Sunday, February 27, 2011

Photo Explosion!!!

I've disappeared from blogging for a bit, but I'm back and making an effort!!!

We've been busy for the last little while and I wanted to post some pictures of some of the things going on in our everyday lives.

First, we have the big house!!!  Carpet was laid a few weeks ago now and the place is looking awesome. 

Here are the stairs going down to the basement.

 Here's the basement

 Brady standing in the upstairs hall

 The garage with all it's wonderful storage

Here are some photos of Autumn and all the craziness she is up to these days.

 She loves to play piano, especially if someone else is already playing it.

 Reading stories to Buick

 These were her Christmas p.j.'s

 We had a really nice Christmas this year.  We went to Brian's parent's house first thing in the morning and then opened presents at our house, then to my parent's in the afternoon.

 Autumn loved her gifts and loved the unwrapping part

 No Christmas is complete without a candy cane

 She loves spending time with Brian and she will take any opportunity she can get

 One day I noticed her dropping some Cheerios down the heat vent.  I didn't realize just how long this had been going on until Brian reached into the vent to clean it out and pulled a whole pile of random snacks out of there.  Maybe she was trying to stash them away for later.

Autumn is now FINALLY interested in cartoons.  She wouldn't watch them for the longest time, which should be a good thing, but I need a few moments every now and then where she isn't attached to me.  But, I turned on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and now all she wants is to watch "Mimi"

I wouldn't give her her regular binkie, so she stole her doll's binkie.

 "Ha, ha, Mom, I'm WAY too smart for you!!!"

The other morning I went in to get her out of bed and she had her binkie in her mouth and her blankie in her hands.  She looked at me and said, "Bunny."  So I grabbed her bunny and handed it to her.  Then she said, "Bear."  So I handed her her bear.  Finally, she said, "Book."  I figured out a spot that I could jam the book so she could carry it and off she went. 

I love doing her hair in pigtails, but this is what it always looks like after nap time. 

Well, that's us for now.  I will try to stay a little more on top of things.