One of K’s current obsessions is of playing doctor. I don’t know if she just likes the pink case that her medical equipment is in, or likes the game, but she cannot get enough. Tired of being the perpetual patient, I passed the duties onto the littlest one. N. was in a good mood and very cooperative—and she even smiled at one point (which is still a rarity around here)!
Dr. K., listening to N’s heart:
After church, I took some pictures of N. in her new dress, which was a gift from her first cousin twice removed (N’s grandpa’s first cousin) who has excellent taste! You might remember the cute outfit K. was wearing in her “hop hop hop” video a few posts ago? That was a gift from the same cousin.
Oh, how much fun it is to dress a sweet baby girl!
And here N. is pictured with the edge of a blanket that was a gift (handmade!) from her Auntie D. (N’s great aunt). I’ll get a better picture of it at some point so you can fully appreciate it.
We’re so lucky/blessed to have such great family in our lives!
"Well, you don't say. That is interesting, big sister."
We tried varying ways of trying to pose the girls in front of the tree, and finally just lifted them each and held them in front. K. thought this was great fun!
And this is currently one of my favorite pictures of K. She's so sweet!
This photo made the cut because K. is smiling and looks cute. Please disregard the rest of the people in the photograph.
And we had a friend take one of us at church. Dad blinking, Mom crazy, and the girls with the identical "I don't know them" expressions that they'll use again as teenagers.
I think this is the closest we got to a decent photo: 
And here K. is, focused on correct placement of candy:
We had such a good time, N. cooperated and napped while we were decorating, and I'm so appreciative to my friend C. for having us over. I'm not sure I would have let K. play with candy and frosting at my own house, but C. is a more brave mother than I.
How did I get the big girl to pose with the little one? Bribery. She's chomping on a bit of twizzler as a reward for staying in the chair.
K. has spurts of being pretty active. Here she is, dancing with a new moose that she got for Christmas (thanks, Auntie D):
And don't tell my mom, but K. has jumped on the couch upstairs. She figured out how to hop from cushion to cushion, and had a blast.
And with bunny:
N, contemplating:
K. counting. She can do a better job (and include 9 and 10 without prompting), but she tends to be distracted by the camera.
K. saying the alphabet. Again, like the counting, she does a better job when not on camera (though I find it darling that she says "double" instead of "W").
And snuggling with Dad:
Daddy's girls. Someday we'll get a picture with both of them looking pleasant, but it might take several years. Especially since K. has taken to scowling at the camera or running the other way.
Snuggling with Dad, though N. looks suspicious:
And the happiness ends.
Just wanted to share some pictures of how cheeky little N. is becoming. And, to make life even better, yesterday she smiled at K. and me! She was sitting on the couch and K. and I were talking to her, and she smiled! I can't wait for even more. Of course, this meant that I spent the rest of the day following her around with a camera.
Only to capture more sullen expressions.
Then she came inside to warm up.
I didn't bundle her sister up and set her in the snow for a photo op. I probably will at some point, but she was sleeping when K. was playing, so she missed the fun.
She's such a cute little bundle of joy when she's sleeping!
