Bath Time Shenanigans

My girls have always loved bath time...

up until a few months ago.

Around the time they turned one they started absolutely hating the bath tub. 

It was so strange because they both started hating it at exactly the same time.

Both Rick and I would loathe giving them baths because they would scream bloody murder and reach for us to get them out.

My mom suggested I try bathing them in the sink to see if it would help and much to my surprise it did!

Hopefully soon we can phase back into the big bath tub
but for now this works...

Mother's Day

I had the best day yesterday. Rick and of course Bree and Clara made sure I had a good one.

I woke up to pretty flowers, Rick making me breakfast, and best of all big huge smiles from Bree.

Clara woke up a little later and made sure she gave me some kisses and smiles as well.
We skyped with Grandma Camille in California then went to church and came home to get ready and go up and wish Grandma Kathy a 'Happy Mother's Day'.

All the boys barbequed hamburgers and prepared a yummy dinner. Then we visited with family until late into the night. Great day. 

I am so lucky to be someone's ''mama", not a day goes by that I take this for granted.
This is the hardest, lowest paying job I've ever had but nothing in my life has brought me such great joy and satisfaction.

I have never been happier!
 I love my girls. 

One Year Pictures

I finally got the girls one year pictures taken this past weekend.

So, I guess these are more like 13 month pictures but we will still call them "one year pictures" :)

I'm glad they are done and I am happy this cute stage they are in is documented. 

The pictures went well until half way into the shoot when we were changing into the second outfit,
Clara fell off a bench and fell flat on the floor.
Her mouth started bleeding and we had to give her a little TLC for a minute, but in good Clara fashion she continued to pull out those ear to ear smiles.

Because of the mishap, the second outfit(their Easter dress and pink bow) didn't get much camera time.

Oh well.
I love our little beauties and can't believe how much they have changed in the past few months.
Enjoy!

Clara Walking

Clara took her first steps a few weeks ago. 

I finally got around to getting some video of her today and her progress. 

She is pretty proud of herself, and we are proud too!

Easter 2012

We had a great Easter yesterday.
The weather was beautiful and it couldn't have been more perfect.

It made for a nice Easter Sunday.
Here are a few pics from our day..

A Birthday Party, for Bree and Clara

We had so much fun celebrating Bree and Clara turning one!
I loved planning this special day for my little ladies.
I am happy most of our closest friends and family could be there to share this day with us. We missed those who couldn't come.
I had a ton of help with food, the cakes, setting up and cleaning up. We are lucky to have such great people in our life.
We had the party at our town home's clubhouse and it turned out great!

Bree and Clara did great with their cakes, they dug right in. All that pretty pink frosting made for some cute pictures.
Afterwards they were so messy we ditched the clothes and they spent the rest of the night opening presents and playing with their new toys shirtless. It was so cute to see them crawling around everywhere with their little chubby tummies hanging out.
We had a blast!