Mayci Dawn

Here she is!!!! My sister and Chris finally decided to give me a niece. She was born on March 6, 2009 and was 6lbs, 9oz and 20 inches long. Mother and baby are doing great and so is daddy, I guess! Enjoy the pictures!

Our new toys!

Cara, Tammy, Michael and Lilly have new toys. Anyone wanting to join us this summer, just let me know!

Nap Time!

Lilly and Andy have decided that it's now fun to play "nap time" and it is really cute to see them all snuggled in together in Lilly's bed. I've been kicking around the idea of making the crib into a day bed for Andy, as he seems to really like her big kid bed. I'm just not sure I'm ready to loose my baby yet....

Haircut Time!

Our friend Lori came over and helped us out with Andy's hair. It was getting pretty bad! She just sat him in the sink and ran some water and cut away! Much easier this time around...

A few more Christmas Shots

We had a very busy Christmas season, traveling to see our big family is fun, but takes a while. Here's some of my favorite pictures. The kids got some great toys this year and are really enjoying playing together with them.

Christmas Morning

I know we're a little behind, but here are some photo's from Christmas morning. The kids had a great time and so did we!

Santa always leaves the kids stocking by their beds. Andy was a little confused.

Christmas Eve Photos - Simpson Style

Here's us trying to get our 'nice' Christmas eve photo in front of our tree. Just watch the progression of things. I just see Bart and Homer Simpson all over these!

"I said look at my camera!" -- Andy

"Fine, don't look, I'm done with it then." -- Andy

"I'll get it, Andy!" -- Lilly

Almost a good one...

See Michael's face here, it's starting to get to him....

One more try.

Lilly's almost had it.

Okay, we're done. Andy's pulling hair and still throwing the camera and now Lilly's screaming and so are we! Ah the fun of Christmas Eve!

First Dance Receital

Lilly had her first receital this past weekend. It was so cute. Her teacher, Miss Stacy, made headbands for all the girls to wear and they did their tap dance for a crowd of about 80 people. It was too cute. She did a great job and really likes to dance, so I think we've found a good outlet for some of her energy!

This is Lilly with her friend Grace and below is Miss Stacy.

Let's Go See Santa

We finally made it to see Santa! We took Aunt Cara and Aunt Tammy and went to the mall in Topeka. Lilly wouldn't tell us what she wanted and then right before it was our turn, she looked at me and said, "Mommy, what did I want again?" If only I'd known it would be that easy this year. So I reminded her of the things we had talked about earlier and up we went. She hopped right up on his lap and they had quite the conversation. She was telling him that she wanted the Littlest Pet Shop Clubhouse, 2 Barbies and a Barbie playhouse (which was not one of the items I remindered her of just minutes before). I was trying to stand close enough to hear, (Santa's helper needs to know too!) and then Michael is yelling at me to get out of the picture. Go figure, it's never as easy as you think it should be!

Then came Andy's turn. Santa said, "I bet you like Elmo" and then out of no where, Andy just yells "ELMO!!!!!". So, even though Santa's Elf already had Andy's gift, they had to find something Elmo to have under the tree too. He was a big boy and thought it was pretty fun!

Grandma Snook

I know we've been MIA for a little while, but we've had good reason. Wanted to post a great picture of Lilly with Grandma Snook that was taken while we were trying to get our Christmas card photo done. By the way, we tried 3 different times before we were happy with the photo's.