Outside Playtime is the best!

We love to play outside with all of our outside toys. But chalk seems to be one of the favorite things ever...and messiest for mommy to clean up...but that is ok is it makes them happy!

riding our bike outside...she has learned to use the pedals too!!

 

chalk is AWESOME!

Some favorites!

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the past few months...



Ashley was falling asleep during dinner...crazy because she LOVES her food!




Ashley and our dog Bailey looking out the window




Madison and cousin Everett, she loves this guy and misses him so much!



Already wanting to drive...uh oh!



enjoying some time outside



Beach part 2

We got an underwater camera for our many trips to the beach this summer! And it is an awesome one :) Here are some pictures from our new camera from the beach!

Ashley floating around!

Big girl swimming

sweet sisters playing in the pool together

"mommy the sun is in my eyes..."

sweet sweet Madison

walking on the board walk

 We had a blast at the beach and cannot wait to go back next month with Mimi, Uncle Greg, Aunt Jennifer, cousin Jackson, and Aunt Diane!

swimming like a big girl!

BEACH!

We took our first beach trip of the year this past weekend. Needless to say, we were all very happy and excited to see the beach! Madison LOVES walking on the beach with NaiNai, while Ashley is still exploring the water, and wanting to walk straight in by herself...just like Madison did at that age! The weather was great, and we were able to go to the pool everyday, and walk on the beach. Here are some pictures from the trip, there are more to come!

Ashley was out in about 5 minutes in the car ride down there...



i tried to get a cute pic...this is what i ended up with....




one of my favorites!




ending the trip right with some ice cream



i did get this cute one!

Easter

Two weeks before Easter, we went to my old high school for an Easter egg hunt. This was the first time that either of them had been on an egg hunt. Madison had a blast...while Ashley was content with one egg, once she got one, she sad right down to open it and play with whatever was inside! They both had a great time, and the weather was AWESOME for the hunt! My mom came me to help with the kids since Rob had to work, she was a huge help! We will for sure be going again next year!



Her favorite part was opening them up...



Ashley's Easter Basket all filled up from the Easter bunny!



dyeing eggs with my mom...she LOVED it!




Madison's basket filled way too full....



my sweet little girls!

Ashley's First Birthday!

I cannot believe that my little girl is one! I feel like just yesterday we found out that we were pregnant and finding out that it was another girl! The past year has been such a blessing with our littlest girl. We love her so much and love seeing her personality develop...and she is a feisty one, let me tell ya! We celebrated her birthday with a few close friends and family at our house, and it was a blast! Here are some pictures from her birthday party!

She absolutely LOVED the birthday cake, can you tell :)

Birthday party fun!

In February, we went to Dominic's 3rd birthday party at Catch Air in Sandy Springs. It was such an awesome and nice place. I went by myself with both kids since daddy had to work...that was really tough. I am used to going places by myself with them, but not places like this. This was a new experience for me. Since the kids are at two very different stages in their playing ability, it was tough for me to be at two places at once. Madison being more independent, did very well playing on her own (as much as I would let her) while I stayed with Ashley, since she had just really started walking more. I would say that they both had a great time playing and neither wanted to leave when it was time to go. They were both so tired when we got home, that I had a nice break during nap time! Here are a few pictures from the party that I was able to get...

OK, so these are all of Ashley..like I said, I was with her most of the time since she needed more attention!