baby Ava

I had the absolute pleasure of babysitting this little lady last week.  She is such a fun kiddo and already has a great personailty.  Naturally, I wanted to snap away tons of photos of this cutie, but I only got about 20...before my camera died.  Boo!  I learned that I really really really need a backup battery.  I can't believe I've gotten by without one this long.  Anyway, enough of my rants, on to the adorable-ness...  :)

Drool is cool!

Mal Grace

The weather here (with the exception of that yucky rainy day we had yesterday) has been SO wonderful.  I heart Spring!  And my girls do too!!  We have spent so much time outside lately and it is lovely.  A few days ago the girls and I sat in the front yard and just enjoyed the sunshine.  I took lots of photos of the girls that day.  These are just Mallory's pictures so you'll have to stay tuned for Madison's  :) 

While we were all getting ready that morning, Mal asked for me to fix her hair.  I laughed because I didn't think she'd sit still for more than a second, but I thought I'd try anyway.  To my suprise, she sat patiently and LOVED getting her hair done  :)  Maybe I made a preppy one after all!  So here she is with her hair did!

And here's the sad reality of what most of my photos look like  :)

And on to the outside fun.  Here's Mal, mid-dance.  She is obsessed with being a ballerina and twirling these days.  I love her. 

She's saying "Ewe, yuck!  Swing soooo dirty".  I guess I should clean that  :)

Strike a pose...

yard birds

Allow me to introduce you to our very own yard birds  :)  Mallory and Madison LOVE looking at these cute little fellas, but I've never actualy gotten around to taking pictures of them.  These birds are faster than my kids, but I still got some pretty cute shots of them.  Enjoy!

Our lovey doveys...

A woodpecker!  He's so fun to watch! 

This fella scared away all my other birdies.  Mallory said he has grumpy pants  :)

peek-a-boo

A finch, perhaps?  I need to brush up on my bird knowledge!

Happy Birthday Madison!

Oh, I can't believe my little Beba is a year old!  It is so cliche to say, but the time really does fly by.  This kid has so much personality these days...and she's a wild one  :)  Her birthday was a fun one.  Mallory Grace sang Happy Birthday a good 3 or 4 dozen times and Madison wiggled and giggled and danced every single time  :)  Have I mentioned how adorable they are together?!?!  Seriously.  Adorable!

Here's the birthday girl chasing down the camera.  She's fast!

Uh-oh.  It's her birthday and she can cry if she wants to?? 

But it didn't last long.  She's easily distracted  :)

Here's Mallory and Madison "making birthday cake" in the kitchen. 

She got an ice cream cake and it was just a wee bit messy  :)

Oops.  She was trying to clap, but missed her hands!

She LOVED it!

She's saying...I'm one!

Mallory Grace says "Beba make mess".  She did.  :)

Going in for one last bite...