Happy Birthday, Daddy!

This past Saturday was Daddy's birthday. Matt had Friday off and we celebrated all weekend. Mom & Dad kicked off the weekend on Thursday night with a beer, chip, and salsa tasting:

And the winner is... Blue Moon Blonde Spring Ale

On Saturday Mom & Dad had a special date bowling and yesterday Mom, Dad, Anna, & Abby had a party! Anna had a great time helping to make and decorate the cake. Abby had a great time helping to open presents. And we all had fun eating cake (yes, even Abby!)

I wrapped it myself, Dad :)

Happy Birthday, Daddy! We love you so much!

Sisters!

Yesterday Anna said, "I want to get my picture taken with Abby. I want to hold her on my lap." Sweet! I've been waiting for this day for a while. Here are the best two I got:

Surprisingly Abby was the less cooperative one this time. Once Abby was done posing Anna said, "Can you just take a picture of me alone?" Oh yes, Anna, it would make me so happy:

beautiful girl :)

new camera!

Dad got a new camera this week and he's been busy photographing Abby, me, and, well, the back of Anna's head (she's still not so hot on cameras). Here are a few of our favorites:

Sightseeing and home repair :)

This past weekend we checked out the natural history museum. Anna's favorite was once again the dinosaur exhibit. Abby liked the huge model elephant best. Abby also enjoyed:

the insects!

and everyone enjoyed a special hands on exhibit about bones. Anna & I learned how to recognize a male and female skeleton and determine someone's age by their teeth. Then we put together a skeleton puzzle:

fun!

walking to the car :)

Also this weekend Daddy and Anna completed a special project to patch the dry wall beneath the railing on our stairs.

nice work Daddy & Anna!

more teeth

In the past few weeks Abby has gotten her 4th, 5th, and 6th tooth! It looks like she won't follow in Anna's footsteps of spending a month as the little wolf.

DaDaDaDa and other things

For a long time Abby has been Mommy's girl: crawling to Mommy, huge smiles when Mommy comes in a room, and gripping Mommy when I'm about to put her down. But recently, Abby has turned into Daddy's girl. She proudly yells, "DaDaDaDa" in connection to Matt, gets incredibly excited when Matt comes home, cries when he leaves for work, and lunges toward him so he will take her from me. Here she is with her "DaDaDaDaDa."

Matt says this picture looks just like a picture of cousin Jonathan at about the same age - taken in front of the door at Nana's house. What do you all think?

Mommy, Anna, Woobie, and Anna's favorite PJ's - Mini Mouse!

Last night I explained to Anna that when the weather got warmer she might not want to wear these flannel pajamas to bed anymore. Anna was not so sure.

sqashface!

Nana visits!

This past weekend Nana came to visit. We all had a great time. Matt, Anna, & Nana visited Matt's office in Washington DC after picking Nana up at the train station, we had lunch at Famous Dave's and Five Guys, and we took advantage of some warmer weather by playing outside. Nana and Anna also had a lot of fun with the Curious George cards, princess bracelets, and playing doctor.

looking healthy, Nana!

lunch at Famous Dave's

playing princess bracelets

Thanks for the great visit, Nana!