Vermont 2010!

Vermont was great....hot and humid...both girls loved swimming...swimming pictures coming soon.

Opi and Hannah chilling on the porch in the sun.
Mabel and Kate cheering on there Dad's at the Valley versus Hill 4th of July soft ball game, Kaelin Burke making sure they are being good :)
"Winging" as she calls it.
At the parade.
The girls and I at the picnic....there were firework and the girls loved them.
Hannah Banana in the "whirly gig" She was so good at it and tall too!
Throwing rocks into the pond....does it get any better:)
That's a champagne glass in Hannah's grasp....she is 5 months today and very grabby...was a love.
Mabel and Kate eating dinner with staged glasses of champagne....fun.
Our little ones "chilaxing"
Snack time.

Sisters

I could probably call every blog title this. These two are peas in a pod.

My little Cutie working on the tummy time :)

Mabel loves playing with Hannah...she is so good to her.

My girls hanging in the backyard.

Relaxing in the backyard.

Self portrait....check out those 3 bottom teeth....the fourth one just broke through....we have 10 now!

She took a 3 hour nap in here....she usually never sleeps in her car seat.

At the JCC pool with the Browns....swimming with Sage and enjoying some french fries to stay warm.

Mabel loved being in the pool but got cold pretty fast, thanks to the Farms this swim cover was really perfect. Hope it is really hot in Vermont when we are there.

Tummy Time and Cozy Coupe

Hannah logging some tummy time.

Mabel in her "new" Cozy Coupe that we got from the Browns at the Yard Sale...She loves this thing and can open the door and get out, close the door, open the door and get in all day long....in and out, in and out. We had a pretty cool and rainy weekend here so we brought the buggy inside. Hours of fun.

Look at my bow...she loves smiling like this. I think I have a picture of Pat smiling like this when I first meet him....i'll have to dig it out.

Sisterly love :) Hannah taking a bit out of crime, or she is a little hungry and sucking away on Mabel's arm.

2 man bobsled :) Hannah loves her fingers...Mabel was more of a binky girl and Hannah likes the binky but her hands do the trick too.

Swinging with George while Mabel sleeps.

Ok... I have been using Ice Cream as an incentive for eating all her dinner and it really has been working....so then I was thinking, I have an ice cream maker I better make my little ice cream lover some homemade vanilla ice cream...it's pluged in here in our living room because it was so loud and we were eating dinner while it churned....this was after she ate her whole dinner and some and then she new right where the spoons where and dove in. She thought it was the best.

YUM!

Bumbo and Sunday Night Ice Cream

Every once in a while after dinner I tell Mabel "it's Sunday (or whatever night it is) night icecream" It makes the last few bits on her plate go down fast and then we get some smiles...check out the video below.

My little girl is getting big....look at her sitting pretty in the Bumbo (borrowed from my neighbor Becca) :) These things are great and now Hannah can sit and watch us eat....just a couple months before we start feeding her solids.

It got really hot here in SLC this weekend....Hannah snoozing with Piglet with no swaddle....too hot!

These two cuties have had some QT together this weekend. Marc and Sandy got to celebrate there anniversary on Friday night and we got to watch Kate and on Saturday and Sunday we had a Open House so Mabel spent two days at there house.

On the run and all smiles.

This is the coolest table....thank you so much Grandma Claire and Barnaby for fixing it up and getting it to SLC. It is a huge hit and so cute. Thank you thank you :)

My little Mabel is getting so big.

The end of May!

Hannah giving one of her trade mark smiles.
Mabel signing that she is tired. Even big girls get tired.

Old chicken...looks mean but they are not....

Our young cheepers as we call them. They sure add some life to the pen.

Uncle Marc with Kate and Mabel. Mabel loves all her Uncles ( she has 4)...she can't wait to see Uncle Eric in Vermont, its been awhile....Uncle Barnaby was here this past weekend and I am so mad I didn't get a picture, for sure next time. Thanks to B for reading her whole library to her.

Some pictures of the girls and cousin Kate at Marc and Sandy's Blog. So cute.

http://andthentherewere-3.blogspot.com/2010/05/girls_22.html

Hannah

Hannah is 3 months and "talking" and laughing alot. What a joy these two girls bring into our lives.

Travel and Camping

Since I last posted we have been to Idaho twice....the first time to Grandma Claire's in Challis and to Ketchum for Tessa's baby shower (the baby is due any day and I am so excited) and then this past weekend to Pocatello for Pat's cousin Stephanie's wedding...it was great and Hannah had her first camping trip. I didn't get pictures on our first trip to Idaho as I misplaces my camera.

Mabel carrying Europa Mouse in the Baby Bjorn!

Hanging out in the backyard.

Planting with Dad.
I gave Mabel the camera for entertainment when we were driving in the car...these are two of the pictures she took....she is getting better :)

Ryan's Vanagen.....it was the best sleeping I have had while camping. You can see the pack & play where Mabel slept in there too. Hannah is in there kicking away.

Cruising....she is such a dream.

Getting ready to go climbing...

Hanging out at base camp

All smiles

Bella loves camping

Hannah catching some shut eye on Bella's bed and Mabel keeping her company.

Drinking milk from the sippy cup in her beautiful sweater from Dottie Thatcher.

Bright eyes

Does it get any better then thisThis picture shows that Mabel had a pretty pink bow in her hair.....sshhhhh don't tell her, I snuck it in.