Catch-up

I feel like this blog has become just a bunch of catch-up lists. Maybe I'll get with the program. Maybe.

The big update is that we went to Disney Land last week with my husband's family. It was in the works for a long time and it finally happened. I hadn't been since I was sixteen with my high school orchestra...and it was a very limited experience even then because we got rained out. Disney Land this time around was fun and very exhausting, though I would rather not do it with a mostly nursing baby again. However, the baby care centers at both Disney Land and California adventures were wonderful.

Kate turned four a week before we left for Disney Land. We took doughnuts to play group the morning of her birthday, because I am too tired and lazy to have a big friend birthday party. Then in the evening, we had spaghetti and birthday brownie. We also Skyped with my parents. I still can't believe I have a four-year-old--it feels like yesterday that she was just a baby.

Livia will be six months old in a few days. Didn't I just have her last week or something? It's going too fast! She is rolling from tummy to back and back to tummy. Mobility here we come! She has also just started "buzzing" her lips, which never ceases to entertain me. Livia is also a very social baby, smiling at everyone she meets. Her hair is dark and fluffy and she looks more like her big sister as time goes on. I love seeing her grow and learn, but it's bittersweet because it's going too fast. Please stay a baby a little longer or else I'm going to want another one...and I'm not sure my liver can take another.

We're just convinced that we make the most gorgeous girls. ;) Then again, we are incredibly biased.


That's all for now :)



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