LJ's First Birthday

Here are a few pics from my nephew, LJ's, birthday party.  He turned one last week and had a little get together last weekend.  The cousins had fun playing together and wrestling with Phil!

A Family of Girls!!!

Phil and I found out this morning that Baby #3, expected to arrive in late July, will also be Girl #3.  Although I am almost certain that Phil was bummed for a millisecond, we both know that we are so blessed to have 2 healthy and beautiful daughters, and so far....a 3rd pregnancy.  We don't have any names picked out yet and haven't really even talked about any in particular to be honest.  As a few of you may know, we had a few other "options" with Grace and Anna that we may revisit....we'll see.  We'll keep everyone updated on any happenings, but thus far, we are so thankful for a healthy developing baby. 

Happy 1st Birthday Anna Baby

Our family celebrated our dear little Anna's birthday this past weekend.  She is growing so fast.  Over the past few months she's conquered several new milestones that makes her seem so much older......it's amazing.  I love watching my girls grow and mature - soooooo cool!  Here are a few pics of her party and then a little flashback to about one year ago.  Enjoy!  Thanks to all of you who made the day special for us.

Skipped a Whole Month

Oops....well, it's been on my mind to update my blog for several weeks.  It's amazing how time goes by and a month and a half later, I post something.  Anyways, these are some random pics, but new ones nonetheless.

Grace and Phil playing in the snow on New Years Day 

Anna baby is walking!

December Tidbits

We decorated our house and put up our tree last weekend which was a lot of fun.  Grace was really excited and loved helping put on the ornaments.  It's so fun watching her as she learns more about Christmas and gets excited about holiday traditions.  A few days ago she asked if Jesus would be coming over on his birthday to celebrate.....aaawwwweeee:)

We went with the artificial tree this year just for simplicity with Anna scooting around and putting EVERYTHING in her mouth.  I figured that a fir needle down the hatch would be a bit of a problem!:)  It's not quite the same, but it works.  Here's Grace putting on Daddy's favorite ornament - the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile....:):)

We like to take drives at night to check out Christmas lights.  Here's a house in our neighborhood that is decked out.  This picture doesn't even do it justice.  It practically lights up the road even when it's super dark.  It's my favorite house to pass, so I try to go by it everyday on the way home from Marilyn's so that Grace can see it.