Sisters and Kids

So here is a picture taken from Bryn's recent visit here from Japan. It is all us sisters with our kiddos. From left to right we have: Bryn holding Noah, me holding Emma, Matt holding Jack and Jess holding Lorelei. We have a mighty fine bunch I must admit. These cousins are all going to be so close (if me and my sisters have anything to do with it---and if Bryn moves back from Japan any time soon!). I am so excited for Emma to have such great kids to grow up with!

**this pic is just so *us*....Jack doesn't have on any pants, Emma is wearing Jack's shoes, Lorelei is wearing Noah's old PJ's and Noah has his buddy! LOVE it!!
And for comparison...here is a picture of us that was taken in January of 2009 (7 months ago). You will notice a few changes! Bigger kids, new additions (Lorelei was in Jess' belly in this pic)....and more love! hee hee

Cousins

Cousins (and sisters) make life so much better!
Jess' kids:
Matt (in blue)
Jack (in yellow)
Lorelei (baby girl)
Bryn's boy:
Noah (in orange)

And I trust you all know who Emma is :)

Bryn is back from Japan (but leaving on Wednesday) so we took advantage and tried to get some shots of all the cousins. For the ages, I think we got some good ones!

Emma and the frog...

wee wee's

Guess who went wee wee's in her potty today....





...yep....Emma Grace did. And she was so proud of herself :)






We have been reading Once Upon a Potty with Prudence and Emma loves it!

Big Girl Bed

*this picture was taken with my phone....please excuse the bad quality :)

Emma slept in her big girl bed last night....all night long....all by herself....and she LOVED every minute of it.

I am so proud of her :)

So pretty...

Since I have a quick camera hand....I was able to snap these photos of this pretty butterfly before she flew off :)
She is so pretty!

Finally...I took some pictures

This was taken today at E. Carroll Joyner Park in Wake Forest, NC. It is a beautiful park with a pecan tree grove and all. Jess and I had tons of fun with the kids. I got lots of cute pictures. Here is one of Emma and Jack making silly faces :)