Memories - First Photo Shoot

The Sunday after the girls came home we had our first professional photo shoot. What a great way to celebrate their first birthday with a look back to that precious time when they were still soo fragile. Enjoy!

Cruising Cousins

Cousins Mark, Matrick and Shannon share an evening with us just after Christmas. We met down at Harpoon Harry's in Charlotte Harbor for dinner. You can see they're enjoying great conversation!
Afterwards, we headed out to the dock where we boarded a boat to cruise the harbor looking at lights. Cousin Mark is enjoying cuddle time with Abigail.

Even Josh got a chance to cruise with us - what an absolutely beautiful night. Lots of laughs shared by all - it was a long day and all three princesses were passed out before the cruise was over.

Thanks Mark and Shannon for coming up with a fun date night! Hope to do it again next year.

We Made the Paper!

Today in the Bradenton Herald you'll see the girls photo. How cool they got to be on top. Another miracle baby is on this page too!

Our friends granddaughter Olive on the bottom left celebrated her first birthday 2 weeks ago.
We're so thrilled to know we got to share the spotlight with her.

The girls turned out to be out of order - I didn't realize til we were almost done - o well! Yeah! Happy almost 1 year birthday girls!!

Teething on EVERYTHING!

Anyone wondering why we're soo far behing in blogging etc. - we've been teething - not much sleep happening here! They're soo excited to try new textures and foods - cleanup is taking a lot longer too!
Katrina mutilates a bananna...

Zoey pulverized her bannana - then went for ice cold watermelon - YUM!

Abby enjoyed the watermelon too... however - she has struggled the most with teeth. We never knew we were teething til Abigails started coming in. She is currently cutting 4 teeth up on top and we think two more on the bottom... So when watermelon doesn't sooth her - she goes for the hard stuff as you can see below - either that or she's chewing her way through to better things!

Never a dull moment - and always lots of laughs - we can catch up on sleep later - for now, we're taking it one day at a time and enjoying each step!

Zoey: One, Two, Three BOOM!

Zoey has been taking steps since before they turned 11 months...

Now 2 weeks before her 1st birthday, she cruises around pretty good!

New Years Day Shopping Break

We headed south New Years Day in search of some great sales at the Outlets in Fort Meyers...

The girls needed a break from the stoller - so they decided to chill out by the fountains.

One of the prettiest outlets we've been to - the girls really enjoyed their outing despite the cold temperatures.

So blessed! 11 month countdown...

Can you believe these three little beauties will be a year old Sunday! We are soo blessed to have these beautiful smiling faces greet us EVERY DAY!
There's Abigail....
Katrina - still our little China Doll - she's made this adorable face since the day she was born ... soo happy!

And of course the zo zo... Zoey Lin - aka RJ or Ryan Junior - looking and acting more and more like her daddy every day! Hope to catch up on posts in the next few weeks... I have reinforcements coming in - yeah! Here is to getting caught up (wish me luck!)