Wednesday, May 7. 2008

Just a little taste

So John's the one who usually can give you a great put together photo array of our comings and goings. However, I thought I'd give you a little teaser from our vacation. Enjoy!

Discussing the finer things found by eager fingers and keen eyes.

Walking in the sand.

"It's supposed to be this way Daaaad."

Digging in the world's biggest sand box

Look at me!

Joy

Stylin'

Loving Daddy-time.

Posted by Kristin at 11:04 | Comment (1)

Sunday, April 20. 2008

Rainy Days, Sunday Afternoons and Wee Babes

Ian thoroughly enjoying the flooding rain we've had lately.

So precious! Daddy and his little girl.

Gillian and her new "baby" Maddy.

Posted by Kristin at 16:24 | Comment (1)

Friday, March 28. 2008

Happy 1st Birthday Gillian!

Happy 1 year to my baby girl.

Somebody is one!

We started with a small family gathering of just Kristin, Ian, Gillian, and I.

We got Gillian a cash register and a shopping cart. She liked to drink the mustard..

She really liked the maple syrup..

I mean she REALLY liked it..

After the small party and a healthy amount of maple syrup, we had some cake.

The next day, we had a party with some family and friends!

There were pianos to open..

bears to kiss...

and lots of wonderful surprises!

We did have some more cake as well.

I think messy is not "her thing"..

We had a great time and I know she did as well.

Posted by John at 00:52 | Comments (2)

Friday, March 14. 2008

My precious 11 1/2 month old daughter

So, Gilly's newest game is to play "night night". She drags a pillow into the floor and lays her head down with some force and we say to her "are you going nigh night?" Whence she then giggles, sits up and crawls across the pillow only to do the whole routine again. Needless to say these antics are adorable and make us laugh. She decided today that the ante had to be upped though and not really to my surprise, though definitely to my disgust, she wanted to play elsewhere. Where you ask?

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

The stinky, hairy and very old dog bed...but look at that face! Can you see the gleam in her eye!!!

Posted by Kristin at 00:39 | Comment (1)

Life as of late

WARNING - Long post...
Well much has been happening around here as spring is trying to make it's way to NWA. I thought I'd share some stories and photos with our loyal readers out there. Sidenote - please excuse any typing errors as I have an injured left ring finger that requires me to peck-type only. Where was I, ah yes, Spring.

March has been full of swinging weather patterns. We finally had a snow worth playing out in and you can see the kids enjoyed themselves. Gillian had her first steps in the snow as well as tasting the fine culinary dish of the frozen wonder. She would much rather stay inside as the footing wasn't much to her liking.

Big shoes-Slipperry steps

Why am I tasting fuzz?

Ian on the other hand was in his element. He even chose to play out in the snow on his own for 45 minutes! He couldn't wait for his Dad to come home so they could play in the snow together. Here's a little of their handy work.

Snowman #1

The real deal. Notice how it took almost all the snow in the front yard!

So the snow melted and we needed more firewood. John then got to enjoy some mud "wrestling" of his own thanks to the soft squishy earth...

Hummmm, all the tires are stuck.

Dug in deep...

After the truck was rescued, we've been enjoying beautiful weather and are playing outside as much as possible. The seeds for the garden have been sprouting and the pollen is causing sneezing.

But we still love spring. Here's my swwet family enjoying the great outdoors.