Clifford!

Jennifer waited so patiently to see Clifford ... but when it was finally her turn she changed her mind!! He's much scarier in real life ; )

Long weekend!

We had a nice, loooong weekend - it was restful, relaxing, and more importantly, fun! We headed to the NC Zoo Friday morning ... it was packed but we still had a great time. Jennifer's favorite part was the carousel that we rode 4 times. Then, after the zoo, it was off to the lake house!
Jennifer got to ride in the boat for the first time, turns out she looooooves it! She especially loved it when Phil held her up while we were riding down the lake - she even started saying "hit it" when she wanted Papa to stop talking and make the boat go fast!
Sunday Jennifer had a basket waiting for her from the Easter Bunny. She's decided that the Easter Bunny is her new favorite person because he leaves jelly beans. It was a great weekend and we can't wait to go back to the lake house!!
(ps - the pictures are backwards, so you're starting from Sunday and working back to Friday...)

more Easter pics!

I just couldn't resist posting a few more...

Welcome, Spring!

These are just a few of the absolutely adorable pictures we had taken over the weekend! I'm super lucky to work with a very talented photographer, Mary Doherty, who met us at a park to take some Easter pictures! She gave us a CD with about 200 pictures ... needless to say I'm going to have a VERY hard time deciding which ones to get printed to display!! There are many more to come...

The baby, the dog, and the goldfish(es)

Don't ever leave a baby and a dog alone with a carton of goldfish!

"cheese!"

This big smile has been a rare occurrence the past few weeks ... Jennifer has been sick, sick, sick!! She got over one cold and just two days later came down with another cold, and they seem to stick around forever. She's still fighting this last cold, along with cutting some big molars. Needless to say we've all been running off of very little sleep the last few weeks - but we're lucky to be back in North Carolina close to family because we've had a lot of help : )

the sweetest thing*

She adores these boots! And, as you can see, blueberries are still her favorite food! She's saying "cheese" for the picture!

Using Amae as a seat!

She likes walking around in my shoes! And, yes, painters tape is still haunting my world ...

So darling!!

Tonight Jennifer gave Phil a kiss and said "goodnight" ... she's really started using a lot of words and always surprises us with things that she says! We love it, too, that when she gives kisses she actually says "mmmwahh!" She really is the sweetest little thing!