InstaFriday

I love me some Instagram! 

I'm linking up with Life Rearranged for some InstaFriday fun!

Join in with me! 

 

We've been having warm weather here so we take advantage of it & go to the park for some fun!

My two beautiful girls LOVE hats! And I love how cute they look in them... :)

I love when the girls share & play nice together!

We got a little dusting of snow.. Abbie wanted to walk in it.

Kissy Face!

Red Crayon - I'm doing a Photo a Day challenge for January.

Funny License Plates I saw!

Pretty Blue Sky!

Happy, Happy Friday!!!

*does a happy friday dance*

Anyone have some exciting weekend plans?

We have a tea party on Sunday that I'm rather excited about.. should be cute!

Have a great one! 

Wordish Wednesday : Brett & Ashley

As promised, here are more photos of Brett & Ashley!

Such a cute couple, we had so much fun. 

I loved capturing all of their little moments when I said "Ok, KISS!" 

I can't wait to see their baby girls sweet little face.

Wordish Wednesdays Links: The Paper Mama, Project Alicia,

And then she snapped, Dagmars Momsense, Live & Love Outloud, Naptime Momtog. 

 

Sweet Shot Tuesday

Another shot from my maternity shoot with my friends on Sunday.

I think this is pretty "sweet" as you can just see the love on their faces,

which will carry over into their parenting, no doubt.

I promise to show off more of these tomorrow so stay tuned! ♥

 

Favorite Photo Monday

I had a little photo session with some friends yesterday who are expecting....

I had so much fun with them. They are going to be wonderful parents very soon!

This was one of my favorite pictures of the day.

Even though you can't see their beautiful faces, it's still pretty awesome!

 

Tag!!!

I was tagged by:

The Rules:

1. Post These Rules!

2. Post a link back to the person who tagged you.

3. You must post 11 random things about yourself.

4. You must answer 11 questions the tagger set for you in their post.

5. You must create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.

6. Go to 11 blogs and tell them you've tagged them.

7. No stuff in the tagging sections about 'you are tagged if you are reading this' etc.

You legitimately have to tag 11 people (list who you tagged).


11 Random Things:
1. I hate celery.
2. I am addicted to my iPhone.
3. I love books!
4. I like to take pictures.
5. I could spend all day looking at blogs.
6. I must have flavored creamer in my coffee.
7. I need a cup of coffee everyday.
8. My Daughters make me laugh hysterically.
9. I say 'whatever' too much.
10. I forgive easily. Not sure about the forgetting part....
11. I prefer my hangers being all the same way in my closet.

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1.) Which do you prefer, movie theatre or dvd's?
dvd's! I'd rather be in my pj's & comfy.

2.) What is your favorite food/meal?
Hmmm.. this is tough. I'm not really picky. I guess if I had to pick,
I'd say seafood of any kind!

3.) Have you made any resolutions for 2012?
No, I did jot down a few 'goals' for myself though.
I refuse to do resolutions, I will just end up breaking them!

4.) Do you have a favorite childhood memory?
Camping every Summer with my entire family. ♥

5.) How many siblings do you have, if any?
2 - A  younger brother & a younger sister. Love them dearly!

6.) Where is the most exciting place you have traveled? why?
Europe! I went the Summer of my 10th grade year in high school with a program
called American Music Abroad. It was high schools from the Eastern Coast made into a bad to tour Europe.
I was in the 'color guard' section of the band twirling flags, shaking pom - pom's, you get the idea. Awesome experience!

7.) What do you like to do for fun?
Have coffee with my bff, take pictures, play with my daughters.

8.) What is your favorite tv show?
Mike & Molly or Big Bang Theory - both crack me up!

9.) What was your favorite gift that you recieved this year?
(I'm going to go with 2011 since we are only on day 4 of 2012)
The adoption of my daughters. ♥

10.) How long have you been blogging?
Hmmm... since 2009 but I've really blossomed in the past year.

11.) What was the best thing that happened to you in 2011?

See #9!! By far!! :)

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My 11 Questions:
1: What is your favorite time of day?
2. What is your favorite color?
3. Which season do you like best?
4. Favorite movie you've seen in the past year?
5. Favorite snack food?
6. What is your dream job?
7. Any Summer vacation plans?
8. Eggs or Egg Whites?
9. If you had to recommend a good book to read, it would be ______?
10. What is your favorite past time?
11. Tell me a quirk about yourself!

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YOU'VE BEEN TAGGED!!!!

A Family of Looneys
Secret Mom Thoughts
Making Memories with the McClellens
Discovering the Mommy in Me
Fried Green Pickles
Tales of Two Girls
Popsicles & Pigtails
Three Crazy Munchkins
 Pocket Full of Pink
One + One = Four
Never Growing Old

Best Friends & Coffee

Do you have a best friend?

Do you like coffee?

Do you know how wonderful a best friend & a cup of coffee go together?

Well, let me tell you.

It's like therapy!

My best friend, Liz & I get together when the timing is right to sit down, have a cup of coffee (usually!) and some girl talk. It's the best. We solve all the world problems. Ok, well we mostly vent & bitch about our husbands and how they need to just do as we say (but we still adore them!). It really does me good though. I was lucky enough to meet Liz through my husband's friend, who is the fire chief of the volunteer fire company he belongs too. She's been in my life for quite a few years now & I am so thankful for her! There is no drama between us, we can pick up our conversations right where we left off, she's fun, beautiful, smart & just an all around great woman. In case you missed it, she is also expecting... eeeep! So happy for her! I can't wait to take pictures of her preggy belly, her adorable baby and her beautiful family! 

So, may I suggest that you invite your best friend over for a cup of coffee, sit down, vent, talk, cry & make it a point to do it often. It really is GREAT therapy! 

Oh and having some really good flavored creamer for your coffee is a bonus. 

2011 (Part 2)

Welcome to the 2nd half or edition of my 2011!!

Let's see what the 2nd half of the year had in store for us...

JULY

I loved these 4th of July pictures... so simply & yet so cute.

We made lots of trips to the beach in July, along with going to every park within a 100 mile radius, playing in the sprinkler in the back yard and just loving our Summer!

Abbie was FULLY potty trained in July... woooohoooo!!! Big milestone!

Chelsea from The Paper Mama was a guest blogger. Love her! She is one of the funnest bloggers in blog world! Please go check out her lovely blog & give her some love.

We went swimming over my Brother & Sister-In-Law's house frequently... I discovered this wonderfully delightful drink (thanks to my MOM no less!)

Don't Blink joined the world of FACEBOOK!

Have you liked me on Facebook? Well, you really should!

How about Twitter? Yeah, do that too!! :)

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AUGUST

I had an awesome giveaway from The Homemade Way and took some CUTE pictures of Abbie!

We had many, many late Summer nights playing outside. Exploring the backyard, taking pictures & just being. It was nice. AND HOT! I do love Summertime!

We had some very, very terrible flooding in August from tons of rain. See some pictures of it here. I remember worrying about how to get to work on someday because all the roads were either shut down or blocked!

We made some yummy cupcakes waiting out hurricane Irene...

which, didn't really do much damage. Thank God!

Another evening of playing... riding bikes... love it!

We celebrated Jaelyn's 4th Birthday at the end of the month! Ahhhhh... 4??? Such a sweetheart.

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SEPTEMBER

What a busy month September was!!! A wedding... A bachelorette party... WHEW!

I took some very cute pictures of a friends little boy. ♥ Lucas!

Hubby & I celebrated 14 years of marriage. Here is to 14 more....

Jaelyn started Pre-K and rode a bus for the very first time!

Yes, I cried putting her on that bus. Yes, I still cry seeing her turn into a little lady.

Our best friends were married at Yankee Stadium.

By far the coolest weddings ever. We were so honored to be a part of it!

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OCTOBER

Fall was upon us quickly! Brisk weather, leaves falling, and the Harvest Festival was back in town!

I discovered the world of Pinterest. Oh boy. LOL!

We visited a pumpkin patch to pick out some really awesome pumpkins!

The girls really enjoyed it... such fun with cousins & friends!

I discovered the world of iPhone and my life hasn't been the same since. haha!

Oh my.. I.Love.My.Phone. ♥

oh and we got a new washer & dryer too but pfft... who cares about that nonsense?

My hubby turned 41... haha.. he'll always be older than me & I love it! :)

My girls had the coolest Halloween costumes on the planet. Maybe I'm partial?

Strawberry Shortcake & Lemon Meringue

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NOVEMBER

We played in the leaves....

Mandy from A Sorta Fairytale was a guest blogger. So much to learn from her!

I tried to get some shots of my girls for Christmas cards.... it went 'ok'.. lol!

I did take some VERY cute pictures of my Sister & her family - RIGHT HERE.

This was by far my favorite....

Two very sweet friends got married so we were off to another wedding!

We found out for certain that Abbie is 100% allergic to tree nuts. :(

My poor babe will never know the sweet joys of peanut butter on a spoon right out of the jar... unless, she outgrows it, which I really hope she does!

We celebrated Thanksgiving with family.

We all got super cut haircuts!

I did some crazy Thanksgiving Night/Black Friday morning shoppping!!

We went to a PARADE!!

I got this AWESOME new layout which I love, love, love!!!

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DECEMBER

We prepared for CHRISTMAS!!

It was our first official Christmas as a family of 4.

The girls had their first gymnastics show... The Peppermint Twist!

So cute seeing them jump around, walk the balance beam & be little gymnasts!

Read more & see more pictures, HERE!

Had a photo shoot with some ADORABLE girls! Devyn & Laurie ♥

We celebrated Abbie's 3rd Birthday!!! Oh my sweet baby girl, still can't believe you are 3!!!

We had the best Christmas ever.... ♥

I am so looking forward to 2012!

We will be ringing in the New Year with our dear friends, in pj's, having dinner, a few drinks

and probably coloring with our girls until the ball drops. I know, be jealous of our super exciting party!

I can't think of any other way to celebrate it though with people that I love!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!