Adrienne Turns 5

 February 19, 2021

Adrienne Mae is 5!  We have been talking so much to her about all of the things that will happen when she is 5. She will be starting school soon and will be becoming a big sister again. She is so excited to be 5 finally.  Unfortunately we had another Covid birthday meaning we did not have a "party" for our special 5-year-old.  We did celebrate with balloons and presents by mail from our loving family members.  I think we still created enough of a magical day that she felt celebrated and excited to be turning 5.  

Josh and I blew up 80 balloons the night before her birthday.

A box is always the best present.

She enjoyed her headband making kit from Aunt Amy and Uncle Chris.

She enjoyed her ballerina outfits from Grammy and Grandpa.

Happy Birthday Adrienne!

Finally An Update!

2021

It has been quite a while since our last family post and it has been quite a crazy year! Covid continues to dominate our lives and caused us to miss out on most family gatherings for the last year. I am grateful that the girls are at a young enough age that they do not feel that they are missing out on anything other than the fact that they keep asking when we will visit Grandmama and Grammy!  Luckily the visits are about to start as we are all finishing up our vaccinations!

The biggest news of the last year is that our family will soon be growing (and be complete) as we welcome Baby Girl #3!  She is due any day now.  Although we do already know her name, Josh and I have a tradition of not telling anyone until after she is born.  

I'm currently on maternity leave (which explains how I finally have the time to make an update) but as I look back at the pictures from the last 9 months I realize that even though this year was sad and weird in many ways it was also extremely happy and full of many special memories.  Trying to narrow it down to a few pictures was hard! 

Cecilia has turned into a little artist. Drawing is one of her favorite activities

Both girls love to play doctor

Amores in the driveway

Halloween consisted of backyard candy hunts this year

Ultrasound pictures from when we found out Baby #3 was a girl

The girls loved our Christmas tree

Adrienne set up this scene. The family is sitting on the couch relaxing while the Daddy makes dinner😆

This picture perfectly captures the craziness of our house right now.

Cecilia told me the tag on her winter coat was her "heart".  I still haven't been able to cut it off.

We couldn't visit Santa this year but the girls did get to "talk" to him via FaceTime. It was so cute!

Christmas Eve presents

Admiring the presents

Adrienne likes to make her own restaurant

Dress up happens on a regular basis

Not much snow this year but we did get to build our Frosty

Snuggles with Daddy

She loves Bruce so much

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Cecilia loves to color

Lots of building with Magnatiles and LEGO this year

We can't wait to meet her!

Cecilia Turns 2

 July 2020

Cecilia is 2! This was a weird year for birthday gatherings with COVID.  We couldn't really have a "party" for her but we did have a backyard celebration with a few family members.  Cecilia didn't seem to mind as she was just happy to have ice cream! We kind of had a "Moana" theme with coconut cups and an ocean themed cake.  Grandmama also brought down an amazing Fairy Castle for the girls to play with. They both loved it!

The week before we also were able to do an outdoor visit with the Howell side of the family. As always, both girls had an amazing time with their cousins.

Hoping that next year we are able to have a better and bigger celebration for our amazing Cecilia!