lyla is finally four!! i swear her behavior is so much better now that she's 4. it could be all in my head but i'm no longer pulling my hair out over her crying all the time and her willful disobedience. she has still managed to draw on her dresser and pillow even though we've removed all markers and pens from the room, so she's not cured of all her evil ways yet...
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| lounging in her loungewear |
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| she is delighted that she's four |
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| the twins |
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i prefer them all in the chair together, but
not a battle i want to fight |
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| birthday donuts!! |
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| i think she likes them |
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| new clothes from aunt carla and uncle bob! |
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| finally, new crocs like she's been asking for! =) |
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| breakfast tea, anyone? |
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| lyla's first pedicure...a real rite of passage |
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lyla proceeded to ask in her loudest inside voice,
"what's taking them so long?" |
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| glittery green toes...they were perfect! |
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| while we were gone, jacks and john did some decorating |
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| balloons and a sign for her big party! |
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the best party guests we could have hoped for
(leanne, gregory, and rory) |
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| leanne always gets them the most bizarre games |
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| can you believe she is 9 months pregnant?? |
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| my kids were kind enough to make room for rory to sit on his mom's lap :) |
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| turns out you don't need much for an amazing birthday party |
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| riggy and i really enjoyed the rest of the evening |
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| a beautifully wrapped gift from grandma vivi |
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| snacks, hugs, and a movie |
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| a week after lyla's birthday is grandma vivi's birthday! |
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| this shirt captures lyle's essence perfectly |
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| look at that roar! |
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| what a beauty |
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| birthday celebration at school |
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| sharing a treat with her friends |
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three weeks earlier...
we headed to bellevue for christmas |
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| a trip to lake bay never disappoints |
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| i'm not exactly sure what they are looking at |
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| bird watching??? |
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| apparently she was looking for lions |
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| family picture fail |
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| that's better!! |
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| christmas eve snack |
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| some loves last a lifetime |
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| santa made an appearance on christmas eve! |
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| which one should i eat first... |
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| presents...livi is in heaven |
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| sheila's christmas sweaters from last year still fit! |
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| sisterly love |
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| livi just got replaced |
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| eggs, slime, flying creatures |
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| a brownie breakfast kind of morning |
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| ugh, he is just so sweet...and cute |
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| testing out santa's gifts |
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| how did these kids get so big?? |
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her reaction when we found her hiding while eating a
cookie she stole from the kitchen (she sobbed in shame) |
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| christmas fun |
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we explored a light-filled maze
looking for all of santa's reindeer |
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| it was a very special evening |
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| we make the shape of a christmas tree! |
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| the twins did awesome for not knowing how to skate |
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| lyla had fun too |
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| they could have kept skating for hours |
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| we were doing great until we both fell... |
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i felt so guilty and lyla was so upset...but thankfully,
she recovered and there were no broken bones |
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when we got back home to sf, we had a
whole second round of christmas |
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livi was beyond thrilled with her make-up set
(thank you sheila! haha) |
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my personal favorite gift of the year from livi
(daily calendar of bad dad jokes) |
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| lyla got the lion she's always wanted |
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| and she got a cat in a backpack!! |
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| we headed to the park to test out some of the new gifts |
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| we were all happy to be outdoors in the sunshine |
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| apparently, herbie likes snuggling with big and little cats too |
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| off to sacramento for a day trip |
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| walking the dogs...a family favorite |
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| how cool is herbie's shadow?! |
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| lyla's favorite place to be |
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| lessons from his abuelo |
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| cousin senna...doesn't get much cuter than this! |
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