Our Preschooler

Natalie attended preschool this year and I'm so happy with her experience there!  She has grown so much!  Since she has a summer birthday, she got to celebrate it early with her class in May.  I got to bring snacks (donut holes!) and spend the morning with her.  It was so fun to see what she does there.  Almost all of the kids were so sweet and well-mannered.  She loves her teachers and they seem to adore her too.  Here are some pictures of her birthday celebration and the end of the year celebration.

Natie standing in front of her classroom.  This is a temporary location since her school burned down in March. 

The birthday girl with the birthday crown her teacher made her.

Enjoying the donut holes with her little girlfriends and opening the book that her teachers got for her.  So sweet.

Scooping ice cream at the touch table with a couple friends.

Dabbing at the art table.

A self-portrait

I love her drawings.  They're almost always of people.  I think this one was of she and I.

Doing giant bubbles outside.

Storytime (Natie's in the front)

Her last day of 3 year old preschool.  She's grown so much since Sept!

Natie and her friend, Bereket.

Singing songs for the parents.

Natie with her teacher, Mrs. McCullaugh. We're sad she's retiring.

Natie with her other teacher, Mrs. McGuire.  I love that they hug the kids.

Mother's Day

I'm planning to make a post every day this week to hopefully get caught up!  Below are some pictures from our Mother's Day brunch with my parents.

Also, Quinn thinks her sister is hilarious...watch this.

Natie, Quinn and I with my amazing mom

Quinn and I

Natie with Nana and Poppy

These were the string of pictures I took before the cute one above.  Still.....figuring out how to smile for the camera.  Sheesh.

Easter

 Here are some pictures of Easter back in April...

The 4 of us

The cousins - Riley, Natie, Peyton, Quinn, Kennedy and Joe

Riley and Natie hunting eggs at Mimi and Papa's house.  It was a beautiful afternoon!

We colored eggs a few days before...

This pirate is ready to dye some eggs

Not sure what is happening here

Quinn and Dad

More Quinn at 5 Months

I took these yesterday.  I can't get over how cute she is.  And I can say that because I'm her mom.  :)  HERE is a video of her sweet voice.

Hawaii

I took the girls to see my brother and sister-in-law in Hawaii last month.  This was the first time they had met Quinn so it was a special trip.  My parents were there too.  We had a great time.  Justin stayed home this time so of course, we missed him.  I was a little nervous about traveling with both kids by myself but they did great.  Natie played with a new Polly Pocket girl the entire trip over, both flights, only taking a 30 minute break to watch a Thomas video.  Incredible.  Starting with the lady at airport security, Natie introduced herself and Quinn to everyone that we encountered.  "Hi, I'm Natalie.  This is my baby sister Quinn.  I'm 3 and a half."  She made lots of new friends. :)  Check out THIS video of Natie enjoying the hula show.  :)

Michelle, Natalie, Nana and Quinn at the beach

Here's Quinn.  It was fun to see her chubby legs in summer clothes.

Poppy and Natie throwing rocks into the water

Natie had a blast playing in the sand.  Look how big she looks.

Natie and Auntie at the hula show.  Poor Auntie hurt her ankle and was on crutches while we were there.

Natie and I at the hula show

Here we are on the boat at the Hilton.  We went to see the dolphins there.

This picture kills me.  Classic Natie smile.

You might remember this lady

She was a couple months shy of 2 years old here, April 2010

She was only 10 months here, April 2009

Quinn is 5 Months

Our Quinn is almost 5 months old already.  She's our little giant.  At her 4 month doctor appt, she weighed in at 17lbs 12 oz...that's the 99th percentile (and 94th in height)!  She's such a happy and easy-going baby.  She loves to give a big open mouth smile whenever someone engages with her.  At about 3 1/2 months, she started squealing, screeching, and laughing super loud.  Makes me laugh every time she does it.  I love how excited she gets every time I get her out of bed in the morning and after nap (see here).  She is completely enamored by her sister, always watching her and smiling at her.  She has the same beautiful eyelashes as Natalie and the prettiest deep blue eyes.  She's a great sleeper.  She's almost rolling over (check it out) and I know it won't be long until she's sitting up.  It all happens so fast.  

Here's our sweet girl...

Since I haven't posted in a while, here are a few older pictures of Quinn...

Here she was at almost 4 months when we were in Hawaii.  More on our trip to come.

Here she was at 3 months

Here she was at almost 2 months

And another one around the same time (before her hair fell out!)

She was barely over a month here.  So sweet. 

Here are a few of the girls together...

 

Here's Justin with the girls

I found Natie sharing some of her friends with Quinn.  Look how Quinn is staring at Natie.

A few pictures of just Natie now... 

 

I took this almost 2 months ago, but I love it.  Such a pretty girl.

 

She was having fun at her Preschool Valentine's Day party.  Can you tell?  :)

How many pillow pets and stuffed animals does one kid need?

This picture cracks me up.  Its an old baby carrier that she wanted to put her babies in (notice Herbie in the front).  This was her "smile".  :)

The morning after her last haircut she decided to fix it herself...with lots of pretties.

She was excited to go to Hawaii.

I have more pictures to post.  Hopefully it won't take me another 4 months to post them!!