Kaleah is 3 Months Old

 Kaleah has discovered her fingers and loves to put them in her mouth.

She has also started to grab at some toys (like the parrot in this picture).

Maylee loves to feed Kaleah her bottle.  Maylee is getting better at holding Kaleah for longer periods of time and sometimes feeds her the whole bottle before saying her sister is too heavy.

Maylee was doing her "bimnastics" with her handy-me-down outfit from cousin Sarah.  Earlier in the day she caught a glimpse of women's college gymnastics floor routine on t.v.  She asked me to help her "boom, boom, boom" (while making her hands hop like a frog).  I figured out she wanted me to help her do a tumbling sequence.  I told her I don't know how, but she grabbed my hands anyway and pulled me to the end of the mat to show her how to do it.  Later, Kaleah joined Maylee on the mat while I was cooking.  I turned around to find that Maylee thought her little sister's arms needed something to hold (blanket and doll).  Maylee insisted that I take a picture. 

February Skiing

Feb. 2nd
We did two runs then came in the lodge for lunch.  We took a long lunch break thinking Kaleah would wake up to eat, but she kept on sleeping.  Maylee was ready to ski again so we put Kaleah back in the pack and put in another three runs before Maylee said she was tired.  Maylee worked really hard improving her turns, getting up after a fall, and enjoyed being "tricky" on her skis.  She would dance while skiing and also figured out how to "side hill" above the cat track.

Maylee is working on how to make her skis parallel to the mountain before standing up on her own.

Feb. 9th
Maylee had a lot of fun showing off her new skills to Ammie and Papa.  On this day, she seven runs!  Kaleah joined us for five of those.  Again, she was side hilling, dancing on her skis, turning on her own, skiing around the trees on the edges of the runs, and went on jumps.  She caught some air for the first time off of a jump, but when she landed her feet kept getting further apart until she fell.  We also laughed when she face planted into the side of a snow bank...she laughed too.  We weren't sure what she was thinking when she did that one.  Maylee likes to ski fast, which is why she will probably be on the leashes until she is eighteen.  :-)

Mardi Gras Weekend at the ski hill...kids loved playing on the snow fort.

 Hailey and Kaleah in the lodge at lunch time.

The evening after seven runs...

We tried to wake her to eat dinner so she would not get hungry in the middle of the night.  I ended up feeding her some bites and reminding her to chew.  Then we got her pajamas on, teeth brushed, and she went right back to bed.  The next day, she was still worn out.  She was not just a bear, but a grizzly!

 Even Kaleah was done for...

Feb. 15 & 16
We skied two days in a row and Maylee was a trooper.  On Friday, we went with my parents and Aunt Julie.  On Saturday, Uncle Wes, Aunt Patty, Emma and Sarah joined us.  Maylee has been asking all season for Emma and Sarah to come ski with her so she was excited!

 Her latest thing is to have breakfast in the lodge...

Another snow fort in front of the lodge for kids to play on...

 

 Silly faces (Maylee's idea)

Happy Valentine's Day 2013

Super Bowl 2013

Kevin was so excited that his favorite team since childhood was playing in the Super Bowl.  However, that excitement dwindled as the 49ers did not play so well and ended up losing.  We invited our youth group teens over to our house.  Maylee enjoyed cheering.

 The youth group teens gave Kaleah this outfit.

Funny Maylee in Winter 2013

Funny things Maylee said in January...

1. I replaced the liquid hand soap by the bathroom sink and Maylee noticed the change.  While trying it out for the first time, she said, "Mmmmm.  Smells like green eggs and ham!"  It really was a citrus soap from Bath and Body Works that has a slight mint green color to it.  So weeks later, she still calls this soap the green eggs and ham soap.

On the way home from errands, Kaleah started to cry because she was hungry.  Maylee reached over from her car seat to help settle Kaleah down with a pacifier.  It worked until Kaleah spit it out.  Maylee says, "I smell something stinky!  Mom, maybe she has a BIG poop this long (holds up her hands about eight inches apart)!"

As you can tell from this picture, someone thought it was a good idea to use a marker as chap stick.  I had to turn around and compose myself before trying to have a "serious talk" about how markers are not chap stick.

Funny things Maylee said in February...

Maylee and Kaleah’s babysitter, Carol, shared a hilarious story with us…

Maylee (age 3) was playing with Ty (age 4) and put a baby doll up her shirt.  Then she asked Carol to help her put a dress on.  (Carol has lots of dress up clothes.) Carol told her the dress probably wouldn’t fit over the baby doll under her shirt.  She was insistent on wearing the dress and said, “Ty and I need to get married.”  Ty got dressed up in the Luigi costume, including the hat.  When they were all dressed, the ceremony was a quick hug and then they were married.  They immediately undressed out of their wedding clothes, then Ty told Maylee, “Now, I’m the doctor. Lay down so I can get the babies out.”  Ty pulled the baby doll out of Maylee’s shirt, then Maylee inserted another baby doll under her shirt, and Ty repeated until they had five or six babies.  Together, they proceeded to change diapers, feed the babies, and put the babies to sleep in the beds they made out of blankets lined up on the floor.  Carol said it was funny to listen to them and watch their imaginations.  I asked Lisa why her son knocked up my daughter before they were married, and she replied saying at least they got married and Ty is quick about fixing his mistakes.  We got a good laugh from this story!

Big Sis Little Sis

Aunt Kristina made these shirts for the girls.

January Skiing

January 12th
Maylee's friend Ty from Carol's house and his family were up at the ski hill too.  Ty's mom works with Kevin and his older sisters are former kindergarten students of mine.  Ty's dad did our bathroom and two upstairs bedroom remodels.  They are a great family!  Kaleah stayed in the lodge with Bryan and friends Jan and Curt.

On the chair lift...

Skiing with her friend Ty...Kev has Ty and I have Maylee.

 Watching Lisa with Ty...

 You know it will be our last run of the day when Maylee falls asleep on the chair lift.

January 17th

Mom and Maylee Ski Day

On a Thursday, we picked up our friend Mona to watch Kaleah in the lodge, while just Maylee and I skied.  This was my last chance to go on a work day before I had to return to work.  It was awesome going during the week because the lodge and mountain were not busy.

Maylee's goal was to ride all the chair lifts on this day and we did it! On one of the rides she sighs and says so sincerely, "Ty loves me. (pauses) He's my best friend."  For a second I was wondering if I would have to have the boyfriend-girlfriend talk already.

Skiing on the backside...

Working on turning all by herself without me tugging on the straps...

Lodge Time 

January 19th

Another Saturday

"Wake up Monkey. Time to go skiing."

We were the first ones down one of our runs.  It was a beautiful day and warm for January.  

Kaleah was along for the ride until friends of our arrived at the lodge to watch her.

 Working on turns around the posts...

 Maylee's friends (all their parents work with Kev)...

Ski or Play with Friends?
Two of Maylee's little friends were up at the lodge waiting for Ty's older sisters to finish their ski lesson.  The boys were just sledding and playing in the snow so Maylee chose to join them.  A friend had sleeping Kaleah so Kevin and I got to ski some runs at faster speeds.
Ty and Maylee

Ty, Maylee, and Owen

 Maylee is already making the boys work for her...

Lodge Time

Maylee is trying to play peek-a-boo with Kaleah.

 Happy Baby

January 20th - Wife Carrying Contest...We got 2nd place!

This is one of the annual special event days at the ski hill.  Kevin really wanted to do it and there were cash prizes.  We won our division (ages 30-39) which put us into the finals.  In our division race, husbands got their wives in position and then they counted down.  For the final heat, the wives had to start further back and taking a flying leap onto husbands when they announced "go."  We ended up second and won $50.  The husband in the first place couple is a college track and field athlete so Kevin felt good about being in the older age bracket and not too far behind him. As you can see from pictures, Kevin said he could run faster with me in an upside down position.  I had to keep my eyes closed because it was making me dizzy trying to watch.  There was also a clown out an about and gave Maylee a snowman tattoo.

Our division (30-39 year olds)

 The Finals...

We arrived until lunch because Maylee really needed to sleep in due to yesterday's full day of skiing, no nap, and going to bed after bedtime. After the wife carrying contest, Maylee and I skied three runs looking for Ammie and her friend Chris but we never found them.  At one point on the chair lift Maylee says, "Maybe Ammie and Chris are on a black diamond."  I laughed and said, "Ammie never goes on black diamonds."  

Sporting her snowman tattoo...