What else is new?

My friend Abby is due with her first baby in March, I did some "belly" pics a couple weekends ago and think they turned out pretty cute.


It's a boy!


Also had a baby shower for her at our house this past weekend.




Gretta LOVES her veggies. She also has really taken off in the talking department. Snow and ski (we have been watching some Olympics and also went to the Vasaloppet this past weekend) are some new words, along with many others! It has been fun trying to figure out what she is saying and just hearing her version of some things is quite hilarious!


We watched Joel finish the Mora Classic Series with the Vasaloppet Ski Race, he completed the half marathon, bike race and canoe race over the past year and this was his last race to complete.
Way to go Joel!!

Winter Doldrums

Beth and Laura are my cousins and they are sisters, they had their babies about 2 months apart! Lina and Levi


Sleepy Levi


Sweet little Lina


A couple of weeks ago we had a playdate with some of my cousins kids. Levi is the newest (December 29) and he broke the chain, it has always been that the first-born was a girl on the Paulson side! Left to right Levi, Gretta, Lina and Nora.






Gretta is 22 months old now and loves playing while looking at herself in the mirror.


Her froggy towel!




A little fun with hair binders......hence the title of the post tonight...Winter Doldrums! We're trying to beat them with creativeness.


She kept saying "More!" So, I went with it.




Blast from the past, to compare, here she is at about 1 month.


And now!

On the road again.....

We are pretty sure we will be heading to Australia in the near future, no date set, but we're excited to get another experience abroad, especially somewhere we've always wanted to go! About all we know right now is that it will be for 3 months to start and that we'll be in the city of Perth. So, we were watching a video on Australia the other day and let Gretta watch some of it, there was a man playing the didgeridoo,
which is a musical instrument native to Australia.

Click here to see a sample of someone playing

Well apparently she really absorbed that part of the video because here she is at supper that night. She improvised with her spoon and of course wanted us to join in.

Oh what fun a toddler can be!

 

Here's one from when Jeff and Angelie were home for Christmas, Gretta had to try on Angelie's 4 (maybe 3?) inch heels! She could walk quite well in them! 

What else goes well with my outfit? A dress over my clothes, a baseball hat and sunglasses of course!

  

Um....mascara? She wasn't very happy with the results either.

 

We headed to the Children's Museum this past weekend. 

Gretta and Devin driving the delivery truck.

 

Gretta driving the bus.

Fun in the winter.....

She really loves dressing up lately.

 

Which has resulted in some interesting choices.

The gang's all here...some of her favorite friends.

They have to be in her crib when she sleeps (and not just one of them, all of them!) Sometimes they come with places too.

The puppy has made a visit to the library, the baby and Janice came to the grocery store.

Christmas at last!

Helping Auntie Molly and Grandma bake


Wearing Uncle Seth's hat


Trying out her new towel







Her Christmas dress made from the fabric of one of my old dresses. Of course she needed pearls and a brooch to complete the outfit!


Playing Christmas carols with Da-Da and Grandma









Auntie Meghan and Auntie Jess with Petra!


The siblings 3


Gretta with her new trike, one of her MANY new toys! Thanks everyone for a wonderful Christmas!

Ballerina!

Our friend Laura made Gretta a tutu for Christmas and I couldn't resist posting some pictures......


She likes playing dress up and frequently is finding things in our closet, wearing my shoes and carrying my purses. Today she completed the outfit with sunglasses on her head and my headbands as necklaces!








Exhausted.

Still working on Christmas pics, but these were too cute and I had to put them up pronto.