Thursday, November 30, 2006

Hannah Rose

Our neighbors (the Cenkner's) asked me to take some pictures of their daughter, Hannah Rose. Hannah was also one of our flower girls in the wedding - such a sweetie!! =) She did such a great job and absolutely LOVED it...she had so much fun posing!! All we had to do was tell her she could play with Ceili outside after we were done and she did awesome!! I had a lot of fun taking these - hopefully they will find some they like. Here are just a few of the pictures I took for them - enjoy!!







Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Thomas & Nathan...


Our best friends(Adam & Sarah) have two sons, Thomas (2 years old) and Nathan (almost 10 months old). I take pictures of them all the time, so I thought I would use them as practice in our backyard one day. Sarah is always saying she doesn't have any pictures of them, so I hope some of these will work!! They really are just the cutest little boys - I love them to death and I'm sure you will too!!





Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Our Little Artist

Ceili has taken up an interest in coloring...maybe she will be artsy like her Daddy!! I snapped a few shots (imagine that) to show everyone our new little artist. I just loved so many of these pictures - so I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!! Plus...she just looked too cute in her "baby legs!" I love those things - they are supposed to keep her little leggies warm when it's cold outside and Justin made a fire so we stripped her down to her "underwear" while she played and colored in her new Dora the Explorer coloring book!!






Thursday, November 16, 2006

Showering the Mommy-to-Be...

Last Saturday, we all went out to Walbridge, OH for Shawna's last Baby Shower before the arrival of their sweet Baby Keira. We are all so excited for January when we get to meet Keira - Shawna will be such a great Mommy!! I don't think I've ever seen someone look as good as she does when they are 8 months pregnant! She had a great shower (given by Don's mom, aunt and sister) - she got a lot of nice things. Below are some pictures from last weekend. Don's Aunt Julie made both of the cakes, which were delicious!!

Below is the quilt that Grandma Mennel made for Baby Keira - it is absolutely beautiful! She did a great job, as usual!!
Jamie made Keira a patch-quilt, which is just breath-taking! She did such a good job, even if she doesn't want to admit it!



It is so neat that Shawna and Jamie are pregnant at the same time - expecting babies just 2 months apart. I thought this picture was really cute because you can see both of their babies trying to make sure they are seen by all!! I am excited to watch them grow together as new Mommies and share in experiences together with their little ones...with Ceili bullying them around of course!!

Below, Ceili had to make sure that Keira knows that she is the "BIG" cousin by testing out Keira's new crib and bee mobile first!! I think she approves - she loved the mobile!!

Monday, November 13, 2006

Last Warm Day??

I decided to take Ceili down to the playground because it was so warm and it may have been the last "warm" day for us to enjoy the swings!! Ceili LOVES going down there and swinging and sliding...she could spend hours there at a time! Ceili and I played peek-a-boo (my new favorite picture above) for a while and she just got such a kick out of it!! Hopefully we will have a few more times to go to the playground before it gets TOO cold, but at least we took advantage of this warm day just in case!!



Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Piggy-Tails

Well...since Ceili's hair is growing really fast in the back but not so fast on top, she is beginning to grow a mullet. Justin tried talking me into cutting her hair, but I decided that piggy-tails would be the better choice. Here are a few pictures of our little girl's new hair style. She is beginning to like them a little more these days - every once in a while, she will try to pull them out. However, I think she is realizing that they are there to stay and isn't minding them nearly as much!


Monday, November 06, 2006

Pictures from yesterday...

Well, we didn't do much today that was exciting enough to write about...stayed in our pj's until 5:00 this evening because we were cleaning all day. Justin made me go through the last few bags from my parent's house - I've been avoiding it because I don't know where to put everything. However, he can no longer blame our messy garage on me - it's all him now!! We didn't take any pictures today, but here are a few I took yesterday. We had to get some cute pictures of Ceili with Justin's drums since she like to bang on them so much, so I did the best I could. Here are a few of what I ended up with.



Saturday, November 04, 2006

Our First Post...

Welcome to our blog!! People are always wanting to see pictures of what we have been up to (actually they usually just want to know about Ceili, but I've never noticed that or anything). Anyways, since I only send pictures out about once a month, I thought I'd go ahead and create a blog - that way I can let everyone see a few pictures more often. This way, you all will be able to see pictures of our oh-so interesting lives!! I know you are all jumping up and down for joy - why didn't I do this a long time ago?! Well...I hope you all enjoy our Family blog...check back often because you never know when I'll update it!!

So...for our first post...today we entered Ceili in the New Star Discovery search. This is a baby search that is "supposed" to help Ceili snag an agent and get on commercials. However, I don't really know how many of their winners have actually had that success. Anyways...Ceili came home today with 6 trophies and 1 tiara. She won the prettiest eyes, personality plus and angel face categories. She also won the head shot and snapshot categories (I had to enter photos) and then she won the overall cutest girl in her age division. We are soooo proud of her!! She did such a good job - smiled and waved for the judges (and of course, she couldn't get off of the stage without shooting her "mean" face at them first!). Auntie Mamie and Uncle Matt met us up there to watch - it was a good time!! Here are a few pictures of our day - ENJOY!! (forgive me if this isn't the best blog...it will take some practice, so be patient!!)








Here Ceili is...patiently waiting for the results. She did such a good job the whole time - what a big girl she is becoming these days!!