A Weekend with Mimi and Booker

Booker and Mimi came for a visit on Saturday. Grace was taking a nap when they arrived, so Lily got lots of extra special attention.

Booker and the Girls

Trying to Escape

Lily had fun driving her car...

and Grace had fun driving Mimi's car.

Here are some pics I took of Lily that morning.

Thanks for the adorable outfit Emily!

On Sunday Mimi and I took the girls to the pool. Grace has really been into band-aids lately and had about 5 on her leg. She got a little upset when they started coming off in the water.

Lily just loves to splash!

Brooks and his dad played tennis on Sunday morning which resulted in a pretty bad ankle injury for him. He is getting an MRI tomorrow, so I'll keep you posted...

Fudgsickles are Fun...

except when they melt.

Playing Dress-Up

Grace has recently found all the old Halloween costumes my sister handed down to us....

Dora

Sleeping Beauty

Cinderella

Back to School and My Birthday

The first weeks back to teaching are always very busy, especially this year with the new programs I am teaching. My birthday always falls on one of these hectic days back to school. Thanks to Brooks I took some time to celebrate and relax. On Friday we went out to dinner with the girls and Kevin and Christina. It was lots of fun and always nice to celebrate with friends. Grace had fun decorating the champagne they bought me with Dora stickers.

Lily had a rough start back to school. She was sick my first week back to work and then took some time to get used to the new early schedule. She is doing better now, but still does not like to nap long at school.

Last week I had to take Lily for her well check visit.

Here are her 10 month stats:

weight: 19 lbs. 12 oz. (60 percentile)

length: 28 1/2 inches (75 percentile)

Her growth is starting to slow down, but she is still higher in percentiles than Grace ever was...

Grace moved up to the next class at school and is enjoying all the new things she can do in her classroom. She has her days when she doesn't want mommy to leave and it just breaks my heart, but she is always having lots of fun when I come to pick her up. She especially loves playing with Play-Doh which we have also been doing a lot at him. Her favorite tools are the knife and scissors...

Her school offers a mobile dance program that she will begin next month. She will take a 45 minute combination class(tap, ballet and jazz) every week and have a dance recital in May. I was going to try to hold off until next year for stuff like this, but I just couldn't resist!

Congratulations Kristen and Steve!

Kristen and Steve had the most amazing wedding! The church was beautiful and although they had 5 flower girls, I was a little nervous that Grace wasn't going to make it down the aisle. With no nap, she was in rare form by 3:30 and had to be bribed with the promise of lots of chocolate to perform her duty. As she walked down she waved and shouted in that sweet little voice, "Hi Daddy" which nearly brought a tear to his eye. She also sat quietly (for the most part) during the ceremony, unlike Lily who had to be escorted out by Brooks (the girl loves to scream when she is excited!). The reception was picture perfect and we had lots of fun. Grace was really tired after a long week and fell asleep while I was holding her on the dance floor. We had a wonderful time and are so happy for Kristen and Steve.

The Newlyweds

Dad and Mom

Poppy and Nanny

Thanks to Mary K for taking lots of pictures and

sharing them on FB (most of these are hers)!

Daddy and Lily

Our hands go in our mouth when we

are not in the picture taking mood...

Photo Shoot at the Lighthouse

Sisters

Jen and Dennis

All the Kiddos

Nana and Grace

Three Generations

Getting very sleepy...

Alli on the Drums

Morgan had the Moves

Sadie the Bridesmaid

Rehearsal Dinner

Thursday came fast and it was time for the rehearsal dinner already! The food was great and it was lots of fun. The only part of the night that was a big dissapointment was when I discovered my camera was broken. I think it must have been dropped earlier that day at the nail salon without me knowing. It still took pictures, but I was unable to see them and I wasn't really sure if they were actually taking . Thank goodness for Facebook because I've stolen lots of pictures that other people posted from the wedding...

The Cute Couple

The Girls

Morgan, Gabby, Alli and Lily

Nanny and Poppy

Just loved being able to spend time with them!

Jake is just so sweet and helpful with the girls!

Lily loves her Papa

Morgan made sure her front tooth was out just in time for the wedding...

Wednesday in NY

Wednesday we spent the afternoon on the Reale's boat. I just love being on the water, especially with them! Grace had lots of fun playing on the boat and swimming in the water.

The Girls

Help me Daddy

She loved going in deep without her life jacket...

Captain Grace

While we were having fun on the water, Nana took care of Lily and Papa was the airport shuttle for family arriving for Kristen's wedding. Once everyone arrived we went out to dinner to start celebrating.

Nanny and Poppy

Uncle Frankie and Aunt Lois

The Bride to Be and Morgan