Saturday, March 28, 2009

Anso's 1st Christmas


Yes, it's the end of March and I am writing about Christmas still...pathetic I know-I'm the WORST Blogger EVER!!! Slowly, but surely, I will get current, mark my words...it WILL happen-and not "when pigs fly"! So, Christmas, yes...we had a very nice one at our little place. We were so lucky to have MaryAnn & Richard and Breeze & Craig all here staying with us for the holiday. We made it work just fine and it was VERY cozy and chill-LOVED it!! And I know Anso loved it, you can tell in these pictures. But apart from all the new toys and the attention she received, the part I think she liked the most was when Jed, Gwen & Riley came over and Riley decided to use our stairs as a slide. Check out these vids-sorry it is a four-part series, but I guarantee, it won't disappoint!


I was DYING!!! We had NEVER seen her or HEARD her squeal like that-it was HILARIOUS!! The veins were popping out of her neck!!! Haha :) Riley always makes her laugh, it's so cute!!
To finish off the night, I wanted to take some nice, family Christmas shots. Here I was thinking they were turning out all nice and SERIOUS, and then I see what was actually happening...
...of course my silly husband is RUINING the pictures-that's ODD!! What a PUNK!!! (And that's tame-See our updated Profile Pic in the upper Left corner-it's even sillier of Matt, plus Anso is chewing on her lizard! UGHH!!)

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Christmas at D-land Then & Now

My "Babes in Toyland"! ;) love, Love, LOVE "It's a Small World" at Christmastime!! If you've never been, they almost totally change it by decorating each room all "Christmassy" like how that country would celebrate it and, they add "Jingle Bells" along with their main song-"It's A Small World After All". Makes you like the ride again-if you know what I mean. And, it also helps to have a child cause they just stare wide-eyed and take everything in-Anso LOVES it!

Anyway, we went this year (I mean last year '08 of course) before Christmas to take some pics at Disneyland as a Family-because, what an amazing backdrop, right?! Even though it was a cold, misty night, we still managed to get some good shots. Last year ('07) Matt & I did the same thing when I was SUPER prego, and I'm thinking we should make this a yearly tradition-as long as we live so close to Disneyland! Why not?! It was kinda fun to compare each year, so I thought I would share. Here we are, Pre-Anso...and Post-Anso...















Oh, then there's the Castle! So BEAUTIFUL at Christmas!! Absolutely STUNNING!!! I thought they changed it a little bit this last year, but looking closer at these two pictures, nope, I think I was wrong-they look pretty darn similiar don't ya think?! Gorgeous, none the less :)







WOW-my belly was HUGE!!! Pretty cool to compare our little Fam Then & Now! Hope you enjoyed!

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Walker Girl!

I forgot to mention when Little Girl first started walking-geese, Chelsie, HUGE milestone!! Well, we were hoping she'd start at Thanksgiving when all the Fam was here...but, nope, didn't happen :( She was standing and holding onto EVERYthing...soooo close, but still no steps on her own! So, sure enough, after everyone was gone, (and of course I forgot to note the exact day) she took her first steps! I do know she was about 11 months though!! It was pretty cool-I was so excited-cause that meant I didn't always have to carry her everywhere-YAY!!!
Auntie Liz and cousin Romey came to visit shortly after she began walking, so we had a blast!




And...OF COURSE we totally spaced getting the first steps on video-DANG IT!!! Oh well, our little Ansofie...is now a "Walker Girl"!!! :-))