Full Steam Ahead!!!

Well here we are, middle of March 2011 already.  So much has changed in the past couple months! Work, Friends, Relationships! Sometimes you have to look at the positive of it all really.  Only way to survive!!

Natalie had her one year photographs taken by Life Actually Photography in January! What a fun day.  We have done professional pictures in the past but this photographer was WONDERFUL! The pictures are pretty spectacular too!

 Kid for Reals Cracks me Up!

Catching Up Since Christmas!

WOW!  We have made it to 2011!  Amazes me every year what we survived the year before!  Here I am 28, mom of two kids, and honestly, wouldn't change any of it for all the riches in the world!  These two girls make my world go 'round that is for sure!


Not much has happened in the past couple weeks .. BESIDES my Baby turning ONE!  I mean where did 2010 REALLY go?? She just seems so small still so it makes it a little easier to handle but I really wish we could freeze the whole baby time phase for just a LITTLE bit longer.  Next thing I will know she will be seven going on sixteen like her sister Hannah.

Natalie is pulling herself up on EVERYTHING (even people LOL) and is starting to work on the whole balancing thing.  I look at her little feet and chuckle because they just look so small to support all 21 pounds of her!  Soon enough she will be walking.  I'm not rushing it this time around (Hannah was walking by 9 months, RUNNING by 12 months! lol)

Natalie had more fun with the cake that her grandma made her on her actual birthday then the one we had at her party.  None the less ... cake pictures are always cute! :)

The chocolate pictures are from the night of her actual birthday!  Here are just a couple random shots from the party.

 Natalie's First Crush Caleb! They are just PRECIOUS aren't they :)

We did Family Pictures/One Year pictures for Nat Nat here recently.  I am sure they will turn out cute but man was she in a MOOD that day.  Very well could have been the knock to the head when she fell out of the basket the photographer had her in.  I am assuming that photographer won't be doing THAT again!

 This last picture says it all.  She is my rough and tough don't take any lip from anyone Natalie Bug! LOVE HER!!

Growing up SO quickly!

Here it is, December 9, 2010.  Where has this year GONE??  Natalie will be ONE in 20 days.  I just can't believe it.  She has started eating foods herself and is really enjoying it!  I made a pasta bake last weekend and boy oh boy .. did she have herself a good time!

 

Of course it was straight to the bathtub after dinner! She looked like a completely different child afterward! lol

Angel was in an extremely photogenic mood last weekend! Lately it has been hard to snatch a picture of her but she showed her beautiful personality last weekend and let me get it on camera! :)

and to end this update tonight .. is my bug on the spider go! ;)

Pasta Fun!

This has been an Italian dinner week at my house.  I made what Hannah is calling homemade spaghetti O's (wagon wheel pasta, LOL) and then turned it into a pasta bake the next night.  Natalie is pretty good with not shoving too much into her mouth, chewing, and not choking so I decided to let her GO AT it!  She had a blast. 

Snow, Thanksgiving, Family and a NON Stop baby!

Boy did that snow really hit us all!! Really wasn't expecting to be "stranded" darn near three days. Kind of funny how the city shuts down every time that it snows but really I am not complaining as I got to be home with my family. Hannah had a blast! Mostly cold but still tried to make a snowman. She got the body and mid section together and then decided that she was too cold and we ended up with the headless snowman! LOL.  Unfortunately I never did get back out to take a picture of the headless snowman! Oh well, always next snow!

Here is Natalie wondering why the HECK she has SOOOO many clothes on!!

 My beautiful Snow Angel!

 She got up on the trampoline and just had a snowy jumpy good time!

 I accidently locked Hannah out of the house! She didn't take kindly to me finding the camera to take a picture of her crying and locked outside.  I couldn't help it though!!

 This is the extent of how far Natalie got in the snow.  She thought it was funny to laugh at but she wanted NOTHING to do with the cold part of it.

We had Thanksgiving at our house and while I enjoy entertaining I somehow let it completely overwhelm every ounce of my body! All in all I had a nice time with family! I was exhausted by the end of the night that's for sure!  I STILL have T Day left overs! ahhhh!!!!  Tried to get a couple pictures of the bug on her first Thanksgiving and she JUST wasn't having it!

The next day we relaxed during the morning and then headed down to Seattle in the afternoon to watch the Christmas Tree lighting and the lighting of the Macy (FOREVER BON MARCHE!) Star.  Afterward, we headed over to Grandma and Papa's hotel and the girls went swimming and had a great time! Natalie laughed her little head off and she just had so much fun!  It was fun to watch her enjoy swimming with Papa especially after her summer of growling every time she got in a pool! She has officially become my water baby!  The big girls had the pools to themselves basically! It was hard to get them to stop for a picture as those girls are most DEFINITELY my water babies!!!

 It was hard to get a picture while Ms. Bug was in my arms trying to grab the camera.  This is what we got! lol

 AND In a midst of all the snow and holiday bustle .. Natalie started to actually crawl.  She's been moving here and there for some time but man NOW she is everywhere!  We had to officially put up the gate we bought ions ago (never thought I would have to put it up as stubborn as she is lol).  She is up and under and around and into everything! Funny how you forget these things when your other child is seven! Never a dull moment in our house that's for sure!

Duckie and Witches OH MY!

So surprisingly .. here I am .. just one short week, and I am blogging again! I am telling you, this may become a new trend for me!

Fall is by FAR my FAVORITE time of year! I love the colors and everything that follows. Dressing up the kids, taking them trick or treating (even though that has become more of a Dad and Daughter thing lol) and then checking Hannah's Boo bag for "quality control". Hey, my parents did it to me, only right to pass on the tradition! ;)




This was Natalie's FIRST Halloween. She wasn't keen on it either. Did not want to be in the Duckie outfit, wouldn't really look at the camera while in it, and GROWLED as she sat in the stroller as we began to Trick or Treat. Needless to say, we only made it to four houses before Natalie was done and we went back to Grandma and Papa's as Hannah and her daddy trekked on. Natalie however LOVED to pass out the candy with Papa and would squeal with such delight at the kids in the costumes! It was too funny for us (and even a couple of the mom's that came to the door!)

Here are some pictures of my Duckie Halloween night:

I gave into Hannah's wish for the last THREE years .. she got to be a witch for Halloween. Now mind you, I'm not all ready to make my beautiful girl all scary for Halloween. I like to play dress up and what better time to do it then at Halloween .. so needless to say I have never let her be a witch as there were always FAR cuter costumes to dress her in. Well, we compromised .. she got her witch, and I got to glam her up as we agreed that she could be a glitter witch! :) I know .. only me! Alex's mom thought she looked like a Kid Model :) Here are a couple pictures of my glitter witch:

We didn't have Angel this year but she also was a witch! Her mom did an amazing job on the makeup! So Beautiful Angel Baby!

Here are a couple shots of them carving pumpkins the night before too! :)