Saturday, March 31, 2012

Tulips










Happy Spring!

Em organized a fun outing to an organic tulip farm yesterday. We enjoyed a picnic lunch with friends and after learning a little bit about tulips we got to pick them. Sophia was drawn to the yellow tulips and they look so pretty in our home. I hope this will be a new Spring tradition for us.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Parents' Night

Tiny dancer

Sophia with her best buddies. Our girls have gotten so big.


Practicing "Let's go fly a kite" for the recital.




Henry cheering on his big sister!

Posing with Ms. Pam.

We had a great time attending Sophia's Parents' Night at dance last week. Sophia had quite the fan club in attendance including Grammy, Pop, and Arlene. It was fun watching our girl dance and to see how Sophia and her buddies have grown up so much. Looking forward to the recital in May!

Saturday, March 24, 2012

While the mama's away...







I had so much fun in NYC with my best friends last weekend and it felt great to reconnect with my soul sisters! While I was away, Sophia got to spend the night in Rhoadesville with Grammy and Pop while Daddy and Henry had some guy time. When I got home Sunday night I couldn't believe how much older Sophia and Henry looked. It's amazing how they really do grow up overnight! Thank you to my supportive family for giving this mama a weekend away. As much as I appreciated being on vacation there's really no place like home --

Monday, March 19, 2012

8 months with Henry

Happy eight months, sweet boy!




This has been a very busy month for Henry! Everyday he seems to be able to do something new including signing "more", nodding his head "no", standing in his crib, and clapping. Henry is so close to crawling. He gets on all fours and I'm sure he will be taking off in no time. Our boy is really the sweetest, laid back baby. This past weekend I spent my first nights away from him and he did great with Daddy. Thank you, Grammy and Pop for helping too! I had a wonderful weekend in NYC with my best friends and it felt great to get reports from home that my boy was doing so well. Can't wait to see what our Henry will do this month...maybe finally get that first tooth?

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Celebrating Daddy's birthday

We had a wonderful week celebrating Raph. Here he is posing with his biggest fans!

We enjoyed a visit to Lynchburg to see Tpa and many members of the Sydnor family. Thanks, Aunt Joan for the fun get together and yummy food and cake!

Kim had presents for Sophia too!



Singing to Daddy...


Raph and I had a date night out for dinner and a wine tasting. Thanks G and P for babysitting!

My kitchen assistants ready to help me bake Raph's chocolate cake.

This girl loves to be in the kitchen and was a big help buttering the pan.


Henry wanted to be a part of the action so he hung out in the backpack. I have never baked a cake in such conditions. Sophia took this picture.

Raph's turn to wear Henry! The cake turned out great!



We then got to celebrate Raph on his actual birthday at supper club and to have more cake!

Henry enjoying DD and Granny Herndon's company.

Granny made a carrot cake to die for -- ahhmazing!


This girl loves some cake!

Happy birthday, Daddy! We love you so much!