Christmas 2011

Christmas 2011

It seems like Christmas gets more and more fun as the years go by! Amy was definitely into Santa this year. She wanted to know exactly how he was going to get down the chimney and what he would do once he got here. She was convinced that Santa was going to come upstairs to see her sleeping!! The Elf on the Shelf made an appearance again this year. I must say that the Elf became quite creative this year in terms of places he appeared after his nightly flight back to the North Pole. Amy was so excited that the Elf "landed" in her bedroom on her birthday. What excitement!! She also was very excited when the Elf brought Christmas jammies for her and Nathan from Santa!

Nathan enjoying his gift from his birth family...

Decorating cookies! Amy again was way into this and loved to cut out the cookies as well as sprinkle them with sugar!! Of course, her favorite part was taste testing the cookies to make sure they were suitable for Santa!!

Sprinkling the reindeer food on the front yard to make sure the Reindeer stopped at our house!

Opening gifts from birth family on Christmas Eve...

Getting cookies ready for Santa!

Christmas morning...Nathan wasn't really into opening gifts. However, lucky for him, he has a big sister that was more than happy to help him open gifts!

Catch Up

February 14, 2012

Well, I am seriously behind in blogging. So, I'm going to try and catch up over the next several posts. We go waaaaay back to December for the first post to celebrate Amy's birthday!

December 6, 2011

I can't believe that Amy is four years old! Where has the time gone? She has grown to become such a beautiful, delightful little girl. I continue to feel so blessed to have Amy as my daughter. For her party, she continued the princess theme that she has chosen the last several years. This year, her cake was Princess Tiana (I think because she didn't have that princess cake topper yet). Amy had such a good time welcoming her guests. She was soooo excited when Grandma and Granddad arrived. My goodness. I think they made her party! :)

Balloons are always fun to play with before the party!

Blowing out the candles...no help needed this year!

Nathan enjoyed playing with the wrapping paper.

Amy celebrating her birthday at school. She was so excited to wear the birthday crown!

Family Pictures

October 2011

We had family pictures taken at a local park. I tend to like the outdoor pictures a bit better, especially of Amy. It seems like her eyes simply pop in these outdoor pictures. There were so many pictures to choose from - I didn't include all of them, though I included a lot! :)

The Princess & Her Monkey

Halloween 2011

Not surprising, this year Amy wanted to be a princess for Halloween. She chose to be Belle since, according to her, she didn't have a Belle dress. Obviously, Halloween costumes are a year-round thing at our house...perfect for playing dress-up, which we do frequently! Once we decided that Nathan would be a monkey, Amy started saying that Nathan was "her" monkey. So, it was the princess and her monkey!

We were able to go to Daddy's work one afternoon to go trick-or-treating before Halloween. Amy simply loves going through the office building picking out candies. She enjoyed picking a few items for Nathan as well.

On Halloween, Amy was so excited to go around the neighborhood with a few of her little friends. Nathan went with us for a few houses before he returned home to help Daddy pass out candy to the other trick-or-treaters. Amy enjoyed picking out candy, but especially loved picking out a bear from the house that gives out bears!