Alena's Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Alena's 3rd birthday with lots of pizza and ice cream cake...YUM! Kelsey, Josh and Alena are at the perfect age where their imagination runs free and laughing and giggling is the thing to do.  The three muskateers are a blast and a pretty awesome team...they want to do everything together!  I can't believe they are already between the ages of 3 and 4.  Is it possible to keep them this little forever?  So much fun!  Happy Birthday Alena!

 Blowing bubbles outside

Exploring Grandma and Papas toys

 Eating at the "Big Kid" Table

Trying to be like Papa

New Pics

Here are some pics taken by my fav...Crista with Ben and Melanie at Marbles Museum last weekend!  Um...Jon and I are extremely lucky that we have Aunties and Uncles who love our kids enough to take them and spoil them with lots of love...plus Jon and I got to have date day (which was so much fun)!  Thank you guys for making our day...and our girls day!

Teefers

Yep...Ashlyn's two bottom teeth have arrived!  For a kid who's teething, she still is one of the happiest little babies I have ever seen...she must get that from me (*wink at Jon*)!  I love you Sugar Bug! 

 This was not her favorite pose ;)

Her eyes are a little poofy in this pic...but if you super-zoom you can see her teeth.  Teeth shots are hard to come by.

Lost My Camera Cord

I have not blogged in awhile because I have lost the cord that connects the camera to the computer...which means all my precious pictures are stuck on my camera.  I hope it will just "show up" soon...but who knows where it was last used.  So many things have happened in the past month.  I will blog once I figure out this picture dilemma.

Santa's Little Helpers!

Our Merry Little Christmas started right her in Knightdale...a wee bit early...but maybe Santa just really likes us a lot, so he feels the need to visit us a few times throughout the holiday season.  Kelsey was super sweet, helping sissy open her presents...I mean that's what Big Sister's are supposed to do...right?

Two little girls...smiling at the same time...hard to come by ;)

 Then we traveled all the way down to Florida.  We went to Disney (another post) and then hung out with the family for the rest of the 5 days we were there.  Kelsey and Ashlyn loved every second of their stay.  Kelsey loves Skyping with Grandma and Papa, so to actually have them at her beck-and-call made her feel super special!  We love you guys!

 Me with my Sissy and Cousin Brittany!

 Kelsey's obsession with olives...yep...she has my appetite!

 The FAB cooks!

 Kelsey inspired tree...well she claimed it anyways!

 Spending quality time putting princess posters together with Uncle Shane!

 Dad and I hanging out at by the pool!

 Jarrod and Ash (smile)!

 Big and Lil...time for round two...remember, Santa REALLY likes us *wink*!

 Kelsey's doll house...let's just say, it was hard to pull her away from it to open other presents!

  Helping pass out all the presents.

 Me with Jon...we need more picks of us!  Goal for 2012!

 Meg with her super sweet bf Billy...my hero!

 Happy happy happy!

 My littles...they are so special to me!  I think about them all the time!

Kelsey at the beach...it was warm, but not at the beach...YIKES!

All 4 generations!

Then we drove ALLLL the way back to NC just in time to see Alena and the family!  The kids had a BLAST playing together during the day and through the evening.  Presents, presents, presents...boy was I glad I had cleared out some old gifts to be replaced by the new ones!

 Grandma and the Grand-daughters

 Fav new towel...seriously...she doesn't want to use our "regular" ones.  This one has her name and mermaids (Aunt Mel and Uncle Ben know well).

 Some secret message...Jon's favorite gift!

 Kelsey's Trunki...thanks Aunt Tonja and Uncle Tim!

Well, I guess Santa won't be seeing us til next year!  Thank you for all our gifts and the love of family during the holidays!  We are forever blessed!

Princess in Distress

Or just a little girl pouting...not sure which!