Skiing, Sledding, & Swimming!



Greetings!  Sorry it has been so long since I've updated this blog!  We've been enjoying the fairly mild winter, but have received a few snowstorms to make things fun!  The girls have graduated from sledding on the hill right by our house to sledding off the mesa.  It is a lot more steep and longer and Joe enjoys building them jumps as well.  They love every minute.  Here are a few videos of the girls sledding a few weeks ago.

 

We took a trip to Red Lodge, Montana a few weeks ago with some friends.  Maya was too little for ski school, but Joe took her down the bunny hill a few times.  The rest of the time her and I just hung out and had a ball!  She is a chatterbox and so silly when it is just her and I. 

Maya and Joe skiing

Maya and Tessa tried out all the benches in downtown Red Lodge.

 

Gabi took lessons on Saturday morning in Red Lodge.  She then skiied with Joe the rest of the afternoon and all day Sunday.  She has become quite the little skiier!  Joe also took her up to Meadowlark (the ski resort near us) last week for another day of skiing.  I'm so glad that she has learned to love to ski and cannot wait to ski with her myself next winter!  

 

Practing the pizza slice during lessons

Here is a video that Joe took of her at Red Lodge.

 



 

On our way to Red Lodge, we spent some time in Billings doing a little shopping (aka Costco run!) and then hit the indoor water park.  The girls had a blast.  They started off going down the slide together and then Maya got brave enough to go by herself.  Tough girl!  We all enjoyed the wave pool and fountains.  We are all headed to Scottsdale, AZ for Spring Break and I can't wait for a week of swimming and soaking up the sun!  The girls are super excited to go as well!

Gabi!

Maya!  I just noticed that you can see my extremely large belly in this picture!  Ha!

Here are some random pictures I found on my phone from the past couple months. :)

About the second Maya walks in the door, her clothes are off and she is into a leotard and tutu, dress, or other interesting combination of dress-up clothes.  Here are a few that cracked us up!

Those green high tops just make the outfit, don't ya think!  I wish they came in my size!

Awesomeness.

While we were still on Christmas break, I took the girls to get their nails done at a local beauty salon and they out to lunch together.  It was a fun girls day and they LOVED how their nails turned out.  Joe got them a gift certificate to do it again for Valentine's Day, so we're planning another trip before we head to Arizona!

BABY UPDATE!

We had an ultrasound between 24-25 weeks.  The baby looked very healthy and we were able to get a 3D/4D view of him/her.  Even though we were very tempted, we didn't find out the sex of the baby.  It is just too fun to keep everyone guessing.  Gabi is hoping for a baby brother and Maya goes back and forth between brother and sister daily.  She is just excited that there is going to be a baby...right now anyways.  I'm sure when it shows up, it will be a different story!  Maybe some jealousy issues!?  She has been the "baby" for almost 4 years!  It will be quite an adjustment for her.  Gabi will be an awesome big sister!  Both girls talk to my belly, have felt the baby kick, like to push my obnoxious outie of a belly button, and have lots of questions.

Baby Hall at 25 weeks

My mom asked me to send her a picture of myself yesterday.  I guess I'll post it here too.  Doesn't it look like I swallowed a basketball?  I've gained less weight at this point than I did with Maya, but I'm A LOT bigger!  Don't know how that works.  I've felt pretty good recently, but still have a hard time sleeping.  11 more weeks!  (Maya had just got done playing "hair-cut", so that is why my hair is wet, super straight and has zillions of barrets in it!)

29 weeks

I guess that's all for now!  I'll try to be better about posting more often!  Lots of love to you all!  Tara