5 weeks old

Anna Grace loves posing for pictures with Morgan Leigh. I think part of it is because she gets to "hold" her all by herself.

Smiley!

I captured this lovely smile tonight after a bath.

Gigi and Grandpa visit

Gigi and grandpa came for a few days this week. Would you believe I snapped 4 pictures? 1 pose, 4 shots to get Anna Grace.

We love having them here and always look forward to their next visit. Thanks for coming!

Doctor's appointments

The girls' both had checkups today at the doctor. For Anna Grace it was her 3 year well-visit. Morgan Leigh had her 4 week check-up. Both girls couldn't be healthier, we are so blessed.

ML - 7lbs 15oz (10%) and 21.5" long (75%)
AG - 28 lbs (25%) and 36.75" tall

They are posing today in their new yellow dresses from Aunt Kim and Uncle Brad. Anna Grace picked them out for both of them and we had to get a picture of it. Thank you Aunt Kim and Uncle Brad. You continue to spoil our girls and they love it!

PEO sip 'n see

For one of our summer socials, my P.E.O. sisters planned a lovely evening to meet Morgan Leigh. They were once again, so generous! Here is ML on her new quilt from her "aunties" and she is wearing an adorable little dress too.

Thank y'all so much for everything. It means the world to us.

4 weeks

Morgan Leigh turned 4 weeks old today. (We will see the doctor on Thursday, for shots and weight checks.)

I keep marveling at the similarities and differences between her and Anna Grace. One difference is before AG turned 3 weeks old, her eyes had already changed to brown. Morgan Leigh still has blue eyes, for now.

Bath time!

The girls took their first bath together tonight. I don't know that it will be a regular habit or not, but Anna Grace sure loved having Morgan Leigh in there. And although this picture doesn't look like it, ML was pretty calm for the whole bath.

Sushi dinner

Matt took us all out for sushi to celebrate my birthday. And Anna Grace was intrigued with the chopsticks. She was doing really well with the loose pair, and the waiter brought us over the ones that kids learn with. The sushi was fantastic and I think that AG tried almost everything we did :)

VBS country fair

The wrap up for VBS was today. There was a short program with each age group, and then all the kids together, followed by a lunch.

As usual, Anna Grace was a ham, once she saw me!

She had so much fun and it was great to finally hear all the songs they learned. She had told us earlier this week that they sang about bananas, which Matt and I both dismissed. Sure enough, there is a song that says bananas in it!

I am so glad that she got to take part in their program and for all the wonderful volunteers that welcomed her!

Just for fun

ML is getting pretty good head control, which makes things so much easier. The car seat and the bouncy seat, they all look more comfortable with her head control.

I snapped this today just for fun. She was pretty happy while we were home.

VBS

Because we are in between churches right now, Anna Grace has gotten to be a guest at VBS this year. Last month she went to Gigi's church and this month we are at another Episcopal church here in town. The first day that I took her in, we met her teacher and a girl in her class when she said, "mommy, you can go now!" I guess she wasn't too intimidated by all the new faces and places. That's my little independent girl.

Anyway, there is a farm theme and today they had a petting zoo. Anna Grace loved petting the "horse" (although it was a miniature donkey, close!) And here she is in front of the barn. I can't wait until Friday so that I can see all that she has learned.

The most surprising thing about this VBS program though, was walking in and seeing some friends that moved to Slovenia. They are here for the summer and I loved catching up with her over coffee yesterday.

3 weeks old!

Morgan Leigh turned 3 weeks old yesterday. Her cord fell off Monday and so we had our first real bath last night. It was a true family affair, as all of us crowded in our tiny little bathroom. Anna Grace even washed her toes. It was so cute.

Morgan Leigh continues to sleep well at night, for the most part. In fact, last night she went 5.5 hours without eating! When Matt peeked in on her, she was sleeping on her belly.

Cats vs. Air Hogs

We were invited to see the baseball game Saturday with some of our friends. They had a suite and I was happy to get go take ML out, without sitting in the heat. The mascot visited the suite and let the kids take some pictures.

They snapped this one outside watching the game. It was so fun. Thanks for the invitations!

Birthday present fun

Anna Grace is having so much fun with all of her new gifts. From the sink to the guitar, the craft things and the games. Everyone has been so generous with her and she is loving some attention just for her.

Movie day

We took Anna Grace to her first movie today. We saw Horton Hears a Who and she really enjoyed it. Although, it's hard to say if she was more excited about the popcorn or the film. Because Matt and I aren't real movie goers, it was fun for us too.

The girls in my family

Here are a few pictures of the girls in my family. Haleigh, Jordan, Anna Grace, Morgan Leigh and me. I have gotten several questions about who she looks like. Anyone care to weigh in? Post a comment and let me know what you think.

2 weeks old!

Morgan Leigh is two weeks old today. We celebrated with an 8 am doctor's visit. Morgan is growing so quickly, she now weighs 7 lbs 0 ozs which pleased the doctor.

She is slowly getting on a bit of a schedule. The best part is that she only wakes up 2 times a night to eat (usually 12am an 4am). I am grateful that she likes to sleep at night!

Family photo

We snapped this picture after dinner on Sunday. Matt said something about everyone in pink...I guess I missed the memo.

Happy 3rd Birthday Peanut!

We had a small birthday party for our family and a few friends on Sunday. Anna Grace had a blast with her friends, sharing her cake and homemade ice cream and of course the presents.

Here are the kids lined up on the deck jumping into the grass. They were having so much fun, it was a little infectious.

Here is AG's birthday cake, it's a little bit of a payback for the cakes that I used to request from my own mom. But, having said that, Nonna got to decorate a good portion of this cake as well :)

Blowing out her candles.
Anna Grace showing off her little sister.

And lastly opening a few presents. Thank you to everyone for making her birthday celebration extra special!

Crib bedding

Many of you have asked for pictures of the nursery. It's still a work in progress as far as the decorations and things go, but my mom has finished the bedding. We went to Dallas on Tuesday and picked out the fabric and she has sewed like mad to get all of this done. I loved the way that it turned out and look forward to doing the rest of the decorating.

Here's a shot inside the crib, she made a sheet out of one of the trim fabrics and the bumper pads are made from minky. Thank you Nonna for all of the sewing time. I love it!

Happy 4th of July!

I have been wanting to snap a picture of my girls together for a frame that Shanon made for us. We got a chance to do that this morning. Morgan Leigh has on this adorable little outfit from our neighbors and Anna Grace picked something cute to wear today as well.

I mentioned to my mom today that it doesn't really feel like the 4th because we missed the Gregory parade, and fireworks tonight. We had several invitations from our friends to do some things that sounded really fun. Unfortunately, with a new baby, I thought most of it might be too much. So thanks to those who thought of us :)

Birthday present

Matt has made Anna Grace a kid sized picnic table for her upcoming birthday. He was planning on painting it and I suggested that he take AG with him to pick out the paint. So Anna Grace picked out purple, as in TCU or LSU purple. And Matt bought her a brush so that she could help. I thought that he was crazy for even suggesting that she help, but she did a fantastic job. Here we are priming the table.