too young to ski?

matt NEVER has saturday's off--so when he wasn't schedule all weekend, we had to take advantage of it. we rented some skate skis from rei and went up to the mountain dell course. after we strapped skylar down, we headed out to do the loop. it was my first time...and last time?! it was hard, and i'm pretty sure i gave the entire course of spectators a gut ache from watching me lurp around the course like a total bafoon. of course matt picked it up in no time and was gliding away looking like a pro. oh well. one of us has to be uncoordinated. despite my circus act, we had a good time and even got a bit of a work out.

such a trooper.

we need to get her some baby sunnies.

she was tearing up the whole time.

when we returned our skis to rei, we scored this:

a bike trailer/cross country ski trailer/jogging stroller

it was marked down to a fraction of what it retails for, so

we couldn't pass it by. thank you tax return.

and what's a post without a cute naked baby pic, or two:

xoxo

sj

two syllables

around christmas time skylar starting saying 'dadadada.' i knew she would say his name first--don't all babies?! and even though she doesn't have any real correlation between matt and 'dadadada', i've been waiting patiently ever since for her to start with the 'mamamamama.' and today it happened.

melt my heart.

how can those two little syllables make me so happy? ma-ma. i suppose it's due primarily to the fact that now she likes me. she needs me. she laughs at me when i dance around like a goon. she likes me to sing to her. she'll cuddle up with me for a nap. one day, that will end. i won't understand anything. i'll embarrass her. i will be un-funny and weird and then, when she says 'mom,' it won't have the same ring to it (something about it coming from behind a slamming door or followed by some choice phrase said in passing). but, i will still be the same, love her the same no matter how she says my name, and probably more.

xoxo

mama

hi to the chizair

thanks, mom, for working for yaya.

and thank you yaya, for paying my mama with

a highchair instead of money.

i love it!!