Parties galore!

Because we were in Maine for their birhdays we had a lot of parties. Lorelei had one before we left with her AZ friends, then she had cupcakes in Maine with grandma and grandpa one the day before her birthday, then she had candles in her pancakes on her birthday, then on Sagen's REAL birthday we had a ME party for Lorelei, Sagen AND Kadin (my nephew who is 6 weeks older then Sagen), then in Iowa they got a cupcake witha candle and Seth and Erika's bday party! Sagen STILL has one more to party to go with his AZ friends. Here are some pictures!

Caillou cake from her AZ bday. I made it!

AZ bday. Posing beore the party.

Cupcakes with G&G at the condo. She helped decorate them!

He helped eat them!

Pooh cake for triple party. Even though I spelled it they spelled SAGEN S-E-G-A-N I will be making to AZ party cake.
Birthday song!

YUM!

Presents!

Storyland!

While we were in Maine we went to Storyland. It is a great little amusment park that is aimed at little kids. Lorelei could ride a lot of the rides as long as we went with her. She LOVED the Flying Dutch Shoes, the Train, and, the Model T that SHE got to drive. She also loved all the little storybook themed houses and playgrounds.

Ball Pit fun!

Sleeping in Baby Bear's bed. It was JUST RIGHT!
What a cutie boy!

Sitting on the wall with Humpty Dumpty and Isaac.

With the little old lady who lived in a shoe. She didn't "whip her soundly" don't worry!

Brian has a picture of every kid in his family in this jail at some point or another! Cool huh?

Friends!

Lorelei and Isaac had to ride this 2 times!!

Beach

We spent the day at the beach with Sarah, Amanda and Isaac. It was a really nice day. The water was cold of course, but we did a little wadding. Lorelei and Sagen loved exploring the tide pools and finding interesting sea life.

Friends!

Lorelei and Sagen got to meet a lot of new friends while we were in Maine and Iowa. None of them were really "new" friends (well Lyra was pretty new), but they were new to them.

They had a great time playing with all of them. They spent a lot of time playing with Lyra and Isaac (they will be in MOST of the other entries). I will not lie and say the Isaac and Lorelei LOVE each other or that they hit it of immedatly, but they definatly liked each other by then end of the trip. We even saw a few child iniated hugs by the end of the trip!

She also LOVED playing with Callum, Little James, Hailey, and Noble. I didn't get pictures of all of them though.

In the sandbox at Isaac's house.

Lyra

Eating a banana popcicle with Noble

At the children's festival with Isaac (I had to laugh while picking

this photo cause I have 3 more and they are not BOTH looking at the camera in ANY of them!)

Cousins!

While we were in Maine (and Mass) Lorelei and Sagen got to spend time with there cousin Kadin. He is about 6 weeks older then Sagen. He and Sagen are a lot alike. Although some people think they look a like (there are some similarities) the crazy thing is they act very much alike! All three of the got along very well. I forsee many summers of them rasing heck together and it makes me very happy!

Kadin had a thing for Sagen's pacis. It didn't bother Sagen

as long as they were back when he "needed" them.

They actaully ASKED to be in there!

Sagen giving Kadin a lift.

Lorelei took her role as the oldest very seriously.

Here she was giving them both raseberries on there tummies.

Sisters and babies at the Dr. Suess garden.

Uncle Bucky and Lorelei chasing the birds.

rub a dub dub three kids in a tub...this was the all time favorite activity of all the kiddos.

Oh BOY! He's 1!!

My baby boy is one! I can't believe it. It seems like just yesterday I was pregnant with him and now he is one.

Being as that he is one I tried to think of one word to describe him. That word is EXTREME!

This describes his personality to a T.

He is EXREMEly cute (he has chubby baby legs and soft baby hair)

He is EXTREMEly sweet (today he kept kissing Meli's new little boy Alex)

He is EXTREMEly happy (he has a grin that really does streach from ear to ear and a cute little dimple)

or sometimes he is EXTREMEly mad (he can throw a major fit)

He is EXTREMEly active (he was walking at 9.5 months and today climbed on top of the kiddie piano)

He is EXTREMEly smart (he can say mama, dada, cracker, dog, car, uh-oh, shake his head yes and no, understand EVERYTHING we say, and knows how to get what he wants)

He is EXTREMEly stubborn (he hasn't eaten babyfood since he was 7 months old which was excatly 2 weeks after he finally STARTED eating it

He is EXTREMEly strong (He does PULL-UPS to get where he wants to)

He is EXTREMEly photogenic (when we were in San Fransico when he was 9 months old he was already POSING for pictures)

and to top it all off we are EXTREMEly happy that he is ours!!!
I love him so much! We all do. Lorelei STILL wants to see him first thing every morning and thinks he is a great little brother.

Wow! She is 3!

Today my little girl is 3. The thing that is crazy about 3 is that it REALLY hits me that she is no longer a baby. Everything (toys, admittion to a lot of places, buffet prices) is usually divided into under 3 and over 3. She can now "legally" get the real McDonalds toys. I know this sounds silly, but it just really makes her seem so big!

She is doing great. She is a nice little girl. She loves[0 her brother and takes care of him. She is very talkative once you get to know her and she says things you would not believe! She signs songs (some that she probably shouldn't which lets I know that we should edit our music choices)and loves to DANCE! She can get down! She is getting fierecely independent (which I keep reminding myself is a good thing.) She is also senstive and gets her feeling hurts easily. She is a drama queen and will often act like you are cutting off her arm when you are washing her hair. She LOVES Caillou, Curious George, Backyardigans, dollys, strollers, imagining and watching T.V. Vegtables RARELY touch her lips although they are ALWAYS on her plate. She LOVES fruit, mac & cheese, hot dogs, cake, M&Ms, Lucky Charms, Gramma's cereal (bran flakes!), Goldfish crakers (notice that not many of these are healthy). She loves her family (she told me that when she is getting close to her gramma she gets happy) and her friends.
I always tell her she is the best little girl in the world and it is TRUE!!!