Elmo vs Elmo

Daddy was out of town on business and couldn't do day care pick-up, so Henry and I went to get Alexa! It was early, so we went over to my friend's house to play with her daughter, Anne. Alexa showed off her Elmo T-shirt, which impressed Anne very much. But nothing could top Anne's over-the-top Elmo house shoes! They were the best!

Photo Shoot with Henry

Henry is wearing an adorable navy and cream romper and matching hat from GAP. It was on sale when we were at the Mall last weekend and I couldn't help it. Look how cute he is?! Yes, this is what he's wearing in the music class photo as well. Super cute, huh? Love his smile. See those dimples?!

Photo shoot with Alexa

Alexa is wearing a new purple shirt and sweater that Mommy found for half-off at a cute children's store near where Henry's baby yoga class is held. It's paired with grey pin-striped GAP pants from a consignment store and a colorful scarf from Grandma Lil! Inspired by daycare putting her in braids, Mommy gave it a try and look how cute! Alexa is totally posing for the camera. Love it!

Music class!

We signed up for an 8-week music class with some of Alexa's friends. It was great! The kids got to ride horses, play band instruments, wave scarfs, shake rattles... They had a blast! It was so loud that Henry fell asleep. :-)

After lunch and Alexa's nap, we headed to a nearby park for some fun. Alexa pushed her baby doll in the swing, took her and a sticker book down the slide and then discovered a little play house where she could "make cupcakes"!

Alexa takes the train! Henry does yoga!

A little bit of gender reversal today. Alexa got to ride the train to school today with Daddy. She was a little nervous at first, but then couldn't stop talking about the big train that goes Choo Choo Chugga!

Meanwhile, Henry and Mommy went to another baby yoga class with baby Chaney. What did Daddy think about that? "Smart boy. He already knows that chicks dig yoga." And what did Chaney's mom say? "He's on the Approved list." Nice. Way to make a good first impression with the parents!

Which hat is cuter?

Seriously. Can you even pick one? I mean, is Henry Super Cute or Super Duper Cute? What a great hat model. The hats from Zutano. Alexa has one in pink like the yellow one and Henry has several in the other style. Hmmm. Decisions, decisions!

Henry and Ryan hang out

We drove out to Virginia today to visit my friend and baby Ryan, who is about a month old. Henry, who is almost 4 months old, went to Ryan's baby shower and has seen him at least a couple times before. But this time, the boys hung out in Ryan's crib doing, you know, boy stuff. So cute!

My good little sleeper

Henry has been in his crib now for about a week. And since he's so close to rolling over, we had to stop using the Miracle Blanket. He's now in a sleep sack. And he's been sleeping really well! Basically, he passes out around 9-10-11 p.m. and sleeps until the morning! One night he went from 11 p.m. to 9 a.m. That's TEN HOURS! Amazing. Love big babies!

Fun in the snow!

Yesterday afternoon, after Alexa's nap, we put on her new purple snow pants and went outside to play in the snow! She loved throwing chunks of snow and watching it break into pieces. Her snow pants, meanwhile, are soooo big on her. They'll definitely fit her next year. Which is good because this year is shaping up to be one without much snow. This was our only snow that stuck and it's already almost gone!

Mall race cars are the BEST!

After yesterday's snowfall, we decided to head indoors for some mall fun. Alexa was excited to go to the bounce place again and ran in before we could stop her! However, she soon tired of the bouncing. Daddy wasn't sure what to do with her until he discovered... The mall race car! She LOVED it! Yay!

Henry's 1st Snow!

Unlike Alexa's first winter in 2009 when we got dumped with record amounts of snow, we only got a couple of inches last night. However, considering that it's already late January and this is the first snowfall of the winter that has stuck, we were excited to go play! Looks like Henry got his snowsuit just in time! Just like Alexa's first snowfall, Henry fell asleep pretty much right after all the snow fun!

Alexa in braids!

Well look at this... Alexa came home from daycare in braids! I love it! I'm sort of sad that the first time she has braids I didn't put them in. But to be honest, there is NO WAY I could get her to sit still for this! I'm going to have to ask her daycare teachers what their secret is!

Henry shows off his new snowsuit!

I wanted something really warm for him to wear when he goes on neighborhood walks at daycare. REI had an insulated snowsuit on sale for $45 but I figured I'd check out the Wiggle Room consignment store first... Look what I found! Only $16 but since I had a $16 credit from consigning, it was FREE! The snowsuit is a brand new Le Petit Rothschild, which retails for $50. What a deal!

So close!

Henry is on the verge of rolling over! He is SO CLOSE! I just want to push him over. This is very exciting, but also sad because then we need to stop using the Miracle Blanket. Go, Henry, go!