Merry Christmas Eve!

Conner and Cindy Lou have been important elves in our lives the past weeks. Today the girls had special permission to touch them and hug them...as long as the elves went to church with us tonight to learn about the true meaning of the season. The elves were loved today!

We also have cookies and hot chocolate ready for Santa and a special treat of celery out for the rain deer...

Merry Christmas to all....and to all a good night!

2nd grade Christmas play

Weeks ago bryanna bounced off the bus shouting "I am mrs. Claus!" Much to her excitement, she was cast as mrs Claus in the 2nd grade play. She had the "perfect" dress and shoes, knew exactly how her hair should be done, and wanted just a little bit of make up! We were very proud of our little mrs. Claus!

Kraynaks

We decided a few years back that instead of exchanging gifts with friends, we would spend a fun day together. We have found the kids enjoy Christmas tree lane at kraynaks, and the daddy's just can not control their excitement as well! 😄 To our surprise, we met up with another family this year, and enjoyed a blast of a day! Loved watching the excitement in the eyes of the three little girlies...and the girls (yes even hanna!) finished the trip to kraynaks talking to Santa! Great Christmas memories!!

The Santa Train

Hanna says "choo choo"! Conner and Cindy Lou, our elves, surprised us with a special treat this year! A ride on the oc&t for their Santa train! Our friends also got tickets from their elves, and so the mommies and kiddos bundled up for a fun day! The highlight was Santa even climbed aboard and the kids got to make their requests...bryanna wanted a pink scooter and Hanna wants presents! 

Thanksgiving 2013

We celebrated out 18th Thanksgiving in Ohio with Bryan's family this year. We are so thankful for the memories made this year, and the time we spent with loved ones! We treasured the time with everyone, and came home feeling very fortunate for being surrounded by so many that love our girls!

Bryanna and hayden picked up where they left off last year with an awesome little friendship....so we tried to do kid friendly activities.  of course a trip to the Mansfield carousel occurred! Poor papa jack was the lucky one chosen to ride over and over and over again with hanna! We also tried our hand at bowling, and spent a relaxing Saturday at malibar farms...a very special thanks to aunt kathie and uncle terry for planning a super awesome day! 

The girls loved seeing their family! Thanks to everyone who made this thanksgiving very special!

Family Pictures

Our Church is putting together a new pictoral directory, which gave us a great opportunity to finally get some family pictures taken.  We thought they turned out pretty good --- especially of the girls!

Bryanna answered by request by showing off that beautiful "toothless" smile!  Our girl is growing up way to fast!!

We love this chubby little face.  Although we didn't get any pictures of her new "toothie" grin, they still show her beautiful, big blue eyes!

Daddy and his girls!

Mommy and her girls!

We love the relationship these two girls have!  Bryanna can get Hanna laughing like no one else can --- and they adore each other!! 

Can hardly believe that this February, Bryan and I have officially been together for half of our lives!  God has blessed us in so many ways!

And finally, our favorite family shots (sorry, running out of time tonight, and can't figure out how to flip!)!







Hanna 6 Months Old

Where does the time go?  It's hard to believe that Hanna is already 6 months old (or by the time I'm writing this blog, almost 7!)  She is such an amazing little girl, full of smiles and belly laughs!  For her 6 month Birthday, she surprised us by sitting up by herself.  She loves her vegetables, except for peas (but who could blame her?!) and is now starting to eat those yummy fruits!  She can roll, but is a stubborn little one, and doesn't care for tummy time, so she would prefer to just stay on her back! 

We were amazed by her 6 month measurements.  She's now a big 17 pounds, 1 1/2 ounces, and was 26 3/8" inches long.  An amazing little fact....her big sister was the exact same weight at 6 months, and was 26 1/2 inches long.  Hard to believe our 2 little girls are so close in size!  However, we don't quite remember such chubby little cheeks on Bryanna!!

The outfit below was one that I wore as a baby --- Mom has saved it all these years!  She still has a picture hanging in her living room of me in it. 

And who can resist those little naked baby pictures....the biggest of smiles this night!  One because she's just in her diaper, and two....her big sister is right beside her!  :)