Weekend Snow Trip

Last weekend Ivy, Greg and I went to the mountains. We stayed in a condo with a few other couples. Greg was one of the Seed team members who won the condo in a Skiforall competition last season. http://www.skiforall.org/ as many of you know I do not like snow. I don't like driving in it or being in it. Everyone was very proud of me as I am trying to conquer that fear. :)

This is a picture of our family standing next to a snowdrift just outside the garage of the building. I think it is 2.5 Greg's high. (Greg isn't sure he is comfortable with the idea of being a form of measurement) :)


This is a picture of Ivy in a baby toboggan. A nice gentleman at the condo let us use them for a little bit. It was very hard to pull her in it because your feet would fall a good 12-18 inches down when walking. So trying to run was challenging. Ivy didn't mind though.


This is a picture of Ivy buried in the snow. I couldn't help it....she was so cute.


I look forward to taking her up next year or maybe even later this season. Hopefully she will love the snow as much as Greg does. We are going to try to teach her to snowboard when she is 4 or 5.

Learning new things

It is snowing again today.....


so we thought we would teach her how to use a keyboard. :)

6 months apt

Today I took Ivy to her 6 month doctors apt. She is actually 6.5 months but we are a couple weeks behind on our schedule. She is officially 14lbs 15oz. and 25 inches long. That makes her a little small but if she keeps to her pattern she will be about my height. 5.5. She is doing well and the doctor has no worries.

The big news is.....Her first 2 bottom teeth are breaking through. They are not fully in but you can see the tips of the teeth through the skin.

She enjoys talking for hours. So much even that she wakes up at 2 am and can talk until 4 when she eats.

We hope that you all are doing well. I look forward to reading your comments. I hope this blog is helpful for you to enjoy watching Ivy grow as we get to.

Attached is a picture of her getting ready to eat in her high chair for the first time. So far she has had rice cereal, oatmeal cereal, peas, carrots and green beans. I think next we will try sweet potatoes.

I like Carrots

Apparently so far Ivy is a fan of carrots more then peas. :)

She also enjoys holding on to her socks.

My First Tattoo Shop

Greg, Ivy and I went to Lucky Devil (www.luckydeviltattooparlor.com) yesterday to talk to Greg's tattoo artist, Rev. Eric Eye. Greg has 3 tattoos on his back. He is going to turn them into a full back piece by adding more work. We went to the shop to look at the sketch and discuss our time frame and game plan. Here is a picture of Ivy at the shop.



Just a heads up to everyone that she is almost on the move. She has been getting on her knees and rocking for the last 3 days. I am sure that crawling is just around the corner.

Doggie

What a happy girl with her new doggie. :)

Thanksgiving and Christmas

For Thanksgiving Greg and I went to California for a memorial service for his grandmother and we went to see my brother and sister in law since we were in town. It was an interesting trip for sure. Ivy was able to see bunnies and horses for the first time, we went to the beach for the first time and unfortunately we had a family outing to the emergency room for me in the middle of the night. (I was sick with a terrible virus) All is better now and I am glad to be home.

Christmas was good. Quiet, which was nice compared to our Thanksgiving adventure. Ivy received a Sing and Go Choo Choo which we have spent lots of time playing with.


She is now able to sit up for 15-20 minutes usually. That is as long as a cat doesn't walk by. Then it's usually falling over and trying to get the cat. She isn't crawling yet but she will be soon. She can roll over, coo, talk, giggle, and sit up. She has learned how to move around the room using her skills of wiggling and rolling over.

Some of her best laughter is when Greg throws her in the air or "chews" on her tummy. We could listen to that happy sound 24 hours a day.

Here are two pictures of us at our formal event that we throw at our home each year. We call it the "Hoity Toity" party. This year was our 6th year. We started it for our group of friends we have known for years but only get to see maybe a few times a year if that.