Leah's 5th Birthday

Leah turned 5, and we loved celebrating. 

One of her birthday requests was to go shopping just with me. 

Leah loves to shop, and we had a great time. 

She carefully looks through the clothes to see if there is something she likes.

She finally settled on these shoes after very careful selection.  

Her friend's birthday party was a huge success! 

A successful frozen cake. Icy blue. 

David put on a great magician show. 

He had all the kids in disbelief with his disappearing ball trick and slicing an unopened banana. 

Lots of gifts

December Highlights

December is always magical. 

Setting up the decorations.

The girls dressed up as Mary one day as part of the advent calendar from Leah's preschool teacher. 

A sleepover at Lisa's house.

The first of many, many snowstorms. 

Anna is always smiling for the camera.

Preschool Christmas party making gingerbread houses.

Friend gift exchange.

All the little ladies of the house hanging out on the top bunk. 

 Christmas dresses.

Carrier and Stathis Gingerbread houses. Can you guess who's is who? 

Back row (L-R) Emily, Traci, and Leah

Front row: David, Lisa, and Sarah 

Leah found this visor and asked, "Mom, is this from when you worked at McDonalds?"

BTW: She is wearing her pajama pants as a shawl.

Washington D.C. Temple lights with Emily, Lisa, and Steve 

Christmas morning is always so fun. 

Three girls in a crib.

On our way to see Frozen. 

Cutie. Huge smile again.

Anna and Elsa. 

Six Months

Peek-a-boo! 

Six Month Stats

Height: 27 inches, 52nd percentile
Weight: 15 pounds, 9 ounces, 19th percentile

November Highlights

November was filled with lots of wardrobe changes, pictures on the bed, a first haircut, and leaves. 

It's amazing to see how much the girls change from month to month.

Anna always looks so cute sitting on the bed.

So does Sarah. I had to beg her to take this picture and smile. Immediately after I took the picture she said, "okay Mom now put your phone away."  

Anna got a trim in the back. I cut off about two inches!

I could do a post on Leah's outfits, and Sarah's faces. It would be awesome.

We used straws to make these curls. 

 Straw curls.

She is counting down the days until she can wear my high heels. She thought my heels looked really good with this outfit. 

Sarah always asks to give soft kisses to Anna's hand. 

Cute sisters.

A fox in the leaves.

Here's a bunny in the leaves.

Don't forget the baby in a really big puffy coat stuffed in a Bumbo.

Sarah out grew too big for the toddler bed. It took a couple nights of her waking up on the floor under her bed until we pulled out a big mattress for her. Sarah LOVED her big girl bed. I was surprised that  it fit okay.

Leah found some hair extensions at the dollar store, and she come home to design an outfit to go with them. 

She took one of her skirts and flipped the shorts that were sewn into the skirt inside out and pulled them over her head. She has an eye for this stuff.