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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Morgen's 2 year photo shoot

Since I couldn't get a picture of Morgen I was happy with to have as her "2 year photos"...I had to take her somewhere to have her pictures taken. I wasn't sure how this little gem was going to do since the last time I took EITHER of the girls to have professional pictures done...it was when JaCee was 2 years old. It was such an UTTER train wreck that left me sweating & embarrassed...Well ---- as luck might have it --- Morgen is much more social and did pretty good getting her pictures taken. She wasn't too sure at 1st....but as the pictures went on, she did fine. And JaCee was as sweet as sweet can be, sat in a chair & never made a peep the entire time. (My guess is she was thinking I might make her get her picture taken if she acted up - ha). Anyway...here we go.

Proof of my terrible experience with professional photos!

JaCee at 2! I can't believe how much more hair she seems to have than Morgen! And I love this picture of her crooked thumb. I will always love this picture...so many memories...

Monday, January 23, 2012

Morgen's 2nd birthday party

We had Morgen's 2nd birthday party this weekend...and sadly, because of the snow, my parents couldn't come to it. We got 1.5 feet of snow Thursday/Friday...with freezing rain to follow. Sad. I guess this is the reality of a January party. We decided to have our party with Matt's sister, cousins and his mom & dad who were able to make it to our house. We did end up moving up the party to include lunch, and then they could get home before the roads were too bad.

The theme of the party was Morgen's Sweet Shoppe. I dipped ice cream cones in chocolate & then rolled them in sprinkles. Then got a bunch of different candy for toppings and some fudge and caramel. I let the kids make their own ice cream cones/sundae's. They had a great time.

Pre. Party picture

Big Sister pre.party

The SWEETS!

And More...

Soo Happy!

Loves her baby dolls...

Getting a new wedding dress to play dress up in...she loves it!

JaCee getting a kiss from her youngest cousin Lacey

Not even 10 min after everyone left, she crawled up next to me with her blanket & was out!

JaCee ~ January 2012

JaCee went to her 1st birthday part that wasn't a "family related" party. It was at an adorable place called Lollipop's and Lemondrops. They have a tu-tu's and tierra's party where all the little girls get tierra's to take home & they get to dress up in tu-tu's. It was a cute party & JaCee had a good time. Here she is with her little friends --- mostly from her pre.school.

Morgen was getting pictures taken this day --- and JaCee was feeling left out so she put on her own dress and wanted me to take pictures.

January family pictures

We took a few family pictures by ourself at our own house the other day...nothing special ---- I was really just trying to get one good picture of Morgen for her 2 year pictures....but that didn't happen! So off to the studio we went. Anyway....

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Christmas 2011

We had Christmas at our house this year. My Mom & Dad, Ryan & Erin came over for the fun. Since they all had to travel back home on Sunday, we cooked out big "Christmas" dinner on Saturday & opened presents Sunday morning ---- after Santa came of course. JaCee was SOOO into Santa this year. It was great! She had a bit of a hard time falling asleep on Christmas Eve --- she kept calling us into her room for us to reassure her that Santa wasn't going to "come check on her while she was sleeping." It was pretty cute.

The setting

"The Meal" ... getting done

Before the girls got up

JaCee...just seeing the presents...

Merry Christmas 2011

Ryan & Erin...what IS IT??

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Santa brought a bounce house!

Colvin/Hardy Christmas

We rotate Christmas every other year with our parents. This year, was Christmas with my family so the week before Christmas we had a "faux" Christmas with Matt's sister, her family & Grandma/Grandpa Hardy. It is so fun for the kids to get together ---- crazy ---- but fun!

All the cousins...Emilie, Brianna, Amy, Zachary, JaCee, Eli, Morgen & Lacey. (oldest to youngest)

JaCee trying out Morgen's new Doctor Set

Papa Bob's Surprise 60th birthday party

We planned a surprise birthday party for my Dad's 60th at the Cathay Inn. Everything that could go wrong to ruin the surprise --- did! But we still pulled it off. Unfortunately, Ryan had surgery the 1st of December and was still not recovered, so he couldn't come. Friends and family included: Wendy, Steve & Tanya, Fred, LouAnne & Kylie, Ed & Deborah, Bob M., Pat & Kim, Jerry & Scott, Candee and Denny, Us, and Mom.