Best friends reunited!

Our friends Ryan and Ruthy came over on Friday and spent the weekend with us! We had a great time together - they moved to Westlock in August and we have missed them terribly. Lynsey and Elijah used to be the best of friends and had a great weekend playing together - they were busy, busy, busy! Ruthy and I left the kids with the boys and went shopping with our other friend Sarah on Saturday - 4 and a half hours at the mall! It was the most relaxing shopping time I've had since, well about November 3, 2007:). In the evening our small group came over for a potluck and again it was a great time. They left after church today - hopefully it won't be too long before we can see them again!

If your child is quiet for too long . . .

. . . it probably means she's doing something she doesn't want you to catch her doing!

Somehow she opened the lid to her wipes, which to my knowledge she hadn't done before, and proceeded to empty the entire almost-full pack onto herself. Oops! Oh, well - she had fun:).

There hasn't been a lot new in our lives in the last few weeks. Lynsey is starting to understand us more when we talk to her which is fun. She loves showering with me in the mornings, so when I ask her if she wants to shower, she stops, looks at me for a bit and then makes a beeline for the bathroom. She says "hi" now which is cute:). Today, she "helped" me make buns - she put the whisk into the dough and put it into her measuring cup. I am excited for the messy but fun times we will have baking together in the years to come!

It's a miracle

Lynsey is now drinking out of her sippy cup WITH the spill guard! No more biting the nipple! This is a momentous day in my life so I wanted to share it with my faithful readership:).

Settling back in

It's been a few weeks since my last post, mostly because I haven't taken a lot of pictures and there hasn't been too much to report. On New Year's Day, we went to Liz and Dave's in Three Hills for our southern Alberta family get-together. It was a fun day - the drive home was a bit treacherous, but we made it! This week we got back into our normal routine - Brian went back to work on Monday and we missed him a lot, especially that first day. I went swimming again and our volleyball league started up so that was great for me! We had a busy weekend with some junior high basketball girls staying here on Friday night, a big Kroeker family party on Saturday night, and then a Penner birthday party for lunch and the afternoon. It was fun, but exhausting. Again I have to marvel at how adaptable Lynsey is - I think I take it for granted that she just goes with the flow, but we really are lucky because I know some babies don't do as well as she does.

As far as Lynsey's progress, well she has been busy busy busy as usual! The taking away of the soother has not bothered her a bit - in fact, Brian and I both think she is less whiney during the day without it. She still has her moments, but before I think she was whining so we would give it to her, and now that it's gone, she doesn't have that reason to whine anymore. Needless to say I am thrilled that we did it! She had a few rough nights, but it really didn't take long and she was totally fine at night without it again. I forgot to mention last post that in the last three weeks or so, she has started sucking on her sippy cups more consistently! Hurray for Lynsey! She uses a straw quite proficiently as well(although she still often sucks in too much at a time which causes her to cough). At least she is sucking on it! She started turning around in circles making herself dizzy which is kind of funny to watch:). We've taken her outside a few times in the last week since it's finally warm enough, and she just loves it! She's so cute, this little marshmallow, trooping down the sidewalk!