Wednesday, February 3rd 2010. Today was Abby's 4th birthday. Bittersweet day for Mommy. My baby is growing up way too fast...It makes me sad. She is hilarious. She is the comic levity that brightens our days. She is stubborn. Sometimes I forget and think she is a Taurus like her Mama. She is sugar sweet. She'll hug you so long and tight you think she'll never let go. She never walks anywhere. She skips and dances everywhere. She marches to the beat of her own drum. She is a singer. Everyday there is a new song. How is it possible that she has such great pitch for a 4 year old? The other two don't. She is still a baby in so many ways. When the big girls hurt her feelings she is inconsolable. Her heart is simply broken. She loves everyone and everyone LOVES our Abby.
Today for the 2nd year in a row we shared her birthday party with our friends The Kelley's. Erin is also a baby sister of twins and she and Abby are 3 days apart. It is such a joy to celebrate two such special little girls together. Pictures soon. For now, I shall be melancholy a bit. 4 years ago tonight we became a party of five. Four years ago tonight our family stopped growing and our last baby was born. Our family became complete. People said we were nuts to have a 3rd one so close in age to Emily and Sarabeth. We thought it was a great idea. We never looked back. Never had a regret. She is a blessing and a gift. Mommy and Daddy love you so much Abigail Beverly. Don't ever stop hugging us soooooooooo tight. This morning after receiving a new baby doll, she named it Baby Abby. She said it was because she is not a baby anymore. My heart was so sad. I shall recover.

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ice cream and the 4th

July was just filled with ice cream, fireworks and fun!

Swimmers!

This summer we started swim lessons in May and went ALL the way till the 3rd week of September! YES!!! They are all watersafe and have become GREAT swimmers!

Maui June 2009

I'm not gonna apologize this time....I just keep forgetting about this whole plan I had to keep this up. I wonder if I put a post -it on my forehead it might help? perhaps a string on finger? hmmmmm

Anyway, June kicked off an amazing summer chock full of more first, amazing vacations, swim lessons, Popsicle eating, friends and family.

About 2 weeks after we got back from Yosemite, we went on the most amazing vacation to Maui with the entire Reynolds Family. we went to celebrate Ron's oldest brother's anniversary and vow renewal. It was the girls first ever plane ride. The whole trip was just spectacular. The girls did great on the plane and we had simply a wonderful family vacation. Abby asked me a few weeks ago while we were at the car wash if we could go to Hawaii tomorrow. I wish.

Is it really June?

OKAY, so I officially stink at keeping this up! Ugh, Life just gets so busy and I get side tracked and the next thing you know it is JUNE! Really? Is it June? June of 2009? WOW, where has the time gone?
So here is the VERY abridged version of what insanity has been taking place at the Reynolds House. Easter was wonderful. We shared the holiday with Ron's family and Margie so wonderfully included Chuck, Betsy, Charlie and Hayden. It was a wonderful day. The Lippincott's are oficially part of the reynold's family now!

The end of April we got an amazing invitation from a friend of a friend for the girls to participate in the Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique at Disneyland! It was so cute. The girls had a blast. It was definitely a one time kinda day. Several of our best friends got to do it too which made it especially fun!

May brought the month chock ful a birthdays. I think one Time I calculated between the 2 families we have 11 birthdays in May! Four of those are just in our house. Emily and Sarabeth turned 5. It makes me sad. Proud to know that they are becoming these really amazing little people that any parent would be proud of, sad that they are growing up so quickly, blessed that God has given our family so many gifts.

June 4th we went on our very first family camping trip! We went to Yosemite. It was wonderful. Wonderful because of the special friends we took along (The Rossells) special because my dad, Louise and my sister were all there and extra special because we had this opportunity to share the beauty of this amazing National Park with our kids.

The girls last day of preschool was last Thursday (June 11th). The girls had an amazing teacher, Mrs. miller whom they loved and who loved them back =) .

This week is mayhem. We are packing for Maui. Ron's brother Dick and his wife Sam are taking 29 family members to Maui to celebrate their 20th Anniversary and to renew their vows! We are so excited. First plane trip for the girls. Many pics to come.

So I still have not figured out how to put pictures in the appropriate places on this blog. I was trying to add them as each topic changed. Well, that didn't work.... So you'll have to figure out what pics go with what events =) It's not rocket science.

Okay, so I am falling behind on this. The chaos around here gets the best of me sometimes. =)
The girls started Ballet and Tap 3 weeks ago. They LOVE it!!!! Yesterday we laughed so hard because Abby is a little on the "young" side for the class. She was running across the studio and sliding on her knees like 5 feet and shouting "Ta Da"!! LOL She cracks me up.
My little sister Marcie is getting married in August in DC and called a few weeks ago to ask the girls to be in her wedding! They are super excited! She even sent them these really cute Little People playsets that are Wedding! They already named the Bride Marcie and the Groom Steve!