The Posti Family

August 14, 2008

Curly Hair ... the new fashion

Reagan decided she wanted to wear her hair curly to school. Not quite sure how to make it curly and stay that way, I put her hair into six small french braids all around her head before bed last night. This morning, we took the braids out and VIOLA, she has curly hair. She absolutely loves it this way ... I am afraid we are going to have to do this every night now. Being that this was our first time doing this, I am not 100% crazy about it, but with some work, it could be cute!

Reagan is not so good at smiling on cue ... this was about the 40th picture we took this morning.

She also has a really hard time looking at the camera. In more than 70% of the pictures, she was looking away.

From the back ... she is so excited I am going to let her wear her hair "down" today.

ABC's added with some Mischief

While sitting on the potty, we like to sing songs. Riley's favorite song is ABC's. She does a pretty good job for a baby! And of course, she has to have her baby doll with her (her baby goes everywhere with her).

Enjoy the video.

I went into Reagan's room with her for a minute while Riley was sitting in her highchair. I came out of Reagan's room to find Riley like this ...

Needless to say, I better start buckling her in ... tightly!

August 11, 2008

We're Off to School ...

Reagan's last year of preschool starts this morning. She is very excited to be going back to school. We went to Open House last Thursday to see her classroom and meet Ms. Mauer, her teacher. She is going to be a Brave Butterfly this year. We are looking forward to an exciting year of learning and growing!

The girls and their new Hawaiian clothes from Gymboree

Doodle Bug is really going to have a hard time leaving Sissy at school ... she wants to stay and play with her!

All dressed up and ready to go to SCHOOL!

August 9, 2008

Happy 6th Anniversary, Mom & Dad!

Six great years down, many many more to go!

Wii

For my birthday, Scott bought a Wii. Everyone has had a great time playing the Wii for the past month. Riley walks around swinging her arm, as if she is playing too.

Reagan loves to play all the games and tries to be a good sport about it. Sometimes she gets mad when Mom & Dad play and she feels left out.

Unfortunate for her, for our Anniversary, I bought Wii Fit for Scott. We have had a lot of fun doing the exercises, yoga, and training activities that are included with the Wii Fit. It takes a lot of patience and concentration (not Reagan's forte).

Reagan is enjoying Hula Hooping on Wii Fit.

Here is Reagan's attempt at Step Aerobics ... she was not very coordinated, but had fun doing it.

Potty Training Already?

Believe it or not ... Riley has shown a "little" interest in potty training. She started sitting on the potty the day we got home from our vacation. She has gone a bunch of times, and she even tells me that she has to go "poopy". Now, only twice has she actually gone "poopy" but hey, it's a start. I am not expecting her to become potty trained at 16 months, but it is great that she is interested. Who knows, maybe she will be potty trained completely by 2!

She went to get her Dora potty seat and instead of sitting on it, she put it on her head ... it turned sideways and got stuck (not really, but she could not figure out how to get it off). She was not happy about it and has not done it again!

July 29, 2008

The Land of Enchantment

We have returned from our trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico and what a beautiful place. We had perfect weather, the house we stayed at was gorgeous with a magnificent view, and the hospitality of the Mason Family was perfect. My cousin Rob married his soul mate, Erin, after nine long years of dating. We had a great time at the wedding and everything was done beautifully.

Dad Dan rented a 6,000 sq ft house that sat on top of a mountain, with a 360 view of the mountains around us. The entire "Miller" family stayed at the house, and each family had their own room. All of the kids had a great time with each other, just as my sisters and I had a great time visiting.

We attempted to take a family photo with everyone, since we were ALL finally all together again. It was very hectic taking a picture with 18 people, six of them being young children. Hopefully someone got a decent shot. My pictures were not bad, but not great either. Most of the smaller grouped pictures turned out great ... here are some of the good shots I got of the family.

The Posti Family

The Higgins Family (my sister Kim, Jason, & Aodhan)

The Brigman Family (my sister Dana, Tony, McKenna, Morgan, & Maya)

The Carlton Family (my sister Cyndi, Chuck, & Kayli)

My dad's crew

The 7 Grand kids

My Dad & all his women!

My dad & the boys

Doodle Bug being a "cheese" The best shot of Reagan & Riley together
My beautiful Reagan
Me and my girls

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Here are some random pictures taken throughout the week of the house and it's surroundings. It was truly a beautiful place.

Tesuque House

Reagan on the steps to the front door

Ashley enjoying the view from the deck (Ashley came along with us on the trip to help out with the girls ... she was a life saver! Thanks for coming Ashley!)

Scott, Riley, & I enjoying the view, too!

One of the many little critters running around the house

A view from the back deck (the next picture is zoomed in on the flat rock)

Jason hiking along the tops of the mountains, too the flat rock (same as above)!

Our first night there we had a major rainstorm (Thank You Hurricane Dolly). Along with the rain came a beautiful double rainbow. You can really only see the one, but the other rainbow is faintly above it.