My Abby June...

I can't believe that a year has already gone by since we were blessed with our beautiful June bug...

 ... it seems like yesterday I was pregnant with her wondering how I was going to love a second child as much as I love my Karly girl...

 And I can say with joyful tears in my eyes that the love God shows you you are capable of is truly shown when he blesses you with children.

 My love for both of my girls is the strongest love there is and I thank God so much for my blessings. The heart is an AMAZING thing and can just hold soooo much...

 ... and I can't IMAGINE our lives with out this ADORABLE little thing!

 My beautiful cousin Micah(who is pregnant with her second right now =) had posted on her blog a bit ago saying that she hopes she is as good about taking pictures and stuff with her second as she was with her first...

 I remember thinking the same thing, and although I have definately given it the best try possible... I know I have not succeeded the way I thought I would =)

 So that is why I thought I would post some of the first year pictures Amy and I took of her...

 Our Abby June is such a doll...

 She is loud like her mama...

 a dare devil like her daddy...

 A best friend of her sister...

 And gosh do we LOVE HER!

 As far as her looks go... we are realizing both of our girls are an even mixture of both of us now, in different ways. But the definate all around oppinion is that she looks like her Granmda Kelly.

 She is a fireball. All over the place. Sweet as can be, just not as gentle as she thinks she is.

 She calls for her daddy on an hourly basis... "DAAAAA, DAAAAA!!!" (And really that loud... I am not lying about the loud thing =)

 She is a cuddle bug and loves to give kisses!

 She loves her doggies and has learned how to call them as well, and loves it when we go outside to hang out with them!

 She is a curious little thing and a little sponge right now... the other day I sat a hot chicken dino on her plate and I told her it was hot and she started to blow on it to cool it down =)

 She is such a little beauty. Fair skinned so far (we will see in the summer if she tans like me?) Light eyes (that are blue at times with hints of green in them too) And a smile that will mealt your heart.

 It's amazing to think of how lucky we are to have her...

My Abby June oh how I do LOVE LOVE LOVE you!!!

St. Patty's and more!

We are settled into our new home and enjoying it so much. There is still a lot to be done but we are just taking our time with it all.

 These two settled in so fast. They love thier new house! And eachother...

 ...the other day Abby sneezed cute in the car, Karly didn't know I was watching them in my rear view mirror, but I saw her squeese her hands together and look and Abby and say, "Oh, I love you!" ...

 ... then she looked up and saw that I was watching and said to me, "Mom, I love her!"

 I said, "I know you do baby girl!" My little sweetie.

 How could you not love this little thing!

 Soooo cute!

 And this one too... writing these posts are wonderful times to just realize how blessed I am.

 Abby is getting such a personality... she cracks me up!

 My hubby getting creative with the camera!

 Pretty good huh?!?

 And you know we always do St. Patty's day right!

Love my little Irish blessings!

Kars new favorite pose... thumbs up!

Still the happiest thing in the world... LOUD... but HAPPY! =) She will just scream in delight sometimes.

Grandma Kelly and her Karly girl.

Cheers!

"Kelsie, can you find me the recipe to the spinach salad dressing?" my mom says.... "Umm sure, give me a few hours!" =)

This was my Grandma Junes recipe box...actually so much fun to look through! I LOVE to see her handwriting.

crazies!

Happy!

Sad =(

Stinky?!?

Cross eyed... or me at least, Kar can't quite do it =)

Wait... Dad and Ab want to get in on the action =)

Then it was time to grub!!! Abs could not get enough of moms potatoe cheese soup!

She is at the age where she wants to use a spoon like us =/ She is getting pretty good at it now! =)






Oh I love my babies!

Irish jig with a GREAT dane =)

It snowed on St. Patty's day this year...

We had SOOOO much fun!

Kar was quite the dare devil... wanted to snowboard and sled down the biggest slopes with us =)

This picture is just to make my Colorado family laugh at how happy this little bit of snow make us Cali folks =/

The kids had so much fun sledding on the mini slope in front of my moms house =)

Getting more creative each year... here is our snow pluto! =)

And of course Mickey!

Ahhh the best warm fire after a long day in the snow!

Us "big" kids tied the snowboard behind the commander... but here is Ab going on the boogie board =)

And my babies new favorite song... "Jesus Loves Me!" Jesus must love me cuz he gave me my sweet little Kar! =)

Sorry not any pictures of our new house... but it is all coming together and I will try and post those soon. =)