Weather, Hairdos, and Crawling

Spring is here! Well not really, but it sure has felt like it this week. We have been very lucky to have the temperature above 70 everyday since Monday. Elena has been feeling well, so we were able to go to playgroup at the park on Tuesday. She enjoyed playing on the swings and we were both happy to see some of our friends from Second Ward.


I can't believe that she finally has enough hair to pull it up like this. This was not the first time I had tried- just the first time that it has worked. I'm so used to seeing it down that I'm not sure how much I like it, but it was definitely cute enough to warrant a picture. I took it down after about 20 minutes when it was nap time.
Brag time: I went over to my friend Summer's house and she taught me how to make bows. I made this one (brown with pink argyle) and a purple one. Hopefully Summer's craftiness will continue to wear off on me because I can take all the help I can get. Now that Elena's hair is getting thicker, I'll have an excuse to make more. I know it doesn't show perfectly in the picture, but you can just ask Kaye - she's seen it and had to listen to me toot my own horn twice already. :)
The big news for this week is that Elena has started to crawl. Genuine crawling on all fours. :) As you can see in the video she still reverts back to the army crawl sometimes, but it is amazing to see her move around like such a big girl. I wasn't sure whether it would ever happen or not. She has been strictly a scooter for about 4 months.

Right now I am watching "It's a Wonderful Life" on TV. It just started which is great because the flashbacks are my favorite. I love the 12 year old George Bailey. Watching this movie is one of my Christmas traditions. I hope you all have a great weekend -- Christmas is only 11 days away!!!