Happy Birthday Cupcake!

Happy Birthday AnnaKate!

We had a beautiful day yesterday for AnnaKate's fourth birthday party. Lots of friends and family came and celebrated with us. AnnaKate's cupcake party was truly one of my most favorite birthday parties yet! I just loved all the details!!

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Happy birthday dear sweet AnnaKate!
We love you so much!

Easter 2010

We had such a wonderful Easter! The week before was spring break so we were able to get things done around the house and yard. That always makes me feel good.

On Saturday we went to an Easter Egg hunt at church. AnnaKate enjoyed coloring with sidewalk chalk with her cousin, Elise.


AnnaKate with her other cousin Ben and my cousin Margaret. They were ready to hunt!!!


I love that we live so close to our church that we were able to walk up to the egg hunt.

Easter morning

Could she get any cuter...?

After Easter lunch we had another egg hunt. She was really into it this time.

Sweet cousin Eli helping her find eggs.

My favorite picture of the day!

I hope you had a wonderful Easter!

Horse Love

What an amazing day we had! AnnaKate had her first horseback riding therapy session. I was really unsure about how AnnaKate would do today. She can be very hesitant and unsure with new things. But today our little angel proved that she is truly amazing! She took right to being on the horse.

No tears...

This is after one minute of being on the horse...so confident!
Doesn't she look so big with that helmet!!

They began waking her around the ring. They would stop the horse and then say "Walk Hannah" and the horse would begin to walk again. AnnaKate picked right up on that and began vocalizing to make Hannah walk. That is huge speech progress for her!!


To help AnnaKate with strength and stability they had her put rings on posts. She loved it and clapped for herself after everyone!
They took her for a "mini" trail ride to get used to hills.

While we stayed behind we checked out the beautiful scenery. Gorgeous...

What a big...big girl!!!



After riding AnnaKate got to groom Hannah and give her treats. She loved this part too! She even kissed and hugged Hannah's leg.



Our little AnnaKate always amazes us! She was so confident and attentive during her lesson today. We are so proud of her!!
I can't wait to see what she does next week...

Hello yard...we have missed you!

After AnnaKate was born, our yard was seriously neglected. We have always loved gardening and yard work but there just was not enough time to get it done with a baby. So our yard was in sad shape. Flower beds that were once perfectly manicured looked so pitiful.

Today we attacked the yard with AnnaKate. She loves being outside but we worried if she would entertain herself while we worked. Well...she did!! She loved drawing with sidewalk chalk, raking and playing in the dirt. We worked for hours!

Our yard is coming along and we hope to mulch this week. This is a real milestone for us!! :) I am sure the neighbors will appreciate it...

Proof that she gets dirty...

A bucket or a hiding place?????

What an imagination...

I got a glimpse into AnnaKate's imgination yesterday. I came into her room to find her playing with Lilly the mouse on the changing table...

She got a diaper...

She got some wipes...

And then she put Lilly in the Diaper Champ...I think she got a little confused here! :)

I just love seeing AnnaKate's imagination at work.

Cookies for a Cause

Tomorrow our Relay for Life team is having a bake sale to raise money for the American Cancer Society. If you live in our area, stop by Little Pigs BBQ at Hudson Corners on Saturday March 20 between 11:00 and 2:00pm to buy some yummy desserts.


How could you turn down buying one of these scrumptious cookies?

*These are my favorite cookies to make. I use the Martha Stewart sugar cookie recipe and SugarBaker's icing recipe.

So much more...

This weekend was so much more than a weekend, so much more than a get together with another RTS mom, it was so much more!

We began the weekend with this...
On Saturday Jessica and I had a wonderful lunch with fellow blogger, Emily. We had the best time talking and when we left I felt so connected to her and her precious Cohen. I hope we get to have a 3 hour lunch together again soon!

AnnaKate loved Jessica's visit too. She loved the book and the stuffed animal she brought but she really loved Jessica's cute pink shoes!

Since it was just the two of us (we missed you Myssie, Kelly F. , Christine and all the other RTS moms) we had lots of pictures of just the two of us. Cheese...

And the three of us...

We enjoyed shopping and walking around downtown.
This is Jess having some yummy yogurt at the Blueberry Frog...

This weekend was truly so much more than just a girl's weekend. I feel so lucky to have made a connection to Jessica through our blogging and our RTS children but now our connection runs deeper. I began blogging as a journal to document our lives and RTS journey, but I have gained so much more than that... so much more!

Until next time Jess... love you!!