Virginia Beach

A couple weeks ago the girls and I took a trip to Virginia Beach to visit my mom and attend a baby shower for my friend, Christie. Unfortunately the shower was cancelled due to a rare snowstorm in Virginia Beach! The girls and I still had fun visiting with Nana. We went to the aquarium and Sarah enjoyed playing with all of my old toys. Traveling alone with two small children was interesting to say the least. The trip there went fine but the way back was a different story. We flew during naptime which probably wasn't the best choice. Sarah didn't nap at all and so by the time we changing planes in Detroit we were in full meltdown mode. But after a couple of outfit changes for Abby and a 40 minute tantrum from Sarah we were finally home!

While we were there we got to see Jenine, Cam's sister!

My little shy Sarah LOVED the touch tank at the aquarium. She wasn't scared at all and kept trying to take the animals out of the tank...I was sure she would end up with a crab in her pocket.

Nana and Sarah in the snow. You don't see that too often in Virginia Beach.

The picture to the left (girl in yellow dress) is a picture of my mom when she was little. I think Abby looks like her in this picture.

Mozart in Training

Sarah loved to play the piano at my mom's house. Here is a short video of one of her masterpieces:

Panda Girls

I went home to Virginia Beach last week. (More on those travel stories to come...) While I was there, mom and I decided to have a photo shoot with the girls in their panda dresses. We got some pretty funny pictures! I wanted to post all of them but narrowed them down to these 9 :)
The best one of both girls:
Sarah reading her Berenstein Bears books.

Her favorite activity: reading to Abby.

In order to get Sarah to smile, I had to do some pretty crazy stuff. She thought it was pretty funny though. This picture also shows her teeth really well. I don't think I ever posted about it but right before Abigail was born Sarah ran into the coffee table...actually she bit the coffee table! The table has the marks to prove it! She ended up chipping her top right tooth and pushing back the top left tooth. Luckily they are not her permanent teeth and they will eventually fall out! Only 4 more years of some odd looking pictures...it gives her character, right?

This is probably the goofiest picture of Abby I have ever seen! It makes me crack up everytime I look at it.

I think Abby is about done with the pictures.

Abby looking up to her big sister! I love this one too :)

Nobody puts baby in the corner!

P.S. We've started to drool alot!

Go Colts!

Despite their facial expressions in this photo, they are really excited about the Super Bowl!!!
(P.S. This shot was taken right before Sarah decided she didn't want Abby next to her and attempted to push her off the couch)

Sarah "Reading"

Sarah has always loved books. She has just started talking a lot and now insists on reading some of her books herself. As a mom (and a teacher) it just melts my heart to hear her "read." In this video she is reading Brown Bear to Abby.

Abby's Hair

From the beginning, I have said that Abby has some crazy hair...and it just continues to get crazier! She really hasn't lost much since birth. I think it has thinned out a little bit but it has certainly grown in length. I never know what her hair will be like on any given day...I think she already needs product! After a bath it is filled with tight curls but then as it dries it gets straight. Usually it just sticks straight up in all different directions. The color also remains a mystery...it is mostly still dark but if you look closely her roots are blonde it also has a tint of red to it! It remains a mystery how her hair will actually turn out.....I'll keep you posted.
The picture below is after a bath when her hair was still in the wavy stage:

And this is how I found her the other morning when she woke up. (She had been sleeping in her carseat b/c she had a cold and was really congested. She is all better now.) Somehow her hair had formed a mohawk.