Christmas in Becker with Mason and Mya!

Today was the only day I was into ripping apart the wrapping paper! Grandma Sally with her grandkids and Great grandkids! Great picture!

Family picture!

Aunt Missy-Uncle Mark-Mason-Mya!
Mason and Mya are really into Zhu Zhu pets! (Which are hamster toys with all sorts of accessories and houses) Looks like I want to get into them too!

Relaxing on Sunday Morning! We spent the night at Uncle Mark and Missy's...it was nice to finally relax after a crazy couple of days!
Christmas is exhausting!

Christmas Morning!

Christmas morning-playing with Buster!
My new outfit from Papa and Grandma is so cute!
Helping Dad put together the shopping cart Santa brought me!

Santa knows that I love jewelry so he brought me this jewelry box!

Christmas Eve at Home!

We had an Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest! Uncle Dusty won...hopefully this will be our new Christmas tradition!
Mikko and I playing in the boxes!
Gaga in a sea of her grandchildren!

Me and David getting ready to open all these presents!

Christmas with Papa Lee and Grandma Mary!

Papa and Grandma Mary!

Towel for the cabin this summer!

Me-Lauren-Sophia-David-Mikko!
Mikko and I are not into these group photos...again!

I Visited Santa!

This is the one we bought from Ridgedale
These are ones that Daddy took...

I had the best time seeing Santa! We went to Ridgedale again-because they have the BEST Santa! There was no line so I got to sit on his lap and read a book, and play with his teddy bear, and look at his Christmas tree! The camera lady kept taking pictures until we were satisfied with one...another perk of no one else waiting! My parents were so excited over my reaction to Santa!

Yay Snow Day!

We finally got out of the house Sunday afternoon! Our neighborhood streets weren't plowed once yesterday-they finally came through at 8am today! I love being outside and exploring in the snow is awesome! Thank God Dad got in from AZ on Friday and not Saturday!!

St Nicholas Was Here!

Last night I put my boots outside for St Nicholas-this morning they were filled with all sorts of surprises!
A wind up fish and little drum

Christmas jammies! I wonder if my cousins will have matching ones??

I carried my money and M&Ms around all morning!

What a great way to start my day! Even Buster got treats from St Nicholas! Thanks Grandma Mary for reminding us to put our boots ouside!

New Shoes

My Mom had a coupon for Black Friday at her favorite children's store in Maple Grove-Edelweiss Baby-so she had to buy these squeaky shoes!

Thanksgiving!

We started the day at Grandma Carol's with Uncle Dusty
My Mom took a picture of Grandma and Dusty and told Dusty, "Don't look too psycho"...this was the outcome!

Then we headed over to Grandma Deb and Papa Rob's house!

The girls only table! Mason made this awesome chicken on the lite bright!

I Am 17 Months Old!

I say "Cheeeese" now...with a little crazy smile!

Yes, that is me with nail polish! My Mom hasn't painted my nails yet though! I am 17 months now and I am a total chatterbox! This week we are working on Thank You! (My Mom was very impressed and a little jealous of Mikko's manners!) I love to smile and laugh. Music makes me dance-some days more graceful than others! I get around very well. I enjoy running, spinning, climbing, and wrestling. I LOVE playing with my dog Buster-he is so tolerant of my abusive play time! Beware smaller dogs-I wrestle with a 75 pounder! I still take 2 naps most days. My parents love watching me and are totally entertained by my silliness!

Silly Cousins!

David and Mikko spent the night on Saturday. Here is a video of me and Mikko hamming it up for the camera!

3 Night Visit to Arizona!

Dad has been working in Chandler AZ. Even though we didn't have a lot of time-we still had to visit Dad to break up the long month he has to be there! Very early on Saturday morning Dad picked us up and we headed straight to Sedona for the day! We stopped at Red Rock Trail and hiked down to a beautiful spot!

I ate a whole plate of pasta in Flagstaff where we spent the night!

We headed to the Grand Canyon on Sunday morning and spent most of the afternoon there!

This trail was almost straight up-fun with a stroller!

A little bit of curb side wildlife

The Canyon-it's impressive how preserved it is but still be free to roam and explore!

Beautiful drive back-we were surprised how green Arizona is! Dad loved the snow capped mountain in the "desert"Coconino National Forest was huge and gorgeous! (My parents' new nickname for me is "Coconino"-just because they like saying it!)

Monday we swam at the hotel in Chandler where Dad is working/staying.

We met my Great Aunt Sandy for dinner in Pheonix at a western restaurant called Bill Johnson's Big Apple!

Jack 10 years old and Lucy 4 years old are two of Sandy's grandkids! They were so sweet and hilarious-so glad we got to meet them!

They faught over who got to carry me around! My Mom said it was fine unless they made me cry...uh oh!

Our trip was very fast but worth every second! It was hard to leave Daddy behind, but he will be home in time for Thanksgiving! We understand the hype over Arizona now-it is a beautiful state and we would love to visit again!