We're back!

Trip to Beech Mountain, February 11th-14th.

The girls on our mountain trip. Excellent weekend! Next time we probably wouldn't schedule a tube surgery & adenoids being taken out the week of, but you live & learn!
Kate's 1st attempt at "Just Dance" on Wii. What an awesome game!
One of my favorite photos of these two best buddies.
People really did ask me if I had a real baby in there. She did look like a teddy bear.
Lyla, 4 months old. The hair loss has started.
Dylan's Princess Party, quite possibly the best day of Kate's life.
She talks about her party that Cinderella & Belle will be at already, and this was in February, so 7 months before her actual birthday. Looks like we may need to talk to Cinderella to see if she wants to make another appearance, and who wants to be Belle?
Lyla 3 1/2 months, sweet as can be!
Hayes, these Bubble guns ROCK!
January 2011
Lyla, 3 months old.

Sending Kate's paci to the paci fairy in December. We tied it to a ballon and she sent it off. For weeks after this she told everyone what a big girl she was, and how she sent her paci to the fairies. Genius idea, worked like a charm!

Almost was stuck in a tree, thank goodness the fairies received it and not the tree. :)
Time is flying by, I was going to post Christmas pictures, but somehow it is March already. I guess 2 girls are keeping both of us a little busy. :) Looking at how much the girls have changed already since Christmas, I thought I'd just choose some of my favorite pictures over the past few months to share with you all.

To have a sister

I am pretty sure I missed out on something wonderful and had no idea. Kate is already making having a sister look like so much fun. She wants to feed her, burp her, hold her...and if I am busy doing that, she just grabs a baby doll & gets to work taking care of her. Here are some of this weekend's favorite pictures of our girls.

He Sees you when you're sleeping...

I am definitely not known for my singing voice, but my sweet Lyla thinks it's pretty wonderful. She loves Christmas already, and her mommy, and this is evidence of both.

A little blurry from my phone video camera, but worth sharing!

What do you want for Christmas?

A blue lollipop was Kate's answer. Sure makes it easy for us. :)

Weekend in the Mountains

Kate is loving the camera, and we love taking her picture!



Family photos on the mountain, Aunt Jen is missing due to an injured ankle...



Hands are full, literally.

Aunt Tonia & the cousins

Uncle Mike & Jacob

We went to Valle Crucis, just outside of Boone this weekend with the Kendziora side of the family. We had a GREAT time, the kids loved getting to play together and Lyla was given LOTS of love and attention from everyone. I think there was a sign up list for who got to hold her next. :) Grandfather Mountain was a big hit for "Mr. Adventure" Jacob, and Kate loved it as well. She went when she was 6 weeks old, I think round 2 for her was a little better, and for Lyla in the Baby backpack as Kate calls it, she slept the entire time but I know she loved her 1st time hiking around in the mountains.

Fun with the girls

We took the girls down to our field and side property to venture through the woods and got some great pictures in the process...and some are inside before the field trip to the yard. Wow, we are adventurous. :)

Kate the artist

Kate, Lyla, Amanda & I ventured out last week to make some very lovely artwork. Kate loved to use as many colors as possible which made for one beautiful frame made 100% by Kate with no help from us. She was so proud!

Our Bumble Bees

Saturday October 23rd

Saturday was a day filled with fun! Lyla met some of her Great Grandparents, Kate held Lyla for the 1st time, and we took both girls to the pumpkin patch to play with their friends. Great day.