Catching up...

Here is a little catching up from last week...

Selah in her Christmas dress.

We got to take Selah to see the Festival of Lights in Peoria. She loved it! She was continually ooo'ing at all the lights. Grandma and Grandpa Gerst and Aunt Tiff came along with us.

We got to spend a weekend with great friends, Tim and Jessie, in Chicago. We went to Woodfield Mall and IKEA on Friday and then spent the night downtown that night and did Michigan Ave. the next day. It was really neat to see Chicago during Christmas time. A first for me! We did leave Selah at home, but she had a fun time with Grandpa and Grandma Leman :)

The guys really did well shopping, but we had to keep moving them along towards the end :)

Well, it has now snowed. I have to confess I haven't updated in a long time because it seems like the week starts off not being busy and then time gets filled. We are almost done with the Christmas shopping, the decorations are up, stockings are stuffed, presents are wrapped. I love this time of year and looking forward to spending time with family. It is amazing to me how sentimental we get at this time of year. Maybe it is the music playing or the weather outside... Either way, it makes me think of our angel in heaven wondering what she is doing. Missing those who have passed, grandparents... We are a such a blessed family though! I hope that you each can enjoy every minute of this Christmas season and not get stressed by the "things" you have to do, but take an extra minute to do something for someone who doesn't have what you do, hug your child a bit longer than usual, and take in the joy of remembering our Saviour was born on Christmas day. What hope was born that day! And how much different our lives would be had Jesus not been born in that little manger. We love all of you and hope you have a very Merry CHRISTmas!!


Selah loves her kitty cat. We are a relaxed house around here. So any given day if daddy is working out of the house and Selah and I are home, you just might find all of us in our jammies till noon :) Selah takes her kitty cat to bed with her now. She never cared about falling asleep much with a blanket or carrying a blanket around, but her kitty cat...that is another thing.

A Kleenex Moment

Selah continues to amaze me every day. She is in to everything...yes everything. Her newest adventure: going into the bathroom and unrolling the toilet paper and sticking her hands in the toilet. I know, never thought MY child would be caught doing that, but now we are there. We keep all the doors closed to try to contain her "adventures". She also is into feeding her dolls now. She learned the "sipping noise" from her Aunt Trista and every since she holds a drink to her baby's mouth while making a slurping noise with her mouth. Too cute!

She also is loving music, which of course makes me happy. She loves listening to CD's and playing her piano. The toddler version she had, she literally played it up to a breaking point, so now she plays mommy's instead. She will be playing in the great room and then all of a sudden just walk up to the piano and "play" a little tune for us. And it is extra special when I actually take the time to sit her on the bench so she can really play! She loves it and so do I. She also loves sitting in my lap while I play and she "dances" which is more like swaying in place once I start.

We are loving all the new discoveries however obnoxious they are. Here is a little video clip of Selah demonstrating how she blows her nose. The sound effects are great, just excuse our voices in the background :)

Saturday Mornings!

Nothing beats a Saturday morning when you don't have anything urgent to do. Of course there are always things that can be done, but nothing that can't wait. This morning is one of those mornings. Nothing beats Selah waking up at 10:30 followed by powdered donuts (I know, but she did have a banana too!) for breakfast in your pj's! So here is to a great Saturday!!

Trick Or Treat!

It has been a long time since I blogged last, at least it seems like it, but it has been kind of relaxed around here lately which has been nice. We are getting into the fall routine with things. Selah went trick or treating on Halloween and she was a bumblebee. She had lots of fun. It was different this year in the fact that when she looked in the mirror she would laugh at herself in her costume, which made it fun! We pretty much just stuck to visiting family and some close friends this year. Not ready to take on the cold since Selah doesn't know the difference yet :) She continues to take more steps and is braver when it comes to walking longer or standing up in the middle of the room.

Our little bumblebee...

Stopping to take a quick picture with her cousins Addy and Brooks

And her newest trick...showing how old she is! (I know this isn't the greatest picture, but since she heads straight for the camera when she sees it, this is all I got!)