Thursday, March 26, 2009

Biking with dad






Last week we went to Albuquerque to buy a Chariot so Chris could take Laurel on his bike rides..so far it has not been loved as much as we(he) hoped it would be. She LOVES the helmet and getting into the chariot, but once we start riding not so much. We are hoping it gets better as she become more comfortable. The helmet that is a whole new love. She wants to wear it ALL THE TIME and cries if we try to take it off. I guess she got the "saftey first" mentality from her dad.

Monday, March 9, 2009

Music is good for the soul...






laurel has received several musical instruments and she absolutely loves music. She seems to thoroughly enjoy the rhythm. Since she was about 6 months old she was bopping to music. She continues to dance, tap her hands on her knees and clap whenever music comes on. We were in a restaurant a few weeks ago and the lady next to us was stirring her coffee and the spoon was making a rhythmic sounds and ..... yep, Laurel started dancing. She is a dancing fool.

Our little monkey







Laurel has entered a whole new stage of fun. Oh my gosh she has me in stitches almost everyday. We are having a wonderful time. Laurel is talking up a storm and has quite the vocab for a little one. Her newest is PLEASE..we are raising her right I guess. She inherited a new tricycle from our friend the Willis' and she is in love with it. We spent at least an hour riding around outside on our back porch. This is the only time I have ever seen her do something for more than 10 minutes. She might just be a biker like her daddy. We also have a little artist on our hands. She has been painting, coloring with markers (when she doesn't put them in her mouth) and using crayons. It has been so fun to watch her create.
Life is good. We spent last weekend in Telluride. They have a lovely kid friendly library where we went everyday. She loves playing with other kids and pointed to all the babies and said, "bebe" as if she is not a baby. Too funny!
Here are a few pictures of her trying on my shoes. I remember doing that as a little kid too. Not quite this little, but I guess she really wants to start running.