Six Months or Compare/Contrast

The top picture is Nellie, nearly 6 months old.
The bottom picture is Sadie, 6 months old.

I love when we happen to get pictures at a similar age in a similar pose!

Back to Routine

quilt baby
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Our holiday weeks are over and we are back to our routine of work and school. We had a great break, but it feels good to be getting back to our schedule.

Over the break, Sadie and Nellie's daycare was purchased and is now being run by Green Mountain/White Mountain Daycare. So far, so good. Many of the teachers are the same and Sadie's beloved Jennie is back. They've done lots of renovation and changes to the building and it looks great.

Fun Times with Sister

It's very hard to get a good photo of the girls together, but here are some cute ones from the past week or so.

New Year's Eve (matching dresses from Auntie Kara):




Sadie teaching Nellie how to use the baby piano toy:




Sadie set up this tea party for her dolls and then invited Nellie to join in the fun:


(left to right: "O'Ryan", "Marissa", Nellie, "Eleanor")
There were tea cups and plastic food set on the table but Sadie took them away when Nellie tried to put them in her mouth.

First Tooth

Apple Oatmeal Smile
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Dan discovered Nellie's first tooth peeking through on New Year's Eve. It's a front bottom tooth. She doesn't seem to be much bothered by it, thank goodness!

The tooth will come in handy as she starts solid food. Here, she's enjoying applesauce mixed with oatmeal.

Happy New Year from Sadie and Helena

We wish everyone the best for 2009! We love you all!

Happy Holidays!

Sister Love
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

We hope everyone had good holidays. We had a lovely Christmas Eve and Christmas with Bob-Bob, Nana, Auntie Lauren, Uncle James, Auntie Kara, Almost Uncle Kyle and the great-grandparents. We've also enjoyed several nice nights of Hanukkah, including latkes with Isaac, Naomi, Laura and Andy. We'll also celebrate Hanukkah again in January when Grandma, Grandpa and Jenny come to visit.

Nellie is now rolling in both directions and is getting very mobile. She is trying to crawl, but only succeeds in moving herself backwards. She is quite efficient at moving away from the thing she wants, which makes her very angry.

It's good to be home again and finally getting unpacked and reorganized.

Snow!

Snow!
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

We have about 2 feet of snow on the ground here and Sadie is delighted. After school yesterday, she really wanted to play in the snow. Of course, it was dark and very cold, but she was undeterred.

This is on our deck. If Sadie stands in the snow, she sinks into it to waist height. The snow is very powdery, not good for snowmen, but luckily, it's relatively easy to shovel.