Alec's bday party

1/24/09
On Alec's actual birthday we went to his favorite mexican restaurant. So, he had some friends over the following weekend to eat pizza, play football and hang out. Here's what you get when you tell a bunch of 14 year olds you want to take a group pic:)
I also threw in a pic of Amy:)

Who is the President??"Barack Obama"!

1/20/09

When you ask Brooke and Brianna who the president is.....they smile and say "Barack Obama"
Here they are watching the inauguration with us:) Papa will be SO proud!

No more naps

1/18/09
Brooke and Brianna are now 3 1/2. Nap time was becoming a struggle.....well .... It was basically torture! by the time they fell asleep it was later in the afternoon, around 3 or 4p.m. They would sleep till 5 or 6 p.m. and then be up till 11 or 12 p.m.! Jim and I decided no more naps!! Now at 9 p.m. this is what we usually find:) Sound asleep, together of course, on the playroom floor!:) Can everyone say awwwwww......
There is NOTHING like a sleeping baby...or two:)

1/18/09

Sharlene

1/17/09
Just a few pics of the princess!:)

Happy Birthday Alec

1/17/09
Where does the time go?? How can Alec be 14??!! How is it possible??? Just the other day I remember this little tiny baby was born 6 weeks early weighing 5'13. He couldn't breath on his own and spent a month in the NICU. My heart ached that he had to go through so much while in the hospital. He had tubes everywhere, was inhibated, a central line and a blood transfusion. Today you would never know he started out so small! At 5'9 my little baby is now my BIG baby. He's taller then Kyle and especially Sharlene and eye to eye with Jim! When Ryan comes in February we'll see if he has passed him up.:)
Alec you will always be my baby! Happy Birthday! We love you!!

Valentine pictures

1/14/09
I took some time the other day to do Brooke and Brianna's Valentine pictures. It went better then I had thought! Usually they want nothing to do with the camera. Probably because I always have it in their faces:) This time with a little bribery (skittles) they were pretty cooperative. I know I'm a tad bias, but aren't they beautiful girls!:) My favorite is the one of Brianna picking up the rose petals after we were done..my second is the one of Brooke with her hand over her face telling me "NO MORE PICTURES":) I guess skittles can only work for so long.

Mom Mom visits

1/9/09-1/12/09
We love it when Mom-Mom comes to visit! This trip she took us to the circus! Unfortunatley, we don't have any pics from it! I brought my little point and shoot instead of my D300 because the forum won't let me bring my 'pro' camera in. When I got there I realized I didn't have my camera card in! The camera still allowed me to take pics but they are stored in the camera and I can't find the USB cable to download them! I have looked everywhere!!! So I'm sorry Mom-Mom the pics of the Circus aren't on here!! We did have a great time!:)
Before Mom-Mom left we gave her her birthday present since she wouldn't be here for her actual bday. We hope you enjoyed your new lotions!
Come back soon!! We miss and love you!

Snow Mountain

1/1/09-1/2/09
We had hoped to see snow when we went to Blairsvile. Since it didn't happen on it's own we decided to leave Blairsville a little early and head down to Atlanta to Stone Mountain. Stone Mountain had just opened their SNOW MOUNTAIN. They had fake snow with sledding for the older kids, a kiddie area with a snowman making equipped with all the snowman making stuff, snow ball throwing area, sledding for the little kids and two fire pits with smores and hot chocolate. Sounds great right??? HA! After about 30-45 minutes of it raining and being FREEZING cold my Florida kids had enough! Kyle and Alec thought the sledding was fun but the line was too long and they were cold...Brooke and Brianna were just miserable with all the winter gear they had to wear. and the snow was icing over from the rain. So after we made a snow lump, snow angels, did some sledding, took the train around Stone Mountain and had some hot chocolate and smores we packed it in and headed home...to sunny warm Florida with many great memories.

View from our room....beautiful!

My little penguins:)

I want to go here!:)

Trying to catch snow flakes on her tongue.