Some February Randoms

 February was your average month, except that we bought a house!  How exciting, more on that later, so enjoy these "typical" shots from the month :)

 Berkley wanted to put on one of the eye stickers

 Chloe looking silly...

 We told her to look angry- hahaha!  Hilarious :)

 Super Cheese... as usual!

 Berkley closed herself in on of our cupboards and when she opened it she said, "Poop stinky!"  

 Aww, thought this was so cute! 

The girls were having a snack and watching a show when they both jumped onto our coffee table :)

 Chloe wearing her Cinderella earrings that she "had" to have from Wal-Mart!  Oh the joys of little girls!!!

 The girls were stacking these fun finger crayons we got at The Red Balloon in Logan more than coloring with them!

 Berkley has a face that says accomplishment; this is probably because she just knocked the whole tower of crayons over!

 "Kitty" Chloe- yes, she chose face paints at the toy store!  These girls certainly love art and art related things!

 Berkley reluctantly let me draw a heart on her face.

 And the "kitty" suddenly transformed into what Chloe called a tiger

 Yes, the girls got a free t-shirt that Berk obviously had to put on right away!

 So, this is literally all the furniture we have upstairs at the moment- a sweet little sofa table that I won from On The Avenue- THANK YOU Mandy, if you are reading this- a carpet covered block that was already in the house, and a couple of baskets with toys & books in them.  The girls LOVE this open space, but we don't!  Cannot wait to fill it with a cute sofa and some chairs, but this is literally one of their favorite spots!

Berkley has a ritual of picking a random, somewhat concealed place to do her business!  Her new favorite place is to stand under that cute sofa table, crouch her head into the open space at the top, and poop :)  She is so, so silly!!!

An afternoon of Princesses!

About a month ago, Chad & Kenny started going ice fishing, so Mel & Taya have been coming by to visit while the boys do their thing.  And let me tell you, there are times when I get a bit irritated that Chad leaves me to go do his outdoorsy stuff, but I was SUPER STOKED when Kenny asked him to go the first, second, and third time (and, new to the mix, a fourth- steelhead fishing for the weekend)!  We are so, so, so happy that Kenny is feeling better ;)  And we love having Melanie & sweet little Taya over to play again!  Enjoy these sweet little girlies!!

 Haha!  I think Taya must've been thinking, 'Geez, Jen!  Couldn't you close those blinds??"

 The three girls :)

Taya looked at the camera for almost all of the pictures I took, but as for my girls, they just sort of do whatever they want!!  Love Berk's super cheese, though :)

 Friends <3

These two really adore playing with each other.  It makes me smile!

 Let's see... we have Ariel, Rapunzel, and Cindeerella!  What a ball it shall be!

 A ball wouldn't be a ball without dancing princesses!

 Oh Berkley!  How she struggles to keep that coveted Rapunzel hair clipped to her hair!  But, at least it is thick and getting longer :)

 The three princesses dancing together

Hahaha!  This cracks me up every time I see it!  What a funny looking Rapunzel :)

More to come...

So, there are several more posts to come.  Life is finally slowing down enough to catch up somewhat!  Here is a little preview of what will be next: the girls & sweet Taya playing princesses, WE BOUGHT A HOUSE, February randoms, and, very new to the mix, we bought a van :)

We will also be taking some pictures of things that we've done to our new home as we get rooms complete.  Then, we plan on posting befores and afters, which will be super fun to see!

Thanks for always checking and, likely, being disappointed when there hasn't been anything there to see!  We love you all!!  Check back soon for those new posts :)

Chloe's 4th birthday!

Oh my gosh- I absolutely cannot believe my little baby is four!  But, she is extremely excited and is already looking forward to turning five so that she can "... go to school!"

 Chloe got her long-awaited Rapunzel dress (Santa couldn't find it in her size before Christmas)!

 So happy to be celebrating her birthday!

 Donning her beautiful dress :)

 I <3 her face!!

 She was excited to get some more Perler beads- every time we went into JoAnn's she asked to get some, but I was always too cheap to get another set, but we made an exception for her birthday :)

 Barbies!  Well, I guess Chloe was this excited over them, but we weren't so much.  It's not that I hate Barbies or anything, but they just aren't my favorite.  So, after repeated asking to get one on trips to Wal-Mart and such, Chad & I decided that we'd get some but only those that weren't dressed totally skanky!  I think we have been on point thus far!

 Smiles!

 Just in case you didn't know... she was the birthday girl!

Excited for her new Lego set- this is super cute!!

She also got some very fun things from Mom & Dad, too, but we didn't take hardly any pictures because we video-chatted with them- sorry guys, but at least you did get to see her open her presents (especially her cute waitress outfit)!

January Randomness

 Silly Berkley dressing as Ariel

 Chloe wearing her Tinkerbell shoes and wings :)

 C-H-L-O-E

Cheerleaders fascinate this little girl!

 Cheese!!!

 Chloe blocking the camera- I normally wouldn't post any picture like this, but check out her mouth and chin in this picture.  Totally ME; it's almost scary!

 Berkley loves our Shark Steam-mop!  

 This little one gets wound up whenever we mop floors!  She runs around like a maniac and plays with random items, like Chad's work beanie!

 Berkley doing the ballet dance in the Strawberry Shake outfit- I cannot wait to put her in dance this fall :)

Princesses in Berkley's crib

A long awaited 2011 Christmas (and Christmas trip) Post!

Ok, so it has literally been FOREVER since I've posted!!  I so apologize, but the last couple of months have truly been a whirlwind!  More on that stuff later...

But, here are some pictures from all of our Christmases.  They are in no particular order, so bear with the randomness, and enjoy :)

 Gid chose Berkley's name for the Taylor grandkid gift exchange.  This is Berkley "hugging" him- haha!

 Chloe was super excited to get a fun bingo game and some books from her cousin for Christmas!!!

 The girls woke up at a decent time Christmas morning, and they were ready to start tearing into their stockings and gifts.  

 Berkley was super stoked to get a grandma and brother for their dollhouse!  

 Chloe, last minute no less, asked for a jewelry box, and somehow Santa found one at the Children's Place on SUPER clearance ;)

 This is the coveted wedding cake she had been eyeing since the summer!  Santa was very good to her this (er, last) year. 

 Berkley, who loves babies, got a baby from Santa (no surprise), as well as a big dump truck

 So, this Cinderella dress was actually Chloe's gift.  Berkley tried it on shortly after Chloe opened it!  Chloe didn't even try it on for probably an hour or so after opening all of her gifts.

 Berkley is sporting her super-cute Ariel headband she got from Grandma & Grandpa Fredericks!

 And here is Princess Rapunzel with her beautiful tiara :)

 Berkley was excited to open her tractor with Grandpa's help!

 Chloe had been asking about this dentist drill play-doh set for quite some time and was pleasantly surprised to unwrap it at Grandma & Grandpa's!!

 Chilling on the couch...

 Berk donning Chad's silly reindeer hat that sings "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer!"

 Aww, sweet little sisters :)

 Love this little sweetie <3

 Loving the windy rural Illinois weather!

 Posing with Uncle Mike wearing the cute outfits he and Em got them for Christmas :)

Love the face Berkley is pulling!

 And this one is cute of Chloe, while Berk looks like, "What in the heck do you think is so funny??"

 Chloe sure got some fun things from Grandma Jackie & Great-grandpa!
Here she is trying on her new rose clip-on earrings

Berkley absolutely LOVED this cute butterfly purse from Dave (Uncle D) & Rhonda!  She had a blast opening all of her presents as well :)