Birthday Party #1 - complete....

Whew... what a week we've had. It's been full of ups and downs, but at least it ended on a good note. We celebrated both Angela's 4th (eventhough it's not till june 13th) and Elyse's 2nd birthday on sunday, May 24th. We had family and a few friends who couldn't make it to the "kids party"... and we all had a BLAST!! The girls started their "fun" early since they stayed with mom mom and pop pop for the weekend and then they brought them to their party... lucky little girls I tell ya!! And as expected... her are a glut of pictures from the party... enjoy....

fun with mom mom and pop pop (and next door neighbor Sammie...)

and the party fun... hope you enjoyed...

Elyse's new BIG girl bed...

We promised that we would get Elyse a BIG girl bed (the full sized one... she looks sooo tiny in it!!) for her birthday. It was delivered on thursday, and I had all intentions to do it after they left for the weekend (off to Mom mom and pop pop's house...), but my little "insistent" kiddos were very adimate that they needed to set it up NOW. So, I drug the mattress and boxspring up the steps, moved furniture all over the room, and got it all together. It looks PEFECT. She slept in it for the first time last night and slept totally normally. She runs to get into bed now... which is nice. We hope this continues for a while... I still can't believe my "baby" is in a HUGE bed now!!!! Yipes....

We'll miss you forever grandpop and dad!!

We are sorry to say that Stanley Reedell left his earthly body on May 22nd at 3:45am. He fought a LONG battle with Scleraderma.

I still remember when I met Scott and he told me his dad was "very sick" and that was over 11 years ago. He experienced MUCH more than he ever had anticpated. He said a few weeks ago, "I never thought I'd see either of my sons get married, and then I did. I never ever imagined I'd see grandchildren, and now I have four. I am a very lucky man".

He fought until the very end. He was a wonderful man, father, husband, and grandfather and all of us will miss him dearly. But now we know that he is in heaven, watching over each and every one of us. Eventhough he can't be here with us on earth, he'll always be with us in our hearts!!

We love you dad and grandpop and will forever!!

Our Miss Angela...

It's hard to believe that our Miss Angela will be 4 years old on June 13th. I had the picture done a bit early so that we didn't have to "rush" closer to the time... but she did a GREAT job... so here they are... enjoy!!

thanks for looking!!

Happy Birthday Miss Elyse!!!

Happy Birthday to our Miss Elyse!! At 11:08 am today (may 10th) Elyse will be 2 years old. It's hard to believe. These past two years have flown by... REALLY!! I still remember like it was yesterday finding out we were pregnant again... and now my "little baby" is no longer a baby. She has changed sooo much. Now she can dress herself, definately has an opinion of her own (to say the least), is learning new words each and every day (not sure if this is a good or bad thing right now....), and can even ride a "big girl bike" (with training wheels). Wow... what a year.

Elyse is such a sweet little girl and we love her more than we could EVER express... so today is your day... Happy 2nd Birthday Kiddo!!!

birth announcement pic....(she was only a few days old here)

first birthday pic....
and her 2nd birthday pics....

now I ask... where has my baby gone???

Happy Mother's Day!!

First of all, you should go hug your mother and say thanks for everything she has ever done for you!!! I know I didn't appreciate my mom until I became a mom!! Now I say thank you and apologize for ALL those "crazy things" I did ... and fear what my children will "put me through". But it's a rollercoaster ride... and luckily I LOVE rollercoasters!! So, happy mother's day to everyone out there...

Our "little girl" is REALLY growing up!!

Today we had Elyse's 2nd birthday pictures taken... and she was absolutely perfect. It took less than 5 minutes to get them ALL taken... she just did GREAT. I've had many pictures taken of her over these last 2 years, but this was TRUELY the BEST experience yet!!

It's hard to believe that she will be 2 years old on sunday (too cool that it's also mother's day!!) May 10th.

So, here's to Miss Elyse... and she's just growing up tooo quickly!! Enjoy the shots!!

Tons of fun at the Philadelphia Zoo!!!

So, the weather might not have been the BEST today, but we still had a BLAST at the zoo!! Our friend Heather and her daughter McKenna (aka "kenna" to the kiddos) came along to enjoy the day with us!!! The girls did soooo much... from riding a horse, camel, the endangered species carousel, and playing in oodles of "dinosaur eggs"... what didn't they do. Oh yeah, we did see some animals there too!! The pumas were pacing right infront of the big glass windows... as were the tigers playing for us... So, it was a wonderful day... hope you had one too!!

our "karate kids"...

Yeah, well this was "interesting"... to say the least. The Bensalem MOMS club had an activity scheduled for a "beginner karate class"... and I figured sure, why not... this should be "fun". Well, it was geared towards kids around the age of 4... so Elyse was a bit "small" but had alot of fun anyway. In the end, Angela did GREAT and paid attention the whole time... Elyse made it about 20 minutes... but was cute trying to do some of the moves... then falling down... so, here is a collage of "their fun"....