Forgiveness!

This just kills me! What an amazing gift.

Catch UP

Wow, so much has happened this month, and it's just barely now summer!

Time to catch up on a few pictures!

I told John I really wanted a picture of the girls for Mother's Day. Well, Hallie was having a hard time after church, but Brielle managed to be her sweet little self for the camera! She is a curious little climber, pointing and trying to say words!

We went to NYC for 5 days in May. My wonderful mom flew to TX and took care of the girls so John & I could have a lovely trip by ourselves, so nice!! Thanks ma!

It was a great trip - very high energy!

Here we are from the top of the Rockefeller Center...great view!

Our hotel was pretty close to Times Square. Fun!

John took HUNDREDS of pictures, we're looking forward to making a photo book soon!

Hallie did a great job doing swimming lessons with Miss Jenny!

She did have a handful of crying moments (afraid of doing it by herself/teacher letting go), but she def made great progress from the 1st lesson to the last!

She can be persuaded with 'princess power' (holding a toy) and can be bribed!

Looking forward to fun times this summer with the girls and my hubby hubs!

Moms

I know Mother's Day has come and gone, but I just loved this...

Shake Your Body & Fish Interview

Nuff said.

Happy Birthday Brielle!

My itsy infant daughter baby turned 1 on March 12! ! ! !

It was fun to help her celebrate! My, my how fast a year flies.

We left Saturday evening for a lovely pizza buffet at Gatti Town!

Salad bars are great for babies cuz there's lots of 'bits'. Little grab-able things. Well, I put the plate in front of her, meaning for her to eat the other stuff and I would cut up her pizza. 

Well, she knows how to party--went right for the good stuff!

Brielle seemed indifferent on the carousel, but I think she liked it. 

She was just looking all around trying to take it all in.

Oh the anticipation!

I made a jumbo cupcake for Brie plus minis and regulars for the rest of the party attendees (dada, mama and Hallie). Brielle wasn't shy at all about digging right in!!

Every time I bust out the camera, Hallie asks me to take a picture of her 'funny face'

Yep, I'm ONE year's old!!!

Can you just hear Brielle screaming?

At the end of the night, Hallie was whining/crying because Brielle kept trying to touch her with messy hands. So Hallie's on the edge of her seat crying, 'No No Brielle!!! No TOUUUUUUUCH!!!! Move her!!!' 

Well, if it's not your birthday, I guess you have to make some sort of fuss if you're gonna get any attention.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIELLE!

We ADORE you!

Hallie's Observations

Hallie has been saying some funny things lately...about other people. 

(thanks for the new jammies Grama Bev!)

We were walking through Walmart last week, and Hallie starts squealing and pointing to a tall black guy...I couldn't hear exactly what she was saying, but I was just cringing inside as we approached him. He smiled as Hallie yelled, "He's bawd!  He's bawd!!" We recently have had discussions about bald people.  Also about wrinkly people. She's pointed out on several occasions, quite loudly, that an old person was "bumpy." 

She's such a sweetheart though. She loves her friends, always wanting to gives hugs and kissies. Hallie is such a great big sister too--she and Brielle love to play on the floor and giggle (until someone starts crying). Hallie is learning so much every day and is always making me laugh!

First Steps!

Brielle took her first steps a couple weeks ago, RIGHT before she turned 10 months! Yay Brie!

Here's a video:

Ignore the poor quality--I just grabbed the camera... and when I say "I knew this would happen" I mean: I knew that if she would just take a couple steps, she would be walking within days!

Her last well visit showed that she was at the 14th percentile for wt for age and 33 percentile for ht for age. She's a little bitty baby! I would feel much more safe with a fat baby, but whatcha gonna do? Let's just say we don't spare the butter or french fries!