Random Pics.

Here is Kira yelling at me for some food.


Natalia the ballerina on Christmas Eve.


Nick and the girls on Christmas morning.


Kira obviously knows that she's the one in control.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!! I have good news! Nick surprised me with a brand, spanking new, fancy schmancy digital camera for Christmas, so the blog will soon take off again with all kinds of cute shots. Here are a couple of Christmas shots that I took with a borrowed camera this past December. I hope everyone has a great Christmas!

Technical Difficulties

Sorry people. Our digital camera and video camera both decided to bite the dust. We are working on replacing them, but there are no time frame estimates at the moment.

Just a funny moment...

Sorry, no pictures!! I just had a funny little moment with Natalia today that I thought I would share.

I was driving with the girls in New Tampa and was just about to get onto I-75 from the Bruce B Downs exit. They are doing a lot of road construction in that area since they are building a new on-ramp for 75. Natalia was looking out the window and noticed the unfinished ramp outside of her window. She suddenly got so excited and started yelling and pointing. "Mommy! Mommy! Look!!! LOOK!!! It's the Great Wall of China!"

It was all I could do to keep from laughing so hard that I had to pull off the side of the road. She was SO serious about that ramp being the Great Wall of China. And even funnier... I have NO EARTHLY IDEA where she learned what the Great Wall of China is. I must be an even better mom than I thought!

Kira loves Kira!

Nick and I got Kira this toy for her birthday this year and she absolutely loves it. This is what she does at least half of the day. I think she just likes to see that cute baby in the mirror.

Beautiful One.

I know I haven't updated in awhile. I'm sorry!! Natalia and Kira are getting over some sort of yucky cold and Kira is cutting molars now, so needless to say, I have just been too pooped to post. Here are some beautiful pictures of Natalia to cheer you up though!

Happy Birthday, Kira-Bira!!

NeeNer, NeeNer, NeeNer.... It's my birthday!


Kira's birthday party isn't until Sunday, but mommy and daddy couldn't resist giving me a little mini-party today.
What's this mommy? Open it! Open it!


Who's that baby in there? Oh yeah! It's Kira!


Wow! I could really get used to this birthday stuff!


Mmmmmmm!


I love birthdays! I can't wait for Sunday!

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL???

KIRA IS!!

GO MICHIGAN!

Jesus Loves the Little Children

Natalia loves her new class at church and here is a video of her newest favorite.

I'm a big girl now!

Natalia is now almost potty-trained and spent her first night in her "big girl bed." Actually, we just took the side off of her crib to see how she did with it, and she loves it. She loves being able to get out of bed in the morning and going to find Daddy instead of waiting for him to come and get her out of the crib. We will be getting her a real bed soon!

Nite-Nite

The girls would like to show off the adorable matching jammies that Aunt Darlene bought for them. Call me a nerd, but I just love matching sisters.



This is the face that Kira gives me when I tell her it's time to go to bed.

Out with Mom

It was raining on Friday, so we couldn't go to Busch Gardens like we normally do. So, mommy took us to Wendy's instead!

Natalia loves french fries!

And Kira loves chicken nuggets!

Yum! You're the best, mom.

What we've been up to....

Cleaning each other's ears out...


Making funny faces...


Making it very difficult for mom to get a decent pic of both of us...


And TEETH! Kira now has 8 teeth (as of last night.) You can't see two of them in this picture, because they just broke through the gums. Because of these pearly whites, Kira has also been a major crankybutt the past few weeks. Lets hope the coming weeks bring many more smiles like this. Next up....MOLARS. *sniff*

Sick.

Sorry about the little hiatus here. We've been passing around a pretty severe stomach virus for the past week or so. Kira seems to be the only one who has escaped, and she's pretty darn happy about that.

Just playing catch-up

I've gotten really behind on posting lately, so here are just some random pics from the past few weeks. Consider me caught up now!

JAILED!


This pic was snapped right BEFORE Natalia smacked Kira in the head.


And here's Natalia in time-out for smacking Kira on the head.


Kira wearing her 4th of July outfit from Aunt Darlene! So cute!


And here are some more teeth! We have 6 now! 4 on top and 2 on bottom.


Sister time.


Kira in all her cuteness.


Natalia passed out at dinner after a really long day with no nap.


Natalia and her cousin, Jeremiah, at Busch Gardens on the 4th of July.

Where's Kira?

Nope, she's not hiding from Natalia...

Kira's newest hobby is crawling under her exersaucer to capture all the cheerios that escaped her chubby fingers the first time around. Silly girl!

I got 'em all, mom!!

APOLOGIES!

Sorry everyone for the lapse in pics and news! We are still slowly unpacking from our move a couple of weeks ago and I haven't gotten back into a picture taking routine with the girls yet. I'm not even sure where my camera is. Please be patient. New pics of both our new abode and the princesses are sure to be forthcoming!!

Father's Day at Sea World!

Natalia took her daddy to Sea World on Father's Day!
Here they are with Shamu! (I felt so bad for the guy in that suit. It was HOT!)


Daddy and daughter looking at the dolphins. They look alike, don't they?


WOW!


Natalia loved just hanging out with Daddy.


Later in the day, Uncle Dominic, Aunt Anna, and Jeremiah came to spend the rest of the day with us. Natalia and Jeremiah had a blast playing in the water.


And they somehow managed to squeeze themselves in a single-sized stroller so they could ride by each other.


It was a fun day!

Yum.

Now that Kira is semi-mobile, she's been picking up every little crumb or piece of lint off the floor and sticking it in her mouth. In honor of her newfound abilities, we broke out the puffies. She was excited and a little mystified that she was allowed to put these things in her mouth and mommy didn't try to dig them back out. Oh. And I totally think she looks like Nick in the last picture.