What a Weekend!

We had lots of fun this weekend and the weather was finally beautiful! On Saturday we played outside a lot and then had some company for dinner. Grace was so excited to have people coming over to our house and talked nonstop while they were here. Thank you Kevin for amusing her and playing dollhouse. She was a little disappointed in the morning because she really wanted everyone to sleep over.
On Sunday we took the girls to Fort Moultrie for a picnic lunch lunch. They had a great time exploring and running around.

I love fries!

Sweet Sisters

Such a Big Girl

Another failed attempt at a picture of the two of them...

They also had a blast running on the beach!

After nap time on Sunday we met Mark and Clare at the park.

Just so you know mom, I am a big girl...

It was a great weekend, just wish it could have lasted longer...

More Fun with Nana

Saturday night Brooks and I were able to finally go out to dinner with Kevin and Christina to celebrate their engagement (thanks to my mom for babysitting). We are so happy for them and excited for the big day in May, we are also touched that they want Grace to be a part of it as their flower girl and of course Brooks as a groomsman.

It was so nice to have another three day weekend and we had lots of fun playing at the park with Nana on Monday...

Lily has to do everything her big sis does these days...

Nana Comes to Visit

My mom flew in on Friday night for a long weekend visit. Luckily I was feeling better on Saturday and we all headed downtown to spend the morning at The Children's Museum (yes, we love our membership!). The girls had lots of fun, and I think Brooks enjoyed this trip better since he didn't have to chase two girls around.

Watch this Nana...

Lily loves the golf balls!

Walking the plank!

Lily the Pirate

She was so excited to buy some grits for Lily

Lily loves to play ball!

Our Little Artist

Practicing those fine motor skills.

Daddy Day Care

Since school was closed on Monday due to the weather and Brooks has been on "vacation" since Tuesday, the girls were able to stay home from daycare all week. Although Brooks hasn't had much time to relax, I think he has enjoyed his alone time with the girls. He took them to The Children's Museum (thanks to Aunt Kelly and Uncle Clark we now have a membership), Blackbeard's Cove and the beach (yes, the beach - they only lasted about ten minutes, but he promised Grace they would go). I had a fever and strep throat starting on Wednesday night, so I wasn't much help (especially in the middle of the night when Lily decided to get up almost every night). I know the girls enjoyed these special days at home with their daddy!

Peek-A-Boo

Happy Birthday Elizabeth (and Aunt Jen)!

On Saturday we went to Elizabeth's birthday party, it's hard to believe she is already 2! Her and my sister share the same birthday, so we called Jen to wish her happy birthday on the way. We had lots of fun celebrating with Elizabeth and family...

The Birthday Girl

Brooks and his beautiful goddaughter.

Chicken nuggets and fries were a hit!

Lily really loved the fries...

Grace of course loved the cake and ice cream (and the special

cupcake from Aunt Kelly too)! She has quite the sweet tooth...

The girls had a blast dancing to Choo-Choo Soul-

it's a new favorite in our house!

Dance Party

After the party we went to Mimi and Bookers for a delicious steak dinner. The girls had lots of fun playing together, thanks to all the Rogers for a wonderful weekend!

Happy New Year!

We came back from NY on New Year's Eve and were very excited to see daddy! I kept asking the girls if they were ready for daddy to come home and Lily kept trying to get out and look for him. New Year's Eve was low key for us again this year. I fell asleep on the coach around 9:30 watching the Gamecocks (I guess that's what happens when you get up at 3:45 to travel all day). On New Year's Day we went downtown and walked on the battery, then went out to lunch. It was a great family day...

Daddy's Girl

Gracie Girl

It was fun to show the girls where we stayed on our

wedding night (even though they could have cared less).

NCY

My parents celebrated their 40th anniversary this month. They wanted to celebrate by spending a day/night in the city (and as crazy as it seems wanted to bring us and the kids along too!). I just love going in the city during Christmas time and seeing all the traditional sights, I know Brooks would have loved this too and was sad that he had to miss out because of work. Here are some pics from our adventure into NYC.

Stopping for a snack - big pretzels are my absolute favorite!

We went to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. I was a little nervous about how Lily would do (you know with the screaming thing and all), but she did great! Before the show she let out a scream and the older couple in front of me immediately turned around. I assured them that if she did it during the show I would escort her out. As soon as the music and dancing began she started bouncing around in my lap and was just so happy. I took her out for a couple short breaks, but was able to sit and watch almost the whole show. I have to say I was impressed with her especially because the show was at 3:30 and she hadn't napped at all that day!

Gracie loved the show too, especiall

seeing Santa and the the Rockettes dancing.

After the show we took a walk to see the Christmas tree and ice skaters at Rockafella Center. The girls took turns in the stroller because the double stroller I had was just not going to work with all those people and snow...

Nana and Lily

Lily loves her Aunt TaTa

We even got to see Elmo in the city! After wondering why we kept seeing random characters walking around the city (which Grace was not too excited about), Elmo held out his money bag to collect some cash after his visit with Lily...

From there it was out to dinner to celebrate! Grace fell asleep before we made it to the restaurant and slept through the entire dinner. Lily did a great job and allowed me to eat my whole meal - the food was delicious too!

Happy Anniversary

After dinner we walked through time square. Lily was loving all the people and lights, I think she is our city girl! After a long day and no nap (and being on her best behavior!) she finally gave in and fell asleep in my arms a few minutes after taking this picture...

The next morning we took a

walk to FAO Shwartz and the kids had a blast.

Grace really enjoyed dancing and

running around on the piano with her cousins!

Lily loved running and around and exploring the store. Too bad this elephant was hundreds of dollars, lucky for me she settled for a ball instead.

Thanks again mom and dad for fun times

and memories that will last forever!