Pecan Street Festival

Saturday afternoon we met Ryann for the first time. She is Fred and Janna's daughter that they adopted from China. I wish I had gotten more pictures of her because she is just gorgeous and has the sweetest disposition...I almost took her home with us!

First taste of cotton candy...

Ryann

First time on a pony(screamed when it was time to leave)

Wanted to ride the pony too(and WALK, every chance we let her!)

Lauren Walking

First it was one step, then two or three and then this afternoon it was 10 steps and then 15. Got a bit of her on video(it seemed that everytime I turned it on she fell...).

Buffett Weekend

This weekend was a milestone...Dan and I went out of town without the babies-a first. We joined some friends in Dallas and went to the Jimmy Buffett concert-such a great show and it was so great to be out as an adult with no children around!

Kate and Lauren stayed at Queenie and Grandad's Bed and Breakfast. Here are some pics they took during their stay:

After the Farmer's Market, Vivo and naps, they went down to the dock:

Lauren was ready to jump in for a swim!

Kate too!

Loves her Grandad

Kate too!

Pancakes and Waffles for breakfast! Everyone gets to help!

Blowing bubbles...

Blowing bubbles to the flowers

Watching every move her sister makes

The car battle continues

Throat Bug

Lauren was hit with a pretty nasty bug on Friday. Temperature hovered in the 103's and she lost the twinkle in her eye. The doctor said it is a virus that is going around(the only symptoms are the high fever and the blisters in the back of her throat).
Here are two pics from this morning:

Feeling MUCH better

Kate is so happy to have her playmate back!

Girls playing in their tunnel

Let them decorate cake!!!

Lately, we have had runny noses and ick with all the rain and pollen. Today Dan was set to be gone for most of the day, so we decided to make it a girls day of recovery. We stayed in our jammies all morning and baked a big chocolate cake-yum!

Ready to decorate!

"Sprinkle sprinkle"

Overseer(note the tight grip on the beepee)

Some for me, some for the cake....

The cake

Think Kate is up to something???

What happened to the cake???

I think I know....

Lowe's

Quick story about Kate. She sees a random piece of paper on the counter after her bath. She picks it up, looks at it and says "oh Lowe's". Here is the paper...she is 2 1/2!!!

NICU Reunion 2007

Saturday was the St David's NICU reunion. It has been almost three years since Kate made her appearance there-so hard to believe! We did get to see some nurses who remembered and were so proud of how far Kate has come. Loved being able to share such a special day with Kate's boyfriend from the NICU, Jeremy and his family. Most importantly we saw Dr Rivera, who was her doctor during the entire process.






Kate acted VERY shy and did not speak a word for the time we were there. On the drive home, we heard no other voice but hers from the back seat, recounting our time at the reunion.

Egg Hunting

We designated Saturday the day of the Easter bunny. He came to Queenie and Grandad's house and left bunches of eggs all over their LIVING ROOM(Aunt Funny had a little trouble finding this room in order to assist E.B.). Pics from the day:

When are we going to see the Easter Bunny??(Lauren is so close to walking..she pulls up on anything/everything and will take tentative steps forward)

Sharing some pre-hunt candy

Honorary Bunny and Kate

Mr "Knows Better than to wear bunny ears with cameras all around" and his niece

Sorting through the goods(note the full mouth of chocolate)

What egg?

Think her basket will be any fuller next year??

What is everyone watching?? Could it really be two frogs that are singing gangsta rap on Queenie's counter? Who brought them??

This is the only image of the frogs captured on film before they had to leave and go play elsewhere(Kate kept telling us, "they had to go play, they're gone, they had to go play" when in all actuality they were thrown in suitcases back to Oklahoma)

Easter Weekend Lunch

It was Saturday, so it was Vivo. We all battled to the blinding rain and bitter cold(35 degrees) to get there but what a great group it was!

The group

Post Hunt bath

Today we went to an Egg Hunt at Jeremy and Mabrie's house. It was so fun-tons of eggs and great cookies! Sue sent everyone home with a gift bag-one of the items has become a new favorite toy in the bath...

Bathing my bunny...

Chewing my bunny....

Lauren LOVES to try stand up in the bath(firm grip on her duck/bunny)

Time to get out("can I take my bunny"?)

Egg Hunting

We started egg hunting last week. Before our first official hunt, we practiced at home...Kate got the hang of it pretty quickly when she found out there was chocolate involved.

Found it!

Now must open it for chocolate...

A girl and her basket

Lauren staking her territory...

Lauren didn't care what was inside she just liked to shake 'em...

Forget the eggs, did someone say there were cupcakes???

"No this is 2"(when I asked her if she had already had one)

Support the Soldiers

My Aunt Nancy(Brian's mom) sent me a link to a youtube video about the soldiers fighting the war. Fair warning that it will make you cry, but it will also remind you how human they are and how much they need our support. So proud of my cousin Brian!

Remember Me

April Fools!

No joke I am actually posting new pics! Our computer is fine now-still not sure what the problem was or how we fixed it, but that is technology at it's best...onto the pics:

Uncle B came to visit last weekend. Kate LOVED having him around and he was amazed at how little Lauren is no longer little.... (BONUS-just found out that he is coming for Easter as is Aunt Funny-yea!!!)

Listening to Uncle B's i-pod(an immediate bond over Reckless)

Don't Forget me!

Grandad and his girls