Congratulations Kara and Kyle!

Congratulations to Kara and Kyle and welcome to the family, Uncle Kyle. We love you both. We know your marriage will be filled with happiness and so much love.

We had a wonderful time at your beautiful wedding. The bride was gorgeous, the groom handsome and so in love. Every detail was so carefully thought out, you made everyone feel so welcome and happy. Thank you for everything and have a fabulous honeymoon!

Happy Birthday, Bob-Bob!

Lake in the evening
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Happy (one day belated) birthday to Bob-Bob! We love you a lot. We are looking forward to celebrating the big day with you when we see you tomorrow.
Love,
Sadie and Nellie

3 more days until the big wedding...so excited!

Peekaboo!

Peekaboo
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Helena learned to play peekaboo when we were in Maine. Here, she's watching Sadie play.

I love this picture because it captures how much Helena loves to watch Sadie and how happy Sadie makes her. Her big sister is definitely her favorite!

Congratulations Jenny and Andy!

So happy
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Jenny and Andy are engaged!
We're so happy for you two...we know you have so much happiness ahead of you.
Love,
Ann, Dan, Sadie and Helena

Lots of Maine pics up on Flickr and I'll post some this week. We had a great time.

Last Year in Maine

Showing Helena the Flowers
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Sadie and especially Nellie are A LOT bigger now and we're all looking forward to a great time this year in Maine. We're going to relax and swim and go on "nature walks" and eat yummy food. When we get home, it'll be almost time for Kara and Kyle's wedding...

Lots of fun is on the way!

Getting a ride

"Where to, Helena?"
Originally uploaded by redjar

At a recent birthday party for her friends Georgia and Zachary, Nellie climbed into Georgia's birthday present and waited patiently for someone to push her around. Her friend Oliver was happy to oblige.

(Thanks for the pic!, Corin)

One Year Photo Session

Poor second child. When Sadie was a baby, I brought her to Target for lots of photo sessions. I did 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year. Little Nellie had a newborn photo shoot and school pictures at 10 months. No store portraits at all.

The marketing geniuses at Target caught me yesterday though. As I was walking through the door with Helena in the cart, a girl from the Photo Studio complimented her and said there was no wait for portraits. I was an easy sell, especially because I had been feeling guilty that I hadn't taken Nellie for portraits. So, we went right over and did one year portraits.



They came out very cute and now Target posts the pics online so I can share some here. As usual, they have a lot of collage and special effect ones that I don't like, but the plain portraits are very good. Let me know if you'd like to see the full set and I will send you the link and password.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

We love you, Auntie Lolly!
Hope you have a wonderful day!
Love,
Sadie and Helena

Final Storyland Post...

Last group of pics from Storyland...

Sadie and Isaac in the blackbird's pie:



Nellie down Alice's rabbit hole:


Sadie and Isaac in the ballpit:


Nellie and Naomi in the baby ballpit:


Not very good family portrait:


Big chair at Hobo Railroad Mini Golf on the way home:

Storyland Day 2

More Storyland!

Sadie meets Mother Goose:

"Mommy, I don't think that's a real goose because if it was a real goose, it would poop in her lap."

Train ride:


In the splash park:


Sadie won this frog playing a game in the Mexico area:


Merry-Go-Round:


Bamboo Shoots splash ride:


Schoolhouse bell:


More to come...