January in review

Well, I know this is pretty lame, but I am so behind that I am just going to post for the whole month of January.  It will be kind of another post in pictures except that we really didn't take that many pictures in January, haha.  I had David take a picture of our January calendar on the fridge so in case I decided to go through day by day I would have a review.  After I looked at it I decided it was a little daunting, plus we didn't do a whole lot!  I know we cleaned and put the Christmas tree away the first night we were home to get ready for men's prayer that night (it's on the sixth of January if you look at the calendar).  David also took the van to get the window fixed that day.  Another big event in January was Amanda Caldwell's shower on the eleventh.  It went well and she seemed pretty happy with it so that was a relief.  Shout out to Carly for making the invitations for that!  Other than that it was pretty ho-hum.  I had a doctor's appointment on the 21st during which I had my gestational diabetes check and I didn't have that so that was good.  

Mimi got Haley and Emy these matching outfits for Christmas, Haley likes to pick her nose while she matches with Emy.

There we go, much better.

On one night we went to Target to check out their after Christmas toy sales.  We got a couple things that were super on sale just to have for future Birthday parties and we also let Emy and Haley pick out a little something to open on Valentine's Day.  Emily wanted this little four wheeler but we told her it wasn't gonna happen.

There were a couple nicer days where we played outside but for the most part, January was pretty cold.  Haley had an obsession with braids for most of the month of January as evidenced in this picture.  Fortunately her hair is super thin and kind of on the greasy side so it is easy to braid.

Daddy set this up obviously.

Haley received this princess dress from the Caldwells girls for Christmas.  When she opened it she gasped and said, "this is the best dress forever!"  I'm pretty sure she meant to say 'ever.'  Apparently it is the best dress ever because suddenly all the dress-ups I got her for Christmas have been passed on to Emily and she wears this dress all the time: naps, bedtime, and even to the grocery store.

I bought a toddler bed for Emily off of the Longview online garage sale facebook site.  We had an oak colored one that I was going to paint or stain but then I decided to just buy one that I liked and sell the oak one.  It worked out because I sold the oak one for five dollars more than what I bought this one for.  We put it in the closet and are hoping to move Emily to the bed in March.  Emily seemed to want to sleep in it right away.

She can't wait to sleep in it.

David got goggles for Christmas and Emily enjoys wearing them.

 One of our favorite things lately has been to take wagon rides around the neighborhood before or after dinner.  The girls love their wagon and Haley often requests that we go now.  We went a couple times in January when it was warm.

Of course, Haley wore her princess dress

Emily loves to cuddle on wagon rides

This one's blurry but you get the idea.

Haleyism:

Haley's latest favorite phrase has been "I can't believe it" (usually said about things that are completely believable).  She also likes to randomly end sentences with the word 'so.'  For example, "I just woke up from my nap, so..."  

Emilyism:

Emily's newest words have been:  boo boo (sounds more like doo doo, I just figured out that she was saying this, haha), shoe, and juice.  Also, the little girls at church taught her to say 'sticker.'  Kind of random I thought...