Laina's 1st School Dance!

Big milestone! Laina's first school dance - wow! They had a Hawaiian themed dance and she and I went together. Joe was home sick. Laina had a great time. She was pretty timid at first but once she found her friends she let loose and had a blast. They had a DJ and the lights were dimmed and they had all sorts of snacks. It brought me right back to middle school. Freaky!

Woof!

Such a sweet pup. I love his eyes!

My Precious One

My sweet girl. You are growing up on me! I look at you and I see a sweet young woman evolving. I'm blessed to be your Mommy, Laina. I love you very much!

Happy 2nd Birthday Cooper!

We had a fun celebration for Mr. Cooper's second birthday! Laina and I made him some yummy banana oat doggy cookies which he loved and we had some fun presents for him to open. He's a sweet addition to our family and I love watching Laina interact with him. She wore her "best friends" doggy shirt just for Cooper today!

Painting a bed for Emily

As one of our winter break projects I thought it would be fun for Laina to paint a doll cradle from the Mill Store. I had purchased the cradle but brought her out to pick out the paint colors. She chose 6 bright colors. She had a great time painting the cradle and now her dolls Emily and Charlie (the girls as Laina calls them) have a cozy place to sleep at night!

Sledding!

It's a rare day that I actually join in winter fun activities but I wanted to capture Laina's smiles on the sledding trip. She and Joe had a great time at the little hill in the school yard near our house. The hill has only been formed from plowing the massive amounts of snow we've had and its the perfect size hill for Laina to have fun but still feel in control of the speed. She really had a blast.

Lazy New Year's Day

Here are a couple of cute shots of Laina. She loves riding her scooter through our neighborhood and I love the picture of she and Cooper as snug as a bug in a rug on the couch!