Katherine practicing new skills

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More pictures from Colorado

Auntie Rosie was kind enough to bring a camera and take some photos, so here are some more pics of the trip to Colorado in Feb.

Colorado February 2011

We had another great trip to Colorado. Auntie Rosie came over from England. We skiied a few days at Loveland, Copper and Winter Park, went to Odell's brewery in Ft. Collins, visited Celestial Seasonings in Boulder, had a great meal at Zengo in Denver, and enjoyed a great time in Golden at Grandma's house (and of course Coor's and the Golden Brewery!).

The weather was fantastic; in the 60's in Denver, which made for great spring-like weather in the mountains, but with February snow conditions and practically empty slopes. Can't ask for more. When we got to Denver, there was a new batch of snow and we took some shots of an attempt at sledding!

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We went to the Butterfly Pavilion and Grandma helped Lizzy on the zip-line, while Katherine posed with a butterfly.

Katherine updates

Some milestones to record:

Started crawling: week of Christmas 2010

Pulling up: January

Transferring from one object to another and free-standing: January/February

Starting to get a tooth on top and bottom: February 20, 2011

Shaking head "no": February 18, 2011

Signing "more": February 7, 2011

Still working on getting a tooth on top and bottom: March 8, 2011!!

Christmas 2010

It's been a while...

Lizzy and Katherine had a great Christmas opening presents and checking out their stockings and presents from Santa. Notably, Lizzy got a bike, which I think I may have a video of her riding to upload. Katherine, of course, enjoyed the paper and the cow too!

The Christmas Tree

We went to Piney Acres Farm to get the perfect tree this year. It was a beautiful snowy day and I was giddy with the excitement of the first real snow of the season. Daddy is still sore from carrying Lizzy because it was snowy and muddy and the ground was uneven, so she refused to walk. Katherine fell asleep in the Moby (what's new?). The place was overwhelmed with business, so we waited for a while for the tractor to ride out and pick our tree, but ended up walking because it was too cold to wait. Good thing Daddy had thought to bring his own saw! The tractor never came, so on the way back in, Daddy carried Lizzy and the tree! While the tree was bagged to be put on the car (Daddy again!), Lizzy, Mommy and Katherine warmed up in the lodge, ate popcorn and drank hot chocolate. Mommy had fun all day, especially pulling out old ornaments to hang on the tree. Daddy liked putting the image of a fire on the TV and listening to holiday music on Pandora Radio through his computer. We are combining the old and the new and making new traditions!

Santa in Noblesville

We went to visit Santa tonight. It was chilly, but the shops were open on the square and we were able to warm up with some hot chocolate and playing trains in the toy shop.

We we finally got into Santa's house after an hour, Lizzy asked Santa for a bicycle and a blue elephant. I was quite surprised she had asked for a bicycle and expressed my disbelief to Jim after we left the North Pole. Then Jim told me that he had prepped her so she wouldn't clam up when Santa asked her what she wanted. So much for imagination...