyday for her "owie".

We made it up to her by taking her to a new dance class here in Kingsburg. This class lets her wear her "tapping shoes" and ballet shoes. She was so excited to tap and didn't want to take the shoes off. I didn't take a picture so I will have to update you next week with that. The best part is it is on Monday nights so her daddy gets to watch her too.

Today Taylor had a little arts & crafts day and made some binoculars for her and daddy:)

Arts & Crafts

Today we had an arts & crafts day. Taylor made Maracas and then a Valentine Love Tree. She had a lot of fun doing it. Colbie spent some time in her jumper watching us make our crafts. We are going to take the girls to the snow tomorrow and look forward to it as Taylor has never been.

We have been working on a schedule for bed times for the girls so that we can get more sleep. Who would have thought by putting them to bed EARLIER then they would sleep better? hmmm...it works! Colbie now goes to bed at 6:30pm and Taylor we shoot for 8:00pm. They take better naps and overall sleep better. To all those moms out there go buy the book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth, M.D. It works!!

Happy New Year

We would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I am new to blogging, but excited to start trying. I am looking forward to the New Year as this past year was a rough one. We stayed home for New Year's Eve and enjoyed time as a family. Yesterday our good friend Paul Kerr came up to visit and helped Justin and I take down the decorations from Christmas. We got a lot of cleaning done that was much needed. Justin went back to work today after having time off for the Holidays. I enjoy him being home and helping me with the girls, but one of us has to work. :) Justin is working at Visalia Harley Davidson as a technician. I am staying home with the girls and doing Cookie Lee shows as often as possible in the evenings. I have Camp Cookie this weekend for training and I am very excited to go learn. My mom is going to watch the girls while I go for Thursday through Saturday. It will be a nice get away for me:) For Christmas my mom got us a Flip Video recorder. It is amazing!! It is the size of a phone and takes videos. We have been having a lot of fun taking video clips of the girls. Well, thank you for reading my first blog:) Happy New Year!!