2 months old!

wow, how fast time goes by. My little Eliza is getting so big. She is such a good baby, and Mauree is my little helper. Life with two has really been smooth so far. I am so grateful to be able to stay home and be a mommy. In my opinion, there is no better job than this. The rewards are endless. Yesterday Mauree said to me, "Thanks for being a nice mommy. I love you so much". She is always telling me that we are best freinds and yesterday I heard her tell Eliza the same thing as she was hugging her. It was the sweetest thing ever...especially now that Eliza is smiling. She will smile at Mauree when she comes near....these moments and so much more..priceless. Oh how I love my girls.

Peach Picking

After being in the house for a few weeks after Eliza was born, we decided to venture out Peach Picking!!! We have our favorite place in a town nearby, where you can pick almost anything in season through fall. It is so green and beautiful, we love it. Unfortunately it began to rain about two minutes after we started. We had fun regardless, and the peaches were honestly the best I have ever had! We packed a picnic and had lunch under a pavilion at a local park. It was Eliza's first official outing. It was just a nice family day.

I promise she was very happy to be here!

She wanted to pick every peach in sight!

Twirling around to watch her ruffles fly! This is a great memory for me watching her dancing and just being a little girl. It was so green and beautiful and we were all so happy. My little girl enjoying her childhood. This I love! Life's simple pleasures are the greatest.

This is her looking thrilled that I am STILL taking pictures. Mom enough already!

Me and my girls

I can't beleive how big my baby girl is! When did she grow up? She is my sweetie. I still call her my baby, but she informed me she doesn't like that because she is NOT a baby anymore, she is four. I tell her she will always be my baby, she is my first. One day she will understand when she has a baby of her own!

Eliza Clair Anderson

The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of adjustments, but nonetheless wonderful. My mom and sister got here just in time for sweet Eliza to join us! We were worried they wouldn't make it, but thankfully all went well and they were able to take care of Mauree while we were in the Hospital. It was fun to have them come hang out at the hospital with us each day.

My labor was very short...only 4 hours, but that doesn't mean less painful! How quickly I remembered how much labor hurts! I swore I would never have a baby without an epidural, those things are heavenly and never intend to go without....but if you don't have a choice, I guess it just works out. I wasn't mentally prepared to do it, but all in all now that it is over with, I am happy things turned out as they did. As for next baby, I think I will plan on the good old medication again!

It was so good to have my mom, sister, and niece here. Time goes by way too quickly and we miss them already. Mauree absolutley adores her little sis, and can't wait for her to get bigger so she can play dress up with her. I think the transistion for her is going well and don't think we will have any issues! We feel so blessed to have two beautiful, sweet little girls. They bring us so much happiness. There is nothing greater in life than to love our precious children and watch them grow.

Our Exciting Arrival

Our sweet baby girl was born on June 15 at 12:43. She weighed 8 lbs 4 oz and 20in long.

More pictures to come!!

NYC Here we Come!

We finally made it in to the city for a "mini" vacation. I call it vacation because although it is only an hour from our house to go and do all we wanted, meant the price tag of a longer vacation. It was so worth it and Mauree loved every minute of it, and of course so did we. We stayed on the 34th floor, with a view of the empire state building. It was especially fun to see at night when it would light up in different colors. Mauree LOVED looking out the window every chance she got. It amazed her how small the cars and the people were and how many buildings there were. She loved walking through Times Square, she thrived on the energy there I guess. Toys 'R' Us was a huge hit with the Farris wheel ride, she had never seen so many toys before, and yes she thought she "needed" everything! The highlight was going to Mary Poppins. She loves the movie and despite it being her nap time, loved it. Her favorite thing to sing now is "SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPYALIDOCIOUS"...except her version is so much cuter. It is the most adorable thing to hear her say. Everything about the trip went perfectly, I guess as it should if Mary Poppins has anything to do with it! It makes me smile knowing we will always have such a happy memory and that Mauree is old enough to remember the experience.

Sparkle Diva!!!

So my little Mauree is quite the princess....Prima Ballerina Princess if you ask her, and I found the most perfect little sparkly princessy place in the world for little girls and their mommies! It is so adorable you want to buy everything and have every treatment done, which I could never afford but sure wish we could! Everything is decked out in diamonds and sparkles and pink fluffyness. Every girls dream. Mauree and I went to get hair cuts one day and they finiched her off with a tiara and a spritz of gold glitter in her hair! They have ginat sized diamond rings lying around for decoration and she could not keep her hands off of them. She said, "When I get married, my husband can get me one of these"! 12 karot diamond, wow I hope he shares his wealth with mommy-in-law! We made another trip to celebrate Mauree's best friends b-day, Kailyn, who turned 5. They were so cute in their spa robes and flip flops. It was their first time for manicures and pedicures. It was so much fun seeing how happy they were. Mauree could not stop saying, "Sparkle Diva"! Too bad I can't get a discount for advertising. I think it is official that she is their biggest fan!

The very fuzzy Caterpiller

I would have never thought my little girly-girl would ever let anything bug related near her! but she found a new fuzzy friend she loves to hunt... Mr. Caterpillar! Her friend Kailyn introduced her to her collection of about 30 friends and Mauree was thrilled. Despite the fact that it grosses mommy out, She loves to play with them and let them "tickle" her arms. I guess there are worse things she could want to play with. After all, look at that adorable face, how could I tell her she can't play with her new little friends!?