MMMM...Ice Cream

A few days ago, our friends (Abee and Neil and family) came to our house bearing ice cream. I don't know which child was more covered in it. Here are a couple of pics from that night. Notice Neilie is not pictured because she was obviously the cleanest. First is Claire and then of course Ella Grace and Maddie. You decide who is messiest!! :)

Summer Fun!

Well, since mommy has been out for the summer we have been having alot of fun. I have taken them to the pool twice now with the help of friends. We went with the Chappells and our neighbor that has 2 year old twin girls! That was alot of fun but stressful on mommy. Ella Grace thinks that she can swim and is not cautious at all around water. Maddie on the other hand would rather sit on the top step and just play in the water as if she is in the bathtub! We also went to visit my great aunt in the nursing home. She is 90 years old and is a real joyful lady. Her name is Grace and that is where we got Ella Grace's middle name. The girls enjoyed our visit and found her wheel chair most interesting. They wanted to sit in it and go for a ride. I hope that you enjoy the picture!

Just "monkeying" around!

It has been a long time since I blogged. I usually leave it to Ashley because, let's face it, I have no idea what I am doing. Anyway, I wanted to share a photo of our trip to the Greenville Zoo. We went with the Chappell clan. Abee could not go because she had jury duty, or so she said. Just kidding! We missed her but had fun! Anyway, here is a picture of my best friend (Neil) and our "god-kids" (Neilie and Claire). Enjoy!

After the Party

Well, after the girls birthday was where things started to fall apart. I took them for their 12 month checkup at the doctor and Ella Grace had pink eye. A few days later Maddie had a high fever with cold symptoms. It was a Viral infection that we all developed. Rick's even turned into Pneumonia. This sickness was passed around several times and lasted for the entire month of April and most of May. They had ear infections and colds. Something good did happen though. Ella Grace started walking. They both were running, that is until Maddie fell out of a small chair on May 31 and fractured her shin. That has been an ordeal in itself since it took the doctors over a week to figure out what was wrong with her and how to fix it. She is now in a splint that we can remove for baths, swimming, and sleeping. She is pretty cute! I wish I could post pictures to show you. I also have a video of them feeding themselves yogurt with a spoon for the first time. I think we are all caught up and I will continue to work on posting pictures and videos!

We're Back!!!!

Well, it's been a long time since I have blogged. Alot has happened. I am going to try to post a series of posts to catch everyone up. Let's start with the birthday week! The girls turned 1 on April 2nd! Rick and I were both off that week so we had a great time with the girls. We took them to the zoo on Tuesday of that week. They loved it! We gave them all of their presents from us on their birthday. It was like Christmas in April. They got a kitchen set, baby dolls, baby doll strollers, and a phone! Then, we had their birthday party on the Saturday after their birthday. It was so much fun. We invited family and a few close friends. Ella Grace loved her cake and dug right into it. Maddie loved her cake also but didn't want to get messy. I had to feed it to her with a fork. It was a great day! I will try to post some pictures but sometimes my compter acts crazy!