Professional Pictures

Here are some of my favorites from our professional pictures taken around Christmas.  Like I said before, it was freezing and Marlee had an ear infection, so Stephanni with Stardust Photography did an excellent job capturing what she did.  She is actually giving us another session for free in the spring because of our unfortunate photo shoot.  Isn't that awesome?!

 And I just love these last three because this gives you an indication of how the day actually went.  Our little princess doesn't like to be held in the great outdoors...she wants to be moving, duh!!

 Grandmas and Great Grandmas, I plan to develop and mail some pictures to you (since they were supposed to be part of your Christmas gift).  Let me know which ones you want or otherwise I will just pick my favorites.I can print them for anyone else, too.  She gave me the copyright, so I am just going to print them at Walmart (score!).  

A Walk in the Park

It was 70 degrees outside Monday.  James took the day off to help me with Marlee since Monday is my busiest work day and Mom was in Bernie.  We all went to the park Monday afternoon and Marlee had a ball.  She would stay outside from sun up to sun down if I would let her.

She crawled up into the playground all by herself, like a big girl

and headed straight for the swings

 I adore this picture 

 If you know Marlee and her attention span (Dada says she has the attention span of a gnat), then you know she only wanted to swing for about 2.5 minutes.  Then she was on a mission to find something new.

She wanted to climb up the steps like the big kids

and walk across the bridge.

And then slide, of course. 

 Hmmm...what can I do next?

 Eh, I'm tired of the playground.  I think I'll walk on the trail.

She spotted her juice and got our her turbo booster arms so she could walk real fast to get it.

 Dada is gonna get you!!

We all went to get ice cream afterwards.  I shared my Butterfinger mix with Marlee and she loved it. 

An Average Weeknight

After dinner and bath, James and I play with Marlee for about an hour every night before bedtime.  Here is an idea of how that goes...

She sure is a busy body and she is so lucky to have such a fun Dada.

It Feels Good to Feel Good

Marlee had roseola last week.  I had never heard of it, but it is a virus that is common in children 3 months - four years that causes really high fever for 3-7 days.  Once the fever finally breaks, the child breaks out into a rash.  Since there are no other symptoms besides fever, doctors are unable to diagnose it until they see the rash.  The fevers can get up to 105 and many times causes seizures.  Thank goodness Marlee's temperature only got up to 103.8.  When I put her in a cool bath to bring her fever down, she insisted that her monkey get in with her, and then she was out of sorts about her monkey being wet.  Poor thing.

Her fever broke on Saturday and James and I desperately needed a break after not sleeping for almost a week, so Marlee went down to Fort Smith to spend the night with her Ma & Pa.  Here are some pictures they sent us.

 I bet it felt good to finally feel good and get some sunshine. :)

Christmas 2012

Here is how we spent out Christmas break, via pictures.

 

 Lots of good, quality family time.  I am so blessed to be a part of two wonderful families.  Seven nights away is a lot though.  We paid for it with many sleepless nights once we got back home.  Needless to say, it is good to be back into a routine.