Playing in the "no"

My sweet little Abby catching snowflakes on her tongue. What a delight.
Abby and Auntie kisses---
Abby at the Pearson Ranch- She loves it here and doesn't want to leave to come home today. She has been here for 11 days.
Leah and Abby. I so appreciate how good Leah is to my girls. She just bundles Abby all up and brings her out and plays with her and pretty much does whatever Abby wants. She has gotten very spoiled in the last 11 days.
Laying in the snow. Abby loves making snow angels.

The snowman Leah and Abby made
Abby actually put her lips on the snowman burr---
Abby with her snow man
She likes his pipe.

New Life

Many of you know and prayed for my aunt Mary and her two twin girls. Here they are--- They came home from the hospital yesterday and we got to be at thier house waiting. They were two months premature. Their due date is the end of January and they are healthy little girls. Soo miraculous. They were so precious.
Here is Leah with Brigette ( 4 lbs) and me with Natalie (5 lbs) They were 3 and 4 lbs when born.
Me and Brigette with my mom and Emily. Emily wanted to keep trying to grab them and touch them. She is such a brute--
Sweet little Natalie. I am a bit partial to her because that was our name, Natalie Joy. We came soo close to naming Abby that and the whole time I was pregnant with her we thought we were going to. This is Natalie Hope-- Soo sweet
This is Brigette Grace-- Look at her tiny little hand in my sister's hand.

Here is Emily sitting inbetween the two babies. She looked soo big.
My beautiful aunt Mary who has birthed 9 babies-- can you believe it?!! She looked so amazing for coming so close to death.
My mom enjoying her new neices
me with Emily and Natalie
Abby held little Natalie too

Here is my brother's dog Gus. Abby loved him.
Emily didn't. She was so afraid of him. She would scream and try to get into your arms the monent he got near.
Here is both chubby girls. They were trying to look like Gus.
She was soo frightnened. Poor little girl.
My brother Josh with Emily.

More Borrowed Pictures of my little ham

Emily playing peek a boo This is her "camera face"-- seriously-- whenever we would turn on the camera this is what she would do.

over and over and over again
It was too precious
Then she knew she was funny so she kept doing it again and again
How big is Emily--soo big

Emily's first Christmas

I am borrowing from my sister's pictures again. I didn't bring any of my cables up to download my pic's so I am posting hers. This is our Christmas day. Here is Emily- tired and playing.
This is one of her goofy faces. She is really funny.
Here she is playing a little piano
My sweet baby-- Look at her teeth.

Uncle Jonah playing with her new present.
Emily and Uncle Jonah Me and my siblings. Back row is Joel, Caleb, Josh then Paula (Josh's wife), Jonah and me and Emily. Leah and Abby are in front. We took lots of pictures because we don't know when we will all be together again. Caleb is enlisting in the army and Leah is in England so next time she returns he may be gone.
Abby playing with her new dollhouse that Leah gave her for Christmas.
My parents with their 5 grown-up kids.

My dad and brother Jonah and Abby and Joel-- waiting patiently for presents
Abby playing with her new dollhouse
Helping my dad open presents. She went around helping everyone. I don't think anyone got to open thier own gift.
Opening a hermie movie-- she got 2 of them this year and one Boz Bear movie.
Emily with her bear.

Abby's time in Park Rapids

Abby came up to Park Rapids for a few days before we did so these are Leah's photos from that time. Abby sledding. She loved it and told me she didn't cry.
Leah said when she would fall off the sled she couldn't get back up.
Here she is with a snowman kit that my mom bought. They made a snowman but Abby was modeling the things first.
My little brother Jonah and Abby coloring.

Shopping
Leah and Abby
Making lots of Christmas cookies
Abby loves these dolls and is constantly putting them to bed.
Soo cute-- Abby and Auntie outside sledding