Accomplishment

After 27 long months we are proud and excited to say Charles has graduated with his MBA from the University of Florida! We are so incredibly proud of him. We have not had the easiest 27 months with 3 moves, Addy's illness, 2 new jobs, buying a house and having a beautiful new baby BUT Charles managed to stay focused and push through with his MBA! WAY TO GO CHARLES! CHarles graduated on Ansley's 1st birthday, APril 15th. Since Ansley got the shaft on her actual birthday we had a big family bash the following weekend. We did a "Sweet as Pie" theme which turned out SUPER CUTE! I made her Sweetie Pie dress (very proud!). We had a cake shaped like a pie, mini strawberry and coconut custard pies and pizza pie! Mimi brought her a blow up pool full of balls which was a big hit! Rule of Life number 123....if we need rain or a sick child just throw a birthday party. You are sure to get one or both! It rained on Addy's birthday and Ansley's birthday. Both got sick for both parties too! Ansley has a double ear infection now. YUCK! For those of you who don't know Charlotte & I started an Etsy business embroidering. Our shop is Cotton Candy Cottage on etsy.com. It is keeping us very busy! Hope all is well! We are off to TN tomorrow for a nice vacation with the Great Grandparents and cousins!!! YAY!

What a Happy Easter!

A Fairy Good time!

We had a spectacular March. We went to Disney, MOSH (museum of science & hirstory), the zoo, a few beach trips, we had lots of visitors and had a fabulous Fairy Birthday Party.

It is hard to believe Addison is already 3 years old! How time flies. She started her big day with a trip to the nail salon with Titi & Mimi to get her nails done which included flowers on a few of them! Then she came home and ate cake, cupcakes, candy and maybe a chicken nugget or PBJ or two! She had 20 friends come over to help her celebrate her birthday. The kids got to dress up as fairies, wings and all. Then after bouncing they "made their own mud" which consisted of a clay pot filled with chocolate pudding "mud", sprinkled rocks on top (oreos) and finished off with worms! The kids took the pots home along with seeds and "Fairy dust" (soil) to plant their own gardens! The weather was not exactly what we hoped for but even with the rain it was a great day. Enjoy the pics!

In the land of fairies where pixies fly and roam, sits a little fairy friend who calls this garden home. Her birthday was here and she's thankful to say that you all shared in the magic of her very special day!!!

Our Not So Little Girl...

This week as I watched Ansley walking around the house I noticed that my little baby is not such a little baby anymore. Her infancy stage is long gone and her baby face is starting to mature into a toddler. My little girls are growing too fast and I don't like it one bit! :) But isn't she beautiful? She fills our lives with such joy & love.

Where the Magic begins...

We finally took Addison to Disney and Epcot for pooping on the potty! It was amazing! Addison could care less about the rides...she just wanted to meet her princesses who she did tell she pooped on the potty! Needless to say they very pleased with her big girl accomplishment!

We had lunch with the princesses at Epcot and that was great. The food was delicious and every princess came to each table for a meet and great. Epcot had a fabulous Nemo section where we spent an entire morning. Ansley was a trooper. She rode in the stroller with a smile on her face both days. We never had any melt downs (except on the carousel, which Addison got kicked off of for not staying on her horse). I would say our first trip to Disney was a huge success but we need about 3 days to just make it through the Magic Kingdom.

FYI..Ansley is officially WALKING!!!!

Creative Imagination

Addison's imagination is evolving at rapid speed and it is extremely entertaining to watch. Some of my favorites include: her "ice skating" on the wood floors, her imaginary friend Casper, randomly screaming and running because a dragon is chasing her or that her closet is now the "dungeon". Oh yea and her waking up EVERYDAY telling me she does not want her human legs, she wants a beautiful pink mermaid tail...thanks Disney!

With this evolving imagination comes the pressure for Charles's and my imagination to grow as well because we are expected, multiple times a day, to think up new stories and songs. Every night when we put her to bed she wants a song about an item in her room. One night it is the fan song, next night the window song, door song, or the monitor song....uh really? They get pretty hard. One night she asked for a "mommy song". So this is what I came up with:

I am a mom, who is the bomb :)
and I have two daughters
Their names are Addison and Ansley
I love them more than candy
I am a mom....

I have two girls
Who love to twirl
and Addy has curls
Ansley loves to wiggle
They both make me giggle
I am a mom....

I love them so
Especially in bows
From their heads down to to their toes
They love to ask why
I kiss them when they cry
I am a mom!

Not horrible right? Anyways...if you have any creative ideas for songs, lay 'em on me! I need all the help I can get (as seen above)!

Addison had a CBC this week, numbers looking good. They recovered from their little January vacation. Platelets 107,000, WBC 8.08, ANC 4201, HGB11.5. Wohoo!!!!

Ansley's 9 month pictures

The last few times we have had pictures scheduled for Ansley the weather has not cooperated and it did not this day either. The sun was shining but the temperature was low and the wind was blowing. Poor Ansley was still getting over her ear infection and did not like cold...I will say she was still cute as pie!







Um...HOLY HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!