How could I forget?

I forgot to tell everyone that our little Lizzy is walking! She took her first steps a week or so after her 1st birthday and since hasn't seemed to be in a rush to get up and go! She is a whiz at running along furniture, to and from furniture and around things, I can't believe she doesn't fall more? She looks kind of like one of those matchbox cars going around the track really fast and suddenly jumps the track and crash! She figured out last week how to stand up from sitting on the floor without holding on to anything and decided that this walking thing could be beneficial! She would stand there on all fours, (by all fours I mean hands and feet) for a while and then up she would go, quite amusing. She is a climber too, many times I find her standing up on a stool (not holding onto anything and usually on the very top) quiet as a mouse just looking at me grinning! Of course I have to act as though nothing is wrong or she'll get excited and fall off :-( She is such a fiesty little thing and so funny to see walking! You know when they first start walking and they can't move their hips yet, they kind of saunter like a cowboy. I'll try to grab an action shot so you all can see!

Froggy, Froggy, where's your home?

This evening right after Jody and Emma got home from church I noticed a small frog jumping through the kitchen. We have 2 dogs that go in and out a lot during the day so I didn't think much of it, it must have just slipped in. Of course I sent Jody in the kitchen to catch it where he quickly realized it wasn't an ordinary frog! Apparently it's a tree frog that can jump and climb very well. My friend Katie had frogs for a while and we immediately thought of her. Jody spent the next few minutes chasing it through the kitchen, into the dogs crates, onto the girls book shelf, in the living room, back in the kitchen and then to the back door where I took these pictures! It was a pretty cool little frog. Emma of course loved it and Anna would have been petrified if she would have seen it and went running and screaming "Mommy, my scared" (A whole other story of why she is scared to death of frogs). An eventful evening. . .

2nd Birthday Pictures!

The birthday theme was "Strawberrycake" in Anna terms!

Look at those eyes, she really wanted cake!

Her tongue was really enjoying that icing!

Mommy & Daddy, hugging the new 2 year old!

Our goofy family! Anna received a lot of nice gifts including a beauty salon and the bike she is riding, both in the picture! Emma always makes funny faces in pictures now, thanks Uncle Josh!

I love this picture, she had a sequin on her face and she smiled at me with food in her mouth, yuk!

Anna Virginia

Two short years ago at 7:52am, I gave birth to our second beautiful baby girl! Anna Virginia was 3 weeks 1 day early and came in at 7lb 1 oz and 20 1/4in long. Anna is such a joy in our lives and we couldn't imagine our lives without her. She is the most laid back of the Livingston girls, but lately has been showing us her independance! She is now a big girl and was potty-trained earlier this week!!! A far cry from her sister who was 3 years old! She talks all the time and we actually understand her! Lately she is obsessed with brushing her hair and carries a brush around with her alomst all day including in the car and when she takes a nap or goes to bed! We are having a birthday party for her this evening so I'll get some pictures on here as soon as I can!

Cinderella's Castle!

While we were at Disney we had the privilege of visiting the inside of Cinderella's Castle! They have renovated the Castle since the last time I was there to include a dining area so you can eat with different characters and a suite for a lucky family to stay in! Here are some pictures we took with Cinderella, we were able to eat breakfast with Belle (Beauty & The Beast), Fairy God Mother and Princess Aurora (pictures coming soon)! The girls as you can imagine loved it and we had a great time eating yummy food! Each girl received a magic wand and a wishing star as well as the professional pictures! My brothers even went with, they had a good time too even though they won't admit it! Here's an addition to the original post. . .

Cinderella's Castle was incredible, every girls dream place to live! Here's the inside of the dining area. I didn't get pictures of the windows, but they were stained glass that were of course floor to ceiling, you might be able to see them in some of the pictures? You entered the castle (reservartions only) and received an invitation for your meal (breakfast in our case). We first met Cinderella and had our pictures made, then walked upstairs to the dining room. We sat down at one of the many tables where we were served an all you can eat breakfast (it was so yummy)! The characters came out a little while later after we had a chance to eat so they could sign autographs and take pictures! At the end they had a wishing star (sword in the boys case) ceremony where each girl received a wishing star and a wand. They had to make a wish and close their eyes and when they opened them there were flashing lights all around that reflected the light, it was pretty cool.