Memorial Day Fun

Elaina could NOT wait to get her pool out after her nap today. This is Julia's first experience in a pool- she loves it!

6 month photos

We had Julia's 6 month photos taken this morning. She and Elaina did a great job! Thanks to Grammy for making the reversible dresses that made for an easy wardrobe change! Thanks to Matt for remembering that the dresses were reversible.

Spring!

I can't believe it is already April. That means I have successfully neglected rounds of house cleaning, piles of laundry, "meal planning", and other domestic chores for the three months that I have been back at work. I would like to say that I "quickly" realized that staying on top of everything with a full time job and two kids was a joke, but I continue to believe it is possible to get "everything" done. HA.

Despite the disarray around here, we have had a little fun recently. Julia is 6 months old and full of personality.

She thinks Elaina is hilarious.

We took a trip to the North Carolina mountains with Matt's parents over their Spring Break. It was so QUIET up there!







Easter came along, and we spent time coloring Easter eggs, playing a round of mini golf (very traditional), and enjoying Easter goodies.







Yes, Christmas jammies even made an appearance at our Easter celebration.





Hope your Spring is full of fun too!

Elaina's Pledge of Allegiance/ Julia's Giggles

January

Before Julia turns 4 months old in in 4 days, I thought it was important to show off her 3 month pics! She is now laughing and rolling over. I've seen her roll over at least 5 times now, and Matt has yet to catch it once. I don't think he completely believes me that she's done it.



We've had some fun in the mild weather that this January has provided. Looking forward to spending more time outside in the months to come!

November update

We've had a lot of fun and excitement in the past few weeks...

Elaina turned 3 years old on November 10. She celebrated with a "princess party" the weekend before her birthday with our friends from church.

On her actual birthday, she had a great time with Mommy, Daddy, Julia, and Grammy at the museum in Raleigh. She is really into dinosaurs right now, but she wasn't so sure about the giant dinosaurs at the museum. They were a lot more intimidating than the imaginary pink dinosaur that is often accused of hanging out in our entryway and playing with her shoes.

She received an easel as a birthday present, and she has enjoyed learning how to draw people. I think the arms and legs sticking straight out of the face are hilarious.

We've also enjoyed getting to see more of Miss Julia's personality in the past few weeks. She is a very smiley baby, and we can't get enough of her grins.

Last week, we celebrated Thanksgiving with Matt's parents. This was Grandpa Rust's first opportunity to meet Julia. Elaina did a good job sharing her grandparents with her little sister.

Julia didn't get to enjoy all of the delicious food on her first Thanksgiving, but we couldn't resist a picture with the turkey!

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

J- 4 weeks old!

Wow! Julia is already 4 weeks old. In the past four weeks, we have had some nights of 4-6 hours of continuous sleep, some nights of waking every hour to feed/comfort baby (or Elaina), battled an outbreak of thrush (very painful for breastfeeding mommy), witnessed Julia's first smile and coos, prepared for Halloween, and held on for dear life! Overall, we're doing well and enjoying life with our two girls. A few photos of the last few weeks:

We've also updated the October photo album with more photos.