halloween 2009…

was a very Harry happy Halloween!
The kids loved dressing up as Harry Potter and Hermione Granger!

Before they knew it they had turned Danielle into a little buzzy bee!

But I guess that’s better than being turned into the Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat! Imagine that, she swallowed a bat! We did read about her at [...]

it’s not easy being small…

especially when all you want to do is whatever the big kids are doing!

Although you didn’t demand to be out on the field during the game, you sure studied the kids who were.

And lucky for me, you were content playing with Abby and a soccer ball (or two) throughout. :-)

Maybe in a few years you’ll [...]

our sweet little…

Hogwart’s hopeful…maybe?!

For a few nights last week, Danielle insisted on going to bed with her cat and broom. Two possible explanations: 1) She has actually been listening to us read Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets and aspires to attend Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, or 2) She just really loves cats and dreams of [...]

your first time in the sprinkler…

i canNOT believe…

…this is my little baby!! She was just born yesterday wasn’t she?!?! This sweet little girl looks way too big to be my baby!
And she’s playing soccer already?!? GET OUT!! (By the way, do you see all that poison ivy in the background? Like I said earlier… EVERYWHERE!)

“splish splash i was taking a bath…”

…oh, wait – no I wasn’t, I was just playing with the little stinker who was! Busted! :-)

But it sure looks like I was singing that song, eh?

one round of shots…

would be enough for even the toughest hombre. But you? You suffered through the typical one-year vaccinations only to come home to two more rounds of shots with me and my camera! :-) Even though the first round of shots was pretty traumatic, you recovered nicely and couldn’t stop smiling through the next two rounds.

Your [...]

when one ball isn’t enough…

get two!
Or even three! I turned around for a split second today and you were crawling out on the field…going after the game ball!

You even kicked one a couple of times! You love it!

the rest of the birthday…

festivities were pretty low key! Since you were under the weather on your actual birthday, we postponed the celebrations for a week! :-)

You got some nice new clothes, toys, money and lots of sweet wishes!

I was impressed how quickly you figured out how to get on your new horse…

and how quickly you learned to get [...]

what an amazing first year…

you have had – truly a beautiful year…full of love, laughter, discoveries, trials, growth and so much more.
From day one you have had a very nurturing and watchful big sister. She’s usually the first one on the scene to rescue you when something goes wrong!

And your big brother accepted his new role with such [...]