the rest of January....

So here are some highlights from the end of January.

Rose's favorite thing was a visit from her cousins: Payton and Regan!

Rose has been counting down the weeks until they and Aunt Laura came up for a visit and sleepover!

Friday night everyone (except mommy) got to go out for dinner.

Saturday we headed out with Pop to visit Great Grandma in her HUGE home ;)

I can't tell you how much Great Grandma loved getting to see so many great grandchildren, who love her LOTS right back!

Saturday night was the big sleepover and yes, there was sleeping after Justin sat in the room to calm the little hooligans down ;)

We had a little more playtime before they had to leave. It only took about 30 minutes after they left for Rose to sadly say that she missed her cousins...

There has also been LOTS of snow in the past two weeks, with more in the forecast for Rose to enjoy. And enjoy it she does! 

shoveling

eating

sitting

building

and plowing!

more eating...

and playing!

All this cold weather has given Rose a ferocious appetite this month!

When it's been too cold to play outside Rose has been able to find something to play with inside...

Until we head back outside...

Rose also keeps busy with her dance and riding lessons

Whiskers is also doing very well, he's even found some new places to sit...

Rose is practicing her vet skills just in case he needs to go to the doctor :)

Here's a couple more pictures of the cutest little face!

Updates

So, just like, the home you live in Rose, sometimes mommy needs to change things up on this blog too! I hope one day you will look back and read all these posts and enjoy the memories that were created. In an effort to create more of those memories and keep things interesting on the blog, I have decided to try posting once a month with some special posts from time to time, if the mood strikes me ;) 

Weekly Update

Rose's sleeping has been awful for the past month or so. Up until then we would do our normal bedtime routine, give Rose some kisses and let her fall asleep. One night she just wouldn't stop crying until I agreed to stay with her, then after that we were stuck sitting in her room until she fell asleep, then she started calling us in the middle of the night and we would end up sleeping in her room... I'm not sure what's going on, she says she 'sees things moving', but even with more lights on, she won't settle down. We are trying to reassure her that everything is fine and hoping that just as quickly as this happened it will go away, until then we are taking turns sleeping in Rose's room ;)

In kitten news, Meowzers (as Rose now calls our first cat) is tolerating Whiskers. Whiskers would REALLY like Meowzers to play, but so far just napping in close proximity is all these two have been caught doing. 

Tuesday Rose had her first dance class since Christmas break and although she was carried in by the dance teacher, there were no tears! She even went in by herself after they came out to show us their dress-up outfits :)

Wednesday morning Rose was also back to riding, although she only lasted about 20 minutes before her little cheeks turned bright red...bring on Spring!!!

We headed to our favorite spot to warm up with a donut ;)

Friday morning Rose taught Whiskers how to play with her doll house toys...I think she was taking all the babies to the hospital.

Then later we brought her Cozy Coupe inside so she could pretend it was an ambulance to take her baby to the hospital...but it broke down and she had to fix it ;)

Friday night dinner was with Daddy, Nana, and Pop at the Chinese restaurant. Rose really likes the noodles and rice.

After the Saturday morning trip to the farmers market and some play time at home Rose spent the afternoon with Grandma and Grandpa so Justin could finish the master closet.

 Rose sent Mommy a fun picture so Mommy sent Rose a picture of her hard at work :)

 On Sunday we took a family trip to Target and Rose got some new bandaids. 

Meow is starting to warm up to the kitten and even seems to be a bit jealous of  all the attention Rose gives Whiskers,

Sunday night we headed to Uncle Matt and Aunt Jenni's house for Matt's 30th birthday party. Rose enjoys showing people how to correctly unwrap presents. ;) 

Rose was Aunt Jenni's buddy  insisting on playing hide and go seek with everyone!