Busy Weekend!

We decided to get Isabelle a "Summer Cut". She did great and received a wonderful prize at the end of her haircut! We have caught her a few times checking herself out on the mirror. She is either questioning where her hair went or really loving her new look :-)

Ellie continues to be super! She has started to "crawl" - translation - she can move backwards a bit but is showing signs of moving forward :-) Stay tuned!

We made an unplanned visit to Nana and Papa's house to see how the recovery is going. Papa is doing really well and is training for the Olympics now that he has a new knee! Nana looks great and is making her way around the house and on her way to joining Papa on his training missions soon! Aka - her hip is recovering as expected!

On Sunday, we met up with our friend Dan and his two lovely girls Emma and Wylie for the local PMC kids ride. Emma and Wylie were super and we enjoyed watching them and having lunch with them. Isabelle came home and wanted to practice riding her bike for next year!

It has been a long time.......the girls are now teenagers!

Isabelle taking Ellie for a ride in/on the Jeep! Isabelle loves to go on "trips" and go "shopping". She has good taste in her mode of transportation! Maybe the Jeep will still be kicking when she turns 16 :-)

Believe it or not but Isabelle slam dunked the "hat" on Ellie.....and all smiles!

Ellie and Mommy enjoying some cuddles!

A rare family picture of all of us!

Ellie putting Isabelle in a submission hold! She eventually worked this into a "figure four". Ellie isn't in the light weight class and likes to challenge her sister especially when Isabelle takes her toys! Can't wait till they are teenagers and fighting over boys!

Whose smile is bigger.....Nana or Ellie's?

Papa and the girls. Papa was really stretching his new knee.....he jumped right up!

The start of the Bruins fall.....people will be alluding to the "Ellie Curse" years from now :-)

How can you say no to this face?

Or this one....? You never know, it could still snow here :-)

Julie and Danielle hanging out with Ellie and Isabelle. Isabelle was busy making friends at the playground and running up the slides!!

The girls.....best buddies!

I count at least 7 rolls!

Jay hanging out with the girls.....on a beautiful day!! Thanks for the coffee and the laughs!

Overall, we have had a very busy month since our last posting. We apologize to our loyal blog readers and promise never to do that again :-). Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers amongst you and we hope everyone is doing well!

George, Mary, Isabelle and Ellie

Ellie's First 6 Months

Ellie celebrated her 6th month birthday on Saturday. I am not sure how that happened. It is hard to believe that she is six months old ! Time is flying by and that might partially be due to the fact that she is a perfect baby. She is always happy, smiling, and loves to look around and take everything in. We all love her so much and she brings joy to everyone that is around her. Already, she and Isabelle are friends and we can't wait to see what the next six months bring. We love you Ellie. Happy half birthday :)

Below is a look back over the past 6 months.

Ellie and Daddy's first picture together.

Isabelle and Ellie meeting for the first time :)

Ellie sleeping soon after she was born.

Ellie and Mommy's first picture.

Ellie's first night home.

Our little peanut.

Ellie has made me smile from the day she was born.

Ellie's first Christmas. Maybe next year she will smile for the camera.

Ellie and her Godparent's. Thank you Bethany and Marc.

Ellie and Nana.

One of her first smiles caught on camera.

Snoozing. She is really good that at !

All of the sudden she started smiling all of the time and is started to loose the newborn baby look.

Now Ellie is a big 6 month old and is sitting up all by herself, eating fruits and vegetables, and making us laugh and smile every day. She is a real gift and we all so lucky to have her in our lives.

Ellie's First Easter and Spring Time Fun

We all celebrated Ellie's first Easter with a full weekend of family, candy, and beautiful weather. Below are the details of Easter weekend and some fun in the sun from the past week.

Our little (or not so little) Easter Egg.

A family photo on our deck. It was so warm on Easter weekend. It felt like July ! A full description as to why Isabelle is naked is below :)

Ellie and Aunt Jen playing with Ellie's new bunny.

What better way to celebrate Easter then by dying eggs. Since it can be a messy job and it was 80 degrees Isabelle decided to dye eggs in her undies. Since she spilled most of the dye, that was a good idea. Thank you Grammy and Grampy for bringing the eggs and dye. We all had fun.

Grampy and Ellie napping.

Grammy and the girls enjoying the sun.

Isabelle opening the HUGE Easter baskets from Grammy and Grampy. She also got to open Ellie's baskets. So she was in heaven. Thank you for all of the great gifts. As Isabelle would say, "I appreciate it."

The girls trying out their new beach towels from the Easter Bunny.

Ellie in her Easter dress.


Isabelle is her Easter dress. A special thank to Nana and Papa for the dress! It is quite a talent to make a helmet, a bike and beautiful dress look so elegant!

Isabelle and Ellie relaxing with Nana and Papa after a fun filled day which included an easter egg hunt, delicious ham dinner, running around crazy with all of the cousins, and various kinds of candy.

The girls in their Easter dresses playing.

Two happy girls. Enough said :)

My littlest cougar.

Can you tell that I just can't get enough of Ellie's smile ?!

Ellie celebrated Opening Day at school by wearing head to foot Red Sox gear. Go Sox !!

The girls and their sun bonnets. We have been patiently waiting for spring. And we are so happy that it is finally here.