Happy V-Day!

For most of those who know me...I am not the biggest Valentine fan, but I now have a daughter who loves the holiday!! Every day leading up to Valentines I think Valentine became her most used word.

We had a little Valentine party with our local MOMS Club and so we made Red Velvet cupcakes and we just had to show the off....they were delicious!!! We were also inspired to make our own valentines for family and friends by looking at some our friends homemade ones. I thought the ones she made were perfect for her personality-she is a such a little girl and loves to paint fingernails, wear lipstick, and dress up like a princess.

Snow Days

We have had some wonderful snow days here in the South!!!! It snowed in January and February and I have a feeling that we aren't through yet. It has actually snowed every year since we moved here so I am grateful that Reese won't be one of those children that has never seen snow-since Rob and I love it so much! I thought you might enjoy some pictures and movies we took during these two snow days!

Life From Reese's Perspective

So Reese really loves to take the camera and take pictures-the catch???? Well she can actually do it-she seems to always seems to capture the image! I thought I would share some of her pictures with you as you can see how a 3-year old sees things. They are really fun! Oh the pictures are of the inside of our home as I usually don't let her run around outside with my camera!!!




This is her chair in our living room.

This is the her coming into the kitchen from the foyer.

This is a snapshot of a wonderful picture I found at an art sale.....the picture is of the original Penn Station (it is where Madison Square Garden now stands). I love pictures like this that take a snapshot of life at that time!

This is Reese taking a picture of the ceiling....to the right is where you would go up the stairs and further right is where the dining room is.

Hope you enjoyed my budding photographer's work!!

Finishing up the holidays

Here are some more pictures from December. The pictures of Reese on the swing are some of my favorites. She absolutely loves to swing....always has!!

We spent New Years Eve at my brothers home with his wife and Reese's cousins and we all had a wonderful time. On our way home the next day we stopped by Lenox Mall to take Reese to the Pink Pig....just as fun as last year!!

Just had to add these pictures!!!!

So these pictures are from our Christmas Dinner with all the Troisi family together.

Christmas Day 2009

Christmas 2009

It's Christmas time! This year we went to the Christmas Parade/Breakfast with Santa again in downtown Atlanta. It was a really cold day again! This year we went with my brother Terry, his wife Anne, and Reese's cousin Oliver as well as our friends Mark and Catherine with their daughter Caroline. It was really fun.

The pictures below are us preparing for Christmas. This year we made Christmas cookies with Catherine and Caroline and we made gingerbread houses with our neighbor Brandee and her son Avery. Reese really enjoyed making the gingerbread house, but alas not much of it was eaten!

I also included a picture of her seeing Santa again at our MOMS Club cookies with Santa event.

Reese's dance class did a really cute special dance of the 12 days of Christmas for all the parents who came before the Christmas break. There is also a picture of her and her friend Ella dancing at class (Reese is facing the camera). We had a wonderful Christmas in our new home. On Christmas Eve I picked up my brother Jason and his wife Kelly who flew in from Seattle and we had a great Christmas eve dinner with my parents, Jason and Kelly. Reese was really excited to leave the cookies out for Santa this year and I am sure that Santa devoured every one of the cookies she left!

The little house with the green roof is the house that Rob and I spent a couple of days putting together. It was her "big" gift this year. We left it in the garage since it was going to rain again on Christmas (it has been raining in Ga since Sept). When we showed it to her, she walked up to it very hesitantly and then said "hey, you need to turn on the light"....too funny!! She received a wonderful art easel from her grammy and grandpa. We went over to my parents house where my whole family had gathered for Christmas dinner. I think this might have been the first time in about 5 years that we have all been together. My parents remodeled my old doll house (my grandpa made it for me when I was 5 1/2) and gave it to Reese for Christmas. It was a wonderful Christmas and likely one I won't forget for a very long time!