This will be a collection of stories from the past couple of weeks with photos – enjoy!
So you might have heard we had some snow here in Atlanta? And everyone went crazy! I mean schools closed, etc. Granted there are only 4 snow plows in the city and it is a problem when roads ice because we aren’t prepared for it and it was cold enough before hand the snow stuck around – so rare for us. I hyped up the snow with Amelia – we were going to build a snowman on the deck – she was so excited. We got her dressed, I went out first to our deck… and she wanted me to pick her up. I said no, and she went back inside as I took pictures. (Yes they are in order, its her shutting me out) That was the end of our snow experience. She decided she wanted nothing to do with it. However, during prayers at night she does say she is thankful for the snow.
Instead mommy decided to play around with taking photos – Katherine was much more cooperative than Amelia – all except this one of Amelia is her being silly and moving so much, they are all a blur.
Amelia’s favorite gift from Christmas has to be the art easel – she LOVES to paint – she’d probably paint all day if we let her. She just forgets she has paint brushes in her hand and tends to walk around…. we are trying to teach her not to do that. Luckily toddler paint cleans up.
Amelia and I went on a date with Miss Heather and Graham to the Children’s Museum here in Atlanta. It was way too crowded and not enough things to ‘share’ and kind of frustrating – but Amelia did have a good time and one of her favorites was fishing in the pond (followed 2nd by tap dancing in tap shoes).
Katherine is getting her top two teeth – and I think this picture is a good example of her trying to chew on everything.
Can’t remember for sure but I think this was on the way home from the aquarium with my brother’s family when Amelia was protesting that she was not going to nap, she does not sleep in the car…. snore….
The Georgia Aquarium is just amazing – we got annual passes this year. It also is great fun to take pictures there. I didn’t even have the good camera but I still had some fun. We went with my brother’s family and really enjoyed the visit.
Amelia showing off her I love being a big sister shirt and Katherine modeling her Little Sister shirt…
Last but certainly not least – Katherine was christened the first weekend of this year. I have so many pictures capturing the event that I haven’t gone through yet – it was a fantastic weekend. We really couldn’t have asked for it to turn out any better – we had the church to ourselves (there can be up to 4 babies, but we were the only one), we had a wonderful intimate gathering afterwards at the yummy Magianno’s… and we got to spend a lot of time with our family. Katherine was just her normal happy self throughout the whole event (which was a relief since Amelia screamed through hers).
And the dress – the Christening gown was made from my wedding dress … you can’t tell from this picture but I had buttons going down the back – one of my favorite features. On Amelia the dress was huge (we had it made for a 6 month old size baby, ended up Christening her at 3 months, and she was a tiny 3 month old). On Katherine – it was like it was made just for her – she looked so adorable. Hopefully it will become an heirloom dress they pass on to their kids as well. It does have special meaning and I definitely want to keep it in the family.
Hope everyone is having a good week, and enjoy the three day holiday weekend!
