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Another Christmas has come and gone. This year we had so much fun telling Audrey about Santa Claus. In the days before Christmas she would remind us that we were going to set out milk and cookies for him and she was always be careful to add, "And I won't even have to...

We're excited that Anna is awake a little bit more, now. We try to do play time with her every day and, of course, Audrey is right there with her - showing her how everything works!

Thanks to Justin's team at work, we were able to buy this double stroller. It's wonderful for taking the girls on walks. With the crazy warm weather we've been having, we've been able to enjoy it several times over the past 2 weeks. Here's a bird nest we found last...

With Anna only being a week old, we decided not to make our annual trek up to my Aunt Beckie's for Thanksgiving (one of my favorite times of the year). We were disappointed not to be part of the big, family celebration, but we ended up having a nice, quiet...

After the initial chaos of bringing Anna home, we quickly adjusted to our new family of four. That first week we had Anna home may just be the best week I've ever had. It was as if time stood still.Justin took that entire week off (it was the week of Thanksgiving, as...

As easy as Anna's birth was, managing to get her home was a completely different story. We informed the nurses that we wanted to leave after lunch on Sunday. We had our bags packed, baby ready and by 3pm we were STILL waiting for the doctor to check her out. As it...

Well, according to my due date (December 17th), I should be right in the middle of the uncomfortable anticipation of pregnancy week 40 right now. Instead, I've been blessed to have little Anna Marie in my arms for 3 1/2 weeks. Yep, Anna made her entrance 4 weeks early...

One of the main attractions at our annual church fair was a 22 foot inflatable slide. After doing the rounds of small-child-friendly-games, we asked Audrey if she wanted to go down the slide. The first 2 times she went up with Aunt Nora and Aunt Alicia, but after that...

We celebrated Audrey's 2nd birthday with over 30 family members & friends (including Aunt Amy all the way from Pheonix)! When I originally took her to the party store to pick out a theme, it was a close decision between Strawberry Shortcake, Elmo & Winnie the Pooh....