New pictures...june and 4th of July

Well it's time to update some pictures again. I got some of my favorites on the 4th of July that you'll see below. Enjoy everyone!

This is Kat showing off her new "big girl bed". She had her toddler bed for about a week when this was taken. We thought she would be wandering all over her room as soon as she was free from her crib. She did very good staying in bed right away though. She only fell out of bed once. Luckily it was a short fall. She has since learned not to wiggle around so much. We will happily sell the crib in our garage sale next week!

When we lost power for 24hours in June the girls did a pretty good job entertaining themselves. At one point Tom did get the laptop out for them so they could watch a movie though. They zoned right in and were happy to have a movie to watch.

The girls enjoyed some cuddle time in Jessie's bed.

Jessie loves to play in this pop up tent. It's meant for a baby so it's a tight fit for her, but she doesn't care.

Jessie playing at Nature Center Camp. She went for a week in the mornings. She's very excited that next summer she'll be old enough for all day camp! She had a lot of fun making different art projects since art was the theme for the week.

Here's the start of the 4th of July pictures. We went to Plainwell for fireworks that night and the girls love running around in the field before the show starts. They had a lot of fun playing together without any fighting for the whole evening. It was a great family night. This picture is one of my favorites.

Running, running, running. She loved running back and forth.

This is my favorite picture.

This was taken right after the one before. You can see Kat was ready to be done but Jessie felt the need to "guide" her face for one more picture....

....and here Kat happily escapes one more posed picture.

Just lounging in the grass together, yes it's another favorite.

Talking in the grass telling secrets to each other. I'm sure Jessie was doing most of the secret telling, but Kat sure can keep up her end of the conversation.

Walking back instead of running. Holding hands too, how sweet.

Jessie spinning with her sparkler.

Kat intently watching her sparkler. I never did get a good one of her smiling, but she sure did love holding her own sparklers this year. You can see on the edge of the picture daddy wasn't very far away.

One more of Jessie with her sparklers. We had a great time at the fireworks. The weather was perfect and the girls loved watching the big show once it started. What a great night!

Family Pics March to April

The girls "camping out" in the living room.


Mommy and the girls in "jail".

Jessie posing in ballet class.

The girls going for their first bike ride on their new bikes in March.

Kat loving her new bike. She refuses to use the pedals, but she loves to push it along.

Jessie riding her bike around the park.

Jessie's Young Fives class at their bowling field trip.

Jessie's first attempt at bowling.

After awhile she started throwing the ball instead of rolling it.

Kat dressing up. She loves those goggles, they're in another post too.

Jessie showing off my attempt at a bun for ballet class. It came out within the first 5 minutes of her twirling around. I just can't get all that hair to stay put.

Family Pics from April to May

Kat wouldn't touch a pacifier as a baby. Now that she's 2 she loves to bite these. Needless to say the "play" pacifiers were taken away before a bad habit starts.


Kat loves to wear daddy's hat.

Jessie coloring Easter eggs.

Kat coloring her eggs. She loved painting them with her q-tip.

Kat cheesing for the camera.

All the girls showing off their pretty eggs.

Kat enjoying hunting for eggs. This was her first year of really knowing what she was doing.

Jessie showing off her egg.

Kat discovering her love for cameras now that she inheritated Jessie's first camera.

I couldn't resist putting this one on. She such a Mickey Mouse fan. Wonder where she got that from?? :-)

Such loving sisters!

Kat's 2nd Birthday Party

I'm finally putting pictures on from Kat's 2nd birthday party that we had on February 7. It was a Wall-E theme party. She loves that movie. So we had a Wall-E cake and cupcakes. At first I wasn't happy with how the cake turned out, but after looking at it long enough I was pleased with how I did.

Kat enjoyed her pizza and juice.

She also had fun playing with the party blowers. Thankfully they didn't make noise for as much as some of the kids were blowing on them.

She had fun checking out the many presents that were waiting for her to open.

One of her favorite presents as soon as she opened it was the baby doll on the back of the tricycle. She loves the bike too. She just really loved that baby doll from the start. Of course it was one of the first presents she opened so we had a hard time keeping her interested in the rest of the presents that needed to be opened still. Mommy and Jessie had to help a bit.

After presents we had the usual cake and ice cream. Kat blew out her candle all by herself this year, and she did it very well.

Then her cousin Ryan H. helped her with her cupcake. As you can see from the other cupcake pictures she takes after her Papa Dreier with her love of frosting.
After cake it was on to enjoying the presents again. Kat was trying to put one of her doll shoes on her own foot. She loves to play with shoes, no matter what size they are. Then Jessie helped her to play with her toys.
I just had to put this picture of Ryan C. on. He kept trying to avoid having his picture taken by Bepa (my dad), but he still got a few good pictures of Ryan.
Kat enjoyed tea with Mema after most of her guests had left. Kat just loves pouring that tea.Finally Kat played with her balloons in her Eve (from Wall-E) pj's before bed. Kat had a great time at her party. I can't believe that my baby is 2 years old now. I've been told all along by others that the time goes so fast. I believed them and I knew it would go fast, I just didn't know it would be this fast. I swear just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital weighing only 7 lbs. 12 oz. Both girls are growing so fast. We just enjoy the time while we can. I'm sure before we know it we will have 2 teenage girls in our house and "enjoying" that time too.

I didn't want to leave Jessie out of this post so I thought I would include a picture of her with her BFF, Aunt Ellen. She had a lot of fun with you when you were here Ellen. She's already talking about seeing you when you come back again, and the fact that you will bring her her own bathrobe:)