Opening!

A little clip from package opening. Leah got some great musical instruments from Grandma and Grandpa Schmidt. More music videos to come.

Using three instruments at once. One is never good enough when you can use THREE!

Christmas

Well I had no idea how much fun Christmas could be. Leah LOVED it! Really the whole Christmas season. But Christmas day was the best. She was SOOOOOO excited to open each and every package! "What's it gonna be, what's it gonna be?" She would say this while shaking in anticipation. And thanks to everyone for all the wonderful gifts. I will try to post some pictures or video of the ones I can. Happy New Year!!!

The Magnadoodle was a big hit from Santa!

Leah may have been a bit disappointed that the Buzz Santa left her did not walk or talk or anything. Of course now, almost a week later, she loves him!

Leah also requested "nail polish like some lady" from Santa. She tells me about 3 or 4 times a day "I like the nail polish" while staring at her fingers or toes. Very cute.

Of course the Dinosaur from Uncle Adam was a hit!

As well as the baby from the Carvers.

Leah also really LOVES this barn she got from Grandma Mary and Papa Joel. Each piece was made by Grandma Mary which makes it even more special! Playing whith it in the nude is preferred. 

AWWW.

New Turtle

Leah received a great belated birthday gift from her cousin Chloe and LOVES it! So much that she specifically asked me to take these pictures of her with it. Cute!

Social Skills.

The last few months Leah has had a hard time being around other kids her age. She loves to hang out with babies or older kids but the two to four range is trouble. Maybe just one of the problems with being the only child? Not for long I guess. This is how a recent photo shoot went with her BFF Miles. Yes it ended with a few tears too!

                                                 As you can see, Miles had a great time!

Ready for Christmas?

Leah is!!! She has been singing Christmas music for weeks now and in convinced that Santa is bringing her "Buzz" and "nail polish". Where she gets these things? I don't even polish my nails nor does anyone she sees on a regular basis. I have one very old strip of polish on my big toe(we are talking over a year old) and from this she has decided she wants nail polish. Wow, we are in for it!

Watch what you say!!!

Leah picks up on EVERYTHING right now! This is a great example. For many months Leah has been counting to twenty in Portuguese VERY well. That all changed when Dave decided to make up a counting song. In the song he repeats the number 4, only because it went with the music. Well now whenever Leah counts in Portuguese, she repeats the number 4! David!!!

Giggle box.

Plumbers Diaper

The solution for plumbers crack, cloth diapers!

Ajuda Papai (Helping Dad)

Leah had a really great time helping Dave install our new dishwasher this week. She really loves pretending to use the tools. I am sure she will learn a thing or two about how to use them growing up with Dave! This is how it started.

Then it was this for a while.

Then a little of this.

And ended with her being a baby of course.

Grandparents Time

As I mentioned , Leah can't get enough of her Grandma Mary and Papa Joel. Today they came out to help with our disaster clean-up. But first we had some fun time.

Wind Disaster

We had very high winds here in Farmington starting very early Thursday morning and into the afternoon. It did so much damage around our neighborhood. Really the most damage I have seen from a storm in my lifetime that I can remember. Here are some shots of our yard.

 This is how all the fences look.

And many of the roofs. So sad. Dave is up repairing our roof now. I see so many others out doing the same today. Good luck to all before it rains or snows!

Birthday Fun!

Leah had a great time with her inflatable dinosaur form Grandma and Grandpa Schmidt!

Then and Now.

 Wow. This first picture was take 10 months ago. The second, on the way to her birthday party. So much growth in 10 months!