Look Who's Walking!

Anna took off walking last week, and she is loving every step!

A Getaway to Washington!

Dave and I had some airline miles we needed to use, so we took a trip to Bellingham, Washington last month to see my dear friend Bethany and her sweet family! In addition to hanging out with the Flints, we took a short side trip to Mt. Baker to ski and stay a night at the Inn at Mt. Baker, an amazing little bed and breakfast near the slopes (complete with an outdoor hot tub)! We weren't the only ones who had fun though! The girls enjoyed time with both sets of grandparents while we were gone. Below are some pictures from our trip...

Our scenic drive from the Seattle Airport to Bellingham by way of Chuckanut Drive

Time with the Flints

Double date!

Jeff and Bethany, Micah and Levi on our trip to the Bellingham Marine Life Center

Views from our room at the B&B

We were all smiles after eating a delicious homeade breakfast of blueberry waffles, granola, yogurt, fresh-squeezed orange juice, and coffee!

13 months!

Anna just turned 13 months...and boy is she excited about that!

Katelyn at 13 months

Happy Valentine's Day!

Dave and Katelyn went on a very special daddy/daughter date for Valentine's Day! Katelyn got to choose where they went to dinner (she picked Schlotsky's), and they both got all dressed up. Dave even picked her up at the door...her bedroom door. :) Here are some sweet pictures from their evening together.





In other Valentine's news, we also took a trip to our favorite nursing home to visit our special friends. Katelyn had just received a big book of Valentine's stickers from her great grandmother, so it worked out perfectly for her to share with not only the residents, but the nurses and other personnel too!

Who loves to share her stickers??!!

As another fun part of our Valentine's Day, we made and decorated
sugar cookies for our neighbors!

Anna is One!

Happy Birthday Anna! She is officially one as of Thursday, February 9. Instead of one big birthday festivity, we had a lot of mini festivities for her birthday....first, my sister Jessica came in town the weekend before Anna's birthday (Love you Jess! Thanks for coming!). We had cupcakes and pizza and sang happy birthday! Anna wasted no time eating the whole cupcake. She loves her some buttercream icing just like her mommy! Next up, my mom was in town for a business conference, so she came over for dinner the night before Anna's birthday and we had steaks, baked sweet potatoes, salad, and chocolate chip birthday cookies! The final celebration was on Anna's special day. We had birthday cinnamon rolls that morning, and then the girls and I made a special visit to Anna's actual birthplace...Flower Mound Presbyterian Hospital. We enjoyed a little snack in the cafe, walked around the maternity ward (taking note of the room mommy stayed in), and took a peak in the gift shop. Fun times! We love you Anna Grace and praise the Lord for your 1st year of life!

Anna 1 year

Katelyn 1 year

Sisterly love...

The cupcake.



Singing Happy Birthday!

The devouring of the cupcake.

Devouring of the chocolate chip birthday cookie

Birthday morning cinnamon rolls!



A birthday morning interview with Anna

The hospital.

Katelyn and Anna perusing some reading material at the hospital lobby

Look Who's Talking...and Clapping!

Anna officially said her first word....we think. She told Dave "Hi!" and she also clapped for herself, unprompted. Two very exciting milestones! Check out the video below to see for yourself. :)

11 months!

Anna turned eleven months today! For all of you math whizzes out there, that is one month away from being one year old! What in the world?!! Where did this past year go, and how did it go so quickly? Here are the 11 month pictures, and some videos of the progress our Anna is making in her mobility (crawling, pulling up, cruising all happened within a couple weeks--I couldn't blog fast enough!). Enjoy!

Anna

Katelyn

Sweet Smiles. Sweet Sisters.

Crawling

Pulling Up

Cruising