Our Week in Missouri

We spent Spring Break in Missouri spending time with family and visiting friends.

On Easter we had breakfast with Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Mike then went back to their house to meet their new puppy, Maggie. We also read books and put puzzles together.

 

After breakfast we went back to Mimi and Papa's house for an Easter Egg hung with Brett and Will. Papa let the kids have five minutes of unlimited chocolate consumption after the hunt. No one got sick (surprisingly) and they had a great time!

 

After Easter I went to visit my sister in St. Louis. She and Brayden welcomed little Baby Drew a couple of days before Easter. Little Drew was quite the sweetie!

  

There was a bit of a situation back in Columbia (Meggie managed to gouge out Mimi's eye and tear her cornea...poor Mimi) so I went back to Columbia and helped manage the munchkins. One night we went to have Mexican then I took the kids for ice cream.

 

After getting Mimi all healed up I went to West Plains to visit my friend Leann and her sweet new baby, Lena. We hadn't seen each other in almost 7 years, it was so great to catch up, it was like not a day had passed. I love her so much!

 

After the whirlwind week we drove back to the ATL and resumed normal like. Ellie made it clear she much prefers vacation time at Mimi and Papa's house. She is looking forward to this summer when she is going to be at home with Miss Shayann and Miss Elizabeth. :-)

A Day at the Park!

I had a shoot at Piedmont Park on Saturday. It was a fantastic day so Chris took the girls to the playground while I worked. When I was done we did a very mini shoot with the girls. They are so awesome!

 

Meggie and Some Yogurt!

Megs had a little GI blip on Thursday night so she had to stay home with me Friday. As seems to be typical, after a night of throwing up, she was perfectly fine Friday. So, we decided to head down down to the Yogurt Tap in Decatur and grab a little snack.

I know she's my baby and all, but she is such a beautiful kiddo! My heart melts when I look at those blue eyes!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

A few weeks ago my mom sent the girls a cute mix of spring clothes (thanks, Mimi!!). Included were two green Tutu's. Ellie has a thing for tutu's. Today was the perfect day to whip out and put on the tutu's...and for a purpose! The girls loved wearing them to school and everyone at their school loved seeing them sporting some green fabulousness! (Meggie was distracted by her little friend Micah who was at the door, he kinda likes her).

More Ellie artwork...

Ellie drew this today. It is our family at the beach. Chris is on the left then me, Ellie and Meggie. Katie the Dog and Benson the cat are in the picture as well. There are waves and she said the rainbow is light.

On Wednesday when I was picking Ellie up from school she was diligently working on this. It is Chris and me on the day we got married. I promise we looked happier than this in reality! 

And, the most exciting news...

Ellie got into The Museum School of Avondale Estates! We are stoked, it's a great charter school in our neighborhood. They open their doors August 9th and Ellie is going to be in the inaugural kindergarten class!

January!

Here are a few snapshots from January. Chris was traveling most of the month and we missed him TERRIBLY. We are happy to report he won't be traveling quite as much for awhile. All of his girls are happy he will be home a little bit more!

Our new mantle, I love it!!

 

A little bit of a catch up!

Whew! I am a tad (haha) behind in the blog posting. I have been inspired...so here comes my update...

A few shots from Christmas Eve...

These cookies are the DEVIL. Delicious...but oh-so-bad!

Meggie snuggling with the teddy bears at Mimi and Papa's house.

 

While we were in Columbia for Christmas Chris had to go to Philadelphia. While he was in Philly the girls and I headed down to see Grandma Maxine. It was great to see her! She watched Kung Fu Panda with us.

Meggie feeding Chris. It's one of her favorite things to do!

Ellie being pretty (that's not hard for her).

Ellie and Papa cuddling at Cracker Barrel before we went back to Atlanta. 

Hello to Daddy!

We miss you like crazy.

xoxoxo

E/M/M