A sad goodbye

As many of you know, we put an offer on this beautiful house in November.  It was a short sale and we were not-so-patiently waiting for an approval from the sellers' banks for EIGHT months.  We heard a few days ago that the current lien holders DENIED the short sale.  I am so SO SO sad and disappointed.  The house is in near brand new condition, beautiful, and perfect for us in so many ways (good neighborhood, great public schools, beautiful city...I could go on and on).  We go back to house hunting on Saturday.  The timing of this whole ordeal is really, really awful and I am DREADING starting this whole process over again.

Mount Hood

We went up to the Timberline Lodge in Mount Hood, OR.  Jane had a blast in the snow!  She especially loved watching the skiers and snowboarders.

Jane and Daddy watch skiers and snowboarders

Jane hiked up this hill.  She thought it would be fun to run ski down the hill just like the skiers. Mount Hood in the background.

Jane wants to see muh! skiers

Jane and Daddy watch snowboarders (Mt Hood in the background)

We had lunch at the Timberline Lodge.  There is snow right outside this window.

Jane and Mommy play in the snow

Baby number 2

This was taken 3 weeks ago, but we just got around to scanning it.  I am 13 weeks today!  Hello second trimester!

Jane at the cabin

skinny dipping!

Jane loved watching Bella jump off the dock after her ball

Jane and Mommy on the speed boat.  Don't let the smiles fool you--Jane HATED that life jacket!

Beautiful swimming baby in her adorable tutu swimming suit

Parker, Jane, and Mommy had lots of fun in the paddle boat

Jane and Mommy go swimming in the deep water

Digging in the sand.  The water is pretty high this year, so there's not much of a beach.

Jane LOVED throwing rocks off the dock

"MUUUHH!" (more)

Jane's preferred method of swimming

Jane loved Bella when Bella was laying down

Jane and Grandma

Jane with my grandparents

Jane and Grandpa

Early morning campfire

Jane loved feeding Bella her pretend food

MMMM! Popsicle...

Hollywood!

More water fun on the dock

16 months

Happy 16 months to our smart and beautiful baby!  We got back from MN yesterday where Jane impressed everyone with all that she is able to do now.  Check back tomorrow for trip pictures.

Here's the ongoing list of Jane's language development (bold items new this past month):

Words

Maaaa (mom)

Daaaa (dad, although he often gets called maaa)

More (muh)

Mop

Dog (without the g)

“Huh?”  when looking for something she can’t find

Saw (aw; they are doing construction downstairs and Jane HATES the saw)

Pop pop (when popping bubbles “mop mop mop mop”)

Droid (“duuuud” in a deep voice, just like daddy’s phone says when it gets a text)

Splash, again, right back (not even close to sounding actual words, but she says it the same way every time)

Pasta (taaa)

Grandma  (maa ma)

Bra (bwa)

Signs

Water

Candy

Banana

Cheese

Coffee

Airplane

Car (same sign for car, bus, van, truck)

Bike

Run

Bird

Frog

fish

Hat

Ball

Book

Markers (we use the sign for draw)

Swing

slide

all done

tree (sometimes)

train

toothbrush

rock

ice cream

bug

turtle

scissors

carrot

pee (jane knows when she has to pee…thank you cloth diapers!)

movie

boat

paint

giraffe

butterfly

Sounds/motions

Whale (looks up and blows, as in blow hole)

Crab (pinches her fingers together)

Dog (licks or does her bark)

Cat (meow meow)

Snake (shutters because mama hates snakes)

Gorilla (thumps chest)

Elephant (sound)

Chicken (flaps arms)

Crocodile or alligator (claps hands together mama says, “snap snap”)

Lion, tiger, dinosaur (“roar” without two /r/ sounds)

Fire truck, ambulance (siren sound)

Motorcycle (mama says ning ning ning ning, Jane approximates)

Flowers (Jane sniffs)

Shakes head no\

Shakes head yes!

Dust buster/vacuum cleaner

Pigeon (mama says “mine mine mine” jane says “mymymymy”)