Melania Maycie & Mishayla Marian

7/8/09

June / July 2009

Melania at the lake Mishayla gets her toes wet.
Evening rainbow from my deck.
Yummy doughnut with Erika at the Mountie Moose Bakery.
The glass blowing shop - one of the local attractions.
Erica reading to Melania and Mishayla. I love Mishayla's expression.
Ronan convention. 1st night in the dorm...

Spring/Summer 2009

Yummy! "I think the tablespoon works the best!"
June and some of her piano students.
Great Gma and Melania at the recital.
Mud puddles are better than sprinklers.
More fun in the "sun."
Fun in the sprinkler.
The princess on her throne - a Princess lawn chair.
The T-shirt says it all.
Princess Melania gets a tiara for good behavior.
Mishayla apparently takes after Aunt "Windy."
Dirty girls get to sample Ginger's bed.
Yardwork takes it toll on cleanliness.
One evening, we decided to do some digging in the the yard.
Pretty girl in a pink sundress.
The "almost wink" with the left eye. It has now been mastered.
A quick kiss!
Playing with Mishayla's baby bib.
Melania has a new toy - Mishayla!
Mother's Day - My mom, Gma, Aunt Barb and Uncle Rod
The girls, who cannot look at the camera at the same time.
Happy Mother's Day!
Uncle Jason, Aunt Karen, Mishayla and Kaitlyn
Aunt Karen snuggles with Mishayla.

5/9/09

April 2009! Pictures in the blogger-upload-allowed-order.

Finally, enough hair for a clip.
Smiley girl!
Balloons from Donna B. Thanks!
How big can I make it?
Melania's busy with something.
A very common expression for Mishayla - mouth OPEN.
Cute little babies with their diapers. Not for long, though. Potty training in session.
Easter morning. Not much time for picture taking.
Even less interest in picture taking.
We survived bowling with three one year olds. Amazing.
"Hi, Uncle Blaine. You're going to let me go next, right?"
Melania's score. Where's my gutter guard?
Aunt Wendy helps Melania "granny bowl" a strike.
Nervous grin Operation Easter Egg Hunt!
Melania and her cousin, who is just a little older.
Group shots are rough. Nobody wants to look at the camera at the same time.
Operating Easter Egg Hunt....Continued.
Easter egg hunt with Kaylee
Aunt Wendy was feeding Spencer some frosting. The "Spenster" as Melania calls him has really come out of his shell and become quite the social little one!
Melania and June post Easter egg dying.
Great Gma Marion celebrates a birthday.
Mishayla grabbing a random leg. If you give a mouse a cookie...! Actually, Melania was sick, so she got to break out her Halloween costume and snuggle in mommy's chair with her quilt from Sew Fab Martha.
I just grabbed the camera to take a quick picture as we were leaving the house one evening.
Mishayla sporting a headband. She is finally starting to get curly hair!
Quilt show - I loved the daisies!
A new quilting recruit! (Carmen, not Spencer.)
Quilt Show Kids!

Melania at the Piano - 11 months

Melania at the Piano - 11 months
"Not flesh of my flesh, nor bone of my bone, but still miraculously my own. Never forget for a single minute, you didn't grow under my heart, but in it." - Unknown

The Gift of Life

The Gift of Life
"I didn't give you the gift of life,
But in my heart I know.
The love I feel is deep and real,
As if it had been so.
For us to have each other
Is like a dream come true!
No, I didn't give you The gift of life,
Life gave me the gift of you."
-Unknown