Celebrations!

So I'm going to lump a few things all into one post.  Like I mentioned in the previous post, I didn't take many "for fun" pictures this last summer while I was dealing with morning sickness (more like all-day sickness in my case).  But I did make sure to take pictures of both Ann and Ian's birthdays, and on Mother's Day.

My sweet Ann turned 7!  We took a few pictures outside in our backyard before it was time to head off to school

She sure can be goofy!

My two cute kids

One year for Ann's birthday I decided to put flowers for her.  She really liked that and has requested flowers for each subsequent birthday.

Ian really wanted to take a picture with Ann's flowers too!

Opening presents

Her "7" cake!

This was my Mother's Day picture.  Tom was asleep (we don't miss having him on night shift!!), so I set up the camera on the tripod

My sweet Ian turned 4 last summer.  Both of the two kids are growing up way too fast!!

Opening his presents!  More magnet tiles

We also got him a bunch of waffle blocks off of ebay.  The do technically make them still, but they are not near as good as the old ones

I can't remember what I'd wrapped in the blanket (maybe a ball?), but having presents wrapped in that particular blanket has become sort of a tradition, and it was Ian's turn to have a present wrapped in it (Tom had wrapped my birthday present in that blanket when we were engaged and it just went on from there)

Ian with his "4" cake!