A couple weekends ago we celebrated the twins birthday. Marv does this because their real b-day is on Christmas day so they don’t really get a birthday party. We are all busy doing the Christmas thing with all the sides of our families. So happy 2.5 years old James and Gregory!

And of course here’s a couple pictures of Natalie hording all of the party hats! lol.

Actually, I know exactly what it is…however that doesn’t make it anymore pleasent. There are several perks to living in a valley. Easy winters. Everything you could imagine from white water rafting to downhill skiing to dirt bike riding is all within an hours drive. It’s beautiful to look out your window in almost any direction and see mountains. However, there is a bad side to living in a valley and that is the inversions that we get. They are horrible sad things that bring in the worst air quality. Right now, Boise smells like America’s campfire pit. There are so many fires burning around us right now that all of the smoke is seeping into our valley and taking up permanent residence. It’s in your clothes, hair, eyes, throat…it’s everywhere…gross.

Another “my baby is disappearing before my eyes” milestone. We got rid of the bottles. We are still giving her a right before bedtime bottle but that won’t be much longer. All the other times, it’s milk from a sippy cup. This makes her daycare providers life easier for sure. Her little boy and Natalie’s BFF could not understand why he couldn’t have a bottle when Natalie could. Poor boy, now maybe it won’t be such an ordeal for him. It was a good time because it would be best if she can get over wanting an actual bottle by the time Victoria’s (DCP) new baby girl gets here. She doesn’t even seem to miss the bottle or even notice, which is awesome! We’ve had really good luck with her transitions to new ways being very smooth! Which I thank her sooooooo much! Now, if only we could make her a heavier sleeper!