National Champs!

It was a good weekend!!

Weekend FUN!

 We had a great weekend in CT.  Gumma and Grandma Net came down for Paul's funeral and so we were able to visit with them a bit.  They even gave me and Reeves Saturday night to go out to dinner!!  We had nice time out and we assume (big assumption) that they enjoyed the time alone with the girls.  Here are some pics from their visit.

 You can tell just how much Dana's hair is starting to grow.  She is a little fur ball right now.  Sooo cute...

 After Gumma and Net left for VT, we all went out for a walk in the woods.  Alice enjoys these walks as they are great opportunity to pick up rocks, throw sticks into puddles and walk in the mud. 

 Here she is kissing the rock that she picked up! ugh!

 Dana and Dad - Dana assuming her relaxed, lean to the left, pre-nap back pack position. Look at those cheeks!

Sunday was a gorgeous day.  We played outside in the front lawn for a bit.  It was a really nice afternoon with the girls!

 Cruisin' on the skuut!

 Lots of coloring on the driveway.  Our favorite thing was drawing butterflies and writing our names!

 Maybe she'll follow in her sister's book loving footsteps after all!

 Not sure Reeves would have approved of this arrangement.  It was short lived.  Alice doesn't have a very smooth pushing technique, causing a bit of discomfort for the wagon rider!

 Here we are at the end of the driveway.  The lines behind Alice are the "do not cross" lines.  She's pretty good about not going beyond this boundary - at least she was that day!

 What a muffin!

 While we were hanging at the end of the driveway, we heard the ice cream truck turn into the neighborhood across the street.  We grabbed some cash and walked over.  Alice was cautious of the truck (she stood about 10 feet away) but LOVED the popsicle she got!  It was a terrific weekend!

Cousin Fun!

We had lots of cousin fun this weekend when Ryan and Lauren came to visit!  They were troopers - they came all the way from Maine to sit through a Trinity lacrosse game and spend the night at our house.  Alice loved having her cousins hang out.  It provided lots of excitement in the driveway on Sunday morning as we had Ryan going back and forth between about 3 different sports and Lauren and Alice splitting time on the tricycle. 

 Alice's hair after missing a bath or two due to a very busy week!!  That's a pretty ratty head of hair!

 Relaxin' with Dad - probably watching Bambi!

 Dana loves peas!

 Alice is smiling for the camera with her new head band on from Remer!  THANKS REMER!

 Feeling pretty special...

 This week is theme week at school.  This is my attempt to be a good mom and actually follow the theme of the day. As you might guess - this was crazy hair day!

 Alice loved having braids!  She keeping swinging her head to feel the braids flip.  She even requested them this morning.  I denied her request.  Not a good mom.

 Dana wanted in on the crazy hair day fun. She loved it!

My sweet little girl gave us a big present this morning when she slept until 7am!  She has consistently been waking up between 5 and 5:30 for the last several weeks.  She really capped things off yesterday when she woke up at 4:30 - that's right 4:30AM!!  As you can imagine, I nearly wept with joy when I woke up on my OWN this morning at 6:30am.  Hoping this is a sign of things to come!

Spring update

Here are a few pictures from the last few days.  It's been a busy couple of weeks but we've had a lot of developments.  Alice had enjoyed riding her bike around the house.  She's getting very good at it some by the summer time I think she'll be ready to take out the neighborhood roads!  

Another first, was Alice's first bus ride with the team.  I didn't think I would subject her to this for awhile but knowing Reeves would have his hands full with Dana, we thought we'd give it a try.  Alice was outstanding.  We read books and watched Mickey episodes and it was nearly a success until she stopped two feet short of exiting the bus and got sick all over the stairs!!  Poor girl - but she was a real trooper!

Dana has been great.  We've finally gotten her on a three meal a day/three bottles a day routine.  She's doing well with new foods (loves squash).  The foods she doesn't love, she is tolerating when mixed with rice cereal so she's at least getting some exposure.  Really hoping that she's a better eater than her big sis! Dana is also sitting up on her own!  A big feat for her - her busy parents really like her growing independence!

 Bagel and shades on the bus!  Pretty stylin'!

 Loving the opportunity to watch her fill of Mickey episodes!

 Reading Disney stories with Shannon!

 Dana busy rolling and scooting around on the floor! You never know where she'll end up!

 Goofy Alice!

 Crazy tongue!!

Easter Weekend

 Team dinner at Mather.  Alice was talking about it all day and very excited about the Easter cupcake she was allowed to eat.  It ended up everywhere, which was an indication of how much she enjoyed it!

 Dana hanging with Kathleen and wearing her bib from Mal.  She loves the team!

 Alice found some summer hats that I washed for Dana.  She was happy to put this on and run all over the house.  I wanted to snap a few pics to capture her Gilligan look!

 This is just another version of Alice saying "CHEESE" for the camera!

 Dana loved her Easter bunny.  She played happily with it all morning - this shot was taken circa 5:15am.  It was an early Easter morning for Mommy and Dana!

 By "loving" her Easter bunny I mean, "eating" her Easter bunny!

 This is the position that Dana quickly finds when I prop her up in the sitting position with the boppy.  She really prefers to be on her tummy right now.  She is finding that she can scooch along the floor quite effectively!

 Easter breakfast!  We loved having Janet and Aunt Kristi at our house for Easter! Janet was a real trooper as she was not feeling 100%!

 Yum yum, pancakes are good!

 Yes, that's Dana shuffling her way under the TV stand.  She is covering quite a bit of ground these days.  Not sure crawling is right around the corner, but it is fun to see her explore!

 Happy Dana!

 I thought I should try to give Alice a different look for school one day.  I tried giving her a pony tail, but obviously it looked terrible by the time we actually made it to school.  Think I'll stick to keeping things simple on the hair front!

Our sleeping muffin.  Love those cheeks!