She's on the move!

Aiden's first soccer game of the season

17 Sept 2011

The weather was pretty chilly when the game started.

But it warmed up and Aiden shed the long pants.  He played very well and had lots of fun!

Go Hogs!

He got this outfit from Uncle Tony & Aunt Carolyn for his 3rd birthday -

we might need to buy a bigger size soon!!

Then there's this...

I decided to do something a little different with my hair!

Baby girl, and future Atlanta Brave!

Fashionista in the making

 Our little "baby cakes"

 Such a cutie

This is what Maura wears when Daddy dresses her

 Future Brave in the making!

Aiden's first day of Pre-K

Standing next to "Herbie", the eagle mascot of Dexter Elementary school

 Big Spiderman backpack

"Authentic piece of the Pentagon building damaged by the terrorist attack on America, 9-11-2001"

Fun times

One of the last days at the pool

 Aiden riding horsey

 Planking, 4-year-old style

 Aiden loves taking baths with Maura!

Anniversary present!

Matt and I went to Faye's Diamond Mine in Clinton, AR back in June to design my anniversary present. I know, not much of a surprise for me, but I was glad he was willing to let me help since it's something that was 1. going to cost a pretty penny and 2. I was wanting to wear as often as possible! I had an idea of a ring design and I knew I wanted to incorporate all our birthstones, so we went to the store and discussed with the staff. They brought out a ring with a giant garnet and I said I loved that stone, and would love to use that particular ring design! The only problem with that ring was that it was yellow gold and I wanted white gold, so the jeweler had to literally create the ring from scratch, and insert the jewels. Luckily, they used the garnet from the original ring, which I was so excited about! I could not wait until we came back to Arkansas in August to pick up my ring, and I was not disappointed!!

Center (giant!) stone is a garnet (mine and Maura's birthstone); bottom left to top right are topaz (Aiden's birthstone) and top left to bottom right are rubies (Matt's birthstone).  It is absolutely gorgeous and I try to wear it every day!!

Maura's Christening

We had Maura christened at Matt's parents' church, just as we did Aiden. She was quite well behaved (the paci helped!) and her gown was made by a friend of the family, Anna Owens. (She also made the Americana quilt that's hanging in our guest bedroom) We had a big family lunch afterward with cake for dessert, and opened presents.

Maura's gown and bonnet

At the church

Family pic before the service

Family pic after the service

Maura and Uncle Tony

Uncle Mark, Great-grampa Mohr, Uncle Brad and Aunt Betty, Great-gramma Mohr, our family, Gramma Holt, Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Tony, Grampa Holt and Great-gramma Holt

Conked out on the drive home

Pretty girl and her cake (although, she didn't get to eat any!)

Aiden helped open presents (and got a few himself)

Arkansas in August

We took another trip to Arkansas in August with both kiddos. We had a great time visiting Matt's family. We had hoped Maura would be sleeping through the night better so Matt and I could take a night to get away and celebrate our 10th anniversary, but no luck. We figure we'll have to celebrate twice as much next year!

Brother and sister

Cutie

First bath together without sister's separate tub!

Maura sitting in Aiden's chair and Aiden giving her kisses

Wearing Aiden's goggles

I think she looks like Dorothy, only in yellow

Yes, that's Beth holding the first gun she ever shot, and the target she (mostly) hit

7 months old

7 Aug