January... and It Definitely Feels Like It!

Lorelei with her new winter books we are reading each night. We also now have a 16 month old!

Well winter seems to have finally kicked in around here. This weekend it was barely into the 30s but felt colder than that. We have been running the fireplace like crazy and are already almost done with the pile of firewood the Stahls brought for us! This also means we are stuck inside the house, which is never fun. But I can't tell you how much it has helped having so many new wonderful toys! She has been much better now that she has new and exciting things to play with. We were so glad Brad had another long weekend because of New Years and now I'm really not looking forward to a full week without him. We have been spoiled the last couple of weeks.

The other new challenge we are facing is Lorelei's worsening lack of desire for sleep! She is now waking up by 6 AM every morning (used to be 7) and now only wants to take 1hr 10-15 min naps (instead of 2 hrs). Open to suggestions if anybody is friends with the Sandman. :)

Yes, Brad found yet another use for Duct tape...entertaining your toddler when stuck inside! Today was the second day of this activity and yesterday I freaked out to see patches of duct tape on Lorelei's cheeks! Amazingly enough it didn't hurt her to take them off so I guess it is whatever works. Today he went for the hands and she was quite proud of getting her nails "done". :) How do men think up these things? :)








Dancing with Elmo tonight. Had been doing it before the camera but as usual didn't do it for long when I started filming. You still get the idea.