My beautiful princess, all ready for the Snowflake Ball.

Hunter giving his beautiful sister a big hug.

Hailey with her date to the ball.

Beautiful roses for a beautiful girl.

Hailey and her friend Tabi at the ball.

Hailey at 13 months on the left, Hunter at 13 months on the right.

We had to take our tree down “early” this year since Hunter would not stay out from under it.  (And by early I mean before the end of January.)

I love this age!!  Toddlers are so much fun.  Busy and exhausting, yes, but also fun.

I tried to get a picture of Hunter playing with his favorite toy, but he decided to do this instead:

Hunter loves to look at books.  He brings me books all throughout the day to read to him.

I tried again to get a picture of Hunter with his favorite toy and he decided to do this instead:

I think books are probably his favorite thing, and I hope that is something he continues to love!

Finally Hunter took off with his favorite toy- he loves this popper toy.  He plays with it every day and no matter how many times I put it away, he gets it right back out!

Hunter got tooth number 6 this month.  Teeth number 7 and 8 are right under his gums.  Poor boy!

Here are some of the words that Hunter says at 13 months:  (I know I’m forgetting some!)

Mama
Dada
Hay-Yee (Hailey)
Ta (Pa)
nah-nah (no, no)
nigh-nigh (night-night)
tock-tock (tick tock for clock)
aaa-daaa (all done)
hi
hey-yo (hello)
uh-oh
oh-no
ba-ba (bye bye)
mum-mum (yum, yum)

Here are some of the signs that Hunter does.  I wish I would remember to do this more often with him as he picks them up quickly, I just forget.

more
all done
brush teeth
wash hands
doggy
bye bye
drink
eat

Hunter goes non-stop pretty much all day long.  He plays with his toys, does puzzles, looks at books, empties the cupboards, refuses to eat food off of a spoon or fork, gets into everything in the bathroom, tries to get into Hailey’s room to see all of her toys, plays football with Daddy and Hailey, gives hugs (says awwww while doing it) and kisses, head-butts Dottie and keeps me on my toes!

I can’t wait to see all of the fun things this next month has in store for us!

We celebrated New Years Eve at our house this year with my parents and Matt and Ellie.  I kept thinking we weren’t going to have enough food, but as it usually goes there was way too much.  The kitchen counters were full of food and the table was full too.

Everyone getting some yummy food to eat.

Group picture… I think Hunter was trying to figure out what was going on.

Silly group picture… Hunter is still trying to figure out what’s going on and Brady is sticking his tongue out at us

Hunter got this beautiful quilt from Aunt Ellie and Uncle Matt for Christmas.  Aunt Ellie made it for him and it matches his room perfectly.  And obviously, he loves it!

We played some fun games together.  Here are Hailey and Pa working together playing Scattergories,  It was lots of fun!  Hunter woke up while we were playing this and decided not to go back to sleep.  I guess he knows a good party when he sees/hears one hahaha.  Someone (fairies, possibly) cleaned up the whole kitchen and all the food while I tried unsuccessfully to get Hunter to go back to sleep.  What a nice surprise.  We all watched the ball drop and rang in the new year together.  It was a fun party.  Happy New Year!!