Frosting the Snowman

We got a decent snow here in WV over the last few days, so yesterday we took the girls out to Justin's grandparents to sled ride and build a snowman. Here are a few picture from yesterday-us with "Frosting" the snowman, as Malia calls him!

Smarty Pants

We've been in WV since Sunday to spend Thanksgiving with our families. I took Malia a couple days ago to lay down for her nap. She took Nuk (her purple hippo) with her along with one other toy and she chose an egg separater. (I know weird, right?) As she went to lay down, she asked for another toy, but I told her, you are only allowed one toy and you chose 'this' one. She responded, "I know, but I want a toy with a face". Surpressing my laugh, I bent over, kissed her and brought her a stuffed cow.

Build-A-Pressley

Yep, this is Pressley dressed up in Build A Bear clothes...you know you'd buy her if she was in the store!

Ohio Adventure!

Yesterday Justin and I traveled out to Laurelville, Ohio to take a sneak peek of a furry little present we are getting the girls for Christmas! She is a Lhasa Apso and was less than 2 weeks old when we saw her yesterday!! She was so tiny she could fit in our hand! While we were there we realized that we were super close to Columbus, so we got to squeeze in a surprise lunch with my best friend, and former college roomie, Krissie!! It was so great to see her and catch up over lunch with her and her 3 little ones. To top off our terrific day, Justin and I found gas for $1.54!!! Woohoo! We filled his car for less than $20! The first time that has happened since we bought that car!! It was a fun day, except for hitting a snow storm on our way home and sitting in traffic that allowed us to travel only 9 miles in an hours time! Below are pictures of our puppy! We can't wait for Christmas!

Tiny Toddler and Tubes

Pressley had her 18 month check up today! She weighs 19 pounds 10 ounces!!! and she's 30 inches tall. She's actually on the charts now...a whopping 10 percent! She's doing really well, and she's way ahead on her communication skills...she can say a 3 word sentence now..."I dod did" (I got it!). We also scheduled her appointment for her tubes today. We head to Children's Hospital December 1 for a 3:00 appointment.

Pictures from Johnny B's Wedding

The Anatomy of a Clown

The other day Malia and I were looking through a toddler Look and Find Book, called, "Best Friends". It's a Disney book that has pictures of Bambi, Lion King, Nemo, etc. Also in this book is a circus picture from Dumbo. In the circus picture is a picture of a clown with a very exaggerated bum and chest. Malia pointed to the exaggerated chest and asked, "What's that?" So I told her what it was (her big boobies) to which she said, "You don't have those". Yes, Malia, thank you for pointing out that the boob fairy never came for me.

Animal Sounds

Pressley is learning her animal sounds. They go something like this:

A cow says: Moo
A doggie says: oof oof! (followed by panting sounds)
A duck says: Dack Dack (with wing movements)
A kittie says: M ow m ow (pronounced "ow" I hurt myself)
A pig says: ink ink
A horse says: (This is my favorite) Neighhhh! (with feeling) Ba dup ba dup ba dup ba dup (you know galloping sounds)

Pressley's New Words

Pressley is becoming such a big girl. Just today after Malia told her, "Look Pressley...", she responded, "Oh, cool!". She's picking things up so quickly! It's amazing!

Halloween!!

Justin got back into town on Halloween. His flight was suppose to land at 6:15, right in the midst of trick or treat, so we thought we were not going to be able to go this year. He lucked into getting on an earlier flight, and landed at 4:20, so not only could we trick or treat, but he was able to go with the girls, something we didn't think he would be able to do until Malia was 5 (because he's away at school during this time). Anyway, here are a few pictures from our evening.

The girls had so much fun! Pressley loved it. Once she got the hang of it, it was so funny. She would run up to people saying tick teet with her hands wide open. She got to a point that she didn't want to give up her candy, so she'd run to people with her hands full of candy from the previous house and then had a hard time deciding which candy to give up and put in her bucket in order to get more candy.

Pressley's Favorite Color

This morning we were walking into the church for a meeting, and as we were walking in, Malia and Pressley had a little conversation that went like this:

Malia: Purple! That's my favorite color!
Pressley: Me!
Malia: No Pressley, your favorite color is orange!
Pressley: Oh tay.

It's been really cute to watch them talk to each other and have actual conversations! I can't believe how big they are getting! Pressley is so funny lately because if you say anything to Malia, Pressley chimes in, "Me! Me!", and points to herself! She does not like feeling left out!