The Funny Girl

Stephanie has a new talant. Imitating her sister. Yesterday morning, she grabbed Meredith's Baby Bear from her and said "I Meredith", then she proceeded to hold him by the arm up to her nose and put her other thumb in her mouth in a perfect imitation of Meredith. Meredith was NOT amused. Mommy, however, thought it was hilarious.

I believe Stephanie has my Grandpa Koehler's sense of humor - which means she is onery as heck. I was scolding her the other day for something and I was right in front of her talking and looking as stern as I could. She was just looking at me, obviously unimpressed with the spectacle I was making of myself. And then....she smiled at me. (She looked just like Grandpa when we were playing Pitch and he 'shot the moon' without the 2!) I knew it was coming and in my mind, I just said 'oh, crap!' I tried to hold it together, I really did, but I couldn't help it and...I smiled back. Darn her. Then I had to look around really quick to make sure Meredith didn't see how she did it.

It's also funny to just watch her sometimes. She was sitting by something the other day. I can't remember what it was but she wasn't supposed to touch it. And you could just see by the way she was moving that she was thinking "I'm not supposed to touch it. I want to touch it. I'm not supposed to touch it. I need to touch it. I'm not supposed to touch it. I MUST TOUCH IT." Luckily, Mommy came to the rescue and moved it away before her little head exploded.

Swimming Lessons

I love swimming lessons! Mommy goes to my class with me and I get to do back floats and kick my feet and make circles with my arms. I throw a little toy crab as far as I can and then I swim to it. I can make bubbles in the water and even put my whole face in. We do "Ring Around the Rosy" and fall under the water. Then I get to jump into the water and Mommy catches me. I LOVE Simming Lessons!

Block Train

I like to play with blocks. I like to line them up into a train.

Me, Me, Me

Do you like my pigtails? Aren't I so pretty? Mommy says so. The baby is crying. I didn't do it.
This is my blankie. I like to chew on the corners while I'm going to sleep. I have 3 of these blankies and all of the corners look like this.

It's Christmas Time

I had a great Christmas! I got a roller coaster which for some reason nobody has taken a picture of yet! {Ahem}

But then I was sick for a couple of days. Then Philip was sick, then Mommy and Hayden, then Meredith. Daddy tried to stay away from us so he wouldn't get it.

I am NOT TIRED!

Hair Cut

I got my hair cut! I didn't want to at first but the lady promised I could have a sucker if I sat there good for her and I am a sucker for a sucker! It's much nicer now when Mommy combs my hair - not so tangly. And, I'm so pretty!

Most of the curls are gone, but, oh well.