Yeah, yeah (this was written in September!)

I know, it's been a LONG time. The summer went by so quickly and we've been busily anticipating this new arrival, that I just don't remember to post! And then there's Facebook, which allows me to quickly upload pics for all to see so easily.


Here is suppposed to be a few pics of the girls' birthdays. (except that I can't get Blogger to actually upload them, so you're not getting any...)



Cami started a new preschool this month. She is in the Turtles class and really enjoys it there. She goes MWF from 9-11:30 and then 2 days each week stays until 3pm and then the other day goes to a friend's house to play for the afternoon. She'll keep up this routine until little man's born and then will just go for the 3 mornings each week. I'll be working very little (and from home) so I'm looking forward to spending more time with her before she heads off to Kindergarten next year. (I know, unbelievable!! And Alaina's in THIRD grade!)

Signs of Spring

Less than a month ago, we were city sledding. Or ghetto sledding. Whatever you decide to call it - it's sledding down the interstate embankment. :)

Now, we have the trampoline back up and have taken the first of many "hair-raising" pictures of backyard fun.
Like Alaina's hair cut? Isn't it cute?! :)

Kiera Photo

A friend of ours took some pics of the girls last week. Here's a link to a sneak peek of the pics:

http://www.kieradubach.blogspot.com/

We love them so far and can't wait to see the rest!!!

2010 already

I can't believe it's 2010 already. I remember when it turned 1999 like it was yesterday, dancing in our friend's apartment to Prince and having no responsibilities except for finishing college.

Now I have a little girl with newly pierced ears and another little girl who sleeps in a big-girl bed without railings. Is it real?! Am I ready for them to grow up?!

The answer is no. Plain and simple.

They are funny though. They decided to sleep together in Cami's bed last night (she has a full-size bed now). They were like two little girls having a sleep-over for the first time. It was fun to see them so excited and giggly together, since they normally just fight. :)

Another funny thing is the conversations they have. Here's the funniest I've heard in a long time (it happened yesterday in the car). First, let me give you some background: I hate, HATE, light up shoes (as well as character clothing, like Princess pants, Dora shirts, Barbie shoes, etc...). Sorry if you like them, I'm not judging, but I just can't stand them. :) This was never a real issue with Alaina, but to Cami, it's just horrid. We've also had two deaths in our family recently (one being our dog Boomer). So here it is:

Cami: Jordan (a girl at her school) thinks my shoes are light up shoes.
Me: Well, Jordan's wrong.
Alaina: Yeah Cami, mommy doesn't like light up shoes and won't buy them for us.
Cami: Well, when mommy dies, I'm getting a pair of light up shoes.

I seriously laugh out loud every time I think about this conversation. To think that a 3 1/2 year old can put all that together is amazing. I asked Adam tonight at dinner what he thought Alaina would get if I died... :)

Happy New Year loved ones.

Additional Pictures

Adam has uploaded pictures from Cami's birthday and Myrtle Beach to:

http://picasaweb.google.com/acedog2475

Enjoy!!

Busy May and June!

May was a fun month, leading into a crazy month of June! Adam ran in his 3rd Mini-Marathon. Alaina had her Spring Recital for ballet. And Cami, well, Cami enjoyed the last month of being two, with GREAT anticipation of turning three! Here are some pictures from the month of May:

Adam near the finish line!

Sisters playing in the playset

Alaina before her recital (as a caterpillar)

Cami dancing and waiting for Alaina's parade during Spring Fling at The Oaks Academy

June brought some big events: Alaina's last day of 1st grade, Cami's 3rd birthday, and our annual trip to Myrtle Beach. Here are some pics to enjoy:

Cami's party and hippo cake!

Cami on her birthday

Myrtle Beach pictures!

We are looking forward to the remainder of the summer. We have our annual trip to the farm to see our friends the Hern's and some weekend trips to Michigan and Chicago that we are truly looking forward to. I'll have Adam upload more Myrtle Beach pictures to his picture sharing website and will update you when that's completed.

the last two weeks

we've had an interesting last 2 weeks. cami spent a morning in the emergency room for falling and cutting her eyebrow. (not a great pic, but you get the jist.)

they decided against stitches and used "dermabond" instead. basically they superglued her eyebrow back together. it is amazing what they can do these days!

this week, we've spent the last 2 days at home from school because we got over a FOOT of snow tuesday night! the girls were excited to go play. though a foot of snow is a LOT for a 2-year old and cami had a really hard time moving! needless to say, she didn't enjoy the first time out, even with my path through the grass for her. when we went out in the afternoon, she enjoyed it much more and used a sand shovel to help mommy. (adam was in washington dc for work this whole time. not the best timing for a winter storm! shovelling is definitely a man's job!) here are some pics and a video of our morning jaunt in the snow.

(cami, on our enclosed porch - rather than outside!)

(and alaina attempting a snow angel - pretty hard in a foot of snow!)

i did work on digging my car out yesterday afternoon - it took me almost an hour, and i still couldn't get my car into the street because of all the snow plowed around the car. adam ended up being rerouted through HOUSTON to get home from dc, so he got home around 11:45 last night. then spent about 15-20 minutes this morning trying to shovel the street enough that i could get my car out of my parking spot.

i'm hoping for school tomorrow - i'm not sure what i'll do with the girls for a third day stuck in the house!!! and it's super cold today - so cold that even alaina doesn't want to go outside to play in the snow! that's NEVER happened! it's just so windy.

i'm counting the days until spring. only 50 more days!!! it can't come soon enough...