One of the Cutest Things I've seen in a Long Time!

Annabelle had her dance recital on Saturday. It was a pretty big production, in terms of the number of dancers this dance company has. There were 25 different groups of dancers and four different shows. Annabelle's group was in the first show, third to the last of all of the groups! I did get a video...it isn't that great, but does the trick. Daphne was asleep on me and then I dropped the camera, but I did get the performance. Of all the groups (Annabelle's is the youngest), they had a mess-up on the music on hers! You'll see that on the video. Annabelle is second from the left, doing her thing, not a worry in the world that there were hundreds of people in the audience! We were so proud! Here are a few pictures that we took, too. Enjoy!!!

Getting ready at home entailed parting the hair on the left, low pony, flat-ironed! Sheesh, the things we do for performers!!!

The girls had over an hour to wait backstage, so one of the moms brought a DVD player! This is what they were doing when I left her. I heard they played some games, too!

Daphne, 5 Months and some...

This 5 month old post is a little late, but better than never! I think Daphne has grown a ton in just the last two weeks. Suddenly, it looks like her feet are getting close to hanging past the end of the car seat, and she's just filling out all over.

She tried rice cereal about 2 weeks ago. She didn't hate it, and humored me with it! I've been trying to give her some every day - some days she doesn't get it simply because there wasn't a good time! How horrible is that?! Once she starts really eating, "there simply wasn't time" isn't going to cut it...I better get this figured out!!! I don't have any pictures of just the rice cereal. As you can imagine, I was trying to juggle a few other things at the same time, so this time photos lost out. I did, however, make the time today to take some pictures of Daph enjoying some carrots. I do think she is really starting to like the food, as when the spoon gets to her eye level, she grabs at it and pulls it into her wide open mouth! (If I could get the kids to work the camera, I'd be able to get pictures of that, too. Hmmm...I'll have to start training them!!!)

When she's playing on the floor, she still doesn't care to roll around, but she can. She cranks onto her side and will play like that, but doesn't roll back and forth.

She usually goes to bed around 5:30 or 6:00 and wakes up for the day around 6:30 or 7:00. I have been feeding her once or twice in the night b/c she has this horrible cough that wakes her up, and I like a drink when I cough like that, so there you go! I'm hoping/praying that we are on the downhill side of this cough, as I-am-tired!!! Once the cough's gone, she's all done with the night time snacks!!!

She's still such a sweet, sweet baby. Last week, at swim practice, Coach Janet used her to show the kiddies the correct stroke for butterfly. It was priceless, and of course, I didn't have my camera. I'll get it on film at some point! She loves to be sung to and when Wyatt and Annabelle talk to her. Her smile and little giggles are infectious!!!

We put Daphne in the excersaucer for the first time this week. I think she liked it!

Of Course, Wyatt and Annabelle wanted to be a part of the fun!

She really did seem to like the carrots, despite this picture! Annabelle's looking funny eating a cookie in the background!

This is a dress from a friend...the friend had a birthday lunch today, so I dressed up Daph in her pretty party dress! She's so cute, I wanna nibble her... :)

And here I'm trying to chronicle Daphne's little habit of sucking her bottom lip. This is the second time she's sucked on it so hard that it bruised it! She didn't like me doing this to her...

Only two more short, quick weeks until she's six months old. I really wish these weeks would slow down a bit.

Proof of her Intelligence!

Annabelle learned about "Outer Space" this week in school. Friday evening, she drew this picture and then just started talking about it. I had to get it on video! The first time she talked about it, I didn't prompt her or ask any questions. When I decided I needed to get it on video, she got a little stage fright, I think, and needed prompting. Enjoy!

Spring Catch Up!

My last post was about Daphne's 4 month appt., and now she's 5 months old! I still have old pictures to post, so here we go!

Before Spring Break, Wyatt had a kindergarten play, of sorts. It was really cute. It was called a "Garden Play", and all four kindergarten classes coordinated to put on the quick show. Each child had a part. Wyatt was Lightening. Below are a few videos I shot of the play. It's not super-easy to hear, but imagine all that goes into growing a garden (from soil to worms to sunshine, rain, birds, etc.), and you'll get the idea! Wyatt's part is in the third video...

Annabelle workin' it for the camera!

For Spring Break, we spent part of the time up at Sea Ranch, and part of the time in Tahoe. It was very relaxing. The best part for me was a break from our crazy schedule. It made me realize how much of the school year has passed, and how little is left. I knew this year would be hard, and we've almost made it. I'm going to be kinda sad when it's done, as it means I have a first grader, and that Daphne is growing older too quickly!!!

Here are some of the best pictures from our vacation:

We came home on Saturday, so we could get ready for the Easter Bunny. The kids had fun coloring eggs, and Daphne was kept a part of the fun, too!

Since Spring Break, we've been busy with swim practice (3-4 days a week), baseball games (one during the week and one on the weekend), I did a clay project in Wyatt's class (takes a LOT of out-of-class and in-class time! but is really cute!), and trying to stay healthy!