Ashes, Ashes, we all Fall Down!

I am a little delayed in writing this, but last week we had the pleasure of Grandma staying with us for a few days!! My Dad had some work to do in WI and he dropped my Mom off on his way up to Marshfiled. Grandma got 5 whole days of (what we like to call) The Chloe Show! That little child is always up to something and thrives on having everyone's attention. I honestly can't even recall all of the funny moments, but it was a trip and I am sure Grandma went home exhausted. Here are a few pics and some video of the dance party.

We may still be celebrating Christmas in June

The girls are still enjoying all things Christmas. Chloe is still asking us to 'draw a cwistmas tree' and 'draw snowman.' The girls are still rocking to the great music of Christmas as well. Frosty The Snowman is a family favorite, usually sung while swaying back and forth.

Photos By McKee

It is time for me to pimp out the photographer who took our amazing Christmas card photos. (He is Andy Mckee, husband to Camryn's senior therapist Marisa) I must say it was the most easy process to get such wonderful photos!! My children are very photogenic but not so cooperative when it comes to getting their pictures taken, so a photo STUDIO was not an option. Having Andy come and stalk us at the domes to get some great shots worked out great. Not only did the kids not even notice he was there for a LONG time, we also got pictures that are so natural and real. I couldn't be happier! Thanks Andy!
The hardest part of the whole ordeal was picking the pictures, we had SO MANY to choose from, I told Marisa "the past few years, I just picked the picture where no one was crying and THAT was the Christmas card" LOL

The New (and improved) Little Miss Chloe!

Chloe had a VERY rocky start to her in-home therapy. She would scream and cry and didn't want to play with the therapists:-( But I am happy to say that after about 2 weeks, she flipped the switch (she is KNOWN for this, LOL) and now runs to the door, drags the therapists into her 'classroom' and giggles and smiles for 3 hours straight!!

After Christmas break, her teacher asked me "what did they do to Chloe?" "She is SOOO happy and follows instructions without complaining all day." I really don't know what happened, but I am glad that it did :-)
Here is a short video of Chloe and Lauren (who really should just move in, she is here EVERY day, sometimes for 6 HOURS IN A ROW!!) during one of her giggle moments in 'therapy.'

If You're Happy and You Know It....

Today was the last day for peer play with Camryn's BFF Jayla. We will probably be able to have her come over in the summer, but we will miss the play sessions until then. The girls have a really fun time together and there is always lots of smiles and giggling.

More Christmas Pictures

Kellie and I got new mittens from Smokey Row in downtown Pleasantville!

Touring Stratford Homes

Sitting in Grandpa's big office chair

Andrew and I in our Christmas hats getting ready to open gifts

After the blanket, backpacks and Vikings book, we now officially have EVERYTHING made with the Vikings logo :-)

AY AY AY, one more time!!

Chloe and I having chex mix and gin fizzies, now that's Christmas!

ay ay ay it's Christmas!!!

Wow, what a whirlwind it has been!! We started our Christmas celebrations at a special needs Santa visit that is set up by a local non-profit theater company. It is a nice, non threatening way to get the kids in the spirit of the season. We did not get any pics with the big guy, but the kids had fun playing.



We made the trek to Iowa on Tuesday, Dec. 22nd and good thing we gave ourselves lots of travel time. It was pretty nasty driving conditions and we were REALLY glad to finally get to our destination of Gma and Gpa Fitz's house!!



Chad and Kellie and the famous BABY ROSCOE came the next day and the girls were thrilled to have another four legged friend to play with! We all got lots of great gifts and had lots of time to spend with the family. As always, Chad sucked ROYALY at the dice game, but that is why we have 'The Big Loser Rule' LOL. Next year Chloe wants to play, she was great at yelling DOUBLES after the dice landed.

It was great to see everyone and the trip home was much more uneventful. Thanks to the Mckee's I can NOT get the Ricky Martin Christmas song out of my head... ay ay ay....

In true Rossa girls fashion, the girls danced much more when the camera was not on. Oh well, this is a snippit of our dance party.

I should have many more pics soon. I didn't take too many with my camera. Just waiting for Mom and Kellie to send me theirs.