Christmas Part 1

Papa is in NC to celebrate part one of Christmas with us!!! 

Sammie & Dee helped create the wrapping paper. 

Sammie was more excited to unwrap give Papa his gift than you could possibly imagine. So we had to exchange gifts almost immediately upon his arrival! She even told him some outlandish story about going to the store, looking and shoes and thinking "these would be the perfect shoes for Papa!" What?!! She's a mess. 

Dee gets to forward face now!! 

I couldn't get Dee on video and photo just doesn't capture how excited he was opening his gift!! He jumped, did the Paps "ooooooo" like a true Crites and was smiling ear to ear. 

Dee learning to unwrap his gift.

Sammie was super cute opening gifts. She is still in the let's unwrap everything phase and not too into understanding what's inside but we will get there...

She may be an artist like her Daddy.

Cutting Food!!! 

Happy Happy Girl.

Dee was instantly obsessed with his Thomas the Train set. He knows the sound it makes if anyone is touching it... and that is a NO NO! 

Mesmerized by Thomas the Train. 

Not sure who had the most fun. Papa and Daddy sure seemed to enjoy the new play food for the kitchen!

Boys...

Sammie got to open one of her gifts from Tutu and Paps the next morning because it went along with a gift from Papa. She got this easel and I am pretty sure she will spend days on end here. 

Master Piece! 

What a fun first day with Papa. Cannot wait to see him again soon in NJ! 

-Whitney 

Photo Blast...

Well... I have TONS of random photos that I know some family members will enjoy...

Soooo blast of my kids below!!! 

Ballerina has a BIG dress up obsession. She is really only in normal clothes at school.

At our Pre-K Open House... I told her to strike a pose.

She also REALLY wanted me to take a picture of her doing this random pose.

Cinderella goes shopping with me regularly.

Shopping with Daddy. And yes... the got wine. 

Brother thought this bed was for him. No No No... its now broken. Oh well...

Mommy took a fingernail to my face! :( 

Snack time with the crazies!!

Learning to draw with Daddy!

Brother has started to LOVE slides.

EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT. when Daddy comes home he is immediately forced into being a horse or monster. 

Starting to get into a routine and settle in to our new life. And so far... we LOVE it!

-Whitney

Pool Time in Key Largo!

I think we have a future mermaid on our hands!

We were in Key Largo for 2 days and the girl had already turned into a fish!!

Playing with Daddy at the pool!

Look at those wings! She is the cutest!!

Daddy is a wonderful playmate!

Climbing on the "pirate ship" at the pool.

Who is having more fun here? Hmmm.

I just love watching my hubby & baby play. They are definitely two peas in a pod!

-Whitney

Daddy Goes Fishing!

So back the first week of May, Brian, his brother and some guys took a camping/fishing trip. This left Ballerina and I home alone. 

This meant we did a lot of picture taking and sending Daddy updates!

 

One of our babysitters discovered that Ballerina is a big fan of self portraits! It seriously could occupy her for hours.

 I go away a lot, and Brian is always sending me cute videos and pictures. 

So... I attempted to get the same for him. Hahahaha.

While Daddy was away, I thought it was a good idea for Ballerina to begin learning some household chores...

 We practiced our ballet with a chair...

Daddy even sent us a picture to prove that Yankee boys know how to catch fish! 

One thing I didn't count on while Daddy was away... being SOOOO TIRED! We had to make some very early morning Starbucks runs still in PJs! 

And... when someone (maybe it was Mommy) couldn't sleep, we watched some Disney Jr and cuddled.

It was exhausting but I really did enjoy my 5 solo days with Ballerina!

-Whitney