Ellie and Megs!

Our Christmas Tree!!

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:24:00 +0000

What a Weekend!

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:13:00 +0000

Grandpa Steve came to visit and spend the weekend with us and our sweet girls. We had a wonderful time, eating out and going to Stone Mountain. Meggie got to spend the day with Grandpa Steve on Friday and was happy to miss school! Ellie was doubly excited because, not only was Grandpa Steve here, but Uncle Drew was around a lot as well. What more does a four-year-old need?

Red balloons perhaps? I had a photo shoot Sunday morning that incorporated balloons and brought the leftover balloons home to the girls when the shoot was over.

Both Ellie and Megs had a fun time playing with them. As I write this they are both asleep with their balloons next to their beds!

The girls and their guys!

As always, Ellie was very sad to say goodbye to Grandpa Steve.

Meggie was just tired and fussy....

Ellie posing for a balloon pic before we went inside.

Thanks for visit Grandpa Steve, we miss you already!

Ellie's Artwork

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:49:00 +0000

I have decided to have Ellie's artwork made into a book so I don't have to keep boxes and boxes of artwork as she grows up. Here are some of the pieces she has brought home this year that will be included in her Pre-K Artwork Book.

Look mom, she already has better handwriting than I did in 2nd grade!!

Happy Halloween!!

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:30:00 +0000

The Sears family had a fun fun fun Halloween! First we went to our neighbors house for a kiddo filled party. Then we headed out for some trick-or-treating. It got cold and windy really fast so Meggie and I headed home leaving Chris and Ellie for some more Halloween fun.

Chris was a vampire gorilla, Ellie was Thumbelina and Meggie was a princes. Meggie was suppose to be a monkey but she refused to put on the costume so we had to improvise.

Sami the pirate, Ella the bumble bee, Angela the cat and Roman the train conductor!

Baby Dejah with her parents, Jessica and Davin.

Meggie enjoying her Halloween cupcake.

More Halloween cupcake!

We hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween! We sure did and now we are all tired and ready for bed (well... Mom and Dad are anyway!).

Silly Girls!

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:22:00 +0000

I have to admit, I don't remember what we were doing when the girls and I took these pictures, but they are still silly!

Papa, This One's For You!!

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:55:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:25:00 +0000

We just finished carving our three pumpkins. Ellie narrates the back story from the perspective of her pumpkin, named "Ellie". She explains how the "Daddy" pumpkin ruined the earth and has some killer tendencies. Meggie mostly stays behind the scenes, but does add some scary sound effects and later does a little camera work before her sister takes over. Happy Halloween everyone!

Meggie and Ellie's Sunday Recap for 10/18/2009

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:25:00 +0000

Meggie and Ellie make a quick web cam video about our Sunday trip up to the apple orchard in North Georgia. Marti was doing a photo shoot for a friend there so we decided to make it a family outing. Aside from some Google Maps problems, it was a fun little trip. Daddy took the girls to the petting farm/zoo, we saw them shooting apples from an air-powered apple cannon (pumpkin chunkin-style), and the girls helped pick 39 apples.

Meggie Playing in the Kitchen with Daddy

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:38:00 +0000

Meggie and Daddy are playing in the kitchen. Meggie is very interested in the camera, wanting to watch the screen instead of being recorded. We talk about animal sounds, we say hello to all our grandparents, we mess with the cat, and we play with a rubiks cube and a hula hop. If you listen carefully, you'll hear Meggie say "nilk", "see you later", "button" and "collar" (which i think she just learned on the spot). The best part of the video is Meggie's camera work.

Ellie Video Interview for 10/11/09

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:15:00 +0000

Ellie tries to explain that we went to Stone Mountain Park today. We "hiked" to the top of the mountain and then back down, all without Ellie needing to be carried. We saw the red and blue skylift cars going up and down the mountain. After our hike, we went to the playground. Later, we went to QuikTrip for sodas. Mommy and Meggie are in Columbia this weekend, so Ellie and Daddy holding down the fort.

Rainy Weekend

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:06:00 +0000

Another rainy weekend in Atlanta. Ellie helped me pick tomatoes off the vine after the abundance of rain helped ripen them. We have spent a lot of time inside, enjoying each other and a chance to relax. That said, I would like to see the sun again!

Day at the Zoo!

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:27:00 +0000

Chris took us girls for a fun morning at the zoo. The weather was beautiful and the girls enjoyed seeing the animals.

There is a new Parakeet house. You can feed the parakeets with little sticks of seeds. It was really neat to be able to see the birds up close.

The Museum School of Avondale Estates

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:59:00 +0000

Chris has been working hard with a group of local parents to get a charter school approved in Avondale. Today was a fund raiser for the school. It was at the local Waffle House Museum (Waffle House originated in Avondale Estates, who knew?) and included a children's musician, Elvis impersonator, hot dogs and lots of drinks. We had a great time. We got a tour of an old fashioned Waffle House lead by local kids.

Ellie in her Waffle House hat on the tour.

Meggie in her hat, she was SUPER cute!

Meggie found a friend to wave at through the glass.

Ellie enjoyed the hot dog and chips, what else does a girl need to be happy?

Ellie Turns 4!!

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:40:00 +0000

It is hard to believe that my little baby is 4! It really seems like we just brought her home from the hospital. We celebrated with a family birthday party (and noodles) on Tuesday. Today we had a party with two of her friends from school. We had pizza, painted faces and make necklaces. It was a fun time, Ellie enjoyed her first birthday celebration with friends!

Ellie had a Barbie cake (or cupcakes).

Ellie and her cute friends from school!

I Heart Faces: My Favorite Face Photo

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:18:00 +0000

The category this week is "My Favorite Face Photo." I love the photograph below because it is me and my baby girl. I took it in the mirror on Saturday when we were playing together. Her happy, chubby little face is one of my favorites.

I am submitting this photo into the www.iheartfaces.com Blurb Book photo contest. I am granting I ♥ Faces permission to use my photo in a printed version of a book for commercial use and possibly advertising of a photo book on both the Blurb and I ♥ Faces web sites.

A Mama, A Baby and The Camera

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sun, 17 May 2009 03:28:00 +0000

I often lament that we do not have many pictures of me and the girls. I am usually behind the camera, not in front of it. Today Meggie and I had some time at home all alone so I went to see if we could get some mirror-assisted images. I thought some of these came out pretty darn cute.

Me showing Meggie how to push the shutter button.

My sweet baby checking things out.

Another sweet baby girl moment.

This may be one of my most favorite pictures ever! I LOVE it so so much!

Meggie and Her Cupcake

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:52:00 +0000

We had dinner with some friends, Avi, Allison and Baby Devan on Thursday night. Allison totally spoils the girls and always has cupcakes for them. Here is Meggie, post cupcake! She had it everywhere (ears, eyes, hair, etc.). But, boy did she like it!

Soccer Saturday!

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:06:00 +0000

We started off our weekend with a soccer game for Ellie.

In classic Ellie fashion she was interested for the first 15 minutes then decided a warm blanket was more fun.

Go Stingrays!

Ellie and her cute friend Luke decided that playing on a muddy hill was much more fun than playing in the game!

Ellie is so silly!

And super cute!

Maybe next weekend she will play....maybe not!

Easter 2009!!

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:24:00 +0000

We had a great Easter at the Sears House!! We had our friends Avi, Allison and Devan over. We ate lots of yummy food and had a fun Easter Egg hunt!

Meggie Says, "Happy Easter!!"

Meggie thought a day filled with MnM's was probably the best day ever!

This is Baby Devan and his Daddy, Avi!

Meggie found an Easter egg!

Baby Devan loved his Easter eggs!

Baby Devan and a couple of his Easter eggs!

Ellie loved all of the candy she found!

Ellie checking out her loot!

Happy Easter everyone!!

A Baby and Her BlackBerry

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:31:00 +0000

Last Tuesday Meggie an I headed to Sams' Club to grab a few household essentials.

As usual, I had to call Mimi to answer a few food storage questions (yes, you can freeze pepperoni...who knew??).

Meggie, of course, had to have her chance to talk to Mimi. And, she did, for about 15 minutes while we were shopping! It was hilarious! She babbled into the phone forever!

She was also playing with my watch, wearing it as a necklace. What a cute kiddo!!!

Sweet Melissa's

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:56:00 +0000

One of our favorite Sunday morning routines is to go to Sweet Melissa's for breakfast. It is a very family friendly place that has yummy biscuits and homefries. Last week Grandpa Steve came to visit and took us. We had a great time! He and Chris built me an above ground planter and I hope to throw some tomatoes in it soon. Thanks Grandpa Steve!!

I Heart Faces Weekly Entry: Adult

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:00:00 +0000

I Heart Faces Weekly Entry: Child

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:48:00 +0000

Videos!!

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:47:00 +0000

Here two well overdue videos. I apologize for the poor lighting, we were just being silly this evening...

I Heart Faces Weekly Entry: Adult

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:25:00 +0000

Best Friend Ever!

Be sure to head on over to www.iheartfaces.com to check out all of the beautiful face entries this week!