Playing Outside

Playing outside makes everyone happy around here! The girls love to explore the outdoors!

They love to parade around the driveway. I'm not sure if you can see, but Reese is shielding Jocelyn's eyes from the sun! What a great girl! She loves to take care of the babies!

Sweet little Jocelyn!

Kyla walking her puppy.

Reese giving me a big smile!

Looks like they discovered something.

Kyla is moving on to something else. She looks grossed out! Hahaha!

Just a Swingin

I know that there are a lot of pictures of Kyla in her swing, but as her mommy I just could not pick a favorite. I think she looks adorable in all of them. :) Here is my baby enjoying her time outside. I love her sweet smile!

Daddy Daughter Date

Jesse took Kyla to the duck pond the other day so that I could get some mommy things done. They had the best time! Jesse was so impressed with how brave Kyla was when the ducks surrounded her. She wasn't scared at all and loved every second. He showed her once how to feed the ducks and from that time on she did it by herself. So cute! Jesse took all of the pictures below with his phone while they were at the park. He did a great job! He knows that the mamarazzi LOVES pictures! :)

Loving the ducks!

Holding her hand out to feed the ducks...just like daddy showed her.

She found a taker!

Not quite sure what Kyla is doing here, but I think she looks so cute!

This is my favorite picture! There are ducks and birds all around her! How fun!

16 Months

Well...Kyla is now 16 months old. Here is what she has been up to the last month! :)

* Kyla is all over the place! This girl goes a mile a minute and NEVER sits still! She walks around the house babbling in her own language, empties all cabinets and drawers, climbs on top of her toys and the furniture, climbs up and down the stairs, and she even moves all the clothes around the laundry room.

* Kyla loves to play outside. We spend most of our days outside. She loves to play with her "gall" aka ball. Kyla is always so excited to play with the bouncy ball, basketball, and soccer ball.

* She loves bracelets! She loves to play with and wear my bracelets whenever she can. Kyla even uses the teething rings as bracelets when she is playing.

* She is always pushing the buttons on the TV and DVD player. It is soooo hard to keep her from doing this because the second I turn my back, she is up at the TV doing her thing. I truly don't know how much of this on off stuff it will be able to take. We will see.

Just chillin in her car.

Munchkin on the move!

This is what most of my pictures look like... Ha!


Walking her puppy. I love that she took a water bottle with her. :)



Our sweet sixteen month old!

Loving Reese

Here are some pics of our Reese. She is such a great girl! Reese has a huge personality (just like her daddy) and makes us laugh all the time! She loves the babies very much and is always such a big help!! Both Kyla and Jocelyn light up when Reese walks into the room! They just can't get enough of her!

Here is a picture of Jesse and Reese on her first day of 3rd grade. Daddy got her up, helped her get ready, took her to Chick-fil-A for some chicken minis (yumm!) and dropped her off in her new classroom! A lady in the classroom was nice enough to take this picture of them with Jesse's phone.

Hanging out with the babies!

Don't let that face fool you...she loves me!! :)

More Water Park Fun

Kyla was invited to another summer birthday party! It was at a local water park and she absolutely loved it! She had so much fun playing in the water with her daddy! Kyla screamed continuously the entire first 20 minutes that she was in the water. She literally screamed with excitement every second that she was in the water. Jesse and I were laughing so hard because she was yelling at the top of her lungs! In all the pictures below her mouth is wide open because she was screaming. Hahaha! Our baby had a blast!!

An Apple A Day...

...keeps the doctor away! Kyla should have no problem with illness in the future if the old adage is true! She can eat an ENTIRE apple by herself! This little girl loves to eat! She is becoming much more independent at the table and wants to feed herself, most of the time. She would rather eat the apple whole than have me cut it into slices. So, I will give her the "big girl apple," but I peel the skin off for her so it's easier to eat. I always think she will get tired of it before she finishes the whole thing, but I am always wrong. She eats every bite, right down to the core!

One Year Molars

This is how my sweet Kyla woke up from her nap. I thought she looked absolutely adorable when I got her out of bed. She had some major bed head and a really sad face. She isn't feeling so hot these days because her molars are coming in. Poor thing! I just hate it when she is hurting! I loved on her all afternoon so she would feel better! Man do I love to baby my baby! It's the best! :)

"Please don't take my picture"
"I said...don't take my picture!"

Pretty Dresses

Well the mamarazzi was definitely in action a couple days ago! Kyla and Jocelyn were wearing the cutest dresses, so I decided to take them outside for a photo shoot. Kyla was in the BEST mood and was walking around all over the place! Jocelyn, on the other hand, was definitely not in the mood to be photographed, but I'll be sure to get her next time! :) Here are some of my favorite pics! I know there are a lot, but it's so hard to pick and choose because I love them all! Life as a mamarazzi is GREAT!

My Kyla

Here is Kyla sneaking up on Winnie and Winnie sneaking up on a bug!!

I love all of these pics too!

This was the first AND last picture of Jocelyn that I took! Ha! Hey...we all have our days! :)

The Circus!

Reese has had the BEST summer this year! She has been to Florida, a bunch of different water parks, The Main Event (multiple times), The Circus, seen almost every movie released this summer, and will leave for California next week. Here are a couple pictures from our trip to the circus. We took our niece and nephew, Chloe and Tristan, with us and then had a slumber party at home afterwards. Jesse's mom, who is so much fun to be around, went with us too! We had a great time hanging out with each other and watching "The Greatest Show On Earth!"

Uncle Jesse with the kids.

Crazy Face Pic

Anna with her grandkids!

During the show.

Elephants!