Easter Bunny

Each year Lauren has loved our Easter Bunny visits. This year was no exception. She waited patiently while Bunny was on a "carrot break" and was so excited to finally get her turn to sit and talk with him. Check out the youtube for her conversation.

Easter Bunny official shot



Chatting before picture time



Fun Pics

Here are a few fun pics from recent weeks.

With Aunt Joanne

Chillin in the sun with snacky

Dressed for spring

"This duck makes a pretty good pillow!"

Best buds

A Day at the Zoo and Build-a-Bear too!

Last weekend we took advantage of a beautiful day and headed to the zoo. Lauren enjoyed all the animals, but really just loved running around (usually away from us). Later that day we went to pick out a bunny at Build-a-Bear. She had a blast giving her bunny a bath.

In front of the meerkats ("Zoe's)



Looking through her "cave"



Learning to smile for camera but needs to open eyes




Favorite ride ever!



Giving bunny a bath



Introducing Baby Girl Moss!!

We went for our official ultrasound today and everything looks perfect with our new little girl. I am 22.5 weeks today, which coincidently is exactly the same as I was with Lauren's ultrasound. This turned out to be really interesting because we could compare their measurements. They are EXACTLY the same size at this point - 1lb 4oz. And, at least to us, this little girl looks alot like Lauren in her pictures. James and I are thinking she'll be a little mini Lauren with red hair! Overall everything was perfect. She is a mover and shaker though. She flipped back and forth 180 degrees at least three times during the scan. The US tech said in her 17 years experience, she's rarely seen such an active baby. She should fit right in with her dare-devil sister!

So here she is - baby girl Moss...

Forhead just like her sister

Back to the Blog

Sorry for the loooong blog absence. I don't really have any excuse but pure laziness. 2011 has gotten off to a good start for us. Lauren is still loving school and is going two days a week now. She is becoming more of a "little girl" everyday. Currently her favorite activities are reading (see pics and videos), playing with her "friends" - stuffed or otherwise - and watching Dora incessently. She has also become OBSESSED with princesses. I guess with a 2-year-old girl, that was inevitable.

James has been able to take advantage of the winter with a 3 day snow shoe trip and a great day of skiing. I'm just looking forward to day lights savings and a little more sunshine in the evenings. We're all slowing getting ready for our new addition in August. So far no idea if it's a boy or a girl, but scheduled to find out April 5th. We decided to wait until then to tell Lauren, although she talks alot about her baby brother/sister - not sure where she learned that.

Here's some pics of our family life over the past couple months.

Reading on the stairs








Reading to baby



Children's Museum





Vacuuming

Our Little Hitler

Lieing down with friends

James's snowshoe hike

Hut he stayed in

Light Shows

Denver apparently has a huge selection of holiday light shows. This year we went to Hudson Gardens and the Zoo Lights. It was chilly but we all had a good time and Lauren loved getting to ride in her new wagon.

Nana and Grandpa braving the cold.

Snuggled up in her wagon

Beautiful lights

Lauren's 2nd B-day

It has been a busy month for the Moss's starting with Lauren's birthday on December 19th. We were lucky to have my parents here for the celebration. The day started and ended with presents. I think we sung Happy Birthday 3 or 4 times. She was thoroughly spoiled by the end of the day (and here comes Xmas in a week!).

Posing with her birthday crown

Wiggles guitar



Love my cupcake - and with a fork!



Party with my friends

Party girl

SPELC Xmas Pageant

This was Lauren's first year to be in the Xmas pageant at her school. Her class were the "angels" who got to ride in wagons through the sanctuary. She did really well, not one tear or wiggle the whole trip. Next year - singing!

Being patient in the hallway before the show.

Our little angel!

Enjoying a cookie at the reception afterwards
(probably the most exciting part).

Parade of Lights

Every year since we've moved to Denver, James and I have attended Parade of Lights in downtown Denver. It's a great event (even when it's freezing) for young and old alike. This year was Lauren's first year to go and she LOVED it! Her favorite was definitely the marching bands ("musekic") and Santa at the end.

Mommy and Lauren in front of Santa

Who doesn't love a HUGE, flying Rudolph!

Thanksgiving

We had a quiet Thanksgiving this year with just the three of us. I decided to go with a premade meal with all the fixings and it came out great! Here's Lauren enjoying her first Thanksgiving at the table.

Ready to eat!

I've got my Indian hat and my spoon - now where's the turkey!?