A conversation with Leah

This happened about a week ago (let me preface by saying I am NOT pregnant)...
Leah: When's the baby coming?
Me: Who's baby?
Leah: I don't know
Leah: (after a pause) Is the baby going to be a boy or girl?
Me: Who's baby, honey?
Leah: I don't know
Me: Well, I can't answer your question if I don't know who's baby
Leah: Baby's come from drains
Me: Really? (now I am thinking maybe she thinks it is her baby we are talking about) Is it your baby?
Leah: No...YOUR baby!
Me: I am not having a baby
Leah: Yes you are...and it's going to be...going to be a girl. And I want to name her Morgan.
Me: Well, you already have a friend named Morgan, maybe you should pick a different name.
Leah: Well, what is Morgan's baby's name?
Me: Bailey
Leah: No, I still want to name her Morgan

After a few minutes
Leah: Where will the baby sleep
Me: when we have a baby, he/she will sleep in the room next to yours
Leah: Well, where will you put the crib?
Me: We will take the bed out
Leah: Where will you put the bed...

Okay, so it becomes a never ending conversation! I just thought this would make others smile today.

You may wonder where she got the whole drain idea. I think it is from when she was hearing the saying..."there must be something in the water" when there were a number of teachers pregnant at school during the same time.

So, a few days later, she is in the bath at my parent's house. My mom had given her a teaspoon to play with. She was using it in the faucet.

Me: What are you doing?
Leah: I have to clean out the drain so that the babies can get through.

Oh, how precious they can be. I think maybe I need to get a board book on where babies come from!:)

Skating Natural??

Last Saturday, Leah, Thea, Nonna, Tiffanie and I went to Sesame Street Live . The girls really seemed to enjoy it. They even did a little dancing along with the characters.



On Sunday, I took Leah ice skating for the first time. The rink is actually just at my parent's next door neighbor's house. He has put up a very nice rink, and they invited us to come over! Leah did so great. I was amazed. I couldn't believe that after about 1/2 hour, she was standing alone, turning alone, and "skating." Yes, she did fall- thankfully she had the extra cushion of her snowpants- she seemed to think it was funny when she fell. She only complained when she fell one time, and it was a pretty hard fall!

The first video is at the start of our skating experience. The second video (excuse the sideways picture- I always forget I can't hold the camera vertical when I take video) is at the end. She was enjoying herself so much! I think we were out there for about 1.5 hours.

January Celebrations

Happy Birthday

1/3 Cousin John
1/5 Uncle Joel
1/12 Aunt Kay
1/26 Cousin Ryan

Happy Anniversary

1/2 Keith and Annette (cousin)


Hope you all had a very special day!

It's days like this I wonder why I live in MN!:)

On the way to work today the car thermometer read -25 degrees F. 'Nough said!

Sledding and Dress up

Leah and I went sledding last Tuesday. I didn't think that she would want to go down the hill by herself- but was I wrong! She didn't even want me to go down with her the first time, and she LOVED it. She even walked back up by herself.



Here is a picture of Leah playing dress up after Christmas with some of her new gear- Tiara and tutu from Nonna and Grandpa and shoes from Aunt Tiff and Uncle Dan. Just thought it was cute. She is wearing her new Taylor Swift T-shirt that she got from Morgan for Christmas.

Just Joe and Andrea

New Year's Eve- bowling with friends (Rick, Jaclyn, Heath, and Kari).


WILD hockey game with my parents, Dan and Tiffanie. Good seats, good game, and good time, but the WILD lost!


Joe and I at the Viking game. Good seats, okay game (they fell apart the last quarter), good time!


A question to ponder...
HOW many TIMES can a 31/2 year old little girl watch Cinderella?

Photo Time

Making Sugar Cookies at Nonna's house on 12/23...white frosting only because of the mess made last year!

Christmas Eve at our house with Joe's family (Mary, Shorty, Aunt Karen, Aunt Pat, Cousin Chris, Katelyn, Cousin Nikki, Cory, and my Dad). Joe in his idea of a "Christmas Shirt."

Christmas Morning.


Christmas Day at my parents house with Dan, Tiff, Thea and Delila.