Leah Goes to School

Today was Leah's first day of school........OMG she is all grown up!!! Off to Fraser Woods she went with Daddy ( who by the way is the BEST DAD IN THE WHOLE WORLD).Seriously he will do anything for his little girl and we love him for it. It is "transition" week so they only stay for an hour each day. The first day went great. She was happy Daddy was there with her but also curious about this new classroom and all the goodies that are in it. Her teachers seem great and loving. We are soo proud of how brave she was and what a great job she did. Casey was there with the camera and we are sooo excited that she got some great pics of their first day. LeLe , Riley, Sydney, and Olivia off to FW....OH boy , let the fun begin. Leah and Riley arrive at the same time and look for their new class
but first.....we have to take their first "official" school pic

We don't want to be late.....Daddy will lead the way

Checking out the furniture

Just making sure Daddy hasn't left me yet

I love this pic....she looks so interested and happy

Bye Bye......a great first day

**** I am writing this entry the DAY AFTER and today was NOT a good day. It was a rough one with everyone in the family crying at some point today. Let's hope tomorrow is better....keep you posted.

Happy 18 Months!!!!

I cannot believe that my little princess is a year and a half. It has been such an amazing ride so far. She has really turned into a little girl, with opinions, a full vocabulary, recognizing friends , family, and has sooooo much love and affection. I started writing down all the words she knows for this blog but when i got to 50 I said what am i doing??? She loves to help around the house and do all different kinds of "tasks". In the last month none of her shoes fit her and she is already a size 6!!!!! There has been so much growth and development that it is hard to keep up with the blog. We love you LeLe and can't wait to see what Fall brings us.

Weekend on the lake

We had the best weekend with Aunt Marcie , Uncle Jeff, and Jared and Lainey at their summer house in the Catskills. We were right down the street from Woodstock and took Leah to the museum there and hang on the lawn. We got so lucky with the weather ( rained every time we were inside and then got sunny when we needed to go out). We also took out a pontoon and Leah got to take her first jump into a lake. This was the first trip were Leah could say every one's name and she just ADORES her cousins. Everyone in the lake ( except Aunt Marcie our diligent photographer)

Leah contiplating if she is ready for herjumpWoodstock....40 years later

A great day of swimming and italian ices

Leah's Favorite Song

We just can't get enough of watching Leah sing her songs. Her favorite thing to do lately is to get all of her "friends" into her crib, line them up in a circle and sing the "hello" song to them. So here it is .....and for those of you who don't know the words they are " Hello to ______, it's good to see you!". Soooo cute.

Full Circle

Leah and I went to visit some of Mommy's best friends from growing up. We don't get to see each other very often but whenever we do it feels like it was yesterday we were having sleepovers in Spring Valley. It feels so crazy to be with these girls and we are all Mommy's now. The craziness we use to put our parents through and now somehow we re all responsible for kids of our own .....is just nuts to me.