...and her new favorite thing to do...grabbing her toes! :)
when i picked leia up from pre-school today, i asked her teacher how she did with the glasses (it was her first day wearing them to school) & she said, "fine...one of the kids asked her why she was wearing glasses...and she said, 'because i can't take them off". well, that's 1 reason. : )
this weekend we went took the kids up to the snow...our friends sally & emme came with us. it was pretty funny...on the way, the kids were SO excited! they were all chanting "snow, snow, snow!" at first we tried to go where we went sledding last year (Yucaipa) and there was NO snow in the sledding area so we drove up the mountain toward Big Bear to a place called Forest Falls and there was a TON of snow but not a great sledding area. "oh well", we thought, this'll work. so, we got out and found a little spot where we kinda made a little hill to sled down & everyone was having a great time until the COLD set in. oh yeah, and did i mention that kaia and leia didn't have snow pants on...just regular ol' sweats (the snow pants i had for them didn't fit...oops). to make a long, dramatic story short...we didn't stay too long, just long enough to sled a little, have a few "my leg is stuck in the snow" moments (yes, some areas were THAT deep!), and some" i don't wanna wear my gloves 'cuz a little bit of snow got in it"...and then having freezing hand" moments. yeah...all 3 girls cried before the day was over...but the day wouldn't really be complete without tears, now...would it? ha. ;) as we drove off to come home, kaia said something like "i don't like the snow!" hmmmmm, do you think she'll forget that by next year? probably.
that night before they went to bed, i asked leia, "did you have fun in the snow?" and she says, "yeah, but not the "cold-en-ess" a new word she made up. so cute.
with auntie "lettuce" a.k.a. Gladys...
alana had her 4 month dr. appt. today & here's the latest: she got 3 more shots :( & a rotavirus liquid in the mouth thing). she weight 11 lbs. 2.4 oz (-5%)... 23 3/4 in. tall (25%) and her head circ. came in at 40.6 cm. (i thought the dr. said that was 50%, but i think i heard wrong because i think it's like the 95%) anyways...if so, her brain's growing nicely :). i'll write more when it's not 2 in the a.m. goodnight.
Well, it's Alana's 4 month "birthday" today & her gift to us was letting us finally get her laughing on video last night. all i was doing was wiping her neck off where she drooled and "giggle, giggle, giggle"...just then i looked up & derek was walking past the room so i asked him to get the camera and we captured the moment for a second (before her hick-ups started). anyways, at least the first few seconds you can hear it. so cute.
p.s.~please excuse my annoying-baby talk-ridiculous attempts at making her laugh.
after many dramatic tears and weeks of worrying about her tooth being loose, kaia's tooth finally fell out today as she was eating Chipotle (how appropriate! :) haha. in fact, she almost swallowed it...after a few seconds of sifting through 1/2 chewed up rice and black beans (sorry, TMI), i found it. now, it's safe and sound in the little pocket on the tooth fairy pillow case i made a few weeks ago. now, i hope the tooth fairy can stay awake until she falls asleep...it's been a long day! i love you, kaia and your new adorable smile. 
