The Christmas Season

Well, not even a month since the last post! I think it's because Laelia is saying the most adorable things and I want to share them. :) So here goes:

While cooking dinner with Laelia and Rekawae around:
Me: Rekawae, out of the kitchen!
Laelia: Does Rekawae like to be in the kitchen?
Me: Yes, but I don't like her underfoot when I'm cooking.
...and a few minutes later when Rekawae came back in...
Me: Rekawae, OUT!
Laelia: Does Rekawae like to be under your foot, Mom?

Laelia, while on the changing table, after putting with a diaper (clean) over her eyes. "I'm covering my eyes so the lights don't bright me."

"I ate all of my chicken, I ate all of my corn and I ate all of my sweet potatoes. Now I can have some blueberries!"

Laelia is walking around the Christmas tree with a little stuffed lamb making the lamb kiss all the ornaments. :)

Laelia's best quote of the day: "The angel told God not to touch the poop." I love this girl. :)

Out of the mouths of babes: "Never turn bacon down, Daddy!

Christmas morning on the chairlift Jeremy asked, "Have you had a fun morning, Laelia?"
Laelia's response? "It's the best I ever had!"

My girl is full of the greatest one-liners these days. Upon waking this morning (12/26) and coming out into the living room and seeing the aftermath of yesterday, "We had a good time opening the presents!""

Laelia wanted her water at lunch today but wasn't asking nicely, so Jeremy told her that if she does not ask politely she would not get it, but if she asked politely she would. She thought for a minute, and said, "Politely may I please have some water?"

Some of her favorite things are riding the Snowbus and going skiing.  That's my girl!  She rides on the Magic Carpet 'Ride' and the chairlift, and loves to go fast!  A big part of the skiing day is snacks, of course.  She pretty much never stops eating, but it's probably because she never stops moving!  Her favorites right now are almonds, dates, steak, coconut, and anything that we will put cinnamon and curry on.  She loves to sing, and is able to sing songs that are recognizable, which is really nice.  You can never go wrong in this house if you burst into "The Wheels on the bus," "Old MacDonald," "ABCs," "Jesus Loves Me," Twinkle, Twinkle," and recently Christmas songs of course.  She loves "Jingle Bells," "Frosty," and the gloria part of "Angels we had heard on high."

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

It's been a very long time since I have actually written a blog post.  I am not going to try and catch up on everything, but here are a few recent snippets of life with Laelia:

"I want to eat some more because I have some more eating in my belly."
"Is this my's?"
"Is Grampa your father, Mommy?"
"Mommy, stop!"  When she wants me to stop talking.
"I'm not a monkey, Mommy, I'm a girl!"  (Which sounds like 'gou-wul.')
"Are those piano kids coming now, Mommy?"
"I want to ski with Mommy and Daddy and Mia.  That will be so fun!" (I'm not kidding you.  She really said this.  Yes, I love it!)
"Is there snow, Mommy? Should we go out in it and make snow angels?"
"Bye Mom.  I'm going to work with Daddy.  I'll be back in a little bit."
"We should stay for 2 more minutes."

Laelia was a mountain goat for Halloween, completely her choice.  She loves them ever since seeing them in Glacier over the summer.  She was pretty darn cute, if I don't say so myself.

For her 2nd Birthday party we made Discovery Bottles.  (Discovery-a Bottles to Laelia!)  All her friends were able to make one by filling up a little water bottle with buttons, beads, sequins, ribbons, etc, and then adding water and food coloring.  It was pretty fun!  She figured out how to hold up 2 fingers about a week after her birthday, and is pretty proud of herself!

I'm proud to say that with the exception of sleeping, Laelia is diaper free!!  She's looking more and more like a big girl especially without the diaper, and is very excited each day to when we put on her undies!  Fun times. :)

She's very into building things, since she knows that Jeremy is building the new part of the house for us.  Last night at dinner she was using her sweet potato and chicken to build a house with doors, a bench, and owl and a penguin.

Well, a brief update.  Watch the videos of older posts to see her in action!