Catching up... Brevard Zoo

Over the holidays, we got to hang out with Haylee since she was off of school. One day, we took a trip out to the Brevard Zoo. We had SO much fun!!

Does this picture even need a caption?

Brianna feeding a cockatiel. She wasn't scared at all!

Much needed break on the train

The girls!

All tuckered out!

Catching up... Christmas

How is it April already? The last group of pictures I posted were before Christmas. Wow. Here are a few from Christmas. It was quite hectic around here and we didn't get too many pictures because we were too busy trying to keep things from becoming TOO chaotic. Not sure we did a very good job! See for yourself...

Addison strangling Caleb

One of Brianna's favorite babies

Safety first!

Yes, that is a Little Mermaid trike. Poor boy was surrounded by pink all Christmas!!

Getting Ready for Christmas

I just took a look at our blog and realized I hadn't posted any Christmas pictures yet! Wow! I'm in trouble! We had a busy and very blessed Christmas this year. Bryan's family came to visit and we had as many as 20 folks here at one time. Thankfully, our heater waited to break until two days after everyone left... shew! Ironically, it broke on the same morning the company we hired weeks before arrived to put in an entire new system... just in time to take advantage of the tax rebate.

Before all the mayhem that was the Irish Family Christmas began, Addison's school had a Christmas concert for the parents.

Here is the star of the show (in my eyes) headed up to the stage

Haylee and Addison after the concert

Then it was time to trim the tree. Daddy had LOTS of help getting that big ol' thing in the house! We lucked out and got a great tree... it was perfect! Lots of compliments from everyone.

Addison always puts the star on!

While we were putting the tree up we got a special visit from Santa on a firetruck!!

With the tree decorated, it was time to make cookies! I expected Haylee and Addison to be the most interested and have the longest attention span but turns out we have a budding cookie decorator in Brianna! She had a blast helping Nana get things together and the big girls couldn't think of anything but running up to the playroom to dress up in princess dresses!

Tree was trimmed, cookies were decorated, stockings were hung, all that's missing is the family!

Exciting News!

In case you didn't notice the poll on top or the new lilypie countdown to the right, I'm pregnant! We are due July 15th. Addison is thrilled and I'm amazed at the questions she is asking this time around. Just today, out of nowhere, she says in the most excited of voices, "MOM, are you having a baby because God knows I want a baby brother?" Now, if I'm not getting enough pressure from everyone else, that just put me over the top! Addison is quite sure it is a boy however, she is the only one! She asks us how big the baby is each day. She is very curious. Here is a very hard to see picture in case you want to check it out before you respond to the poll!

Light Up Lake Mary!

We went to a tree lighting in downtown Lake Mary (about a month ago!) and snapped a few cute shots of the girls. Santa came in on the firetruck which was a double whammy for Addison. Not only is she not a huge fan of fire trucks but is petrified of Santa!! We kept her entertained by looking at all the lights. Here are a few pictures of the COLD night!

I think Brianna was pulling Addison's hair... we were trying to take a nice picture!!

Halloween Continued III

Two days before Halloween, we finally head to a pumpkin patch to actually pick out pumpkins! Those of you that don't live in Florida might wonder, "why is that?" Well, I'll tell you... a carved pumpkin turns to mush in a few short days sitting out in 90 degree weather!! Addison ended up choosing a teeny tiny pumpkin so Mom and Dad had to step in and get a bigger one! Here are some pictures of our trip.

Addison's class made those masks and the kids wore them all day! Addison continued to wear it even after school was over!!

We tried to get both of them looking and smiling... it didn't happen!

Addison's school had a fundraiser at Firehouse so after the pumpkin patch we headed over there for some yummy food. Here is Brianna cheesin' it up for the camera!

Halloween Continued II

And next we head to TWO Fall Festivals! Mom slacked and forgot her camera to both festivals but thankfully Ms. Cole pulled through and took lots of fun pictures at the second festival we went to. Addie was so excited to ride all the rides with Brenden!

Flying Ladybugs!

Whee!

The Irish and Gentile kids!!

On the merry go round...

Halloween Continued

Seemed like Halloween lasted for weeks this year! There were two trips to the pumpkin patch, two festivals, a school party, another play date and the actual night of trick or treating! It's been a busy month so we needed a little time to recoup before I could post pictures. And of course, it's a lot more fun with my early Christmas present... a MacBook Pro!! After I take my course on how to use iPhoto, I will be posting some fun pictures and videos!

Until then... Here is pumpkin patch #1. Brianna and I went with our playgroup while Addison was in school. Shhhhh, don't tell Addie!

Brianna was mooing to the wooden cow

Contemplating the secrets of life in the pumpkin patch!

Another First...

only this time it's for Daddy! Bryan played in the UCF Homecoming golf tournament today and hit his FIRST hole in one! Yeah Daddy!! The only bummer was that it was a prize hole and had he 'donated' $10 at the start of the back nine, he could have won about $2,000 worth of Nike golf clubs, equipment, and apparel. Instead he got a golf towel and three golf balls. Oh well, we are all still really happy for him! Here is a picture of the happy golfer-

Halloween Playdate Part II

Some more pictures of the games and cookie decorating...


Addison bobbing for apples... it didn't go so well. She didn't like getting her Mermaid costume wet. I still think she had fun!


One very serious cookie decorator


Addison found her pumpkin!!


Little cutie hangin' out in the kitchen

Halloween Playdate

As promised I have pictures from our first Halloween Playdate of the year! We had tons of fun. First we went to a Halloween Magic show at the local puppet theatre. Both girls loved it! Lots of singing and dancing but unfortunately, you can't take pictures in there. Then we headed over to our friend Brenden's house for some halloween fun! I took lots of pictures there!


Brianna playing in the outside kitchen. She loved it in there. She even cleaned it out before she would play in it!


Our Red Mermaid posing with her pumpkin


A full shot of Brianna's costume! She's a sea horse in the ocean, get it??


Both girls in the kitchen!

Special Present

This was a special present from Aunt Kelly! It didn't fit Michaela anymore and was tight on Addison so I thought we would let Brianna give it a try. I was convinced she would hate it but she didn't. She knew she looked just adorable in it! This gives me hope that Halloween will go well this year. I'm not going to give you a sneak peek but get ready... I went all out this year and made homemade costumes. Addison wanted to be a red mermaid and wanted Brianna to be a red sea horse. I'll just say, I got creative on one and actually SEWED a with a pattern on the other one! We have a Halloween playdate on Friday so I hope to have some pictures... if all goes well. Cross your fingers!


Think I'm going to far with the whole 'born on Easter Sunday' thing??

Baby Maverick cont'd again...

An unwanted guest at the bonfire


Time to color!


Hangin' with my boy.

Baby Maverick cont'd

Addison and Mattox on the swing


Getting ready for the hayride


Let's get this hayride movin'!


Addison and Mattox jumping hay... with a little help!