Dada, William, and Gracie

Since I'm behind on my blog, these were taken in March.

Cousins

We recently hosted a baby shower for my cousin Ashley's new baby, Riggins. The first picture is my girl cousins and me. We've celebrated with a lot of bridal and baby showers over the last 10 years. It's been so fun! It's a great time seeing and catching up with the girls!






Girl Cousins-Ashley, Me, Sarah, Jennifer, Lindsey

Babies in the Tub!

William and Gracie love taking baths together (which is helpful for me!). Here they are having fun! Love these two!

William's 4th Birthday!

William turned FOUR on February 21st! We celebrated his birthday two weekends before because Olly was going to be in England over William's birthday. We went to an indoor play place not too far from home. William had a lot of fun! Unfortunately I didn't get too many pictures as my camera battery died right in the middle of the party :(

William kept referring to his party as his "pretend birthday". In his four year old mind you can't celebrate your birthday on any other day than your birthday. My parents came over for his "real" birthday and we had dinner and cupcakes. He kept saying, "Mama, when is everyone going to get here?" thinking we were having another birthday party with guests because it was his "real" birthday. He enjoys parties and presents when he's the center of attention (what four year old doesn't?!).

Gracie's First Birthday!

Gracie turned ONE on January 26, 2010! We had her birthday party a few days after. She wasn't feeling well due to a fever and double ear infections (that's another post!). We still had a really nice time. I haven't been updating my blog. I'm a busy full-time working mom, but I really do still have time! No excuse!

It's Christmas Morning!

William was so excited on Christmas morning to open his presents. After all, he'd been waiting anxiously and impatiently for weeks! Here he is enjoying his new Batcave which he had talked about non-stop for weeks. He was so obsessed with getting a Batcave that he carried around a Fleet Farm magazine with an advertisement and picture of a Batcave. He eat, breathed, and slept Batcaves.

William and Grace also received a dollhouse by Plan Toys. LOVE this thing! It's so sturdy and fun. It even holds up to Gracie's beatings and William's rough play! We will have this for years to come and I am sure that my grandchildren will play with it someday!

Christmas Eve

This year we enjoyed a relaxed and quiet Christmas Eve. We went to church with my parents and my brother, Ryan. We then came back to our house for a yummy lasagna dinner and some presents. William and Grace got Pottery Barn Kids Anywhere Chairs from "Uma" and Papa. Grace was so excited to have something to climb on that was just the right size for her. You can see the delight in her face!

William was really excited that this was the Santa was due to visit and leave some presents. He sprinkled oatmeal (reindeer food) outside our front door for Santa's reindeer. We had a slight dilemma a couple days prior to Christmas Eve when William realized that we don't have a chimney for Santa to climb down. How is Santa supposed to get into a house without a chimney? He doesn't have a key and we can't leave our front door opened. Why of course, we had to get the "magical key". Papa and Uma have a magical key at their house, so we drove over one evening and got it from them. On Christmas Eve I tied a ribbon around it and put it on our front door where Santa would see it. We also left out milk and cookies for Santa and carrots for his reindeer.