Last year Rose's school pictures were by a terrible national company. (I've never liked last year's pictures!) But this year they went back to the amazing Chelsea Madsen Images - Ms. Chelsea is one of the teacher's at Rose's school, so Rose was more relaxed and Ms. Chelsea was definitely able to capture her true personality.
We're hoping to schedule family pictures with her in the summer/fall of 2015 so we have a great photo of the whole family for next year's holiday card. :)
(P.S. The pictures were taken in early October, but I delayed this post until January so the grandparents would still be surprised when they opened the photos for Christmas.)
Finally got a diagnosis, and we're just waiting for the antibiotics to start working their magic. . . Five days with fevers peaking over 104 each day is awful!
One of these days I'll get around to getting my Christmas pictures off my "real" camera. For now, here are some more cell phone shots with these updates...
I've baked a lot of loaves of bread from my awesome new bread cookbook!
I've also started making ice cream with my awesome new ice cream maker! Rose loves this new hobby even more than the bread baking. She also, for some reason, likes to eat it out of a tupperware, rather than a real bowl.
I spent some time this morning reorganizing Rose's bedroom. She got SO MANY toys and games for Christmas - our house is overflowing!! I re-did her old changing table so it's now a dresser, complete with labels (with pictures!) on each basket. (You can see that Mac is keeping a close watch over Mao and Fishycakes, her new fish.)
And I labeled all her toys on the closet shelves. We'll see how long this lasts!
And, since I finally know how to upload videos (I think), here is proof of why you should not give Mac catnip. It makes him crazy stoned!
And, finally, some videos of Rose singing "Let it Go," wearing her princess dress and tiara. While spinning on her "princess plate." And in shades in the second one (shot a few seconds after the first).
I'm still trying to figure out how to upload videos (blogger changed something a few months ago), so please let me know if these two work. The first is Rose enjoying her new guitar from Trula, and the second is her enjoying her new "princess dress" from the Rohdes (she spent about 30 minutes just wandering around the house and singing to herself this evening!)
In other "Rose-isms," I also have these gems:
Rose: "I love spending time with you, Mommy."
Me: "Aw, thank you, Rose! I love spending time with you."
Rose: "Go away, Mommy."
Me: (Um, what?!)
Rose has been fighting a cold, so I've been trying to load her up on various fruits and vegetables. Tonight our "appetizer" was grapefruit.
Me: "Not only does it taste good, but grapefruit is good for your runny rose and your upset tummy."
Rose: "And for my burps and poops!"
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