Saturday our family got up early to go have breakfast with Santa at the Mcwane Center. To get Leia to put on clothes with a smile on her face/willingly, she got to pick what herself, sister, and even mommy wore (we had gotten out 3 choices for each). Upon arriving Leia was greeted by her… Continue reading Breakfast with Santa
We have always gotten the girls ears pierced as soon as possible on my side of the family. (Luckily Chris doesn’t mind me taking the girls to get their’s done; he just does not want to go watch it even though he watched the my c-sections.) In Alabama, a infant must be 3 months old… Continue reading Ivy’s Ear Rings
Lisa had to go back to work yesterday. It was easier this go around than last. Leia went to school and Ivy went to Mimi’s daycare. Chris did great getting both girls out of the house by himself. Lisa stayed busy and the day went quicker than expected. It helped Mimi brought Ivy to see… Continue reading Ivys first day away from mommy
Leia’s Tinkerbell party was Saturday after her birthday. She had been talking about her party for a month. All Leia’s cousins got to come along with Annie, Kellum, George, CJ, neighbor Stella, and of course sister Ivy (only kids were mentioned in post). We pulled out all the riding toys, trampoline, and Aunt Kelly/Tio Diego’s bouncy house for the… Continue reading Leia’s Tinkerbell Party
This birthday marked Leia’s golden birthday, two on the second fo December. It is hard to believe that our baby girl is TWO! Time sure has flown; we try to treasure and live each day to the fullest. Leia had a big birthday celebration! It lasted 3 day. On her birthday, Leia woke up to mommy and Ivy bringing… Continue reading Leia’s Golden Birthday
This is the first year that Leia can take cupcakes to school to celebrate her birthday. It is hard to believe that she will be 2 on Friday. It was no surprise that she wanted to help decorate her cupcakes to take to school since she loves to be mommy’s little helper. Can you see the excitement on her face to… Continue reading Leia’s 2nd Birthday Celebration at School
Today cousins Sara and Katie came over to play. I decided to test out a craft project that Deedee mentioned last weekend when she was visiting. The girls were excited to work on a project together and did awesome listening to directions. After listening to directions the girls proceeded to working on their ornaments. Lisa… Continue reading Crafting with cousins Sara and Katie
This Thanksgiving was a little different than in years past. Chris and I normally load up and go to Gatlinburg to celebrate with members of our extended family; we missed seeing everyone. However, this year with so many unknowns after Ivy’s recent arrival, when I would be going back to work, new house, etc, we decided not to rent a… Continue reading Thanksgiving
Today Leia’s class had there Thanksgiving Feast to celebrate Thanksgiving together. Leia had signed up to bring dessert so yesterday mommy and Leia made turkey cupcakes. Leia loved the party! Once they put the food on the table she sat for a solid hour at the table. Although she skipped the turkey roll ups, bread, all the… Continue reading Leia’s Schools Thanksgiving Feast
Lisa has spent a lot of time this week on our Family Blog with wonderful posts of all that has been going on recently. Now I come along and instead of substantive post with what has been going on I just have a video of Ivy that we took the other day. iPhone/iPad users… Continue reading Ivy – A quick Video