The Many Adventures of Linds-O!

Baby Lindsey, 3 days old...I see a little similarity between the two:)

Look! Another Bower baby--Baby Cole Bower-Kimmel! He is tooo cute. Notice that he looks a little like Lindsey did?!?:)

Splish, Splash!

Washing her hair, such a big girl...

BUBBLES!!!

I noticed last week that when Lindsey was watching her favorite show, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, that she was able to correctly identify a pattern all on her own! That is amazing for only being 2 1/2 years old. The characters were listing groups of four colors, repeated twice, and in the third set, the last two colors were missing. Lindsey knew, based on the pattern, that the last two colors would end up being yellow and purple. The things that she figures out on her own just amaze me. Also, in the bathtub (from the above shots) she distinguished between hot and warm water. At the beginning of her bath, she stood in the water and said that it was hot. A minute or so later, so felt it with her hand again and said "It's hot." I said back to her, "No, not it's not how now." She again felt the water with her hand and said, "It's warm." How does she know gradations in temperature at this age?!? Unbelievable. I just love watching her grow and learn....

Lindsey is 2 1/2 years old..On Friday the 13th! (Plus, more playtime for the girls...)

Sharing play-doh.

Putting bowls on each other's heads:)

Playing on the floor--imitating each other....

Still playing on the floor.

In the immortal words of the Teletubbies, "Big Hug!!"

Lindsey and Sadie being fashionable with purses.

"I am Lindsey, Queen of the Hill!"

I was on the floor, playing with the girls....Cool angle, I thought.

More *smooch* time..Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Sorry for the delay in posting...1 there hasn't been a lot going on to take pictures of, and 2, we've had some sick kids here off an on in the recent past. But, Sadie was back here again today and the girls had a great time playing together, as usual. They were having a nice time sharing play-doh this morning. Then they were enjoying putting bowls on each other's heads, and playing on the floor and there was even some time for hugging and kissing--both very affectionate girls--so sweet! We had a 60 degree day on Tuesday and the girls were able to go outside for a bit. They ran around the driveway and sidewalks, did sidewalk chalk and even rode their scooters for a while. We're all getting Spring Fever and can't wait for more warm weather! This summer should be a great time! There will be soo much for the girls to do outside this year:) Can't wait!!

Silly Girls & Sleepy Lindsey

I took a couple pictures of the girls sitting together on Lindsey's bed. They were having a good time playing up there and looked so cute doing it that I had to take a couple pics. Also, Lindsey was sooo tired this afternoon after picking up William from school, that she passed out in the car and stayed the same way that I put her when I laid her down in her bed. Kinda funny looking, but cute at the same time :)

More Playtime for the Girls

Disney Trip!!

Lindsey had a great time at Disney!! We spent the first day at Magic Kingdom, which included a few scary rides, in Lindsey's opinion. The following day we all agreed that a day off from the theme parks was a good idea and spent that day lounging by the pool, or in the pool playing around. Saturday we went to Disney's Hollywood Studios. This park had several stunt shows (which we ALL enjoyed) and live action puppet shows for Lindsey in the "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" theme. Unfortunately, that night didn't go as well for several reasons. When we got back from the park, we noticed that Lindsey had a horrrrrible, weird cough. We also realized that we had only changed her diaper once that day thus leaving her horribly dehydrated. With the combination of onset of the weird cough, and her refusal to drink, we thought it would be best to take her in to the local Emergency Room and find out what was going on with her. The doctor diagnosed her with Crup and we had to end up getting her an IV since she continued to refuse drinking anything.

Five and half hours later, we left the ER, went back to the condo, slept for about two and a half hours, and then Jason had to leave for the airport to catch his plane back to Milwaukee. We spent the next couple of days visiting with my grandparents, and then headed back to WI on Tuesday morning. The kids were GREAT on the ride back, both days. Unfortunately, the weather was and has been sub-zero for the past few days. Not a very warm welcome...hahaaa. No pun intended...

Best of 2008

January, and once again in the crib.

February, pretty baby sleeping.

March, marching in Daddy's boots.

April, stretched out sleeping in our bed.

May, playing with baby Sadie

June, sharing yogurt with Mongo.

July, first ride on a motorcycle

August, playing in a box on a rainy day.

September, running to the corn field with big brother, William.

October, Lindsey Mouse for Halloween.

November, trying to get a picture for cards...

December, Christmas morning with a giant Hello Kitty

I know it's a little cheesey, but I thought I would do something different and add my favorite pictures of Lindsey, one per month--starting back in January, from this past year. Enjoy!

Some highlights from the year in video...

(I'll add some more videos later...they take a long time to load!)