Happy New Year 2011

The last couple of weeks have been interesting around our house. The Monday before Christmas, our hot water heater went on the fritz...then on Wednesday (the day were supposed to leave for Seattle) I loaded the dishwasher, and lo and behold, the "start" button wouldn't work! Then last night, on New Year's Eve, our furnace brokedown. Keep in mind, the low temp here last night was -3 degrees. Not good.

The hot water heater was a (seemingly) easy fix by a handyman. The appliance repairman informed us that the motherboard on the dishwasher was "fried", so we will be getting a new dishwasher in the coming week. Thankfully the furnace man was able to arrive by 10 am this morning, and it was just the blower/motor that had gone kaput, not the entire furnace, so he was able to fix it (but not before our house reached a low temp of 52 degrees inside - brrrrr!) So we are hoping that, as usual, things happen in "threes" and we have now completed our "three" household maintenance problems for awhile!

While going through pictures from the past couple of weeks, it occured to me that some of the best pictures I capture of Lia are usually while she is strapped into a high chair or a shopping cart! I think this child was photographed so much at Starfish, that she holds no interest in being photographed. Period. But, when she is strapped in, particularly while she is eating, she is usually entertaining herself and at her happiest! Here are a few photos from the past couple of weeks that prove my point:

Enjoying her "5 Guys" fries...

A Pre-Christmas shopping trip to Target...

Loved the old-fashioned high chairs at this restaurant!

Coloring to pass the time - waiting on her mac'n'cheese...

First haircut by herself (not sitting on mama's lap!)

Scanning the menu at The Spaghetti Factory

Showing off her new Christmas hat - thanks cousin Scott!

Logging in some blog time - just like mama...

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011!