News!!!

This has been an exciting week at the Kok house!

Today we found out we are having a BOY!!!!!! The ultra sound went well, he is healthy and doing great. We can't wait to meet the little guy.

We also sold our current house on Tuesday, which means we get to

move into our new house at the end of February!

Here is a picture of Baby Ben inside me:)

Will work 4 Food!

Hadley has been in baby boot camp to encourage some moving! We thought this tunnel would be a great way to get her to move. She thought it was fun but just sat and smiled at us.

Then I came up with the great idea of putting Teddy Grahams out to motivate her- we all need motivation right?!

Sneaky little Hadley found another way to get her cookies, she just pulled the tunnel towards her! She may not be winning any crawling contests but she is an excellent problem solver :)

Oh no, the cookies are gone! What now?

Is it Halloween again?

Lauren spotted this in her closet and HAD to have in on right away. She kept saying Ocpus Ocpus! The kid has a mind of her own.

Then she decided she must get into the pack and play and roll around. It was quite a sight!

Kevin decided to encourage the dress up theme and went and got her Cinderella dress that she has refused to wear so far. She loved it!

She felt quite beautiful in this little get up and why shouldn't she- she is a princess after all:)

Cookie Thief

I thought it would be so fun for Lauren and I to decorate Valentine cookies. I gave her the cutouts and sprinkles and showed her what to do. She looked so cute so I turned to grab my camera and the next thing I saw was her eating the uncooked cookies!

Cocoa

After we came in from the snow Lauren enjoyed a cup of cocoa... she REALLY enjoyed it!

I let her use her new mug she got from Gretchen which is her fav- thanks Gretchen:)

After she made a huge mess and I tried to take the cup away she started hugging it and saying no no no. She sat with this cup for about 30 minutes in her chair and just played with it. I guess I can't complain about that!

After she was done I told her she was so messy we'd have to take her clothes off... well she didn't argue with that!

Taking clothes off is right up her alley. We ended up in the bath after this, who new drinking hot cocoa could be so fun and such an adventure!

I love snow days!!!

Igloo

Our neigbor Doug has this cool igloo building tool and he built a huge igloo at the park on our street! It took him 5 hours!

Lauren wouldn't go in but she was very interested in it.

Lauren and I by the igloo- this was the first time I'd ever seen an igloo in real life!

Snow Day!

Lauren and I had a fun snow day today! She liked the snow much better today and actually walked and played in it a bit. Her favorite was to eat it and then feed it to me!

Lauren did not like the plants being covered in snow and she kept wanting to brush the snow off of them.

Here is the same plant after Lauren spent some time brushing the snow off:)

We got to use her new sled which was great for her, not so fun for mama! It was quite a workout to pull this thing in the snow... or maybe I'm just out of shape:)

Lauren, the snow princess. She just sat and watched as people built the igloo, she's a better supervisor than helper!

Date Night!

Actually it was date day- Wyatt came up with his parents to spend the day with us!

Lauren has a very special connection with Collin, whenever she sees him she wants to be held and she will lay like this for a very long time with him, and only him... it is a mystery to all of us. Maybe he's the real baby whisperer?

Playing with Wyatt at the Montlake Pub- the worlds coolest pub that has a pit that is is a play area of kids- who woulda thought?!

Bathing Beauties

Megan and I took Hadley and Lauren swimming today. The girls looked so cute in their suits (though I think Lauren is going for the Zac Effron look here with her hair!).

This is about the cutest gal I've ever seen in a bikini!

Okay moms, take us in the pool- we are ready!

What is she doing?

Not so sure what she was trying to do here. Somehow she pulled her shirt over her head but couldn't get the arms out. We were laughing so hard at this silly girl!

Cool Hat

Looking super cool in moms winter hat! I don't wear it sideways though, Lauren must know it's cooler that way:)

First Trip to the Dentist!

Lauren had her first visit to the dentist last week. It went fairly well. She cried a bit but the rubber ducky, frog, and toothbrush all helped make it a little better. She did let them look in her mouth but only for a few seconds! So far her teeth are looking good!

Who needs pants?

Lauren had a play date at Tyler's house and enjoyed riding his police cruiser, but apparently didn't think she needed pants (I guess if she can ride her quad without a shirt she can ride the motorcycle without pants). She was the only girl at the play group today so of course she took off her pants... oh boy, not looking forward to the teen years!

Crazy Drivers!

I decided to take the girls grocery shopping today. I think this was the most fun I've ever had grocery shopping, I was just laughing the whole time. They looked so cute together and they were loving driving the car!

Hads is trying the "what who me?" look out because she has to try to look innocent when she gets caught stealing! This kid was grabbing things off every shelf, she has an amazing reach.

We of course had to stop for some cocoa. Hads didn't actually get any but we got her a cup so she wouldn't feel left out:) We did share our cookie with her and she is quite a fan of molasses cookies (mine and Lauren's favorite at Starbucks!)

She is an experienced driver, already able to sip a latte and drive all at once. Now she just needs a cell phone.

Hads kept dropping her cup and then wanted Lauren's, which as you can imagine didn't go over well. Lauren is not about to let Hadley take something from her, she prefers to be the one doing the taking:)

Pretty much the whole store was in love with these two and you can see why. It was an adventure to say the least (the snow and ice in the parking lots was lots of fun!) but I think we might be doing this more often, it was a fun little outing for all :)

Snow!

Lauren ventured out in the snow this morning. She loves looking at it from inside saying SNOW but once out in it, she's not so sure...

She just kind of looks around but then wants to be picked up.

She was not happy when she fell in it at all! I guess she does take after me a little, I'm not the biggest fan of snow either:)

I heart Meeohs!

Lauren's latest obsession is tomatoes! She loves them and walks around the house saying "Meeohs" all the time.

Kevin and I spent the weekend in Seattle and walked around Pike's Place Market Sunday morning. They were selling baskets of tomatoes so we bought Lauren one (how many parents can say they brought their kid tomatoes as a souvenir?)

She was so excited when we gave them to her, she instantly grabbed one, took a bite and then shoved the whole thing in her mouth! Kind of grosses me out, I can't imagine eating a tomato like that, but glad she enjoys it:)

A spoonful of sugar

Lauren woke up at 10 the other night with a bad cough and since cold/cough medicine is banned for kids under 2 we didn't know what to do. We decided some sorbet might make her throat feel better so Lauren got a little late night treat!