Ivy 3.857 Weeks + Mother's Day

I hope all the mothers (and mother's to be) had a loverly Mother's Day.  I woke up to some yummy breakfast and two crying girls, ha ha.  Really, as Corey was saying "Happy Mother's Day" to me both girls were crying.  You have to laugh at those moments.


Here's Ivy one day shy of 4 weeks.  I took a bunch of pictures while Noelle and Corey were at church, but most were the usual goofy faces babies give you.  I thought this one best captured the little sweetie we see each day. 

Ivy Factoid:  Her hair seems rather curly when wet.  She's got the cutest little curl going on front and center (think Elvis curl) when I comb her hair after a bath.

Noelle Turns Two

Our little baby suddenly isn't one any longer.  Noelle is officially two.  

She had a ball on her birthday.  We had been stuck inside most of the week with new little Ivy so it was a welcomed change of pace.  Noelle helped make her cake, which tasted delicious (sprinkle cake, of course).  

She caught on quick with presents and loved opening one after the other.  We had fun video chatting with all her grandparents so they could see her open her gifts.  Grandma Karen was staying with us so she was able to join in on the fun.

We laughed as she'd say "wow" at all the gifts.  She'd toss any clothes aside so quick looking for the next toy.  The above and next picture were taken just as she opened the gift (clothes already mid throw, ha ha).

Here is Noelle opening some gifts from Corey and I.

Here is Noelle finding her big present from mom and dad.  Feel free to mute it, as usual I sound dumb.

Here is the birthday aftermath.  It was too crazy to get the traditional couch photo, so this will have to suffice for this year.  Also despite our best efforts we could not get her to smile at the camera (ask Grandma Karen, Noelle has become one tough cookie to photo).

Happy Birthday again to our big girl!

Our Ivy

I desperately need to take more pictures of this sweet girl.  These were taken like two weeks ago.  I can't believe she's already over three weeks old, and how each day she's looking less like a newborn.

"Mom, why are you sticking that camera in my face?"

Ivy is a great little girl.  She has her moments (don't we all), but she is very patient with her parents and sister.  

Noelle loves Ivy.  She is usually a millimeter away from her face saying "hi" or telling her things she knows about.  I've heard Noelle tell Ivy (in Noelle talk) she's 2, that her name is Noelle, that the big thing over there is a bed, that there is a picture of mom on the wall, etc.  It's pretty cute.  I can tell she's antsy for Ivy to grow up so they can go play and be best friends already.

Breaking Radio Silence

I haven't quite figured out how to watch both girls and blog (or craft really).  Probably because when I do have a spare moment I want to sleep :)

I still owe the world Noelle's 2nd birthday post (it was on April 23rd!), however this one was shorter.  Noelle is on my lap so shorter wins.

On May 5th Corey and I celebrated our fifth anniversary!  Cinco de Anniversary as I called it.  We were lucky that our anniversary overlapped with Grandma Darlene's trip, so Noelle and Ivy played with Grandma while we ran off and had some dinner (Texas Roadhouse...one of our favorites).  

As we are not yet rich and famous we decided to have another shoe gift (last year we both got Converse).  We both got Crocs, just different varieties.  Apparently the fifth anniversary gift is supposed to be something wooden.  We don't follow the grain anyway (some woody humor for you).