A cat and a chicken

The Cat in the Hat.

Mar waiting for the party to start
the Cat is listening
Ava at her class Halloween Party

This is funny.

Looking back

This was Ava on her first birthday.  How did I get such cute babies!?  Ava did not like to get messy.  Amari makes up for that now.

The 200th and All things Amari!

the mess
the new ride
the cutest birthday girl
the hat
the cakes

First off this is my 200th post!  Wow who knew I had so much to say.

Second.  Sunday was Miss Mars first birthday celebration.  We partied on Saturday with some friends and family.  Sunday we had brunch with Mar's birth family.  (I will post more on that later)  Mari made out like a bandit.  She got lots of clothes (thank goodness) and 15 pairs of socks!  I was so happy.   She only had 2 pairs that fit.  She got some super cute shoes and a hat.  He birthmother Adrianne MADE her a scarf.  TOOOO cute.  This time around the cake not only looked cute it tasted good too.  Donnie did a great job with Hello Kitty.

Monday we had Amari's 1 year check up.  29 inches long and 23 lbs that is down 2 lbs from last time.  Not bad.  She got 4 shots and blood drawn and cried for only a minute (I cried a little bit longer).  

Now it's all over and it's time to start thinking about me.  My birthday is coming up on Nov 15th.  There will be a party.  The last one.  No I'm not dying.  I just don't know why I should acknowledge another birthday after this one.  I'll be 29 forever, just like my mom.  

Silly girls

I just today found out that my computer can take photo booth type photos. Ava was having a blast watching herself on the big screen. Amari was not as impressed. I think we will have many many more of these to share in the coming weeks!

Oh and today is Amari's first birthday. I hope to have the HUGE long blog post of all things birthday tomorrow.

Do you smell chicken?

Oh yeah!

5 more days until Mar is ONE!!!

Hug

This is how you hug someone who is shorter than you are. I'm sure this is what the girls will have to do to us when they are older.

Many Hats

While shopping at Nobbies for the perfect Halloween costume the girls took turns trying on silly hats. I was very close to getting Mar the full clown costume, shoes and all. Maybe next year when she can walk a little better? Yeah she is walking now she’s just a little wobbly, and climbing the stairs and getting into the toilet, dumping out the trash. It’s as if someone snatched my sweet little girl and replaced her with an ornery boy! UGH!