sister pictures

More pictures by my sweet friend :)
The girls are getting along great!
I so hope they can be sweet to each other ALWAYS!
Our latest news...CC just started crawling!

Disney

We were so excited to visit Disney recently. A HUGE thank you to Ian's family who totally hooked us up with tickets and lots of fun surprises. We couldn't pass up the trip when Ian said they might could find some free tickets for us and we found an unbelievable hotel deal. It was one of those timeshare presentations. We had to see a 2 hours promo but got to stay at a suite hotel with full kitchen for $120 TOTAL for 4 days.
PERFECT time of year for Disney. No crowds or waiting in lines!
I did tons of research...found the cheap places to eat...PB&J for lunch everyday.
Couldn't resist getting some Minnie Mouse ears

LOVED Mickey's Halloween party.I think everyone was dressed up except G and I. G was laughing at me...I was very tempted to buy a costume. I guess that would make me a dorky disney parent HA :)

tinkerbell flew right over us...GREAT fireworks!

AH had 2 favorite things...she loved the dance party with the characters. We felt like such bad parents when we looked at our watch at it was midnight and we were still dancing :)

Dumbo was the other favorite thing! She did it 6 times I think.

MM successfully rode dumbo and the teacups without losing her lunch...seriously a major accomplishment. I would get sick each time I would do those rides when I was younger :)

Great time with all the characters and princess'. We did Animal Kingdom the first day. All day long we heard, "this is for boys..where is Cinderella and Belle...I don't like this...Can we go to the castle"

We ALL can't wait to go back!
It was very magical!

7 months old

This sweet thing just cracks me up at how different she is from her sister!
We all love her and smother her all day!
She is super serious most of the time but seems to be relaxing a little more these days.
She hates any kind of pants and will get out of them if you try to put them on her. I have no idea how...i need to borrow one of those monitors that you can watch the baby. We've just stopped putting the bottoms of her PJ's on :) She loves cheerios, fruit puffs and even little bits of fruit. She's still on her fancy formula, but we hope to get her on something else soon.
Here are some of her latest pictures!

demo date night

AFTER picture...
but, not finished just yet.
We'll frame the doorway out and fix the floor.

We took a date night and demolished one of our kitchen walls.
Sorry, pictures are out of order and everytime i try to move them around...they end up deleting. Hope you can make sense of it all :)

We have just torn down the wall between our kitchen and dining room! We used the dining room when we had people over, but now we use it everyday! It works so much better into our lives and I can't believe we didn't think of it earlier. It really was a few hour project that made a BIG difference.
Now, I just have to figure out how to make the two rooms work together without buying new stuff! All my design friends...I need you to come help me soon!

BEFORE from dining room (ignore my consignment sale stuff all piled up)

BEFORE from kitchen

Brit Brit's Circus

The circus was quite a spectacle! Midgets, a legless woman on a trampoline, fireworks, saws spewing sparks, magic, illusions, tricks, LOTS of costume changes, lip-syncing... Spectacle is the best word I would use to describe it :) she puts on quite a show...

even

Our little family is even...3 girls. 3 boys. The above picture are the girls getting ready to meet the new boys moving into the yard. Sweet AH stayed in that chair all afternoon, but has finally started to relax and play with the dogs.
We have decided to adopt 2 german short hair pointers. They were my brothers but he gave them up when he moved overseas. Jack and Dip can already SIT, STAY, FETCH and they only use the restroom in my flowerbeds (not in the grass or on walk ways) This started as a one month trail thing...but I'm pretty sure we're all loving life together after only a few days.
the girls

the boys

Jack and Dip
I'm not a fan of their names, but I'm pretty sure its too late to change them!

....this is the only hiccup in the whole deal.
Baby Catherine goes straight for their tongues. NASTY! Like whole hand in the mouth kinda thing. I guess it good that they don't seem to mind...but still...YUCK!

a few new pictures

Thank you friend! Your pics are always such a sweet treasure to me!

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