Inseparable!

The longest I've ever been away from Nicole is about 6 hours! Recently my Dad offered to let Nicole stay the night at his house with Zaiden so Dave and I could have a night together. But I just couldn't do it! Dave thinks that I'm over protective but I just love her too much to be away from her that long.
Am I a little crazy or over protective? I don't know, maybe.

How much smarter can she get?!

Nicole is just over 21 months old now and she continues to amaze us! About 3-4 weeks ago, out of no where, she counted from 1 all the way to 12! We'd heard her say 1-4 before but never over that. She must have been practicing in private or something.

And she can now also identify about half of the alphabet. She really loves letters and spelling. She's always pointing to words and saying "I want spell this one".

She's Amazing! We love her more than anything!

Basement Bathroom

Here is a look at our new basement bathroom! Dave got it almost completely finished about a week ago. There are just a few minor things to finish up. He's worked really hard and he did an awesome job!!!

BEFORE (Well- at the beginning of work)

AFTER

Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year! Nicole is old enough to really start enjoying it. She really got into Santa Clause, Christmas decorations, lights, and of coarse presents! I took all the decorations down on the 2nd and she keeps telling me "Christmas all gone" in a sad little tone. But she has nothing to be sad about because she got way more presents than I was expecting. Only a few were from us and the rest were from Grandparents, Aunts, and Uncles. And speaking of Grandparents, Dave's Mom stayed with us for a week for Christmas. We had lots of fun going out to eat, bowling, shopping(lots of shopping!), and just hanging out. I was glad that her and I finally got to know each other a little better. And Nicole loved getting to know her Grandma Lynne too and is still missing her!

Nicole with her Grandma Lynne.

Nicole about to open her big gift from us, a doll house!

This isn't even all of her gifts!

Playing in the wonderful Christmas snow!

First lesson in bowling...... don't run down the lanes!

Hope everyone had a great holiday!