Nick and Gigi Birthday Celebration

For Nick and Gigi's birthday celebration, we had some technical difficulties.  Emily was out of space on her camera and my camera battery died after the first shot.  Nick was the only prepared one and got these precious shots of Gigi the day before her second birthday.  It was Nick's birthday celebration too but as I said - no cameras were working and he didn't take any pictures of himself!!  Gigi was a little apprehensive at first, being the center of attention!

 Obviously she was really comfortable with her birthday cupcake!!

 A nice shot courtesy of photographer Nick!!

This was her favorite gift and it was from Mommy and Daddy.  She only opened one family (Emily, Dave and Chloe) gift at our party. Chloe was really disappointed that Gigi couldn't open the gift she got for her till her actual birthday the next day.  She got her a Monster High Doll. Chloe loves Monster High dolls, she has a few of them, but Gigi loved hers too. She got other cute gifts from her Uncles, Aunts and cousins that day, but this is the only picture that survived our camera problems.

Audrey recently had a dance recital.  Randy and I met Bethany and Ryan and their girls at Wendy's for some dinner before. (Audrey's choice)  When Audrey walked in I couldn't believe her makeup.  Her eyelashes looked so long and curled and Bethany said all she did was mascara!  I had to get a picture . . . Audrey was more than happy to show off her makeup!!!

Next she wanted me to get a picture of her eye shadow.  This is her pose to show off her eye shadow . . .

Here she is in her "cowgirl" costume.  Half the kids were cowgirls and half were in cow print costumes.  We thought Audrey got the better end of the deal as a "cowgirl".  So cute!!

Audrey is showing us how soft the cowhide is on her vest - She did such a good job on her dance!!  Bethany is very serious about Audrey's dancing lessons.  She makes sure Audrey practises the dances at home and knows them well.  Bethany learns the dance so she can practise with Audrey!! And there is a glimpse of Grandpa Randy messing around with his phone!

Chloe graduates from Preschool

I got to attend Chloe's pre-school graduation.  Her teacher said she is an adult in a child's body.  That exactly describes her. So often we forget she is only 5 years old because she expresses herself so well. Sometimes she uses words that I think she can't possibly know the meaning of - and when I ask her about it she knows just what she is talking about!! It is kind of funny because if you look closely, on either side of Chloe's head is one of her grandmothers, reflected in the mirror and taking pictures. I am on Chloe's left in the red jacket and her Grandma Ann is on her right. Emily is between us and behind Chloe's reflection. The dress she is wearing I made for her a couple of years ago. Obviously she has just grown taller and the dress still fits. She is amazing. We love you Chloe!!