She Never Had a Chance

With basketball players everywhere in the family Ari has to get an early start to keep up.

Grandparents Visit

Grandma and Grandpa E came to visit last weekend (and a few weeks ago). Grandma had a big presentation to do at a conference and they both have been tremendously helpful getting the house ready to sell. And, as an added bonus, Ari gets to spend time with them. Grandma even let her wear her clip-on earrings.





So glamorous! I think she wonders why she can't wear mommy's earrings too.




Some nice pics with the grandparents:

Most of the time they were here, daddy and grandpa were working on the various projects we have going. Ari really wanted to help, and she had fun doing it


And the final result. Pictures don't really do it justice. You really need a before and after to truly appreciate how much better it looks, the boys did an awesome job.

11 Months & Valentines Day!!

Ari's getting so big. She was much easier to take pictures of when she didn't move around so much. She loves the cat, and now that she's mobile, she chases him around whenever she can. In this picture, she had chased him behind the couch.



After she found her way out of the couch, we made our way over to our friends while Grammy was babysitting. Reese & Derek were excited for a new play mate.
Ari loved their puzzles:


Derek was a really good helper, especally when the camera was out. He gave out lots of hugs.




We had a really nice, family valentines day. The family went out for a nice dinner downtown, Ari was a trooper even though it was pretty late for her. Here she is eating her own dinner in her new Valentine's day bib, compliments of Grandma.



Today, Ari and Mommy got to spend a lot of time together because Mommy had the day off. We did some laundry, went to basketball practice and played on the gym floor, and played in her room.

Visit

Great Aunt M and Aunt K came to visit last weekend too. Great Aunt M tried to come out around New Year, but the insane amount of snow caused them to cancel the trip. Ari was really excited to see her and so was Riley.



Aunt K came over from the west side and Ari always loves hanging out with her.

Projects and Messes

This past weekend Grandma and Grandpa came up to visit (remodel the bathroom) and have a relaxing weekend. There was no relaxing to be had, we worked them to the bone and the result was amazing. Floors and walls were torn apart and then put back together, glue was applied, and paint was rolled. I don't think we took too many pictures with our camera, which is a bummer, but we did get one of Ari enjoying her first bath in the new bathroom.



Along with Ari's new found mobility comes messes. She found a spool of DVD's and had a great time freeing the DVD's across the floor.






Those aren't in grabbing distance anymore.

Dancing Machine

Getting Ready for the Super Bowl