Zoe's a Big Girl!!

Zoe pooped on the potty!!



She was so excited (we were too)!! So we took a trip to her favorite place:



She bought "bubbles" at Lush!


(the salespeople thought she was just adorable- we do too!)

Daddy & Zoe



{lets pray that this is the start of something good!}

Christmas Day (in a nutshell)

This day was just wonderful (in a crazy/whirlwind kind of way)!

There's just so much to say, I'm going to try and tell the story with pictures.

First picture, just after waking!



Coming down the stairs!


Santa ate the cookies and drank the milk!!!


Presents!!




Ian & Milo


Phoebe opening her stocking!


{the end}


**thank you to Dobbie, Grandpa Mark, Grampy, Gramma Shells, Nana & Lolo for making this Christmas so wonderful for Zoe and Milo. They are truly loved.

Christmas Eve- pt 2

After the celebration with my family, we headed home to have a celebration of our own. Opening PJ's on Christmas Eve has been a tradition for me forever, so I definitely wanted my kids to experience the same thing. We also let Zoe open a new Christmas book, which she absolutely loved (she's such a bookworm)!! Zoe put out cookies and milk for Santa and we laid in our bed and read her new Christmas book and then went to sleep nice and early so Santa could come and we would be refreshed for all of the Christmas Day excitement!!

Excited to open her first present!


Opening her PJ's!!


Opening her book (Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Christmas)


Milo sound asleep in his Christmas PJ's

Holiday Recap - Christmas Eve (pt 1)

So sorry for the delay in holiday posting. Things have just been so crazy around here!! Our first Christmas as a family of 4 was very exciting! We began the holiday celebration with our annual Christmas Eve party at Uncle Doug's house. This is my favorite pre-holiday tradition. It's just so nice to have everyone in the same place at the same time. We had lots of good food and we definitely went to bed on Christmas with full tummies! Milo spent most of the evening charming everyone with his cute smiles and giggles and Zoe spent most of the evening chasing after Molly the dog. It was a great way to get her energy out after being snowed in for most of the week.

Siblings (some of them)


Our little family


Kids with their Gigi and Poppy


Milo with Dobbie and Grandpa Mark


Me & Ray

merry christmas...

...from our family to yours.



{god bless us, every one- tiny tim}

milo was feeling neglected

With all of the posts on holiday festivities that require baking skills or at the very least basic communication skills, Milo was feeling a bit neglected.

Here he is, showing off his talents:





{i heart him}

zoe: domestic godess

We took advantage of the snow day by letting Zoe bake/decorate some Christmas cookies. She loved telling us about each shape ("look, its a snowman, its frosty!") and was super excited to be able to play with the colored sugar and various other confections.



The cookies were delicious (yes, thats past tense, there's only 2 left!) and we cant wait to make more!



Ian also decided that it would be fun to make a paper chain to add to our tree decor. He, Zoe and I colored on paper and cut them into strips and Ian linked them together to create a really lovely addition to our tree.





Milo spent most of the day cuddled up on my lap, laughing and smiling.



It was such a wonderful winter day.

{hugs}