Shoot!

My friend Courtney, who just so happens to be an amazing photographer, took some pictures of Arden a month ago. Wow...it really seems longer than that. Shame on me for just getting these up now....I'm soooo behind on everything!!!!



I just love all of them, but this one might be my favorite:





You can check out her website and a few more pics of Arden HERE.

What's New

It's been a busy few weeks over here, but I figured I should take a few minutes to throw some pictures up here and give a little update! Arden decided to go to one nap about 3 weeks ago. The week prior to that, when I put her down for her morning nap, she'd either cry and refuse to lay down or play in her crib for about two hours and then fall asleep.

Playing in our second snow-


This snowfall was beautiful! It was perfect for building snowmen and snowballs (not that I touched it) and was melted by the afternoon. Many were happy about that, but I was hoping it would stay around a little longer. I've decided that I need to buy some ski gloves so I can actually enjoy the snow and touch it without shooting pain going through my fingers due to raynauds (ugh). I thought about getting my hockey gloves out, but they are pretty stiff.

Arden is down to three bottles a day. We are making progress!
This is the first time(Feb 14) Arden fed herself with a fork! That's right. She stabbed that peanut butter and jelly sandwich and stuffed it in her mouth and hasn't used a spoon/fork on her own since then.




Recent park trip



She spotted the dog!




Arden's self portrait




So happy with her Valentine's balloon!



The past two weeks Arden has really taken to her baby doll (and stuffed animals and turtles that she holds like a baby). She carries them around, talks to them, hugs them and feeds them.
Here is a video of Arden in the bath holding her baby turtle. She took that hard thing to bed with her that night. Silly.

I almost forgot- Arden's lower one year molars (#L,S) came in today!!!!(well today is the first day I saw both of those little sharp cusps poking through the gums)