...eighteen months going on 18!

paige is too funny these days. between loving on her baby and kissing "mommies baby" and having fun with Jenna (enna), Kirra (kia) and Cohl she is becoming quite the chatterbox. her sign language has slowed down because now she just wants to say everything! and i mean everything- she never stops talking. my favorite word that i have her say for everyone is peanut butter or "pee pee bu bu" in her terms. February was a very busy month along with our first really bad stomach flu for paige (you don't know love until your child throws up five times in one night and most of the rounds are on you)! we did make it to southern california for my cousin kim's baby shower (little asher is set to arrive about two weeks before baby aaron planned a wonderful birthday party for me with friends and we even got a visit from aunt fifi for the whole weekend...it was a great way to celebrate my last year as a 20-something.

we are counting the days until baby number two arrives (about 8 more weeks) and i am for sure in the nesting mode- in between naps of course. aaron is very busy with church involvement and more classes this month- along with an upcoming snowshoe backpacking trip in Yosemite for a few days. call me crazy but camping in the snow does not sound fun to me...but he cannot wait. enjoy these pictures!

Grammy was begging for some new JCPenney pictures...so here are her latest as she just turned 18 months! Where is the time going?

peek-a-boo

smelling the flowers!

The weather has been beautiful- so we got out the other day for some fresh air & sun!

the belly is growing!she is always pointing at the camera because she wants to see the "babies" on it...she does not realize the baby is her and sometimes we honestly cannot get her to smile because she keeps pointing and crying "babies, babies, babies"

we have been really enjoying time with our friends the obwalds- they go to our church and only live several blocks from here! paige is in love with them and lights up whenever they are around...here we are enjoying our "dress up box."
cohl

Kirra

Jenna

paige's first art project. she had fun...but didn't like her hands getting dirty (i was the same when i was little)

kim's baby shower was really fun- but paige was having one of the worst days of her little life- so i was very preoccupied. here we are trying to distract her by singing "wheels on the bus"...it only worked for a minute. usually i can bring her anywhere- but she was a mess that day and as a result i was wiped out. that night i went to bed at 8:00 and slept in too! the only bummer about the trip is that paige and i were so "out of it" we did not get to see all of the friends we wanted to see. we'll just have to get back there after the baby is born!
kim & aunt ev!katie, aunt fifi, paige, me & aunt chris!


we love cousin Madsen! he is so cute!

we finally got to meet madsen on our trip to southern california for kim's shower- unfortunately because paige had been so sick and because my mom got sick (the day she was supposed to leave with us for the trip)...we decided that paige and i would keep our distance. i was so bummed that i could not hold him- but paige loved helping out by rocking his car carrier! so fun!

paige loves uncle ray- they had a great time together. she also loved kitty & aunt ev. aunt ev & uncle ray had a lot of practice for little asher...they got up with paige and helped watch her and feed her and change her diaper...they are going to be wonderful grandparents!

i love pictures of her sleeping!

paige LOVES taking care of her baby dolls. the amazing thing is we have never shown her what to do- she just loves them. she started hugging them and giving them "loves" and kisses and feeding them all on her own. it's amazing. she tries to give them their pacifiers and puts them to sleep on their pillows...i guess she is watching mommy more than i realize! also, in the picture above she is reading her favorite book- surprise, surprise it is called little mommy and is all about a little girl who takes care of her dollies! she would be happy if we read this to her 20 times a day!paige trying to swaddle baby & upset that she cannot seem to do it herself!

Happy Valentines Day!

Hello There-
Happy Valentine's Day (it's only the best holiday of the year)!
We are busy around here, but I just had to post a few pictures of our favorite little valentine!
We'll add some more photos & videos soon.
All our Love- The Panfilio's

...not much to report!

Here is a short video of Paige's latest tricks & signs!

We have not been very good about pictures around here! Aaron has been working & in classes- so life is crazy. Along with being sick with the stomach flu (all three of us) & colds since Christmas - we are just trying to get by right now. That is why there has not been much to report. We did have a wonderful time at Christmas with family (especially having most of the Strombacks with us - that was a first) & we always love our time with the Meyers who we consider family! And we finally got to meet little Callie Joy Barker- what a cute little baby girl! It was a full house on Christmas day & my mom made an awesome meal...fun was had by all!


We are excited that my cousin Kate's little baby was finally born on December 17th! He is so cute & we cannot wait to meet him! Congrats (belated) to Katie & Pat!


Madsen Alexander Smith

...thanksgiving & babies!

we had the best time in susanville for thanksgiving. good food & fun was had by all! everyone was able to make it (including gigi marlene all the way from texas & shannon & kevin from idaho)! paige had fun playing in the leaves and in boxes- who needs toys? paige is smitten with uncle kevin (watch out daddy- you have some competition). nana paula & paige had fun sweeping the leaves in the back yard (nana swept - paige trampled through her pile - nana swept & it went on like that). we also had our christmas celebration and got to open presents! one of the highlights for me was getting to cut down our own christmas tree. if you know me well you know that i LOVE christmas and apart from my love of santa it is hard to compete with my love of christmas trees. i used to drive my family crazy at the lot trying to pick out the perfect tree. the tree we picked out is beautiful and HUGE...it was fun to see aaron chop it down! i have used every last strand of lights i can find in my stash of decorations to cover it. so fun. thank you papa randy for taking us up in the hills of susanville for my beloved tree!

in other news baby #2 is doing well- i am almost half way through the pregnancy!

if you want to see some pictures of paige from a few weeks ago check out the zakaryan blog. kim took them during our trip to southern california for katie's shower (we anticipate baby smith coming arrival this month- hopefully sooner than later for katie's sake)!

and finally- here are a few goofy pictures that the sherfields took/manipulated on their computer while babysitting paige. i guess it was really funny seeing her reaction to each new image as she of course said "baby" a million times (that is her favorite word and favorite thing for the moment...we hear "babies" a billion times a day).

baby

block head baby

alien cat baby

dumb jock baby