Disneyland Trip!

We just got back from spending 3 days at Disneyland and we had a great time!  It was a very special trip because our family met us down there and spent 2 days with us.  Savannah fell in love with her cousins and is still adjusting to the fact that she can't see them now that we are home.  We had a great time and can't wait for our next trip!

In front of the Disneyland tree

Savannah in the Paradise Pier Hotel lobby, it was a fun place to stay!

Riding Dumbo with daddy.  Don't mind Savannah's grumpy face, she was having a rough morning :)

Meeting Tinkerbell & Vidia

Savannah & Cousin Nolan ready for A Bug's Life

Riding the tea cups with Daddy and Nana

Madeline and Aunt Amy

Meeting Pluto!

Mommy and Madeline on It's A Small World

Our family

Our Christmas Photos

Here are our 2011 family Christmas photos.  As luck would have it I had the stomach flu on the day of our photo shoot, hopefully you can't tell!  Merry Christmas!

A fall day in the park

We had a beautiful clear fall day last week so I decided to get the girls out of the house.  I figured it would be the last time in awhile that we would have such nice weather so we took full advantage.  We enjoyed a nice walk to the park and played in the pretty leaves!

Madeline all bundled up and ready to go!

This next picture is my favorite.  Not only do I love how much fun Madeline is having but there is a cute story behind it.  I put Madeline up on the play area and Savannah was so scared she was going to crawl off the edge.  I barely had a chance to snap the picture because protective big sister was crying and telling me to "pick up the baby"!

As always, Savannah had a lot of fun on the slide and Madeline enjoyed her first slide experience too!

My little mouse having fun......

We made our way over to the path by our house where we had fun playing in all the pretty leaves!  I was hoping to get a really cute picture of Madeline in the leaves but she was too fascinated with playing and eating them to look at the camera.

Savannah didn't miss out on the fun, she thought throwing and kicking the leaves around was tons of fun!

This is a picture of one of the trees in our neighborhood.  Before we know it the leaves will be gone and winter will be here.  I'm glad we got the chance to enjoy such a beautiful day!

Halloween!

We had such a fun Halloween this year!  Savannah was super excited and really enjoyed herself.  We started off our weekend with pumpkin carving.  Savannah had a lot of fun helping mommy carve a pumpkin even though she wasn't totally thrilled with getting all slimy!

We weren't the only ones to get into the spirit, Derek jumped in and carved his pumpkin as only a true handyman would.....

All his hard work paid off!  Savannah thought Daddy's pumpkin was by far the best :)

While I wasn't brave enough to let Madeline help with the carving, she did get to have some fun with the pumpkins too!

She thought the pumpkin made a great teething toy!

And finally, it was time to get the costumes on!!!  Savannah was looking forward to being Tinkerbell for weeks and I must say she was the cutest Tinkerbell!  My little ladybug was pretty cute too!

Savannah loved trick or treating this year but I think she liked handing out the candy even more.  When we got home from trick or treating she was so excited every time kids rang the door bell.  She would drop whatever she was playing with and dash to the door and grab the candy bowl.  It was really cute :)

All in all it was an awesome Halloween and we're looking forward to next year!

Savannah turns 3!!!!

I can't even believe that Savannah is 3 years old!  The time has just flown by and it is really bittersweet.  She is at such a fun age and it's amazing to watch her learn and grow.  Every day she says something new that blows us away and reminds us of how big she is getting.  Savannah wanted a Tinkerbell party complete with a Tinkerbell cake.  She had a great time and it was so much fun to celebrate our big girl!

Happy 3rd Birthday!!!

I love my Tinkerbell cake!!!

Family Photo

Happy Birthday To You.....

Everyone loves the cake

Thank you Kaylen for one of my favorite presents!

Thank you everyone for my presents!

A big thank you to all of our friends and family who helped us celebrate Savannah!

Little Gymnast!

Savannah started gymnastics 2 weeks ago and boy does she love it!  I was pleasantly surprised at how she took to it and she does so well!  Coach Deena is so great with her and Savannah does such a good job of listening and following instructions.  I had to run out and get her a cute leotard which of course is totally unnecessary for a 3 year old gymnastics class but she just looked too cute in it!

Ready for class!

She does really well on the bars! 

Swinging with her friend Morgan

Future Olympian??

Fun on the trampoline

Watching her in action is so much fun!  This is the first activity she has done that she really loves.  I think gymnastics classes will be in our future for a while :)

Savannah starts Preschool!

Today was Savannah's first day of Preschool and it hit me, my little girl is growing up so fast!  She was excited to start school and had a great first day!  She was a little nervous to leave mommy and daddy but she didn't even cry......I can't say the same for myself though!

Very proud of the bag she made all by herself!

Proud Mommy

Proud Daddy

Madeline just turned 8 months old and she is doing great!  We expect her to take off crawling any day now.  She can't wait to chase after her big sister and her dogs!