Adelaide and Elizabeth: Summer Fun!

We have had such a busy summer! In June, we went out on Paw Paw's boat and even spent the night on it. We swam, fished and played on the beach. The girls LOVED it!!! After the trip, the girls stayed with Paw Paw and Lele for a few days while mommy and daddy went on a much needed vacation to Jamaica - we sure did miss them though! :-)

Here they are goofing around!

Elizabeth is listening intently as Paw Paw maps out our course!

Of course Elizabeth wanted to help daddy drive the boat!

Here we are - safe and sound on dry land! What a great trip!

Adelaide's first recital: May 21, 2011

Adelaide's first recital was today and she had the BEST time! She got up there and danced her little heart out and was so proud! Mimi and Papa and Peepaw and Memaw were there as well to cheer her on! I was so proud of her! She got some beautiful flowers after the recital and you could just see in her face how special she felt!

Striking a pose!

Sweet Girl!!!

Besties!

It took her a few minutes to warm up and really get into the dance!

Go Adelaide Go!

Proud Daddy!

I think Mimi's flowers were her favorite because Adelaide said they were the "real color pink"

Memaw was so proud of Adelaide

As you can tell the flowers were a BIG HIT!

Sissy wore her purple ballerina bubble in support of big sis!

Congratulations Adelaide! Momma and Daddy are soooo proud of you!

Too much excitement can wear a girl out!!!

Mother's Day -May 8, 2011

We had such a wonderful Mother's Day! The girls brought me all sorts of goodies from school that they had made - which are my most FAVORITE presents of all and Daddy even gave me some topaz and diamond earrings to match a necklace he had gotten me for our anniversary. After church and lunch, Daddy took me to the Regions Classic and we had a wonderful afternoon outside! It was a perfect ending to a perfect day!

My sweet girls!! I'm a lucky momma!!!

HAPPY EASTER!!!! - April 24, 2011

Well, the girls must have been good this year because the Easter Bunny made a stop by our house and brought them all sorts of goodies!!! We woke up bright and early (5:45 am!!!) and went to the porch to see what he had left. He had even eaten some of the carrots Adelaide had left outside for him! After church, we went to Memaw and Peepaw's house for lunch and an easter egg hunt. What a fun fun day we had!!!

Elizabeth wasn't too sure at first...

...but once she saw baskets full of toys she was excited!!

Adelaide notice the half-eaten carrots and pointed them out to Elizabeth.

Looks like the Easter Bunny was hungry!

He even left eggs hidden all over the house!

Elizabeth hasn't put down her new cell phone! She know EXACTLY how to use it!

She wasn't too sure about hunting for eggs at Memaw's house...

...but Adelaide definitely was!

Easter Egg Hunt! (April 23, 2011)

We were out of town for our church's annual easter egg hunt, so the Coshatt's were nice enough to let us tag along to their neighborhood's. The girls had such a good time! There were probably over 100 kids and over a thousand eggs, but the place was cleaned out in about 5 minutes!!! Those kids sure know how to hunt for eggs! We had a ball!

Run for it girls!!!

Elizabeth didn't care too much about hunting for eggs, but she gladly took any donations!

Time to examine her haul!

Adelaide was just a "little" cranky and tire and refused to take anymore pictures,

but Elizabeth was happy too!

Elizabeth's Birthday Party - April 9, 2011

We had Elizabeth's party theSunday after her birthday. We had it at the house and just had a small group of family and close friends (of course, most of the kiddos were Adelaide's buddies - pretty common for a second sibling!) Mimi and Papa came down the day before and brought Adelaide a little gift so she wouldn't feel left out - A Rapunzel wig!! She was thrilled and hardly took it off all weekend. The weather was perfect for the party and everyone had a wonderful time. I can't we are already celebrating our baby's birthday. Time is going by way too fast!

The Pinata was a big hit with the older kids!

Liz checking out her new bounce house!

Such a sweet big sis!

She can't figure out what is going on...

...but she sure was excited when her friends started showing up!

This is Elizabeth's buddy Jack Nesmith, who is only about 4 weeks older than her.

Pepaw and Memaw

Adelaide and her buddy MaryKate (they hadn't seen each other in awhile and she was so happy to see her!)

Amanda, Elizabeth's Godmother and one of my oldest and dearest friends.

Reese went straight for the bubbles!

"Put that bow back in your hair you little stinker!"

Adelaide and her crew!

Not a big fan of the hat!

She knew exactly what to do with the cake though!

Jake and Celia Wilson came to celebrate!

Looking a little full!

Liz and Tiffany (her second momma!)

Hanging out in the bounce house with Emily - one of Liz's favorite people!

Family pic- notice Adelaide is missing because she couldn't be pulled away from her crew!

See...hanging with her crew in the backyard!

All jacked up on sugar - they wouldn't even sit still for a picture with Daddy!

This is one tired little girl after a full day of cake, icecream and opening presents.

Happy Birthday my sweet angel!

BTW...here is Adelaide's Rapunzel wig - she was so excited she couldn't contain herself!

She looks a little like Cousin It if you ask me!

I'm still finding hair all over my house from this wig!

Happy Birthday Elizabeth!!! - April 6, 2011

Today my second baby turned 1! I just can't believe it - where does the time go? It is a bittersweet day for sure. She has been the sweetest baby and has been such a joy! This morning I dressed Elizabeth up in the same birthday dress Adelaide wore for her first birthday. It was like looking at Adelaide's twin! Brought back alot of memories! Elizabeth went to school and I sent little cookies for each baby to have. This evening, we sang Happy Birthday to Elizabeth and gave her a pink cupcake. She was a little hesitant at first but her big sister gave her some pointers and before long they were BOTH covered in pink icing!