the dances 2012

Forgot to add in the 'professional' photos.. thought they turned out really cute :)

And here are the recital dances! :D

Lindsay ballet

Lauren jazz

Lauren ballet

Lindsay tap

Lauren tap

Dance Recital 2012

Friday, 5/4/12

New this year, there was a 'real' recital complete with a rehearsal & costumes! :D  Girls were excited & so was I.  Here we are at the rehearsal w/friends Frankie & Keeley

Here is Lindsay dancing at the rehearsal... she was so cute dancing!  Smiled and everything :)

well not smiling here :)

 but here she is!

I think she looks so tall!

Only 1 picture of Lauren.. I was tyring to video-tape too, b/c I didn't know we'd be able to video the real thing on Saturday.

Saturday, 5/5/12 - spent a good 2-hours getting ready, doing hair (which I was pleased with) and make-up. And we had just enough time for posing-pictures on the porch. Girls were super excited to do this which made it fun. Here is Lauren in w/her ballet costume on.

Lindsay ballet

Lauren tap

Lindsay tap

together tap... I love this picture :)

and adore this picture, though wish Lauren had a bigger smile :) shows off their hair though! ;)

Lauren jazz

friends again before the recital in their waiting room...

After the recital was over, another treat.. going out to dinner! Made even more special by the fact we were able to just dote on the big girls... made possible by Grammy :) (thank you Grammy!)
After dinner we came home and turned on the video... here they are, dancing to it! They were happy that I taped the high school girls dancing (I remember requesting my mom to do that very same thing ;)

It was really cute... and they said they were sad dance was over.

I'm happy that we have costumes for Smallsey to wear ;) Can't wait to get pictures of that!

Summer again?

Sure felt like it! :D  Sticky and all!  Thursday, 5/3/12 - LeaAnn's official 14-months birthday! She squeals and crawls really fast to the jeep every-time she sees it :) And Lydia lovingly agrees to give her a ride ;)

fighting over the controls... I can just imagine this 'for real' in another 14 years...

Practicing! The big girls are playing t-ball for the first time this year and doing great! Really happy w/Quasky ball... the coaches are really supportive, very patient, and truly want all the girls to do a good job... it's very encouraging :)

LOVE this face of LeaAnn's :)

Lindsay Rae at 5-8months

Lauren at 7

swinging! one of her favorite things to do...

And she can pump her legs sometimes! Why I'm surprised, I have no idea... but I'm pretty sure Barb (babysitter) has been working w/her on this :)

LeaAnn in her fave spot

Inside waiting for supper

Lydia saying, "yes! let's go outside Wiam" ;)  I can only imagine where this is going to lead when LeaAnn eventually decides to walk :) We have a great summer ahead of us!

LeaAnn at 14-months

Friday, 5/4/12

So I'm a day off... but Wiam is now officially 14-months old :D  

She loves the car... not quite as fast with it as Lydia was/is, but she can make it go...

Loves 'nesting' cups, magnets... and anything that her big sister, Lydia is playing with ;)

She loves her thumb... and her blankie ;)

I wonder if she'll have as much difficulty letting it go as Lauren does :(  but she looks so darn cute! ;)

LOVES going outside... she still can't say very much, but when she sees Chris get her jacket or shoes - watch out! She is yelling/babbling something fierce, which equates to, 'take me outside now!'

Still drooling... but no new teeth...

and still loves the Princess couch!  Funny... all the other girls did too :)
And I must say, though time consuming, my favorite part of this blog is putting in comparison pictures. I just love that in one quick click - viola! Here they all are at 14-months.
So though I still struggle with printing out photos or not... the blog has a definite plus, as it would have taken a long time to get out all the albums and get to the right page with hard-copy photos :)

Here is LeaAnn at 14-months...

guess who? Lauren Dorothy at 14-months (we're at Jayne & Jim's for a summer visit)

Lindsay Rae - hasn't changed a bit! ;)

such a pretty girl... had to include this pic too, b/c Lauren is the same age as Lydia is right now... and I can definitely see resemblance!

and to no surprise, this is Lydia!  I can't believe I didn't have a good up-close pic of Lydia at 14-months... oh well, this definitely shows-off her personality... that is still accurate to this day! ;)

and of course she's walking carrying a light-saver ;)

not Wiam :)  though we've seen a solid 10-steps, and more & more steps, wobble/re-balance, steps... so we're making progress!

loves books...

she seems so tall! anxious for the stats at her 15-month appt

and had to include this picture! Lauren had her beat on the leg-rolls! Pictured w/cousin Evan

loves to turn pages...

and LOVES to play chase. She was laughing hysterically at herself while I was snapping away...

and she is cuddly when she wants to be ...

She's good at lounging and rolling around on whomever is on the ground w/her :)

and loves to give kisses too. Like all of them, she is a pretty special 'little' girl... as soon as she decides to take off walking, I think she'll jump right into the action w/the rest of them :)