Great Grandma Ethelyn

Great Grandma Ethelyn recently passed away at 90 years old. She loved her great grandchildren very much and enjoyed the visit that Slater made to Craig when he was 9 months old. He liked to attack her glasses and her necklace and she liked to hold him as much as possible. The young and the old understand each other so well. In Slater's words, "Miz you."

The youngest child...

Jade's great grandfather made this cradle for his youngest daughter's youngest child and now sweet baby Jade has out grown it. Who will use it next? Only time will tell...

Some outdoor fun!

We had a spell of warm weather and snow, so we took the kids outside. Slater loves to flop and crawl around and Jade was very happy to be packed around. After some rosie cheeks it was indoors for Hot Chocolate and hanging by the fire.

A week to be thankful

Thankful for good friends and family. Thankful to be loving these two a little more each day.

Exer-saucer

Jade is now big enough to hang out in the exer-saucer. Slater wanders around it pressing all the buttons and talking to her. Today the neighbor came by to visit with her two year old and 10 month old. The little one was standing on the outside of the saucer playing and Slater came running,"Sister's, sister's" and then tried to take it away from the other baby. Not so nice for the other little girl, but I thought it was sweet that his big brother protective instinct is kicking in already.

Lashes

I love my son's big brown eyes (like his dad's), but I love his lashes too. This little hat was made for Jade by a friend of my mom's, but it fits Slater so well he is wearing it for now. We had to get out this weekend since it is suppose to hit 50 below by Tuesday. Ugh... stuck in the house for awhile.

For Grandpa Ray and Dana

This little vest was a hand-me-down from a good friend whose husband is an aviator. Slater wore it too, but I can't seem to find any pictures of him in it and wanted to make sure that Jade had at least a couple. She looks like such a big girl sitting up in the armchair, to bad the flash always seems to give her that startled look!