an easter favorite

On easter, Bella the beautiful decided to bully Luke and steal his paci! i did rescue him after i snapped this pic!!

How old are you?

Amelia, how old are you now??

How old will you be in July??

9 months in pictures

one serious girl

My little bear

Here are some new shots of luke. He is growing and changing so much these days! He is crawling everywhere and
pulling up, but so far no walking! it's hard to believe that Mia was walking at his age!

Naps

Luke decided to take his afternoon nap a little early, while he was still in his highchair!

just like daddy...

what a hiatus!

even though we have been absent in blog land, our lives have not been on hold! we have been busy! We have been enjoying our spring weather - well, when it's not raining! We have been to mc d's playland, reading hour, to the farm, we celebrated easter, went to a playdate at meg and earnie's (mom left the camera at home for this one!) and there is probably something i am forgetting. Be on the look out - the updates are coming!! to tide you over - a picture! oh - if the picture color is off i appologize, we think mia was working on the computer and changed the settings. we have to figure out how to change them back!!

the many faces of Mia

didn't see this one - it should have made the collage!

a little time with my poppa....

there is nothing that Darrin enjoys more than getting Mia to sit still long enough to read to her. Darrin loves to read and although he would say differently about me, i do as well. But I have other things i enjoy as much. like blogging. And i tend to spend my nights doing everything i couldn't get done during the day, cleaning, laundry,etc. Hopefully Mia will grow to love reading as well!

up, down, up

little rule breaker

wearing white before memorial day...Mia thinks patent leather goes with everything!

a day trip

My poppa took me to the park today! we had a great time running and playing!! i went down the slides, climbed, played on the swings and slid some more!! it was a great day!

Eight months

My secret trick to get luke to laugh!

Here are Lucas' eight month pics! It's hard to believe that he is on his way to being one! He was super excited to have
his pictures taken this month! maybe it was his new frog shirt he wore that day - or his awesome new hair he is growing!
it continues to grow but refuses to lay down! i think Mia's did this too - and she earned the nickname rooster!
This month Luke has figured out how to crawl, go to a sit from a crawl, go back into the crawl from a sit and pull up!
looks like he is on his way to cruising and walking too! no rush from
me - he can crawl for 6 more months!!

since i can't sew...

i have to enter contests to win handmade things! this site is giving away an adorable skirt for amelia. I love reading cara's site and her 2 girls are adorable! She is way crafty and is always sewing something for them. My favorite by far has been these skirts and this dress. wait, there was this dress to. Cara is giving this away to bring attention to March of Dimes, which i have already posted about below! It seems a lot of my mom friends (cyber and RL) are supporting the MOD and you should too! now get your checkbook out and donate!!

made with love

Mia needed a new home for her ponies, so her poppa made her a pony castle!


i think she likes it!

easter egg hunt #2

here is a quick collage of the eckert's easter egg hunt. The 2 Mia's had a wonderful time. we also had lunch at the eckert's restaraunt. their food is so yummy!! well worth the trip!

the 2 Mia's

look who we found after the hunt! Ms. Olivia in her easter finery!! She looked so cute! And the girls loved her!

luke and his evasive feet. a photomentary.

feet? i have feet? what are feet?

these chubby things are feet? you want me to grab them?

i will try......

success! and while sticking my tongue out no less!

Library reading hour

I have started taking Mia and Luke to the local library reading hour. We all enjoy getting out of the house, it's free
and a great rainy day activity. They provide a great place to meet new moms, a color sheet specific to that day's
topic, a craft and light refreshments. Then the reading lady reads a story or 2. this week was all about easter.
ANd I just found out there will be an evening session this summer!