Too Big Too Fast

I know that we as parents like to push our kids to reach the milestones faster so we can have bragging rights at the playground, but there are also lots of times that you just wish that your babies would stay babies. Since Rachel has her big sister to keep up with, she wants SO badly to crawl. She gets on the floor, rolls and scoots and tries SO hard to figure it out and then gets really mad when she just can't do it! I am not sure that I want her any more mobile than she already is, but like most things in life, I don't think I get much of a choice in the matter. Here are some pics of her playing in the floor this week. (I have learned that if I leave my camera out, I am much better at taking pics!)

Just within the last month or so Hannah has starting trying to play with Rachel and it is really cute. Here she is telling her about the corn she just cooked in her kitchen that she is holding and telling her it is hot. She then holds it in front of her face to eat it! It is really sweet to watch and makes me happy to see the bonds of sisterhood already forming.

Here is a short video of Rachel and her scooting and pushing up. She can get her legs both underneath her, even though I don't have that on this video. It just won't be long!

Early Valentines

This year the girls have gotten a few Valentine's treats already! They got cards with money from Grandma and Grandpa and a box of stuff from GiGi and PaPa. Hannah and PaPa love to "waddle, waddle" like a penguin so she got a penguin card and stuffed penguin. She and Rachel also got marshmallow suckers and a book read to them by GiGi. Here is Hannah patiently waiting for her sucker:

Where do you start with this thing??Lets try the top! She ate about a third and decided to save the rest for later! Here is a video of Hannah listening to GiGi read her the book:

The Art of the Silly Face!

We went with my MOPS table to breakfast yesterday. When one of the moms brought out her camera, the older kids started making "silly faces." Hannah got a big kick out of it and decided to make some too! Well today when I asked to take her picture, this is what I got:Not what I had planned, but just as cute (maybe even a little cuter)!

Rachel Trying Cereal

Rachel got to try cereal for the first time today! Some pediatricians say start at 4mo and some say 6mo, so I decided we would go with 5mo! She had been crying because she was hungry and I wasn't moving fast enough, so her eyes are red in her before the mess picture...First bite and not sure about this stuff...Spitting most of it back out!Hey this is fun! I think I like this stuff after all! You can tell in the video that with every bite she is not sure she likes it and then spits some out.

2 Year/ 4 Month Pictures

I took the girls to have their pictures made this morning. Luckily, Yolonda met us there to help because I couldn't have done it without her! Here is the link: http://smilesbywire.com/home.asp?AC=LTPP0657112101JCP Go and enter my name Kimberly Wallace. I think they turned out great! :)

Wallace Extended Family Christmas

We went to Michael's Great Aunt and Uncle's house to celebrate Christmas before we left. It was great getting to see some family members that we only get to see once or twice a year! I did not take very many pictures (seems to be more the norm these days rather than the exception), but here are the few that I have! Here is Jacob with a Christmas bow on his head: Hannah in her Christmas dress from Grandma (with her crazy, crazy hair):

All the kids trying to find their presents under the tree:

Aunt Ida holding Rachel in her Christmas dress:

Hannah's Official Second Birthday!

On January 4th, we had a small celebration in Utah for Hannah's birthday! We invited Grandma Yo and Grandpa Glenn over for dinner and had a kid friendly meal and cookies! Hannah got to decorate some cookies with icing and sprinkles. She loves to shake things and this is one way that she can have fun in the kitchen! Toward the end, you can see all the extra sprinkles in the pan...Grandma Yo taking care of Rachel:Hannah blowing out her candle on her cookie:Opening her present from Grandma Yo and Grandpa Glenn, a tutu with matching headband:The ensemble once it was on! :)Hannah and Grandpa Glenn:

We feel so lucky to have Yolonda and Glenn in our lives! It is so nice to have our family away from family and the girls just love them to pieces!

Hannah's Second Birthday-Oklahoma

While we were in Oklahoma, we decided to celebrate Hannah's birthday with the family. We kept it simple and just did pizza, balloons, and party hats! On all the cartoons she watches, when they have a party they have hats and balloons, so when Hannah talks about parties, she always talks about hats and balloons, so that s what we did! :) Since we did a princess theme, here she is in her party tiara:It didn't last long before she wanted a regular party hat! Here she is playing with her balloons:Opening presents with help from Uncle Clay and Aunt KK:The great grandparents with the two year old:Uncle Clay's party hat on top of his regular hat:PaPa playing with Rachel:The birthday girl and her cake:Close up of the cupcake cake:Blowing out the candle, she made us do it twice!Eating her cupcake, sorta, she just licked the icing off and called it good!
It was nice for the family to be able to share her birthday with her, even if we have to do it a few days early to include them! :)

Christmas Day-Part 3

After Christmas at my grandparents, we went home for short naps then over to the Wallace family Christmas! Here is Hannah with Grandma opening presents and Jacki and Jacob:Here I am helping Rachel open her presents:Grandpa watching the kids open all their goodies:Brett's fiance Beverly and her daughter Peyton opening presents:More of the present craziness!This kitchen came from Santa to Peyton, but Hannah loved playing with it. Luckily, Grandma and Grandpa had already ordered one for Hannah for her birthday! :)Aunt Jacki and Rachel (don't know why it loaded sideways)Santa brought Hannah and Jacob tricycles! They both can barely reach the pedals, but it won't be long before they are all over the place!

We had a great day and got more stuff than we have room for! We are truly blessed to have such great families that love us!