February 2010 (finally)

February 1, 2010

The last day of Josie's first week of being the big sister...

The Goozer-Do

February 3, 2010

Amanda and Laine came to visit. Kelly and Brian were coming that evening too!

February 4, 2010

Nicolette had to go for her 2 week checkup, Aunt Kelly took us while Uncle Brian stayed with the kids, while they napped.

It kindof looks like a fancy pope hat that she is wearing here. hahaha

Finn and Josie got their baths, and their one and only one together. We got pics, just not going to post them on here, it was cute, they were in an ocean of toys too haha. The Rosendahls came to visit that day too! (we were so luck to have so many visitors)

Feb 5, 2010

We had a relaxed day, Michael went to get Avery that Friday as he had a Dr appt earlier and got out early enough to pick her up. It was the day before her 4th Birthday!

February 6, 2010

Miss Avery's 4th Birthday!

We celebrated it with a "Fancy Dress Up Tea Party" at Frankie Carter Park!

Lot's of people showed up to celebrate it. There was even a Pinata!

February 7, 2010

Kelly, Brian and Finnegan had to go back home :( It was so sad to see them go. They took such good care of us, made so many good meals and treats for us to get us through the next week. It was so amazingly helpful. We wish they didn't live so far away. :(

February 9, 2010

Nicolette is 3 weeks old.

February 11, 2010

Nic is spending time with Daddy, and Josie took a chance to try on the new skirt that Grammy made for Avery's birthday.

February 12, 2010

February 13, 2010

February 14, 2010

Valentines Day!

February 15, 2010

February 16, 2010

Nicolette is 4 weeks old.

February 17, 2010

February 18, 2010

February 19, 2010

February 21, 2010

Grandpa Jim's visit comes to an end. We had so much fun with him. He took Avery and Josie to Chuck E Cheese one day, and took Josie to the Challenger 7 park even!

February 22, 2010

Nicolette Olympic styling!

February 23, 2010

Nicolette is 5 weeks old, and happy as a clam!

Josie, cheesin'!

February 24, 2010

Boy Oh Boy did she think that she was stylin'.

February 26, 2010

Photoshoot for Nicolette.

Josie striking her usual pose with her milk, haha.

February 28, 2010

Sweet girl photoshoot.

Belated Halloween recap

It was Miss Elaine Abigail's very first debut as a dressed up trick or treater! Amanda's family came over in the late afternoon so the girls could all get their pictures taken together (just wait until proms and first day of schools, and hey its Thursday, excuses to photograph the kids together lol) She was the most amazing little monkey ever!
Avery got to look like the princess she believes she is, for Halloween. She chose to be Belle this year, and Grammy happily obliged her with a very fancy and beautiful Belle costume from the Disney store. I made sure to make her hair and makeup look as Belle-like as possible, all while freaking out a little on the inside and telling myself over and over again that I was not being a pageant mom lol.

Josie for some reason, although she loves Nemo, and loved her costume, she was not wanting to dress up early for the photos or get her picture taken. She didn't really realize what the night had in store for her. In her mind we were jsut trying to dress her up for photos, and she wanted to exercise her ability to say NO! We managed to get a couple with her in the frame, but when she was done, she was done.

After pictures we tried to hurry through dinner (which next time it should just be pizza, not taco night) and there were trick or treaters at our door before we were done eating, so we got the girls all ready to go, Michael quickly carved his pumpkin and met up with us down the street. There were just enough houses giving out candy on our block to make it worth it for a toddler, but as the girls get older, they will know to start out earlier, to be able to cover more ground further back into the neighborhood, in order to achieve a bigger candy bounty! hehehe

All in all, the girls were still in bed on time, Avery chose a cupcake to eat and Josie chose a dumdum sucker (they are her favorite I think) They trick or treated like pro's! Well Avery did, she said Trick or treat, Happy Halloween, and Thank You every time! That makes me so proud, and makes her seem so grown up and polite, and was a great role model for Josie. :) I wonder what next year will be like, with a 9 month old added to the mix. HAHA!

The Rest of May Days

So, Mothers Day came and went, I have photographic proof that Michael was not the first one up, and did not let me (the mom) sleep in on Mothers Day, heh heh heh. We went to run a couple errands while the girls napped and Grammy was home studying for finals, and then we went to Michael's dad's house for lunch and to hang out. It was a super hot day, and we had set up the pool for the girls. They had a great time in it! 

         
                

During one of the showings of our house, Josie and I took Michael to the new park we found. He had been there before, but not since they redid all of the playground equipment. Even he thought it was pretty cool! (May 13, 2009)

That Morning Josie and I had played with play doh :)   

       

On May 17th 2009 we went to Damien's 10th birthday party. It was at the park next to their house, and it was a water balloon/ water gun party HAHA  Erik, Amanda, and Laine came too! It was a great idea that Kerry and David had to orger pizza and set up the tent, it almost rained, but turned out to be a great day and a great party!

           

      
 
        
   

Silly pics of Josie and I 

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And finally, Memorial Day came. To me growing up, Memorial day was always the first sign that summer was here, public pools were open that day. This memorial day, it was 96 degrees out. Michael and Josie and I wanted to get out of the house, but it was so dang hot, so what would you have done? We went and got Snowcones! WOO HOO! Josie's very first. We decided to get her started with a blue raspberry one, and it made her tongue all blue! My favorite is wedding cake with cream, and michael got tangerine. We had a pretty common Memorial day dinner. Corn on the cob, baked beans, and chicken sausage. :) All in all it was a great lazy day.