Thursday, February 16, 2017

8 Months (August 26 - September 25)

What a fun day at the beach with some Fusion Moms!








Katelyn having an end of the summer playdate with Cori (her bestie) making cupcakes and a birthday cake!  





Grace mastering the art of picking up food off her tray!


Backyard water balloon fun!








Enjoying her beach tent - keeping small babies protected from the vicious beach sun is a job! 


All dressed up for church - looking like a cherub!





Back to School!  Daniel - 2nd Grade










Katelyn - KINDERGARTEN!!!! OH MY GOSH!  Thankfully it is just half day where we live so I feel like I still get her home with me for 1 more year!

Since she goes in the afternoon, we had time to get a fresh manicure in the morning!














2 Hot Beach Babes right there!


September is the best month for the beach where we live because all of the tourists have gone home and it is a lot less crowded - we call it the "local's summer!"




Boogie Boarding!


Auntie Leigh Anne and Uncle Aaron came to visit!


Some Summer Jamberry Nails!






She discovered the sand!!!






 And is there anything more intoxicating than morning snuggles!




Morning play time in Mommy and Daddy's room!


Snap beads!







We took Uncle Aaron and Aunt Leigh Anne on some rides at the boardwalk!




Evening walks on the beach are the best!


We took Auntie and Uncle tubing!

First.... Daddy with the big kids!








Evening boat rides are absolutely magical!



Back to the beach!









I do not consider myself crafty but my sister in law is... so one day, we tried our hand at making bows for Grace.








Back to School means Back to Homework!



Grace joins in the fun too!










Hanging out in Daddy's office - apparently under his desk!


We hosted a catered dinner at our home for local pastor's and their wives!


















A beautiful gift from one of our guests!


Someone knows how to get around now!



And find the most dangerous thing to get into!


But it sure does make her happy!





Kaelyn decided to set up a baby room!  haha!


Apparently Barbies were invited to the party as well!


And the doll house family!



The real reason why there are so many pics of her toys is that she asked me to take them because after a few days when she was done playing with all of this, I told her to clean it up and she asked if I would take pictures so she could set it up again exactly as she had it!




Going through baby, toddler toys - switching stuff out!


Always finding stuff that isn't hers!








One day Katelyn asked me to hold the chalkboard so she could take a picture of me and pretend it was my "1st day at school!!!" HAHA!




Playtime!





 Beach days with my bestie!


Grabbing all the beach days we can get!


Finding crabs!



Checking the nursery out at church!



All dressed up for church!





The hands behind the head sleeping position is THE CUTEST THING EVER!



Little Miss Trouble!  Or curious George!



Katelyn had a day off from school so we went to the Zoo with our friends!














Katelyn always playing with her babies!


She discovered her piano!







THE THUMB!




Hanging out on the lounge chairs!






Happy 8 months old, sweet Baby Grace!

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Grace's 2nd Birthday Party

Our little angel turned 2 today and we celebrated with an Elmo Party!  Our amazing and talented friend Becky got the best moments on camera - thank you SO much!





 First of all, there would be no party without the "Crew!"  Our friends is what makes a celebration - a few left early (nap time at this age is critical!) and lastly.... have you ever tried to rangle 30+ kids of all ages for a picture - basically, it would be a miracle!  This is as good as it gets!



I love the Sesame Street background I found on Amazon!  What did we do before Amazon Prime?!?



Okay - here is the details of the party - also, what did we do before Pinterest! 

Count Drac - Guess how many blocks there are?  Our 2 older kids really got into helping me prepare for this party this year... they counted the blocks!  Katelyn said 116 and Daniel said 115!  This was supposed to be Katelyn's station but let's just say 15 minutes into the party, she was distracted by all her friends being there!  Can't blame her!


We had Elmo's fish "Dorothy" as centerpieces - and several of our friends walked home with them:)


They got to create their own Elmo puppet.... It took me hours to cut out all of the little pieces for this craft!



We also had a craft station set up where they could make "Abby Cadaby" wands!


And a coloring station of Elmo and his fish "Dorothy"


Grace's treat for going on the potty is "Fruit Loops" - she loves them!  So, of course, we had to make edible fruit loop bracelets!








The Cookie Monster Donuts!  And of course, "C" is for Cookie!  In the background, we also had Rosalita's strawberry/ cream cheese wraps!


Ernie's Rubber Ducky Punch


"Dorothy" the goldfish pops!


Katelyn!



Katelyn's freakishly real baby doll she got for Christmas that everyone gets nervous around because they think it is a real doll at first!















We ended with an Elmo pinata!   Pull string for the littles and blinded folded for the big kids!  












Elmo's goldfish cupcakes!


Roses and tulips from her daddy in the background!



This. is. my. world!














Happy 2nd Birthday, Grace Anne Wilson!

We are so looking forward to a year of absolute fun with you!