She amazes me...

I know everyone thinks their kid is the smartest and cutest child there ever was, but seriously... where did this little girl come from?  Yesterday, she said, "Bless you, Daddy" - after Kevin sneezed.  Last night at dinner, she wiped her hands with a napkin and then put it on her lap, like she knew exactly what to do with it.  This morning as Kevin was leaving for work, she said, "Bye Bye Daddy, Love you!"...  We've been trying to get her to say "I Love You" for months, and all the sudden on Valentine's Day, out it came!  SMARTEST.  BABY.  EVER.

Reach and pull ...and kick, kick, kick!

Maeryn's Winter Swim Lessons at the Y.

She and Brody Peroutka are in the same class together,

and so far, she loves the water!

 Maeryn playing with Brody and his Dad, Mike.

Practicing kicking on her back...

Aaaahhhh. Warm water!

Snow Day 2011

With an inch of ice and 12-24 inches of snow expected

in what is being called "the storm of the century",

we have had to find ways to stay busy inside!

We cleaned the bathrooms, vaccumed, did the laundry,

changed the sheets and played, played, played...

This video is one of my favorites...

Maeryn has this little magnetic farm animal toy

on the side of the fridge which plays music and well, just watch it! 

We watched Mickey Mouse...

Here's Maeryn doing the "Oh Toodles" call.

 Playing in the laundry basket.

 We saved the really hard work for Kevin. :-)

All these snow days have been fun, but enough already...

I don't want to have to be going to school in July!

Cute stuff...

Silly girl!

At the movies, we went to see Tangled the new Disney movie.

 Maeryn's new favorite fruit: "OWNGES"

What's all this hype about the stupid snow??

The St. Louis area got 10+ inches of snow last week

and every kid in town (including yours truly) has been thrilled

about the multiple days off school and the 

thick "nar pow-pow" to play in...

Every kid except Maeryn!

I swear she normally doesn't whine this much...

 

1, 2, 3... GO!

Family Fun!

Maeryn, Kevin and I got to spend a lot of time

together this winter break, here are a few of our adventures...

Kevin, Maeryn and "Baby" enjoying the new couch and TV.

 Sitting in her "big-girl" chair at the table... 

She refuses to sit in the high chair anymore.

Why is my baby growing up soooo fast??

 Having lunch at one of our favorite places - Deweys!

 Maeryn scoping out the goodies at Cold Stone Creamery.

(They just put one in 2 minutes from our house - YES!)

 On New Year's Eve we went to the Magic House

since we had free coupons...

Apparently so did everyone else in St. Louis,

because it was PACKED.

Maeryn still had fun, here she is playing with a miniature doll house.

 at the "Library" inside Magic House...

 We also took a trip to Pump It Up over break,

it's an indoor inflatable play place.

She hated it.... ;-)