Our Kids

Heads up, metropolitan Phoenix area… here come the Haslup kids!

After consulting with Lela and Piper, the family took a vote and you guessed it, we’re heading back to Phoenix. We’ve had a great time in Bozeman (2 years, 9 months) and we’ll miss all our friends here, but we’re also looking forward to getting back. Stay tuned for news of the move… we’ll be soaking up the sun in no time.

To more exciting things… these cute little buggers that continue to amaze us every day. Be sure to check out the Flickr site for the latest in pictures. We’ve been a little busy lately but we’ll keep trying to put them up.

In the latest batch you get a glimpse of what’s entertaining us: Lela’s hair is getting longer but she’s still leaving all the teeth-growing to her sister. Piper has been getting more and more excited with things and lets us know with some great, high-pitched screams of joy. They’re both just crawling around like they’ve been doing it for months. Tonight Lela managed to chase Rupert (our golden retriever) out of the room just by crawling and sqeeking at him. I guess even goldens have their limits!

Lela’s taken to sleeping through the night (yay!)… and getting up at 5:30am (boo!). I guess you can’t have your cake and eat it too… Piper gets up maybe once a night and for various reasons, she’ll sometimes stay in our bed after her bottle. Because of this we’ve discovered two things: Piper snores and she’s a bed-hog. I’ll be sure to let future boyfriends know these facts… maybe during the “get to know Dad” lunch they’ll be having before even thinking about dating a daughter of mine.

Tonight was fun: while I was outside in the snow helping someone get their car out of a snow-filled ditch (I’ll miss Bozeman!), Mystique was playing a new game with the girls. She’d set them up in our living room looking towards the hallway. Then, she and Rupert would loudly run from the other end of the hallway and give the girls a big “hah!”. They would just *love* it! Piper would emit her squeel of joy and Lela would give us her big gummy smile and clap her hands with a laugh. With all these toys in the room I love the fact that they love Mommy the most.

And so do I so I better get off my “toy” and hang out with the misses. I think she’s done packing the living room now so it’s safe to go offer to help.

jason