A weekend o'fun

This is how we spent our last weekend....

Celebrating Izi's 5th Birthday

Sweet, sweet cousins

lovin' on Meme and Papa's outside animals, Taylor the cat

Alex the dog

and modeling the new hat Meme knitted Alison for Valentine's Day

Tour of Alison's new room

So excited to FINALLY show you pics of Alison's new big girl room.....

the canopy bed was mine, I got it for my birthday

the sweetest little drawer knobs

her reading nook, which we LOVE

curtain and shelf, which holds our special momentos

and her name above her door outside in the hall

Hope you enjoyed your tour, we love her new room!

A 4 year old eyelid + the corner of the console table =

Our first tiny shiner...just below the browbone

What have we been up to.....

well first, we've been taking pictures with our NEW camera :) Chris super-surprised me and got me a new camera for Christmas, I was/am SO excited!!!!

Gr. Bobby and Gr. Fifi came for an afternoon visit (since they are retired now) wahoo!, to watch swim lessons and eat at Panera Bread, Alison's 1st choice always!!!
Just a little slide time at the Y before swim lessons! We play on this indoor jungle-gym EVERY time we go to the Y :)
LOVE this photo, they are both being so natural and having a very fun moment! Papa and Meme have also been beating the winter blahs by coming to visit and on this day, Papa was Mr. Handyman, hanging 5 shelves in the house for me!
Alison started swim lessons just after the first of the year and she is doing amazing!!! We are so very proud of her, she can swim without her bubble belt now for short distances! Way to go Alison!!!

Christmas Day

Oh my, Santa came!!

Dumping out the stocking

Notice Alison had face painted herself already :) and Mommy sure does look excited about her gift!!!

Daddy re-enacting his Colt's picture!!! Thanks cousin Jeannie!

Just a little lounge time with Grandpa Bobby..watching 'A Christmas Story'

We had a wonderful Christmas Day, we are so very blessed!!! The biggest squeal out of Alison was for her LadyBug pillow pet! It took us almost 9 hours to open gifts because Ali wanted to play with each gift she opened and we let her :) Both sets of our parents came to spend the late afternoon and evening with us, thank you for coming so we didn't have to travel!!!! We are very fortunate! It was a jammy day for the whole family and we wouldn't have had it any other way!