Halloween

Sometime this summer, Megan began telling us a different version of a story that she had been telling for many months, and it ended with a word we didn't recognize. The word sounded like "sorry," but after her telling us that no, it wasn't sorry, we finally deciphered it that it was "strawberry," and it was her name for herself. Since then, she only refers to herself as Strawberry, once of the most precious parts of her beautiful self. Mimi found the perfect Halloween costume for our Strawberry - the Strawberry Fairy - and Anna pronounced that she was going to be the Little Mermaid, and that is how we ended up with these little sprites in tow on October 31st...

The girls' friend Katherine the Kat :)

A long time coming...

Okay, so I've been a bit out of the loop on posting, so I'm just going to do a bunch of posts at once and hope that I catch us up for the end of the year!

Here are some random pictures from the fall of the girls:

Mud Bowl, 2010 - Megan really enjoyed getting dirty!

Look at the seriousness in her face, painting this pumpkin :)

There was no seriousness for this little girl - there was paint everywhere!

Anna with her friends Aaron, Emma and Caroline at the fire station

Parker came to visit us for a playdate, and boy did the girls have fun!

First day of school

Oh my goodness - the first day of school! The girls were so excited to get to their classrooms and get started - but they had to pose for mom first :)

Ouray

Mom and Dad took us on a fabulous trip to Ouray, CO last week for their - THEIR - anniversary. How many people in the world would take their kids and grandkids on a trip for their anniversary?!? Only because they are amazing did they, and we had a wonderful time. Here are some of the best pics - a lot more are posted on my business site, http://www.laurawrightphotography.com.

Megan Elise is 2!

Today is Megan's 2nd birthday, and I have to say that I'm a lot more sentimental about it than I could have imagined. My baby is two! And what a sweet, sweet girl she is. We knew early on that Megan was a laid-back, loving little girl - she loved to cuddle even as a little bitty baby - and that love of cuddling continues on while she gets busier and busier as a toddler. She also has an amazing aptitude for music. She can repeat any sound you make perfectly after hearing it only once, and she refers to almost everything by the sound it makes (for instance, a phone is a "hello", a cat is a "meow", a dog is a "woof woof", a car is a "woo woo" (she can't quite say vroom vroom, but that's what she's trying to do)). She is an adoring little sister of Anna - she just recently started being able to call her "Anna" but still occasionally calls her "Basha", which we just figured out was Megan-talk for "Bossy" - she only calls Anna that when Anna's being bossy to her! Ha!

Megan's b-day party last weekend at our neighborhood clubhouse was lots of fun with friends and family celebrating our little sweetie...

A new business

Sorry for not posting lately, but I have been busy putting together my new business - Laura Wright Photography! It's something I've wanted to do for a long time and just now have the means to do it (and the time!), so everything is finally underway. Check me out:

www.laurawrightphotography.com

I will continue to post pictures of the girls on this blog, but probably will also post there, too, so check out both sites for updates.

Hooray for Auntie M, MSW

So, a bit overdue, but a few weeks ago Jimmy and I went to see Auntie M graduate with her Masters in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis. It was a wonderful weekend and we are so proud of her! Here are a few pictures (and please, no judgments on how ridiculously blurry the actual graduation pictures are - trying to photograph from a balcony with an inconsiderate woman standing right in front of you is not easy!!! Not that I'm still holding a grudge or anything...)

The proud family, the graduate, + Claire, Melissa's fabulous girlfriend