Cousins

A couple more... Skyla... such a gorgeous teenager (and sweet!)

Trying to get a photo of all 5 cousins was hilarious...no one could hold or touch gianna without her screaming, Jadyn kept making crazy faces and I think Lila was just trying to escape. Good thing the big kids could hold still...lol.

Cowgirls

Nana made Jadyn a vest and hat and bought these boots for her. So cute! Gianna got a pink hat and boots. I have more photos to post later. :)

Family

Hayla and her family were here for a week. We had so much fun with them here! Lila is 5 months older than Gianna...so cute, but everytime Gianna hears her name she holds her arm and says ow because Lila liked pinching her...lol.

The whole family...the new baby girl is due in April. Sky and Riv are so big now. I remember their sweet little faces when they were babies and now look at them!

Christmas...

The plasma car Jady wanted and the pink car Gianna wanted from Santa :)

It all went by in a blur and I have so many photos... more to come later... :)

Dear Santa...

Jadyn's letter to Santa she wrote before bed...

Santa,

Here are cookies and milk.

Love,

Jadyn and Gianna

She wanted to make wreath cookies and hearts for him :) Hope they taste better than they look...lol!

Merry Christmas!

Baking and playing...

Today was my last day to finish the baking and everything we do to get ready for the holidays. The girls helped out and we even found time to play :) Now if I could just finish the wrapping!
We hope everyone has a Happy and safe Holiday!! XOXO Stirring the cookies together...

Minnie looked, but didn't touch...

Daddy's favorite part...tasting the batter at the end (he missed out today) lol

Playing with the pretend food...so much fun!

Hampy getting carried around like always. She has a few sad stories to tell, but for a 4 year-old's pet, she gets treated pretty well. :)

Cuddles

Minnie outside looking in the playroom. She hates not being where the kids are...and she wants to eat Hampy. Lets pray that she doesn't get her Christmas wish.

Bows...

My friend Christina (her daughter and Gianna are friends) started making cute bows and clips. Here is a link to her blog to check it out... Bows
They are super cute and cheaper than the other places I have been buying bows at :)

Winter Recital

Jady had her recital today...she couldn't wait to be "up-stage". She is in a pre-ballet class and is the youngest since the other girls are all in elementary school. She had so much fun. I think the song was dance of the sugar plum fairies. They all messed up a lot, but it was really cute.
Here a couple photos from the ones I took today. The stage ones are not great...I wasn't ready for no flash allowed :)
The make-up they have to wear is crazy...David took it harder than I did..lol!

16 months

Gianna will be 16 months already in 2 days! It is David's b-day then too, so I am posting some photos today :) Not sure what is up with the tongue thing! Maybe she gets it from big sis? haha

The view

from the front of the condo...why we never want to leave the beach aside from fun with good friends....see you next year!

Mags and Baby Jack

such cuties!

Gianna

Safe in her tent away from the sand!

Crawling

Happy Hour

Poop..

what your friend takes a photo of when you give her your camera for a family shot...thanks Wendy! lol

Our family shot :)

Buddies

Jadyn and Ceilli were buddies the whole trip...Jadyn was actually crying on the way home because she wants Ceilli to live with us and "she missed her already" :)

Sniffing plants

Squeezes

Mermaids...Ceilli was freaking me out with her leg bend!

Sweet Ceilli coo

A couple photos....

I haven't even had time to look at the photos from the trip to Mexico and my cousin wanted to see photos of Thanksgiving and I have no idea what is on my camera! I have been taking photos for everyone else and getting their orders out and now I have hundreds of my own photos I have not seen yet! Thursday night will be my goal to go through them :)
Here are a couple from our trip that I loved ...
Gianna ready for the pool...she hated the sand! Jadyn standing on the chair I told her so many time to get down from

Lots of sand in there?

Nolan's sand face after Jadyn and Ceilli attacked him

Pasta Rigatoni recipe

Gianna loves this recipe (as you can tell by her face and hair)
We use mild Italian sausage (1 pack)
Fresh basil (the whole package)
1 jar sauce (we like prego)
1 box rigatoni pasta
Mozzerella cheese (2 cups shredded)
Preheat oven to 350
Cook sausage and slice it up
Boil noodles as directed while sausage cooks.
Mix noodles, basil, 1/2 the cheese, sausage and sauce in a bowl. (I like pinenuts in here too sometimes)
Put in baking dish and top with remaining cheese. Cover with foil and bake 25-35 minutes until the cheese is melted or hot and bubbly.
Yum :)

Stats

Gianna was 100% for height (34 inches) and 90 % for weight (26.1 pounds) I guessed she would be in that range, but having my 15 month outgrow 18 month clothing is crazy :)

I'll post photos later...Jadyn keeps popping out of bed....her fav. thing to do when David is at the gym...lol.

11 years today

We have been married 11 years! How is this possible? A couple of random photos from the wedding ...lol David made a really sweet slide show, but I do not know how to post a video...anyone want to enlighten me?? haha

15 months...

Yesterday! Gianna is getting so big...Jadyn wore this dress at 2! Her new thing is making a face to go with a word we tell her like give us a _________ face. See all the faces she gave me today. Surprised...

Serious...

Funny face

She loves to play outside and with Min (our Frenchie). She is talking a lot more and Monday we will see what her percentiles are...probably 100 :) She loves music and dances everyday with Jadyn. Her favorite toys are stuffed puppies or kitties right now and her cabbage patch doll her Nini in CA sent her a few days ago for no reason. Scary how fast they grow!