Get off the roads!!

Our beautiful niece, Kayla, is 16 years old today! Yikes! How could she possibly be 16 already? Where does the time go?
We hope you have the greatest 16th birthday ever, Kayla! We love you!

One, Tuu, Tree, Boor

In case you were wondering about the title, that is "Ally Speak" for- one, two, three, four. Ally can count to TEN! Nineteen months old and she can count to ten...proud mama over here. :-) Some of the pronunciation may be a little off, but you can understand every number she is saying and she counts in order every time. Just wanted to brag a little, because she so darn cute when she does it! If I can catch her on video, I will post it here, but she is stubborn when she sees any kind of camera so I am not making promises. I'll try though!

Cutest 1 Year Old in Town!

In addition to Christmas, we have something else to celebrate around these parts...today is our nephew and Godson, Dylan's, 1st birthday!! I cannot believe a year has gone by already. Seems like just yesterday that my mom called to say Laura's water broke early Christmas morning and she was in labor (Dylan wasn't due to arrive for another month). Dylan is an absolute joy to be around and one of the cutest kids I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. I am so proud to be his aunt and Godmomma. Happy Birthday D! We love you and look forward to celebrating with you tomorrow!

Trick-or-Treat

We had our first (now to be annual) Trick-or-Treat party last night and it was so much fun. We had quite the crew of Ally, Dylan, Ryan, Alyssa and Jillian all out on the streets collecting candy! All the kids were wonderful (no complaining, fussing, fighting, etc.) and even the littles made it to at least 20 houses. We weren't even planning on taking them, except to a few neighbors, but they were in to it and ready to go so we forged on.
Ally would not let go of her candy bucket, to the point that I thought we might have to let her take it to bed with her (and then steal it away after she fell asleep). She had a great time and ate too much candy!
David got his fill of scaring all the kids in the neighborhood (he is really quite good and funny when he does it) and we had lots of laughs and ate yummy pizza and snacks.
What a fun night!
Trick-or-Treat!!

Somebody's 30 Today and Her Name is TONYA!!!

HAPPY 30th Birthday Tonya!

Sorry we couldn't make it to your surprise party, but we had a great time at the Pub with you!

Some pictures of our evening out...

Hope you had a great birthday, Tonya! We love you!!

Jilly is 1 Today!!

Jillian turns one today and we are so excited! I can't believe how fast this year went by. It seems like just yesterday that Julie and I were pregnant (and miserable :-)) together and now we have two adorable and amazing one year olds!
Happy Birthday, Jilly! We have so enjoyed watching you grow this year and we are excited for your birthday party today. We love you!!

A Butterfly Birthday Party

Today we had Ally's first birthday party and oh what fun we had! She was surrounded by tons of loved ones and we so appreciate everyone helping us celebrate this special day with our baby.

We had the party at our house and enjoyed GREAT weather and lots of yummy food and fun. Ally did a great job eating her butterfly cake and was not shy about it all (we weren't shocked by this, 'cause the girl loves to eat!). Mommy ended up doing most of the gift unwrapping, while Ally played with all of her new toys. :-)

Thanks to all of our wonderful family and friends who came over for Ally's party and for being so generous to our little girl. You all helped make this day wonderful for us and we appreciate all of your love and support, especially over this past year with our Allyson.

Mass quantities of pictures coming your way... :-)