Miss Helpful

I let Olivia "help" wash a baking dish that I used to make Eliza's sweet potatoes. I ran upstairs to quickly change Eliza's diaper and I hear, "Mommy, the bubble are getting really high". A minute later, it sounded a little more serious. Eliza and I ran downstairs and found this :)

Teacher Gift

I decided to make all of the Christmas gifts for Olivia's SIX teachers this year. I think they turned out pretty cute. I just filled up large mason jars with tiny candy canes and had Olivia color the card that I taped to the back. Easy, cheap and cute! Hope they like peppermint!

Feed Me!

With turning 6 months old comes food!!! Olivia could have cared less about rice cereal and only tolerated baby food. She refused to eat any homemade baby food I made, preferring the kitchen of Gerber!

Eliza is the exact opposite! She loved the rice cereal from her first bite and has, so far, liked my homemade baby food! It was really fun picking out, pureeing, and freezing veggies for her. Apparently the guidelines for introducing solids is different from 3 years ago. You only have to wait 3 days in between new foods and nothing is off limits now except honey and cow's milk. She flaps her arms with excitement at the sight of a bowl and spoon when I am getting it ready. She laughs and smiles at bites. It is really cute to see! Hopefully she likes her veggies later, unlike her big sis.

Turkey Day in Banff

The entire Ray clan flew to Canada for Thanksgiving this year. We stayed in Edmonton a couple days and then went to stay at our favorite cabins in the mountains, Castle Mountain Chalets. Olivia got to play and play in the snow, making her first snowman with Uncle Joel. Mike got in a day of snowboarding while John and Carrie went cross country skiing. Eliza is now refusing to take a bottle, so Mama didn't get to ski or do too much for too long outdoors, but staying cozy by the wood burning fireplace was lots of fun!

The girls in their matching cozy PJ's checking out the huge snowfall from the previous night.

This place NEVER gets old!

Eliza staying warm with Uncle Joel!

Eliza and I stayed back while the rest went to Johnston Canyon and hiked to the frozen waterfall

The coolest snowfall happened one night. HUGE snowflakes were falling and Olivia loved getting out in it.

Our favorite tiny turkey showing off her chunky thighs

In this one, you can see her two teeth!

Snuggling by the fire with her beloved Nonna

Our cabins