Our Little Family

Our Little Family

Monday, April 16, 2012

Easter 2012

Easter Sunday...our first Easter service at our new church in Louisiana. I walked away feeling like I had just experienced what Heaven is going to be like! I had the most worshipful experience I have ever had. Before we went to church, we had a visit from the Easter Bunny! The girls had lots of fun going through their baskets...
Georgia was SO excited about her new Strawberry Shortcake movie!
 Sleepy Ivy Jane with crazy bed head loved her fairy...
After church we drove to my sister's house to have Easter lunch & an egg hunt. Georgia Claire was beside herself with excitement! She LOVES her cousins.

And these were the best pictures we could get of the four of us. I love Georgia Claire in the first one...
 Me trying to get Ivy Jane to smile & look at the camera...
 Ivy Jane yelling "CHEESE" and Georgia is clearly over the whole picture taking thing...

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Our Brave Girl

Georgia Claire is getting braver & braver...we saw that in full force on Good Friday when we spent some time at the park. She's always been a little timid, probably because of her low muscle tone, but she is coming out of her shell! The other day she climbed up the "rock" wall on our play set THREE different times. I tried to stand behind her in case she fell but she said, "No no no Momma, you go over there!" Friday at the park she just took off to climbing like I've never seen her climb before.

This was the thing I was MOST excited about. It's about 3-4 feet off the ground & she just walked right across like it was no big deal!

 I love this little brave girl so so much!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Our Twenty Month Old!

Ivy Jane has been such a joy these past 20 months...it's hard to believe she will be two in just 4 short months! A little about her since I plan to use the blog as an online baby book since I have NOT filled in much in her book...poor baby! She is still going to physical therapy twice a week for her torticollis. She is no longer tight on her right side, but we have to strengthen her left side. She uses her right side for almost everything. Her head still tilts to one side slightly and her right shoulder is always higher than her left, but she's getting stronger and stronger! She loves her therapists...YAY! 

She's fearless, trying anything and everything. Her language is CRAZY! She repeats everything...our own little Myna bird! She "reads" books, and is singing "Jesus Loves Me" & "The Alphabet Song". The other night Shelby was counting with her really slowly and he got to six and she says, "seven, eight, nine, ten!" as fast as she could. It was like, "C'mon dad!" She recognizes some numbers, knows her colors, and loves her "Jo-ja"! She wakes up ready for breakfast or "befast" as she calls it. She says "uh uh" for yes, and our ABSOLUTE FAVORITE THING she says right now is "shoo boop" when she wants us to scoot her up! It will melt your heart to hear her say "I yub you!" She's our little fire cracker & is definitely strong-willed, but she is a sweet girl! 

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks...

She fell asleep on me after playing dress-up, and yes, she's still in her tu-tu!
 She loved her fudgesicle the other night...
 She's learning to ride her tricycle, even in her diaper & Crocs (or Pinks, as she calls them)...
 Trying to put the bunny ears on straight proved to be a hard task!
Tonight we went to the park & she wanted to "drive" almost the entire time. She kept saying, "Jo-ja, are you?!"

We love you, Ivy Jane! You are our second miracle baby & loved so dearly! Thank you for adding so much joy to our life!

Bunny Ears

Today the girls were playing around with the bunny ears from the pictures we took last year...

...so I decided to take pictures of them this year! They are getting so big!
and SO funny!
I bribed them with candy & Ivy Jane couldn't put it down to smile for the camera!
Georgia on the other hand...
thought I was hilarious!