Seventeen Months

***And she says, "Ali"*** are you happy now, demanding aunt???

My preshy (short for precious) girl is 17 months old today! She got back from a sleepover trip to Madison with her brother this afternoon. She had a great time entertaining all of her Obeo's friends and coworkers. She also got to have lunch with my sister at the medical school and trash the store my dad works at!

At seventeen months she has lots of words:

gaga (her giraffe that she sleeps with)
deedee (her pacifier)
mine
hi
bye
Jack (comes out as Jah)
Mama
Mommy
Daddy
Puppa
Hot
Uh Oh

That's all I can think of now. She's got a great sense of humor, is naughty as can be, and loves her dog very much.

Happy 17 months, Presh!

We love you!

Love,
Mama

Grounded.

Finley has been grounded and further punished by having to wear an old t-shirt. He went ahead and scratched one of his stitches loose. After a trip to the vet for some doggie superglue to fix what he had done... he is now not speaking to anyone. Except Emma. He loves Emma.

One Brave Puppa

The star of this blog made it through surgery today. He had a really gross looking growth on his side removed. We're not paying to send it off to the pathologist- just hoping for the best. He also had some tartar removed, his nails clipped, and a skin tag snipped while he was under. The dog is too worked up at the vet to get any of that little stuff done when he's awake.

He's got a few stitches and some drugs to take. He also has a new penguin stuffed animal- thanks to the ever devoted Emma. She freaking loves that dog! She had fun picking out a toy for him at Petsmart tonight.

I'll have to post some pictures of his royal highness...

Halloween 2009

We had a great Halloween... even though both kids have colds!

Jack was in charge of answering the door once we got home from trick or treating. He did a great job of watching for the kids and then telling them to "take a handful!"

Mouth full of candy!

Such a lady- showing me her mouth full of candy!

They couldn't be happier as they check out their loot!

Yes, I wear that sweatshirt a lot. It's my comfort outfit!!

Emma wasn't too thrilled about getting dressed up since she had a cold. But once she was handed her first piece of candy, she was all over it!

Jack was a zebra again this year. He fell in love with the costume and insisted on wearing it again!

From a few days ago, happy to be having a Popsicle for dessert!

See what I mean about falling in love with the costume? He insisted on wearing it to bed earlier this week!

It's been a great "just the 4 of us" weekend. We got new winter coats, cleaned the house, and are looking forward to watching the Packers kick some purple butt!