More photos!

Here are the rest of the photos I promised to show you:

Eden's birthday this year was very low key (same as last year). We wrapped up some books and puzzles and put them on her new table (that was really a Christmas present from Toto and Grandpa).




Her favorite present was actually a Christmas present from Kevin's parents: a stuffed Thomas  pillow pet. She loves him to death.


Here was her birthday "cake" - we did the blowing out of the candle the day after her birthday because we ran out of time on her actual birthday.


Winnie, clearly, did not enjoy the festivities as much as Eden did.


Sequence of events for eating birthday day from Eden's perspective:
YAY I GET TO EAT CAKE!!


Mom is taking too long with the camera, so I'll just help myself.


What is this thing? I can't eat this.


Ahh, icing bliss. Must eat as much as possible in one bite.


Okay, now I'll try to blow out the candle.


Success!


Okay, back to the important part: icing.


Back to Mommy's perspective: she learned a new skill: "yicking" (i.e. licking) the candle.



And now onto non-birthday related items:
This is the fallout after a stint in time-out. Can you see the drool, tears, and snot?


Enjoying her table:


Taking a break from blueberry picking when my dad and Kathy and her two girls came to visit (don't you love how Alyssa is sitting in Eden's car seat and Eden is standing next to her?)


Boy, I wish I could sleep anywhere like this


The joys of playing in the sprinkler


And finally, Eden's favorite thing: bubbles.

Get ready...

...for photo overload!

Eden has learned to walk Ruby. Sometimes it's the other way around.


Sleeping Winnie. My favorite.


Stretchy stretchy.


Mid-sneeze. I love it.


Does the baby fit in the doll stroller? Yes. Sort of.


Baby's first blow-dry.


Daddy thrill ride.


What's better than baby wrinkles?


I love this shot. Winnie's so animated in it.


Crazy bath hair.


I promise I did not pose this photo. Eden found my "boobie" (that's what she calls my bra) and put it on herself.


Chillin' with Dad.


I love this photo, too.


More later!

New favorite photo

More photos later.

Happy 2nd Birthday to Eden!

Heaven help the cutenesss:



I don't know what to do with myself. I'm not bragging on my baking abilities (because clearly these are not gourmet), but oh, my, holy cupcake creation, batman! This is why you have children: to make strawberry cupcakes and use pink stripey tin liners and poke little paper fairies in the top and sprinkle sprinkles on top. I'm dying from the cuteness of it all. And I promise to upload photos of her full birthday extravaganza (slight sarcasm) tomorrow when I get my SD card reader in the mail and can up load photos (finally).

Great Wednesday!

Sorry no photos today, but I have a good reason: I got a new camera (a Nikon dSLR, woo-hoo!!) and I don't have a card reader yet to upload photos, but as soon as I do, I'm gonna post some adorable photos of the girls. I HEART MY NEW CAMERA!! No more crappy blurry photos that are not my fault.

Also, we sold our couch today. Woo-hoo #2! One less thing to move when we have to PCS next summer.

And, both girls are currently napping. At the same time. Woo-hoo #3!!

Today is a good day. :)

More Adventures

I must start this post with this story and photo that I meant to post a couple weeks ago.

This was the site in front of our house a couple Fridays ago:



And this was what our hallway looked like:



Eden got herself locked in one of our bedrooms. There was a table leaning against the wall and it had fallen over against the door and wedged itself against it so we could only open the door about 3 inches. After much brainstorming and phone calls, we finally gave up and called the fire department. They came and got her out after about 15 minutes. It was crazy. And we discovered Eden locked in the bedroom while I was in the middle of cleaning up 5 piles of dog barf. It was a great Friday, lemme tell ya.

But that was then. This is now. We moved the table. I learned my lesson.

What has life been like lately? Overall, I have good days and bad days. Bad days just mean I feel tired and overwhelmed and I don't get anything done besides feeding Eden junk food all day instead of healthy meals and staying in my pajamas (along with my children) and not showering. Good days mean both children take a nap at the same time, I am able to shower and get dressed complete with make-up and earrings, I feed myself and Eden healthy(ish) food, and I'm able to get at least a few things done around the house.

One of the things I've been able to do is make Winnie's blessing gown. Still have Eden's to do (it will look the same, just a bigger size) but here's Winnie's. I'm not going to use the bow. My mom just got excited and plopped it on her head for the photo.



Here's a grandma high on grandchildren. (Hi, Mom.)



Getting some Daddy love.



My mom was able to catch Winnie almost smiling in this photo.


Trying to fix the inflated pool that Sparty ate a HUGE hole in (so much for my $3.75 deal from Target lasting all summer)


I know this photo is blurry and Eden's half cut out of the picture, but I love it anyway because it shows how crazy and happy she gets running around our yard.


And that's about it lately. May has been and will continue to be people visiting month, so our house has been pretty full lately. It's been nice seeing our friends and family. Especially when they entertain our children long enough for me to have a leisurely shower and get dressed by myself.

Happy Thursday!