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.

12/18

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

12/17

Peek-a-boo!

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).

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.

12/14

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

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.

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.

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.”

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!

12/9

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

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.

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. 

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.

12/5

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

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.

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!

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!”

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.

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.

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.

11/28

"Mama, look. Cinderel-la-la and I are same-same today!"

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.

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.

11/25

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

11/24

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

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.

11/22

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

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.

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.

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.

11/18

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

11/13

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

11/12

Pants? Why would anyone want to wear pants in November? Lorelai certainly doesn't want to and uses every opportunity she can think of to remove them and leave them off all day.

11/11

Lorelai made a sticker art for Nana. She asked all day if we could go see Nana so she could give her the present. Lorelai was very proud of her project.

11/10

Happy birthday, Uncle Spike!

11/9

Completely out to the blue today, Lorelai stood up from playing with her guys to tell Daddy that she loves him. She said that she loves him very much and Lex and Mommy. She loves our family.
She has said she loves everyone before but that was while being asked about family or love... This was totally on her own.
It was amazing and made Mama tear up a little.

11/8

"Look, Daddy. I have glasses!"

11/7

Some days are spent just hanging out at the house together. Lorelai is anxious for Lex to be old enough to play with her. She says she can't wait.

11/6

Lollipop reward!

11/5

"I'm Batman!" she says in a hilariously guttural voice she decided Batman should have.

11/4

Let the winter runny nose start!

11/3

Lorelai woke up this morning earlier than usual because she wasn't feeling well. "Dad, help! I leaked on the blankets! I leaked on the blankets. Need new pajamas!" Lorelai told us that it was scary.
After Daddy helped her to the bathroom and cleaned her up, we had a cuddle in Mama and Daddy's bed with the whole family. Lorelai said that made her feel much better.

11/2

Lorelai loves to cuddle Lex whenever possible. She is a very proud big sister.

11/1

Daddy went out to a Halloween party so Mama but Lex and Lorelai to bed by herself tonight. We brushed teeth, washed faces, read If You Give A Pig A Pancake, sang songs, gave kisses, and went to bed. Lorelai especially loved having Lex in bed with her for the bedtime routine. Usually Lex and Mama sit at the end of the bed and Daddy snuggles next to Lorelai.