When we came to look at our new house for the first time, it was back in July and our realtor told us that next spring, the backyard would be in full bloom with tons of azalea bushes. We both love azaleas and couldn't wait for them to bloom and they finally have! They are gorgeous and just add to our enjoyment of being outdoors. So, I wanted to get some pictures of the girls before we lose the moment so I dressed them in their Lilly dresses, very springy and a little homage to Lilly Pulitzer.
But one major fail, it was super sunny this morning. Sun streaming into the girls eyes and lots of squinting and super bright pictures, oh well. Maybe next time, we will try for a late afternoon shot when the sun isn't so brutal. But hey, when you have them both up and dressed, you have to jump on the opportunity.
And just to keep it real so I don't only post the happy pictures, this is how it ended. Maddie crying, Ella with a pouty lip, yup, picture time is o-v-e-r!
Last weekend, we had such a fun weekend celebrating Mike's birthday and we had some very special guests. My dear friend Lynn who I have been friends with since elementary school came down from Richmond with her family.
Lynn has two daughters also, Caroline is 3 months older than Ella and their Madelynn is 2.5. The last time we got the kids together, Ella and Caroline were just about 1 and I met little Madelynn when she was about a month old and they had never met our Maddie before so this trip was definitely overdue. The girls had a BLAST all weekend long. You would have thought they see eat other all time because they would carry on little conversations and stayed up late "partying" each night!
We had some other friends over on Saturday to have a small celebration for Mike. It was so much fun and the weather was perfect!
35 is looking good on him!
Everyone was very sad on Sunday morning when they had to head home but we vowed it would not be this long before we got together again. Ella has already been asking when they can come back and play again soon!
Monday was Mike's actual birthday and Maddie and I met him for lunch at work. We had a fun al fresco lunch before we had to go pick up Ella from preschool.
Pretty much every single day if it isn't raining, you can find us outside playing in the backyard on the new swing set. Did I tell you how much we love it!
And guess who learned to pump all by herself?!?!
Last Tuesday was national ben and jerry's day where they give out a free cone all day. We had never been before and me being super naive thought there would be a line but it can't be that long. Well, we have a ben and jerry's 2 minutes from our house so we didn't have to travel far to realize the line was insanity. We would have waited for over an hour so I bagged it but Ella was so sad. I promised her, we could go the next day when there was no one there. Ella doesn't let you forget anything, she asked about it the minute she woke up so that night after dinner, we went and got our ice cream. Chocolate with sprinkles. I think it was worth the wait.
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| By the way, she asked me to take her picture with her ice cream and did the pose all by herself. Where did she come from? |
We also started a soccer program a couple weeks ago. Ella hasn't always loved all sports from the beginning so I was a little hesitant but she loves it! There are only 3 girls and about 5-6 boys and she does great. Her favorite part is when they get to wear a jersey (go figure, dress up time is her favorite!). She was perfecting her "airplane" move in this picture for me.
Besides that, we are just loving the warmer weather, except for one thing, the pollen. The pollen is out of control this year and one reason we fell in love with our house and neighborhood was the big, mature trees but man do they make some serious pollen. Right now, Ella, Maddie and I are all coughing and sneezing up a storm. Really hoping for some rain and to start feeling better soon.
Have a great week!
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