Happy 7th birthday Sam

Here you are Sam on the day you were born. how precious and sweet you are. I could not believe that I had given birth to a baby girl and I wanted nothing more than to hold onto you forever. You were my "dolly" and my "lolagirl" and you always will be......

I cannot believe how much you have grown.
Here you are yesterday with your hat that your teacher made you.

and here you are blowing out your birthday candle.....Happy Birthday to my first born baby girl.....I love you!

My afternoon with the girly girls

So thank you again to Auntie Katie who pulled out these costumes and outfits. Delaney had her two friends (twins- Eva & Rose) over for a playdate. These girls played for HOURS.....then they got into some lovely lip gloss but I digress. Here are the beauty queens hanging out in my living room. Aren't they lovely?

The Dancing Queen

We went to visit Uncle Billy & Auntie Katie yesterday and Katie pulled out a bunch of old dance costumes that her daughter, Ashley used years ago. So here is Delaney in her glory, dancing for the whole world to see!

I Love My Bike!

Grandma and papa bought Natalie this bike for her birthday and she has not come off it since! She was crying by the window today because it was raining and she wanted her bike and couldn't go outside........she was soooooo upset!

So here are a few videos from the weekend as she is riding her most prized possession....her Barbie bike! And boy, can this girl pick up some speed!

Della's dancing video

Here she is tapping in all her glory..............

Another One Bites the Dust!

Here is our lovely Delaney on her first day of preschool this week. She has had quite a few new things to do this week.......she also started tap and ballet this week.....and she loved it! She cannot wait to go again this week.

she is in school three days per week, Monday, Tuesday & Thursday from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. I wish it were a bit longer, but I'll take what I can get at this point. I also started school on Monday. So far so good and I'm beginning my maternity clinical at Norwood Hospital next Monday.

So here are a few great photos of Della on her first day of dancing school and preschool and here's a shot of Natalie enjoying her alone time with Grandma & papa........with her new bike as well! Good job Grandma and Papa..........

The First Day of School for Brendan & Sam

Wednesday was the first day of 5th grade for Brendan and 1st grade for Sam. They are both very excited, but for different reasons. Brendan is excited because he is a "high & mighty" 5th grader and will be going into middle school next year! Samantha is excited because she is in 1st grade, full day, and loves the new teacher she got.

The only complaint I have is that Brendan does not want hugs, kisses, heck....he doesn't even want me to walk near the bus stop anymore. He walks Sam down. He says he is embarrassed. Where did my little boy who didn't want to leave my side go???? He wouldn't even take photos for the 1st day of school....I had to trick him to get one or two and bribe him to get another. So here they are, in their first day of school glory: