Wednesday, December 31, 2014

12/31

Happy New Year. Lorelai fell asleep in the car before we even made it home. It has been a busy day.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

12/30

We opened our Christmas present dress-ups today! Lorelai wanted to try on each dress, shoe, tiara, and accessory. 

Monday, December 29, 2014

12/29

PFffffffwwhhheeeeeeee. You are frozen now. Lorelai is learning more about her Frozen powers in the singing, light up dress that Uncle Spike and Aunt Erin gave her for Christmas.

Sunday, December 28, 2014

12/28

The kids will wait in line to ride on Pop pop's chair. And sometimes waiting is too much to take and the all pile on at once!

Saturday, December 27, 2014

12/27

We are headed out to dinner with Pat Gal and Pop-pop before Uncle Pat flies back to Arkansas. We will miss him and talk about how we want to swim in his pool often!

Friday, December 26, 2014

12/26

Lorelai playing with her Anna and Elsa is a riot. The dolls spend more than half the playtime asking each other if they need to go potty or actually going imaginary potty. 
"When you have to go potty, stop and go right away. Flush and wash and be on your way." - Daniel Tiger

Thursday, December 25, 2014

12/25


In the car and on our way to breakfast with Gigi and Pop pop, Lorelai shared her overwhelming excitement:
"I was good Mom and I won presents! And Santa came!"

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

12/24



At 12:13pm, Daddy sent Mama the following text message while she was at work:
Daddy: We are a little ball of excitement. *jumping* I can't wait to see Santa Claus!!!
Mama: Really?!?!
Daddy: Yes. I suggested we give him a snack of cookies she made. She loved it but was emphatic that we not give him all the cookies.
Mama: Awwwwwwww
Daddy: We agreed he could have two.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

12/23

Tiny. Teenager.
She is over getting her photo taken by mom.

Monday, December 22, 2014

12/22

Lorelai was overjoyed to share the festive 'wobble head' headbands with baby brother for a photo op. She is very excited that Santa is coming soon and asks to visit him almost every day.

Sunday, December 21, 2014

12/21

Nana taught Lorelai how to wrap a present today while Mama made Christmas Eggnog cookies in the kitchen.

Saturday, December 20, 2014

12/20

Lorelai wanted to sit down with her baby brother to enjoy watching Frosty the Snowman on repeat this evening.

Friday, December 19, 2014

12/19

Lorelai and Lex love doing things together. She is thrilled that he sits in his special chair and tries to find ways to involve him in her play.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

12/18


Lorelai decided it was time to play dress up today. Ahhhhh! She's a scary monster!

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

12/16

We put up the Christmas tree today. Daddy showed Lorelai how to hang some of the ornaments. Lorelai enjoyed pointing out the blue and red lights (her and Daddy's favorite colors).

Monday, December 15, 2014

12/15

Lorelai grabbed the tan blanket today and exclaimed that she was wearing her wedding dress.
"Look at my wedding dress, Mom! Do I look very beautiful?"
So. Beautiful.

Sunday, December 14, 2014

12/14

This game has officially been renamed to "Break the Ice" by Lorelai and her cousin Jacob.

Saturday, December 13, 2014

12/13

It was a fun-filled day of winter events for Lorelai. We went with Chris, Aunt Mo, and Uncle Frank to see Santa at the firehouse. At night, we went on a hayride to see Christmas lights with cousins Chris and Dylan. It was very cold but also very beautiful.

Friday, December 12, 2014

12/12

 

We had our pictures taken with Santa tonight! Lorelai was a little shy and nervous but very brave. She told Santa she wanted a surprise for Christmas.
Downstairs at Mama's work, Ana and Elsa were also visiting! Elsa pointed out that Lorelai could be their sister too. It was too cute; Lorelai was looking at the princesses out of the corner of her eyes like she didn't want to stare at them.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

12/11


Lorelai was playing with her guys while Daddy was feeding Lex. Lorelai suddenly went up to Daddy and said--
Lorelai: “This is Rapunzel and she is from the America like Superman and Cinderella.”

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

12/10

Lorelai has been playing with the doll Uncle Pat Gal got her in Japan alot recently. She calls the doll her Angel. The Angel has a baby like Lorelai has a baby. There are more dolls on the box and Lorelai insisted we send Pat a message asking when the rest of the Angel's family was coming to play with her.

Also, today Pop-pop wins immunity! Pop-pop went to the doctor's today and got great news. Yay Pop-pop. We are all very excited!


Tuesday, December 9, 2014

12/9


"Mom, can I have a donut? Did you say 'sure'? Please, mom! Mom, you're a goof ball. Did you say 'sure'?"

Monday, December 8, 2014

12/8


Daddy asked Lorelai what Lex wanted to ask Santa for Christmas--
Lorelai: “ He wants lamb, computer, binky, socks, castles, computer, shopping carts, guys and the castle.”
Lex apparently wants everything Lorelai can see in the family room.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

12/7

She was a little shy at first but soon warmed up to playing with the girls at ms. McCarthy's 50th birthday party today. Shhhh- they are hiding under the table.

And since we were all together and looking nice, it was a great day for a family picture. 

Saturday, December 6, 2014

12/6

Lorelai is watching a Superman movie for the first and she wasn't fooled by his disguise as Clark Kent for even a second. She just wanted to know why he put his glasses on and why he didn't have a cape on. He should probably try a little harder if he can't even fool a 2 year old.

Friday, December 5, 2014

12/5

Lorelai wanted to check out her baby brother's stinky feet. She's so silly. 

Thursday, December 4, 2014

12/4

Today we went to Nana's house to get the beautiful stockings she handmade for our family. Lorelai loved looking at all the details on each one and was able to accurately identify each person's stocking.

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

12/3


Aunt Mo asked Mama to take a family picture for her today at their new house. I guess Lorelai wants to move in too! She tried to get in all of the shots!

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

12/2

Lorelai and Mama went shopping for Christmas presents tonight for cousins. On the drive home, Mama asked Lorelai missed Daddy and baby Lex and if she was excited to go home now--
Lorelai: “Santa’s missing the baby. I’m just not. I’m just not anything. I’m not missing them or anything. Let’s go to another store, Mom!”

Monday, December 1, 2014

12/1

Lorelai is a very loving and caring big sister. She races thru the room to get her brother a new bib and is always looking for ways to spend time with him.

Sunday, November 30, 2014

11/30

Lorelai sees it as a challenge to see how many toys she can cram into Daddy's Ghostbusters car, Ecto-1. That baby is vintage now.

Saturday, November 29, 2014

11/29

Happy 2nd birthday to cousin Jacob! Lorelai wanted to make off with quite a few of his toys but Jacob knows how to hold his own.

Friday, November 28, 2014

Thursday, November 27, 2014

11/27


Happy Thanksgiving!
We had dinner with our family at Aunt Gina's tonight. Lorelai was overjoyed to find Mom-mom-mom Gallagher's doll house that her daddy made to play with. It was something else seeing Lorelai play with a family heirloom with so much love and memory attached to it.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

11/26

Our favorite toy right now are "guys". Princesses and Super Heros play together in very conplex stories that invole a lot of bathroom breaks.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

11/25

They are all using the laptop together. Because they are friends and friends share.

Monday, November 24, 2014

11/24

Lorelai wanted to share Mama's lap with Lex tonight. There was just enough space for both of them.

Sunday, November 23, 2014

11/23

Lorelai takes excellent care of her dollies. She had a tea party today with her baby doll with cookies and a wide variety of snacks.

Saturday, November 22, 2014

11/22


Mama and Daddy went to a wedding today so Lorelai got to have one of her favorite things- Sleepover at Gigi's!!

Friday, November 21, 2014

11/21

Lorelai does an amazing job of memorizing, improving, and interpreting pictures to read stories to her family. The end result is usually pretty close to the actual book.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

11/20

Lorelai put all of her guys in a line today to play with her. They wanted to watch her dance and Lex wobble.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

11/19

Lorelai needs time at the end of the night to unwind with her book or she has a hard time staying asleep. And while she loves her book, she doesn't always love Mama sneaking pictures of her.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

11/18

Lorelai is wearing a Doc McStuffins shirt with Lambie and a letter L on it. The L is for "Cute Lorelai".

Monday, November 17, 2014

11/17

Lorelai is a big girl that sleeps in a big girl bed. She doesn't want a night light but does want her sound machine on, please. Don't forget to close the door!

Sunday, November 16, 2014

11/16

Lorelai got to play with her friends Sonja and Jensen today!! Even though the girls have not seen each other in several weeks, they got together like old friends like there was no time lost.

Saturday, November 15, 2014

11/15

On days where we visit Nana and Pop pop without our cousins, Lorelai takes over Pop pop's whole world. She follows him around the house asking him questions and trying to drag him into playing with her. He loves every bossy second of it.

Friday, November 14, 2014

11/14

Lorelai still plays with her Girls every time she is over Gigi's house and does her best to rope as many people into playing with her. Erin is one of her preferred playmates.

Thursday, November 13, 2014

11/13

Lorelai declared herself Elsa. She is using her snow magic to freeze us. It takes alot of intensity to freeze someone.