Portrait of a 3 year old

Backseat buddies

I love that Cole and Anna can now entertain each other in the backseat. The latest is holding hands, which is beyond adorable. If there was a sound track to this photo it would be:

Cole: "Anna, Anna" (in a high pitched voice) "Boo!"
Anna: (giggles)

GG Billie

Recently we went to visit GG Billie. We had a nice visit and she was happy to see the kids. Cole played with puzzles, Anna dazzled her with her smiles and coos. Even though Billie's memory isn't there, her personality still shines through. We need to get over there more often to see her ... a new years resolution.

Play date

It had been way too long since Cole had a play date with one of his favorite friends, Quincy. So he was more than excited when I told him we were going to spend the afternoon at the Toy Factory with Q and Santiago. Love this photo of the three of them.

Snow day!

It started snowing last night around 9pm. Cory told Cole that he would wake him up if it snowed, so keeping his word, he went up and got him out of bed, brought him downstairs, and we seriously couldn't wake the child up! I thought that all kids bounced out of bed at the mention of snow! Not Cole. He was happily surprised when he woke up to see the white blanket of snow covering everything this morning. The neighbor boys were out sledding by 8am and we weren't far behind them. It was good that we did it when we did, because the snow didn't last long, but it was fun while it was here.

Cole and Connor loved riding the sled down the hill.

Ms. Anna wasn't so sure about the cold weather, but she was a good sport about it.

Sitting up

This week Anna has been working on her sitting up, and she's getting pretty good! She can definitely hold her self up well, its just when she gets excited that she tends to tip backwards or sideways. She's happy to be that much more connected to the action.

Love this photo

It's always fun to find surprise photos on your camera! My mom took some photos of Anna today while she was watching her and I love this one for some reason. Maybe its her adorable little lips. Or her eyes. So sweet.