Easter 2009

Happy Birthday Grandma

You make me feel like dancing

Annika - 7 weeks

Little helper

Lydia loves to help do things for her sister. She even asked to wipe her bottom once when I was changing her diaper.

Sisters

Sharing

Lydia brings toys to Annika and says "Share the toys, mom. Share the toys." Here she shared her little people tractor.

Sisters havin' fun together

Annika loves her big sister - she turns her head at the sound of Lydia's voice. Lydia is equally enamored wtih Annika. We hope this lasts a lifetime!

Baking with Mom

I love to bake and I have been waiting for the chance to teach Lydia. Here she is making brownies for the first time.

Superbowl Sunday

The Girls

Leif is still outnumbered, but handling it well.

Naptime

It's a girl!

Annika Margaret Peterson was born 1/3/09.

Still waiting

Lots of people are calling...the baby is not here yet. But Lydia has been getting ready. Her dolly has a basket bed just like baby. She lays dolly in the bed (on her tummy, like Lydia sleeps) and pats it on the back.

Lydia's 1st Christmas Program

I have to tell the story of Lydia's outfit in the Christmas program. I mean, I normally pride myself on being a pretty "together" person and on top of the details. But this fell apart. It must be the pregnancy brain.

I was told to send a purple shirt and black pants. Well, I missed the black pants part. But I did send a purple shirt 3 days in advance and placed it in her cubby. The day of the program, I sent her to daycare with cute floral embroidered jeans to match her purple shirt. Well, apparently they couldn't find her purple shirt and since I forgot the black pants - well, she ended up dressed in a daycare leftover polo shirt (a size too small) and black Wal-mart sweatpants. To top it off, she wouldn't keep the name tag on, so they wrapped her mid-section in clear packaging tape to hold it all together. She reminded us of a new employee at Best Buy! But she did a great job.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

Lydia and Santa - 2008

We visited Santa at Bachmann's this year. It didn't go very well for Lydia, but she liked running around the greenhouse and touching all the poinsettia plants.

Now I know my ABC's (sort of)

We got our new "flip" video gadget today. Its amazing - its the iPod of video cameras. Now there is no excuse for our outdated blog.
I never realized, or just never thought about the fact that, the alphabet song is the same tune as Twinkle, Twinkle. One of the many things we've learned from our 1 1/2 year old child. Listen closely....

What's the animal say?

Pop goes the weasel!