Trip to MINNESOTA/THE SNOWIEST PLACE ON EARTH

I am a little behind on my posts, evidenced by our my post FINALLY for our trip to Minnesota in early December.  I have received several complaints, so my apologies for my hiatus.  I have, however, been working on both girls' scrap books and i am completely caught up and they are awesome.  I am almost real time scrapbooking now--i already did my NYE post!!!  Now that I am caught up (i was SERIOUSLY behind), hopefully I can stay on top of both.

We had an awesome trip up to MN to see my bff Sonya's new baby Scarlet and the Swanson clan.  We had a great trip, despite Mother Nature's best efforts to wreak havoc on our travels.  My mom went with me and the girls, thankfully, as I am not sure how I would have done it by myself.  I even gave her my first class upgraded seat as a thanks.  She did have to take Sierra, but hey, can't beat free wine.  We had a great time playing with the Swansons and Alana was particularly jazzed to hang out with Abbey and Alex.  We were snowed in one day and basically just played around Aunt Linda's house all day.  It was actually kind of nice to just lounge around!!!

Miss Scarlet is an absolute doll, too.  She is such a little peanut, too.  She's so chill and just sleeps with all the noise around her.  We laid her and Sierra next to one another and it was hilarious to see how much bigger Sierra looked!!!  I can't wait to see Scarlet again, soon.  She's already changing so much!!!  Alana was most excited to see Kai.  He's totally her little buddy and they played together pretty well.  She also loved playing with Summer and SeSe and talks about them ALL the time.  She asked me the other day who their favorite princesses are.  She also loves to talk about her Godmother, "Aunty Son" as she calls her.  It's pretty cute.  She keeps asking when we can go back.  Anytime after April, Alana.  

first flight and in first class.  what a life this kid has.

alana was SO jazzed to see son.  she still talks about her.

it was really cute to see alana & abbey together.  lots of love there.

lindsay loving on her goddaughter

 i found this really hilarious.  i think alana thinks kai is her long lost brother.  she really loves this boy.

these gals are exactly 3 months apart and were the exact same size at birth.  clearly mine has filled out!!!  alana said to sierra the other day, "sissy, you and scarlet can be best friends, too."  cute.  i'd like that.

me and scarlet, she is SUCH a cutie and chill baby.

the girls did not all really play together at first, but once they got comfortable, they were chasing each other on the couch.  alana still talks about it and can't wait to play with them again.  can't believe these gals are already 5!!!  

aunt linda & lindsay threw alana a surprise birthday party to celebrate since they couldn't make her party.  she was BEYOND excited and thrilled.  she's holding up her "3" candle.

Happy New Years!!!

We had a great New Year's Eve at our house!!!  Alana and Sierra mostly played around all day and Alana was super excited because Jackie, Denis, Alicia and Amy Lemon were coming over.  Of course, I made some mexican food (GREAT shredded chicken tacos if I do say so myself) and we have several drinks.  Alana and Sierra went to bed at their normal time.  Figured midnight and a 3 year old was probably not the greatest combo.  She had a blast playing with everyone and busted out Elefun to give everyone a try.  I am sure they will be heading back to play again!!!  We are lucky to have great friends that want to come and hang out with us and our crazy kids for NYE!!!  

alana made herself and sierra new year's crowns at school.

alana spent most of the day reading to sierra who had the most hilarious faces.

Sierra update!!!

So, I am a little behind on my posts!!!  Miss Sierra is almost five months old already!  She continues to be the happiest baby I have ever seen.  She's super social and loves to just smile and laugh at people.  She's also really inquisitive and loves to touch and, of course, attempt to eat everything.  She is eating some solids now and we learned she loves veggies way more than fruit.  I am sure that will change.  She continues to be such a little ray of sunshine.  She went through a few weeks of a strain of nasty viruses, which earned her the first ER visit and a few DR visits.  Of course, she still smiled at everyone.  She did have her bouts of crying though, so I could tell she was not feeling well.  She's not quite the sleeper Alana was, so we still have a few wake up calls during the night.  She's slept through the night on a few occasions, so now we are just trying to tweak her schedule and get her sleeping more every night!!!