Little monkey.

Sasha looks like she's posing for a senior picture here at the Farmers Market last Saturday.

In lieu of an Easter basket this year, we decided to get her a new rocking giraffe at World Market. What a great store!

We tried hard to capture this new favorite face that Sasha makes when she's either being bashful or thinking about doing something ornery.

Sasha has been so pleasant to be around the last week or so. She has become more independent in her play and less clingy. In hindsight I wonder if some of the fussiness a few weeks ago was due to the 4 molars I just realized popped through in the back.

Still digging the swings this spring....

She has historically hated having anything on her head, but one day last week she brought this hat to me and insisted on wearing it all day. Too bad it was the day AFTER St. Patrick's day. She loves our big shoes of late especially trying to clomp around in them.

March favorites

Sasha and I sit down to read books many times each day.

Tussling with Dad...

I know, I'm a bad mom for snapping a picture instead of reprimanding her for standing on the tractor.

We went to a sculpture park last week just outside of Santa Fe. Sasha was very intrigued by the oversized animals.

Pics from February

I had no idea how wild 14 month olds could be! Sasha has never been busier and more full of energy than now. She is getting so fast on her feet, practically running at times and chattering away all the while. It is so fun to hear her vocabulary expand with a new word every couple of days. When she wakes up in the morning I hear her practicing her words in her crib over the monitor and it makes me smile.

She LOVES to go outside and stands at the front door begging to go for walks. Phil had a day off last week so so we headed to the zoo (above) and spent some time on the huge climbing structure there (below) in between seeing the animals.

On one of our daily walks down Manhattan Ave.

Eventful Week

Here are just a few of our favorites of Sasha the last couple of weeks. She's very into beads right now and loves to wear them every waking hour, usually multiple necklaces at once.

The teeth brushing is just a novelty at this point.

So the real news is that we BOUGHT A HOUSE last week! We were planning on taking our time, just browsing the market with a realtor this spring with no real pressure to buy this year even, but we saw the house above 2 Saturday's ago and signed the papers on Friday. I mouthed to Phil, "This is the one." as we toured it and he nodded in agreement. It's 5 minutes from the Plaza, but has a rural feel to it on 2 acres of rolling hills. The back wrap-around porch facing the sunset over the mountains was what sold me. We close at the end of April and will move in May. So this means, you all will have to come out and visit--we'll have plenty of room for you and all your kids!