Christmas 3 of 3

And finally some evening festivities opening presents and hanging out before bed. We also got the first official photo of all the cousins together with Annemarie. It was a whirl wind day, but one will always remember!

Love this shot! Feel the love 

 cousins-Ethan, Jillian, Annemarie, Layna and Brayden

 first present-go!

 Score-easy bake oven

 Doc McStuffings and Lambie

 Go Bucs!

 Starting our new baseball room

 couldn't leave out Piper!

 Uncle Doug and Kayla-photo taken by Jillian!

 Aunt Nicole and Uncle Chris also taken by Jillian!

Mommy kisses



Christmas 2 of 3

Our family Christmas at Mia and Poppy's house was such a wonderful day. The cousins played and we all laughed and had a great time visiting. It was really nice to have some of our family from out of town here to celebrate with. It's amazing to see the holidays through the kid's eyes and I hope to keep that magic alive for many years to come. This post is dedicated to good times with the Roenick, Girata, Weitz, Hart, Schilling Crew! Maybe we'll add more next year....like Stepp or Shelton. Hint Hint.

 Annemarie got lots of love

 Poppy and his boys

 Kayla and Aunt Lisa get some baby snuggles

 Mia and her girls

 Aunt Debbie and future Yankee Ethan

 Sisters! Nice to all be together!

 Kayla brought kids an awesome spaceship and had to try it too

 More baby snuggles

 Cannot even count how many pictures of the girls there are together-they are inseperable

 Me and my big boy playing around. So big!

 Aunt Elyse and her mini me warming up!

Poppy and the girls doing some dancing!



Christmas 1 of 3

Happy Holidays everyone-I said I would be going backwards! We have had a fantastic couple of weeks and it's been really hard to return to work/school after the break. We made our annual trip to Christmas Lane this year, Jillian sat on Santa/Mrs. Claus lap for the first time EVER, and the kids absolutely loved decorating the Christmas Tree and wrapping gifts this year. We had a great time celebrating Christmas with our family and the cousins enjoyed their visit together more then ever. It's been an amazing 2 weeks of fun, relaxation and the excitement of the elf on the shelf and counting down with our advent calendar filled with surprises. We missed many of you and hope to see you in 2013!

So excited that they were both happy and we finally got this picture!

Always beautiful at Christmas Lane

 cutie pie had to have a pink sparkly hat this year

 my two greatest gifts

 hanging with Peyton, Alexa and Brayden on Santa's Sleigh

 checking out what Santa left in her stocking

 baseball cards in his stocking

 Santa left some goodies at Mia's house for us

 air hockey-Ethan's big gift

 new family tradition-baseball in the yard

 



Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all of our loved ones! I haven't blogged in so long as we are always on the run and I tend to favor facebook for ease of use. But I am ready to play a little catch up here and may go backwards a bit, but have learned to relax more and go with the flow this year. We've done some amazing things and had some great times in 2012 with our friends and family and we look forward to making many more lasting memories with you all in 2013. Best wishes for health and happiness in the coming year. We spent new year's eve with my girls Jen and Ashley and their 4 kiddos and Ethan and Jillian managed to stay up until midnight for the first time. Take a peek at some of our antics!

 

 toddlers, tiaras and hats after pizza

 Jen, Jen and Ashley

 Adorable cake Jen brought

 Ethan and Abby cookie time

 Allison and Jillian cake faces

 photo courtesy of Jillian. Very cool minus the socket!

 Sparkling Apple Juice toast thanks to Ash

 My beautiful girl-all enjoyed the real glasses

 cheers

 sparklers for the kids who weren't afraid

 Alexa and E writing their names

 Brayden joined the fun

Ashley sparkles!