Look who's sittin' up........almost.

Look who's sitting up now! Drew is 6 months old now (oh my goodness I can't believe it!) and he is growing so fast! He had his 6 month check up yesterday and had a nice healthy report! Here are his latest stats: 18lbs 12oz and 26 3/8 inches long! He is now eating baby food and absolutely just can't get enough. So far he likes just about anything I put in his mouth!! We have been so blessed to have such a healthy little boy. He absolutely adores his big sister......his little face just lights up when she is in the room.


So we had another trip to the park yesterday too (I promise I won't post pictures on here all summer long everytime we go to the park!!). Drew is big enough now for the swings so I wanted to get some pictures of him swinging at the park for the first time! Madelyn was a "fairy" while we were at the park too. She wanted to wear her wings because she wanted to see if she could fly while she was swinging. I've gotten better about just going ahead and letting her wear her silly little things like this outside of the house (thanks to Sarah!!). Actually, it's just kind of cute and I know she will be out of this stage so fast and I will be wishing for fairy wings again!!

And finally, Justin is still puzzled on how he could have a child with blonde hair and blue eyes (for those who do not know Justin, he has black hair and almost black eyes and has a dark complexion). He says this all the time "How could he be so fair with blonde hair and blue eyes?"...and I'm like "Hello?! Have you seen my baby pictures?!!!" :-) So anyways, I think he does indeed get this from me. It never looks like he has hair in any of his pictures so here is a close up on his little noggin.....look close....you'll see hair! ha ha ha ha......

~ Singin', Swingin' and Dancin' ~

Oh the joys of being a little girl! Madelyn has had lots of fun stuff going on over the past few weeks. With the school year ending, there has been a number of "end of year" activities. The children's choir at church sang during Sunday night services a few weeks back. They were all so cute up there playing their little instruments and singing "His Banner Over Me is Love"! Her preschool class had a little program to show off some of the things they learned this year. My favorite was singing in sign language to "Our God is an Awesome God". So cute! Madelyn was so sad on the last day of school. She came out to the car crying because she was going to miss all of her friends. She gets so attached to her friends in different classes and it becomes quite traumatic for her when the class ends!

We've also been spending more time at the park these days because the weather is getting warmer!! Madelyn LOVES to swing these days because she has finally mastered the art of "being able to swing all by myself with no help like a big girl!" We met up with Sara and Gabriella the other day at the park. Drew and Ella were so cute in their matching strollers!! hahaha...Sara and I are sure everyone probably thinks we are dorks with our matching strollers AND matching diaper bags (except hers is pink and mine is orange!!).

And then there was the dance recital.....Madelyn's favorite! She loves dance and has so much fun. We could see a big change in this year's recital as compared to last year. What a difference a year makes!! She actually knew her dance this year! It was so cute. Of course, Justin and I both had tears in our eyes after her dance was over. It was just so sweet watching her up on the big stage having the time of her life (much bigger than the countless number of "shows" we watch in our living room sitting on the couch!!). So precious.



Drew was brave and took a ride in the wagon with big sister! I love this sweet picture of my babies!!

WALT DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!

We are back. We had fun. We're probably going back next year :-) !! Justin and I have been to Disney 2 times before we had kids....it is a COMPLETELY different experience with the little ones. We had so much fun! It goes without saying that Madelyn had a wonderful time...seeing all of the princesses was the highlight of her week. She was so cute getting out her little autograph book and collecting signatures from the characters. She was so brave riding all of the "big kid" rides too! We were surprised! We had 3 "character meals": Cinderella's Royal Table (I think I enjoyed this the most out of the group...Madelyn is too young to truly appreciate the significance of eating inside the castle!!), Royal Banquet Hall in Epcot (this was with 5 of the princesses...lots of fun for Madelyn), and the Garden Grill in Epcot (the best food all week! Mickey Mouse & Chip n' Dale were there). We went non stop from sun-up to sun-down all week. Plus, Madelyn and Justin would go swimming most days when we got back to our room! Drew became even more spoiled throughout the week...he was held just about the whole time which was heaven in his world. So.......I have pictures posted on 2 slideshows (I had too many pictures to get them into just one slideshow). I knew I had taken alot of pictures on the trip but I had no idea I had taken nearly 500!! Yikes! Don't worry....you don't have to look at all of them! Only the best ones are shown below!!!! ha ha ha......

~~~ Giggle Time! ~~~

The sweetest thing to see is Drew's face light up when Madelyn is in the room! She can just simply look at him and he will smile and sometimes laugh (Justin and I have to work a little harder for him to laugh at us!!). I captured Drew laughing today on video and thought I would share.....Madelyn is giggling just as much as Drew is!!

Another post and yes...another slideshow!

Ok. I had too many pictures I wanted to put on the blog from all of our Easter happenings! I'm sorry for another slideshow! I'll go ahead and say there will probably be another slideshow in the near future because we are leaving for Disney in 10 days!! Anyways...we had a busy Easter weekend. We managed to make 3 stops on Sunday afternoon after church. We were excited to have Jenny, Sophie and Emma here from New Jersey to celebrate Easter with us. After church we went to Kingston to have lunch and an Easter egg hunt with all of the Snow family. Then we headed over to Justin's Granny's house to celebrate her 90th Birthday! And finally, my side of the family was waiting patiently at Mom's house...not to see Justin and I of course, but to see Madelyn and Drew. We are blessed to have lots of family!! It was a wonderful 1st Easter for Drew!

A VERY Rainy Beach Trip...