Hard to believe the girls are only one month away from officially being toddlers - wow! They are both growing up so fast lately it is hard to keep track of the milestones these days... They are both saying Mama and Dada and lots of other cute baby babbles. They are eating solid foods pretty well now, whatever we are eating or have around the house they will eat as well. Mostly lots of fresh fruits and cheerios (they are so addicted to cheerios!) Sophia eats really good, she gobbles everything up that we put in front of her and even keeps extra in her cheeks for later! Isabella is trickier to feed, she learned how to shake her head "no" and she can bat away the spoon, but she is getting better and she does great with foods she likes.
Bath time around here is becoming quite chaotic as well, we are trying to teach them that they have to stay sitting in the tub. Usually there is only one of us and it is way too hard for one person to try and keep two wiggle worms safely in the tub when they are crawling around and trying to stand up and falling backwards and dunking their heads under water to try and drink the water (what is that all about!?!)... They are getting better the last few nights, starting to understand what "no" means!
Isabella loves to clap her hands, giggle (constantly) and bang or throw her toys around - yikes! She also loves to fake cough - it cracks her up when we cough and she copies us. She is finally starting to roll all over the floor to get places, and she can go from sitting to lying down fairly easily. She can also scooch backwards. I think she is very close to crawling now that she is always wondering where her sister went :) She has 4 teeth (both front teeth top and bottom) and is getting very close to needing her second haircut. She is becoming very attached to her little dolly and likes to bring her everywhere she goes - so cute.
Sophia is very good at crawling now and she pulls herself up and walks along the furniture as well. She is mostly interested in exploring everything, including cabinets, dog food, stairs and outlets, therefore we had to baby-proof our house over the last few weeks. She is pretty brave trying to get around the house so she is falling down quite often and calling for mama or dada - it is very cute! Sophia has 9 teeth already! Four front teeth top and bottom and we just noticed a molar yesterday. She is almost ready for her first haircut as well.
Getting the girls bundled up for their first easter egg hunt - we waited until it got really cold and rainy before we started :)
You would never believe it looking at this picture but their was only 4 kids (including the girls) hunting for easter eggs, and at least three times that many adults filming them!
I love this picture of me and my Sophie Bear
They are starting a complete remodel in the next few weeks, it is going to look amazing! You can see the big wooden beam in this picture and also the stairs going up to the loft. The kitchen is to the right.
This is the loft bedroom (where all of the kids will be sleeping!) 
And this is the view from up in the loft.
The girls had a great time playing with their friend Molly, here they are on Josephs Towmater truck
Opening presents got to quite chaotic with so many little kids "helping" Joseph!
Blowing out the birthday candles - Happy Birthday Joseph!!!
We didn't get any good pictures of Andrew that day - He was just hanging out and being the best baby ever that day, not a peep or a cry from him! Such a cutie pie.
Of course I was pretty depressed knowing that I had to work the next few days and could not be able to go skiing on 2 feet of fresh powder :( Mimi and Papa saved the day when they decided to take me up with them on Tuesday the following week - the snow was AMAZING! I did fantastic(even though it was well below zero with the wind chill, brrrrrrr) and spent most the time on blue runs, keeping up with my parents the whole time! WhooHoo! I am so addicted to skiing! 
Once the chainsaw came out we had a few volunteers to come help us - thanks so much Papa and Bradley for helping James with demo!! It would have taken us way longer to do it alone, we are so appreciative of the helping hands!
It took most of the afternoon, but the pergola came down in one day. Mimi, Jolene and I stayed with the kids and had a good time catching up. Little Andrew was smiling already! Too bad I didn't have the camera out to catch the smiles - so adorable!
The back of our house looked like a barren wasteland - sawdust was EVERYWHERE and patio furniture all over our lawn - yikes! James handled the clean-up on Sunday and we are now ready to start getting ideas together for the new patio...
This was too cute - James reading to Sophia
Isabella being a cutie pie
Silviya came over on Saturday while Greg and Eileen were skiing and helped us out so much! Mimi and I had our hands full with all 4 kids! Silviya read to Joseph while he was eating lunch.
Joseph loves Andrew so much - he was always wanting to show us his new baby brother!
Mimi gave Andrew his bottle, he was the best behaved out of all 4 kids, such a good boy
Here is proud daddy Bradley with Andrew
How adorable is this face!?
Joseph tried on some ski boots - He looks ready to ski to me!
Joseph was wispering to Sophia "I'm a big boy"
The cousins playing together
Both Bradley and Papa said they had a hard time keeping up with Sir James as he raced down the North Peak runs...but Mimi said all three of them were acting like wild animals wooping and hollering and going over jumps! Sounds like they had a great time, but I am just happy to be doing a few of the easiest blue runs for now, don't think I'll be joining them over on that side of the mountain for awhile :)
