Easter 2016

Easter was a lot of fun this year. It started with dying eggs which Jayne LOVED! She directed the whole evening and loved the magic of making the white eggs a new color.

 Each egg had to be drawn on and then was designated a color. So fun!

 Check out that concentration!

We talked about the Easter Bunny with Jayne so she was very excited for him to come hide her eggs. She asked us the night before if he knew the eggs (the ones we'd dyed) were in the fridge so he could hide them. She wanted to be sure! :) To her delight, the Easter Bunny found them and hid them just for her. She was so patient in the morning, waiting in her room while I fed Elle so we could all go together to see what the Easter Bunny brought.

It was an early-er morning for this girl but she didn't mind!

Searching for the eggs!

She found all the eggs! And wouldn't let go of her prized PINK egg

I love seeing her changes over the years...when did she get so big!?

This little bunny had her first Easter this year. She was happy-go-lucky about it, as always!

Enjoying the Easter eggs

Once the sun came up and it warmed up a bit outside we went outside to see that the Easter Bunny hid more eggs outside! Jayne was excited about that!

My cute bunnies. Kisses!!

Then came Easter Sunday which meant new dresses from Grandma Perucca this year. Jayne remembered my mom giving the dresses to us about a month prior so she was sooooooo happy to be able to finally wear it. This girl and her dresses! :)

And how can you not want to just eat up this cutie!?

They looked so cute! I love being able to dress them to match. Happy Easter!

Elle - 8 months

Elle's little personality is growing and we love interacting with her more and more each day! And her cheeks, well we just love those too! :)

Elle's 8 month stats:

• Rolling a lot these days. She's figured out both stomach-to-back and back-to-stomach
• Discovered that actual food isn't all that bad :) It took some persuasion but not she loves purees, especially fruits
• Got her first tooth (on the bottom) and the second one is coming soon!
• Sitting on her own and only tips when she lunges for something
• Moved into Jayne's room

Happy 8 months little Elle!

February/Valentines Day

We had to take photos for the girls' passports this month so I was able to get some cute shots of them. We certainly love these two!

Just over 7 months old here 

Elle has discovered her tongue. She loves to poke it out these days! 

Oh my heart! 

Jayne chose a pink (of course) shirt at the store which was perfect for Valentines Day. She was excited to wear it!

 My sweet girl, she melts my heart

Elle had a Valentines outfit too...and that tongue! :D

  

Love my two little Valentines! 

Elle - 7 months

We've begun the tongue stage with this little girl! She lights up our lives each day and we love her so much! 

Elle's 7 month stats:

• Hair is growing a bit and its reddish-auburn, same as Jayne's. Who would've thought!?
• Learning to eat food with a spoon. She's funny when she eats: sometimes she shudders and makes a disgusted face
• She sucks on her bottom lip to self-soothe
• Rolling over but isn't too smooth at it yet-she often bonks her head when trying to go fast

 

Holiday Season 2015

I figured for simplicity I'd combine our holiday season into one blog post this year (already shared a lot of our early holiday activities in the Mum B. post)...so here's the rest of our events - get ready for a lot of pictures of our lives in late November-December!

Jayne was SO excited for the first snowfall of the year. She wanted to go outside in it immediately so, 8am?, why not! She loved touching it and eating it ;)

  

We tried to make a snowball but it the snow was too dry and powdery to pack. Jayne loved the idea of it all the same

Jayne is really into dresses and is super excited whenever Sunday rolls around because she gets to wear one of her special church dresses. She also is obsessed with her "bwack shoooze" and wears them any chance she gets. I only let her wear them out of the house when we go to church so she loves Sundays a lot! 

Sister love! 

I organized a roommate get together for my freshman dorm-mates. Its crazy to see where all our lives have gone, but then chat and visit like no time has passed. Love these ladies!

 Christmas was magical this year. We had visits with Santa, christmas carols and decorating the house to help us lead up to the big day. Jayne was all about the Christmas season this year. She asked Santa for a dollhouse and a Barbie and knew it too. She'd tell you what she wanted from Santa when we asked her. 

We stayed at my parents house on Christmas Eve this year. Christmas Eve evening it started snowing and it didn't stop! It was beautiful and made for a cozy night.

We opened traditional PJ's and snapped some photos of our cuties, laid out our stockings and snacks for Santa and then it was bedtime for the littles!

We put the girls to bed and the adults watched "A Christmas Story". Afterward we started a new tradition of gift card BINGO. You win, you get to chose a gift card. Simple as that. It was a fun way to spend time interacting as a family and it only got slightly competitive :)

We woke up to a foot and a half of snow, and it was still coming. It was prefect for Christmas!

Santa was kind to us this year and Jayne got the dollhouse and Barbie she asked for. She was excited but was exhausted and pretty run down with a cold (we'd been up a lot that night with her). I think she was somewhat overwhelmed too and didn't really comprehend what was going on :) We still made it fun though and loved seeing her realize that Santa brought her what she asked for.  Unfortunately (or fortunately) we didn't take many pictures of the action because we were just too busy enjoying the fun!

The beloved "dowlhousss" Jayne told everyone she wanted. Christmas is magical with kids!

Even though Jayne was sick Christmas Eve/Christmas, it made for a fun week as I feel like she truly enjoyed her presents slowly throughout the days after Christmas so I guess that was good. November and December were fun and a great end to the year and holiday season. It seemed to zoom right by! Here's to 2016!