Boss 2010

Sunday morning we headed 2hrs north to a little town called McBain. My Uncle and Aunt just finished building a beautiful new house on their farm, the perfect place with plenty of room to have a party.

Brooke holding a very scared kitty

Kara making sure Megan 'pets nice' Both of my girls would have LOVED to take home a kitty or 3.

After lunch, dessert, snacks, presents, coffee and more snacks, the hubby's took the kids for a walk around the farm. Horses, cows, cats, dogs, tractors and birds were just a few things to check-out. Above picture, Kara is showing Abby the milking parlor, giving her a close-up look at where milk comes from.

Grandma and Meggie getting cozy

Huizenga 2010

We had our first Christmas party of the year on Saturday, the Huizenga party.

Again this year we held the party at 'The Rock' in Byron Center. It's a huge gym and kitchen, what more do you need?! Ordering pizza and everyone bringing something to pass makes for a easy, stress free party.

This year was bit different, we are mourning the sudden loss of my Aunt Bonnie who passed just a few short weeks ago.

Some or the girls, all dressed in pink, eating some yummy snacks

16 kids from the age of 6 and under, and one more on the way! This is why we rent a gym for our party!!
Abby has been asking for a dog for Cmas, I finally caved!! They both got Pucci Pets, that's as close as I get to having a pet in the house.

Graduated

After 3 yrs in a crib, Abby finally graduated to a 'big girl' bed!

I purchased bedding a few months back when I was at Ikea, it matched the current paint in her room. No need to repaint is a plus in my book!

Now for the hard task. Getting her out of diapers at night. She has been 'daytime' potty trained since she was 2, but still wears a diaper for her naps and at night. We just made a trip to Target to pick-out some new 'fancy' pull-ups. I hope that will do the trick! Wish me luck!

Bunny Love

When Abby heard that my friend Tammi and her daughter, Ella got a cute, furry, little baby bunny.... it was only a matter of time before we had to see it.

This past week we headed over to the Meengs house to check out the new little bunny. Both the girls wanted to hold and pet it. I think the little bunny, Nibblet, was very happy to see us leave.

Abby is so happy trying to feed the bunny carrot tops!

Behind

Meggie Mae turned 18months TWO months ago!! I can't believe we are right around the corner of her second birthday!!! He favorite thing right now is to fight with her sister. She wants to do everything, and have everything her sister has. This made it very easy to Christmas shop this year...just buy two of everything.

From the Dr.

Height 31.5" 42%

Weight 22lbs 8oz 22%

Head 47cm 62%

3 Years

This post comes 2 1/2 weeks late, but to my defense I just found my camera after being lost for a week and a half.

Happy 3rd birthday to our wonderful first born daughter, Abilgail Rae!! She is such a joy in our life!

We had 2 parties this year to celebrate, and as usually there was no shortage of food, family and gifts!! Abby received her first Barbie, new dolls/furniture for her doll house, games and her favorite, a purple and pink unicorn pillow pet!!

Two parties means two cakes!

Abby's 3 yr stats

Weight 29lbs 8oz 39%

Height 38.5" 79%

Head 49.5cm

Halloween

Our tradition on Halloween has always been to have some friends/family over, dress up the kids, take them around Moline and then head back to our house for a little party....this year was no different. Abby is already asking when we can go to the neighbors and ask for more candy.

Sticking with the theme of Halloween, Eric and the girls carved the pumpkins this year. Both the girls had a great time scooping out the insides and picking out the seeds so I could clean and roast them.