Cell Phone Wars

So,... we're still working on that sharing thing.

Grown Ups' Weekend!

I had a full schedule of events this weekend. It was so much fun! Not that I don't love spending my days off with my kiddos, but having plans to get out and dressed up is always exciting.

First, I attended a baby shower for my beautiful friend, Julie. She and her husband are expecting their first - a baby boy! I'm sorry I didn't bring my camera, so have no pictures to share. It was at this swanky restaurant downtown and was so much fun to see her just glowing with excitement.

Then, Saturday night was Rob's Company Holiday Party at the Chicago History Museum. What a fantastic venue! And we had the best time being out on the town. Thanks to Mama Diane & Papa Bede for babysitting the munchkins for us!

And then today, my sister-in-law, Kari, put together a little birthday surprise for her mom - Afternoon Tea at the historic Drake Hotel! What a treat - us girls had a fabulous time socializing and enjoying our champagne, scones and sandwhiches. Happy early Birthday to you, Diane!

The Birthday Girl

Such a beautiful setting there, complete with a live harpist. And thank you, Kari, for putting together this fun afternoon!

Grilled Cheese!

Grilled Cheese has become a staple in the Krupa household. Tonight was the first time I gave the girls a sandwhich whole, though. (I usually cut it up into pieces) They thought it was the best thing since sliced bread!

Caroline

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Mmmmmmm.




And Miss Olivia's new thing is to tell us No no no. Guess she hears that a lot these days.

"No No No" and "Da da da"

Sick Babies

The girls both have colds right now. Only the second time they've been sick in their whole little lives, which is pretty amazing considering they're almost 15 months old. I guess that's mainly due to the fact that they pretty much NEVER leave our little apartment. Poor kiddos. Caroline got it first and is on day 5, and sure enough Olivia caught it a couple days later so it's day 3 for her. I've been having to torture them with the infamous booger sucker, and their little noses are just red and raw from all the wiping we've been doing. Other than being a little cranky, they're mostly in good spirits and have been their silly-selves.

Sweet Liners laying with Charlie

Liv entertaining herself with a storage tub.

And yes, they still love to crawl into the dog's kennel. Why is this fun? No idea.

Silly girls.

Caroline trying on her daddy's safety glasses.

They've discovered how to climb on their big girl chairs. Great.

We were cleaning out their closet, and of course they wanted to try on everything we were pulling out. They LOVE to put on shoes. I need to get a video of them begging to put some on. If they see any of their shoes they say "chooos, chooos!!!" and stomp their feet until you put their shoes on them. So naturally when they spotted their snowboots, they just had to have them.

And a video:

Another discovery in the closet: life vests we had bought on clearance for the girls to wear next summer. These were a bit hit tonight. They did NOT want to take them off and wore them around the house for a good half an hour. A short video of this:

New Years in Michigan

We spent the last few days at Grandma & Grandpa Krupa's Michigan house. Cousins Katie and James were there too!

Looking down from the top of the stairs.

Getting ready to go play in the snow!

We're ready!

Liv, the snow queen.

Daddy pulling up the sled in the backyard/woods.

They really weren't sure about this.

Check out the snowman Uncle Jay & James built!

starting to get unhappy.

heehee

We tried to get them to make snow angels. They weren't having it.

Olivia on NYE

And Caroline too.

Caroline went with daddy to take Charlie out.

She was so cute bundled up inside his coat.

And Liv watching them from the porch.

They have such a beautiful home there. Here's a shot of the living room.

Rob and I drove around the town to take in the scenery.

This is the beach off Lake Michigan. Snow covered sand this time of year.

Look at those icicles!

We drove home at night so the girls would sleep. But we didn't realize we'd be driving through a blizzard! It was snowing so hard and the highways were just covered - you couldn't see the lanes, or even where the heck the road was! Pretty scary, we were doing 20 mph for about 2.5 hours. This picture through the windshield does not even do it justice.

But the girls did sleep through most of it, which I was very thanful for.

We wish everyone Health & Happiness in this New Year!

Piggies!

The girls sat still enough this morning to let me put piggy tails in their hair.

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They've always got their hands in their hair while they eat! Drives me nuts.

More on this in a moment.

Daddy & Liv

Mama & Caroline and a closeup of my pretty little girl.

We bought the girls a new double umbrella stroller for Christmas - we'll need it for when we travel coming up in a couple months; and it's better for running errands, quick trips, etc.

The munchkins had to try it out while daddy finished putting it together.

"Whaaat!?"

Videos:

Here's what I was talking about with the hands in the hair:


And another thing to drive mommy crazy: