{Life is Sweet}

Grandma "mama" came to visit this past week and we have had a blast!  Maddie just adores her mama... they play, shop, nap, swim, sleep, clean, watch movies, and sing together :) and mia loves to be cuddled by her.... 

Maddie was sleeping ON the couch today and after we ate dinner this is how we found her.... She had fallen off! ouchie, but she didn't seem to mind... she slept right through it :)

Dress up in mommy's closet

My little flower girl :) sooo kissable!

Addie came over to play the other day and they had so much fun playing in maddie's kitchen :)  They are so funny when they get together, they get silly ideas and just love to laugh and play together :)

Mia tried rice cereal for the first time the other day!  I can't believe she is getting so big so quickly!  She seemed to like it okay, but i think she needs a little time to get used to it because she didn't down it like i thought she would :)  Maybe some pears would help it go down a little easier :)

Also Mia had a milestone too.... she giggled for the first time the other day :)  We were feeding the ducks the other day and Mia would not take her eyes off them and she had the biggest grin that turned into the cutest giggle!  What Fun!

Tubby time  :)  Maddie and Mia love tubby time together.. maddie likes to help me wash mia and Mia loves to watch Maddie of course! 

I love a sleeping baby... soooooo sweet!

Diaper girls.... hopefully the girlie on the left will graduate to panties soon even though potty training scares me to death!  

pool party!  We love to go to the pool after our naps :) and it's super fun when we find friends there too!  Maddie and Addie are so cute and funny together... they will talk about each other all day long just wanting to play together and then when they finally get together they fight almost the whole time :)  It's a Love Hate relationship ... but we know they truly LOVE each other :)

Pizza Factory for Lunch ... nothing like a good salad, breadstick, Diet coke and honey butter :)  mmmmm...

Bright Eyes...

Twinners for church!  It's not the best picture but i had to show how cute they look in their dresses.... Thanks Megan!  we love them!

nothing like a good bribe to take pictures :)

Daddy with his girls...

I love this picture... First of all maddie picked out her own jammies and decided that she wanted to wear her ET shirt and watch the movie ET too... (the shirt is shawn's from when he was a liittle boy)  .. then she picked her princess pants and shoes on the wrong feet to top it off. She was way tired and just whining on the couch and then she got really quiet and yes... she fell asleep standing up... haha!

This past sunday i gave maddie a few dresses to choose from for church.  She instantly chose her "princess dress" and was thrilled to pieces to get to wear it :)  Then as i was looking for a matching bow she spied the crown in her bow jar ... it was all over from there!  She insisted on wearing it :)  i thought okay fine wear it while i get ready and then i will make the switch when she's not looking so we don't like we are on our way to a theme park :)  Right when we were leaving  i went to make the switch but oooohhh no she was not going to have it!  She just loved looking at herself in the mirror , haha.  So i let her wear it.  Don't you just love when they start to have a mind of their own :)  I LOVE my little princess!

maddie wanted to sleep in her mittens :)  and see the space between my girls?  this is where mommy gets to sleep ... i swear i am a magnet for children in the night ... oh well one day i will be sleeping soundly,comfortably, no interruptions, no jabs, no spit up, no snacking visitors, and i will wish i was back to these days :)  ...Right?

I caught a smile !

Not to be outdone... maddie poses for the camera!

So here is how the story goes.... We don't have church until 1:00 on sundays and the time always seems to drag and then we end up getting irritated with everything... so we thought why not go enjoy the great outdoors before church... we woke up early and thought we should use our annual pass to the parks since we live so close :)  we began getting ready.. before we know it, it has taken us an hour to load everything.  oh well we still have time.  We drive to the park and get things ready to go on a short walk/hike.  Change Mia's diaper... get maddie in the hiking pack.. pack snacks, wipes, and diapers... get mia in her bjorn... oops time to feed Mia.  Okay so we are finally off with the fam and dogs and then we find out dogs can only go on one trail.   okay... take the dogs back and tie them up outside the car so they don't die of the heat.  Now we are on our way!  yay... uh oh time is ticking.   We get on the shuttle and get off at the lodges, mmm that ice cream looks really good!  we get some  ice cream and yep Mia pooped.... so we find a tree to sit under and change Mia.  We finally get on the trail and see some beautiful waterfalls.  Time is ticking faster.... Maddie we have to go!  But maddie is on foot now and we all know how fast a two year old hikes :)  Okay the time we were shooting for to leave by to make it to church is long gone.. we get back on the bus and Mia poops out everywhere.... i bet the passengers loved that smell :)   we get back to the car and i have one wipe left to clean Mia's buns....lucky me! oh yah i forgot... krissy, shawn's sister was going to meet us to come to church with us... we didn't have our cell phone on the hike and we wanted to let her know that we were probably not going to make it so we used a pay phone and our credit card to call her... when we got home and checked our bank account it was a 25 DOLLAR PHONE CALL!   oops!  So all in all we had ton of fun (although it may not come across that way)  we figured it was worth it to miss church to have such a memorable sunday morning with our beautiful girls!  

we all got a treat on the way home!

We recently had our friend take some pictures of the girls ... i was so excited to finally have some professional photos of them :)  here are just a few that i really loved :)   i also played with the color on a few of them.  

Here is  my favorite picture of Mia in her blessing dress:)  doesn't she just look gorgeous!  and i just can't resist those cheeks!  i love my little baby doll... i can't decide if i like it Black and White or color.... i think they are both fun... 

here is my Tiny Dancer :)  (p.s. i do make these fabulous tutu's for a bargain price of $15 and $20 with petals)  

Okay, and now for my sweet drama queen!  she wouldn't just give me a normal smile... not one!  so i will have to make do with some cute action shots... She LOVES bubbles!  I also played with the color down below... what do you think?

Twinners :)

Maddie taking her sister for a walk.... mia was surprisingly having lots of fun being maddie's toy here ...

Easter day :)

Daddy and the girls sunday morning in their Easter outfits...

Mia's first easter dress ...

Easter Basket fun :)

Mia sleeping through her Easter basket fun :)

Coloring easter eggs ..

The whole neighborhood got together for a easter egg hunt.... maddie had a blast running around with all the other kids  picking up eggs and eating LOTS of candy!  She also insisted on bringing a baby in her easter basket with her :)  

The other day i put maddie in bed for her nap and i can usually hear her talking to her babies before she falls asleep but this day i was hearing much more... she was banging around and it was going on for about 20 minutes. i finally went in to tell her that she needed to climb into bed and take a nap but she was already in bed and snuggled up with EVERY toy she owns :)  she was halfway down her bed to make room for all her special friends.... the proof of her shelf is down below :)

Here is my little stylish diva.... we were getting ready for bed and she wanted to wear ehr aht and her slippers and then she dragged her suitcase around the house... with her babies inside of course :)