The Girls' First Nuggets Game

On Wednesday all us girls went to our first Nugget game at the Pepsi Center (not a first for the dad). It was a lot of fun! I think Carolyn's favorite part was that we went with the cousins. "Five"

Carolyn cheering the team on with a mouth full of pretzels :)

Daddy's little cheerleader

Angela showing off her cute little Nike walking shoes while watching the game

Random picture of Angela...I think she looks so cute in her big girl princess pjs so I wanted to take a picture, but as soon as the camera came out she started to cry...Angela always wants to hold the camera when she sees it....I just want to kiss her when I see this picture :)

Happy Easter!

Baby Steps!

Angela took her first step today!! We just love, love, love our Angela! She is getting so big!

Carolyn loves playing “Birthday Party” just about every day (she makes pretend birthday cakes and then sings to herself, Angela, me, her dolls...whoever and whatever is close by). Well, we were excited that today we got to celebrate a birthday for real. Happy Birthday, Chantal! Angela and Carolyn also went to see the Easter bunny today. Unfortunately, the mall wouldn’t let us take our own pictures, but it was fun! Neither of the girls wanted to sit on his lap, but Carolyn was excited to give him “five” and “knuckles.”
Last week Carolyn and I also started our own “official” preschool together. It’s so fun watching Carolyn grow up and start doing fun stuff like preschool.

Pleasantly Surprised

This week two great discoveries were made:

1 - Angela and Carolyn are amazing roommates! When I put them in one room, I anticipated having many sleepless nights. Thus far, that has not been the case! Carolyn is a ROCK at night and will sleep through Angela's occasional crying! Thank you, Carolyn!

2 - Potty training Carolyn has been, surprisingly, going great! Carolyn had her "ah-ha!" moment last week where is all just clicked...She is doing wonderfully and looks so cute and big in her princess panties! Good job, Carolyn!

Grandma and Grandpa!

My parents came for a little surprise visit (I did get a day’s notice...still counts as a surprise) for a few days! We had so much fun with them!
We had a huge blizzard the first day they were here so most of our time with them was spent indoors. Grandma and Carolyn did a ton of puzzles together while they were here.

They brought a few really adorable puzzles to add to the girls' massive puzzle collection (Carolyn could always use a few more puzzles...she's still our puzzle girl :) My mom also brought me some great ideas and posters for my primary chorister calling...thank you, mom!

Carolyn loved having Grandpa around to read her book after book after book...

Carolyn teaching Angela how to brush that little tooth of hers that is starting to poke out.

Angela and Carolyn love pushing each other around in their little car.

Here we are at Chucky Cheese (the grandparents are always spoiling all of us).

Angela enjoying some of Grandma's cooking...

Kisses...

"It's Working!"

Maybe a little too much detail for you? Don't read if you don't want some fun potty training details:

About every month or so I give potty training a go with a new technique. Well, this morning we had a little break through...Carolyn announced to me that she needed to sit on the potty! Wow! She sat and gave it her best try, but nothing happened... So, she picked out one of her princess panties to wear and was promised to watch a "Little Einsteins" show if she would go (shows motivate Carolyn more than anything). Anyways, a little while later she was going potty in her panties so we ran to the toilet and I sat her down. Nothing happened for a while and then she let out a little toot...her whole face lit up and said, "It's working!!" Nothing happened after the little toot and so her smile faded into a confused look and she said, "What I do next?" So, yeah...Apparently, Carolyn's bodily functions do work, we just need to figure out what we do next now :)

He's BA-ack!

I am so grateful for a husband that works so hard so that I can fulfill my dream of being a stay-at-home mom. I love the fact that I don't work and can just focus on my sweeties all day long. I am also so grateful that “busy season” for Andrew officially ended last Friday (some people have asked me about busy season so I thought that I'd announce it)! He was home at 6:30 PM tonight and it was so wonderful to have a family meal together and get some help putting the girls to bed. The girls also loved having dad home early (to say the least)…he makes everything so fun! We love you, Daddy!

Other exciting news? I feel Angela's first tooth trying to push through! Also - Carolyn and Angela are now little roommates...much to Carolyn's delight! (Haha, we'll see how this goes...)