Here we are showing off our skills! Ray and I like to see which one can stay up longer...
These are the 2 crow poses... crow and side crow. I've just mastered that side crow pose! I've been doing the regular one for a while, and it was always the joke in my class when I could stay up longer than them at 7 months pregnant! Haha:)
I love Preston's Tree pose. He really focuses on the balancing, it's great! I've just really been working on my arm balances and have fun testing my limits!
With the warm weather today, we all went out to the neighborhood playground! We had a blast. It was Lila Anne's first time in the swing, and she LOVED it! She was going pretty high too. She would make the cutest face when her stomach would drop, and I would wonder if she was scared, then she would laugh!! She is going to be our dare devil for sure!
Ok, so we are finally done with the room :) We LOVE it! It looks better in person, the pictures just aren't doing it justice. Oh well. We went with a Hawaiian/surfer theme in there. They have coordinating bedding, you just can't see Preston's because his bed is so high up! He has a cool Cody Maverick (from the movie Surfs Up) comforter. The room actually looks bigger now that there are 2 beds in there... weird! My favorite thing is the name above their beds! I did that myself (I am so crafty!)
They each have their own toy bins, complements of their Great Aunt Lauretta, and we still have the "wall o' toys" for all of Preston's things:)
I made that cute little surfboard lamp too! Pretty cute, right? Overall, we are very happy with how it turned out. The situation is working so nicely for us too. Lila is sleeping like a champ in there and Preston seems to love having her in there. He is a great big brother, and couldn't wait to have her move in! We are glad to finally have our own room back... we can actually watch TV again at night!!!! YAY!
We had our neighborhood egg hunt this past Sunday. Here are some shots of Preston hanging out with his friends. The little guy in the blue shirt is his best friend Keith. The little blonde in piggies is Brooke, Keith's little sisiter and one of Preston's favorite playmates! The girl in the picture with me is Kari... she is Brooke and Keith's mom, and my best friend in Virginia!!! We love their family and will be VERY sad to see them move back home to Illinois this summer :( Preston says "we don't have to talk about that right now though." They sure had fun checking out all their candy....
We got Ruby Tuesday's carry out last week for dinner and Lila stole all my mashed potatoes! They were SO good, I can't blame her! They were all seasoned and everything! The girl's got good taste, what can I say? And yes, she only drinks out of cups that are coordinated to her outfits!!! Hahaha :)
Wow! We really have made quite a life together in the 5 WONDERFUL years we've been married. From our "love at first sight"meeting and getting married only 6 months later... to living the newlywed life in California... to ending back up on the East Coast with 2 beautiul kids, our own house and a DOG! We don't waste any time! We are still best friends and try to do most things together as a family. Ray's job allows for free time, so we are lucky we get to do that. I am fortunate enough to stay at home with my babies :) Though sometimes it is hard on us, I wouldn't change that for all the money in the world :)
Preston at 5 years
Preston
Our lil' man is now 5 years old! Wow! They do grow fast, don't they? He is in Kindergarten and is doing great there! He rides the school bus and really likes that too, minus waking up by 6:00 a.m. to catch it!! Let's see, our Preston loves T-ball and the Hokies. He loves to organize stuff (wonder where he gets that from!) and he is a wonderful big brother to his baby sisiter! He likes to help plan "Family Fun Night", which we have every Friday- it's the highlight of his week! He is such a joy to be around and we just love him to death :)
Lila Anne at 2 years
Lila Anne
Lila Anne is now 2 years old! She is learning new stuff everyday and it's amazing to watch her come into her little personality. She loves Elmo and the Wiggles, hates strangers, and having to leave Mommy! She is still a Mama's girl all the way! She is a great eater, singer, and adventurer! She loves to be out and about! She doesn't care where she is going, just as long as she is going! At night she loves to get super silly with Preston and run all over the house, screaming "I'M RUNNING!" She makes us laugh a lot, and for that, plus any more reasons, we love her dearly :)