This little girl

She sure does make me smile!

Tomato Bisque

The eldest loves it.

Happy 3rd Birthday, Izzie

Dear Izzie,
Here I sit on the eve of your 3rd birthday, and there are so many things I want you to know. First of all, I want to you know that your daddy and I love you more than you could ever imagine. You are so special. I can look at you, with all your strengths and weaknesses and see that God has an amazing plan for your life. I love your compassionate heart. You truly love your sister. Yes, she bothers you at times. Yes, she takes your toys and screams when you get attention, but you love her. When she gets hurt and cries, you are the first one to call for help. You share your toys with her. Even if it is a precious toy to you, you share if she cries. You give the BEST hugs. You are smart, and thanks to Dora the Explorer, you are nearly bilingual. You love Dora and Cinderella above all things. You really enjoy arts and crafts. We made a construction paper castle this morning at your request. You still cuddle your pink baby blankets. You are fully potty trained, except for naps and night time. You are a very picky eater.(Pizza, chicken nuggets, french fries, macaroni and cheese, hot/corn dogs and eggs) You are also very strong willed, much like your father! You are kind and considerate. You say "thank you" most of the time, and have started to say "please" as well. You talk a lot! We will start speech therapy soon so we can understand all those words you have been saying! You are a girly girl. You like dresses, shoes, and purses. You enjoy dressing up (especially as a princess) and playing with your toy kitchen.. You talk on the phone to your Nanna and Grammy fairly often. You are tall, wearing a size 4 T! You are my heart, and I have been so blessed to be your mother. I hope that this year will be a time of growing, loving, and learning. Thank you for being my little girl.
Love,
Mommy

Fingerpainting

Looks like fun, doesn't it?

Bubble beard

Bubbles make bath so much better.

Leave me alone!

Riding through walmart in a bucket.

At the park

PJ Day at Daycare

PJ's then Pizza-Picked up early to go to the Zoo!

Mashed Potatoes

Church Pianists

1st Ride Forward Facing

Sisters

Chasing the Rainbow

A Little Piece of My Childhood

I'm glad they are now a part of my girls' childhood.

Yeah, we are having a blast.

Pool babe

Chillaxin

It Has Started

Izzie has developed her own fashion ideas!!!! "RED BOW!" is what she demanded to go with her new dress, and Mommy was unable to sway her opinion!

Ever Feel Like the Car Is Just Not Big Enough?

Car Seat

Riding in the car seat is ok as long as I can still cuddle with mommy.

Liza's First Masterpiece

Tonight was Liza's first time to use crayons. She thought it was pretty neat for the first 2 minutes. Good job, Liza!

Sisters

Sisters are wonderful! When Izzie was a mere 7 months old we knew that we wanted her to have a sibling to share her life with. A month later, Ms Liza Ann was on her way. I love having them so close together in age. I will be the first to admit that having 2 only 16 months apart is not always easy. In fact, sometimes, it is very, very hard. But, when I see them playing together, and laughing together, it is all very very worth it!

Izzie is a GREAT big sister. She loves Liza and is very passionate towards her. Whenever she cries, Izzie is the first one to her. "It's otay, Dida." or "Don't cry, Dida." are both phrases that echo in our home every day. Izzie shares with Liza, well, most of the time. She even comes to comfort Liza in her crib if I can't get there right away! She has a very compassionate heart, especially to be 2 1/2.

Liza admires her big sister. She always wants to be involved in whatever Izzie is doing. She has started trying to say her sister's name. It sounds something like "Diddy." Liza picks up quickly on the things Izzie does. I suppose that is another reason to be grateful for having such a well mannered big sister.

Speaking of wonderful sisters, my wonderful sister, Heather, made the girls these matching dresses. "Thanks, Aunt Heather!"

My Liza

This antique high chair belonged to me when I was a child. It was at my grandmother's house, and I sat in it every time we saw her. I'm glad Liza loves it, too!

Easter 2011

He is risen!!!! Happy Resurrection Day, all!
We had a wonderful Easter weekend. It started with our annual Maundy Thursday service, where we got to take comunion as well as participate in the ceremonial foot washing service. Good Friday was spent with my parents. We ate, opened Easter baskets, dyed and hunted eggs. On Saturday we had our church egg hunt. Our girls know what to do with Easter eggs! The May sisters fared quite well to be 1 and 2 years old. Sunday morning, the Easter bunny came, the girls ate candy and we went to out Risen Savior's house to worship! I am in love with my 2 little princesses and their matching Easter dresses!

Magic Kingdom

This was the park I was most looking forward to seeing. However, it turned out to be my least favorite park of all. The girls slept alot while we were there. It was very crowded. We so no characters. Space Mountain was broken. There was a parade that started at 9:30 which kept us from making it to our bus at 10:00.

But.... my awesome sister helped us the whole time!

Carousel

Our Jazz Band performance was at Downtown Disney. While mommy was warming up with the jazz band, daddy took Izzie on a carousel ride. It appears they both had fun!

Grammy 's Adorable Pictures

More Epcot

Epcot was absolutly my favorite park. We drove through the night, ate breakfast, and were dropped off at the park about 9:00am. The bus did not pick us up until 9:00 pm. Talk about a long day. The park is HUGE. No kidding, I be we walked at lease 6 or 7 miles that first day. There were not many characters out at Epcot. In fact, I only saw Daisy duck, and she was in front of about 50 kids. No waiting in line for us. The kids napped a lot in the stroller while we were at Disney. I was very thankful for that, but we didn't get to do as much as we would have liked to because someone had to stay with the sleeping babe. I only got pictures of Germany (above) and China (previous post.) The ferry across to the countries was a real treat for the girls. Izzie hit Alice in Wonderland in the face when she picked her up. Sorry, Alice. That about sums up Epcot!

Epcot

Our family got the opportunity to travel to Disney World with the jazz band over spring break. 12 hours one way on a charter bus was a bit challenging, but overall, the girls were great. We had a wonderful time.
Day 1 was Epcot- my favorite! Lots of Walking! The counties were neat, and the flowers were beautiful! The girls were NOT into pictures the 1st day!

Liza is 1!

Liza turned 1 back on the 16th! We celebrated with a party the Saturday before her birthday. Papaw Eyeore, Nanna, Mamaw, Aunt Heather, Aunt Trishie, Kyrsten, and Andrew all came to help us celebrate. We also got a surprise visit from the church youth group! Liza dove into her cake, made a huge mess, but failed to actually eat any of it. She opened her presents like a pro. She knows just what to do with wrapping paper! She took her 1st 2 steps going to her new bean bag at the party. I can hardly believe that my baby is a year old!

Liza wears a size 12 month clothes.
She wears a size 1-2 diaper.
She wears a size 3 shoe.

She sleeps through the night... sometimes!
She crawls at the speed of sound!
She takes 2-3 steps at a time.
She has 2 teeth.
She is a mommy's girl!
She still nurses.
She usually eats table food pretty well.
She doesn't like the sippy cup.
She says: uh oh, bye bye, momma, daddy, hey there, anna and sarah!
She weighs 16.9 pounds(<5%) and is 29.25 inches long(60%)!

She is changing before our very eyes, and we love her to pieces.

Snow Day

Izzie LOVED the snow. Liza was interested. No crying until.... we came inside. This year was much better than last year's snow!