Piper's Baptism

We had Piper's baptism yesterday at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Ballwin. Its so funny because she was about the same age as Emaline when we christened her and myself when I was, therefore we used the same christening gown that I wore and Emaline wore! It was kinda neat that my girls were able to wear the 32 yr old dress :-) I'll have to put it away for safe keeping! Pipers godparents are my sister, Stephani and Josh's brother, Todd. She did really well and despite being pretty tired, she made it all the way through the service and through lunch at our house! The family came over and ate and we also wished Todd a Happy Birthday, since it was!

Every was out of the house by 2pm and Piper was out. Me, Dad and Emaline passed out on the couch (well at least Josh and I did). Then when we all got our second wind about 4:30, we were off to Target for a family shopping trip. Ah, the highlights of our lives... All in all, it was a fantastic day and was glad those that were with us got to share this special day with Piper.

Annual RYN Party-2009 Edition

The annual Rob Your Neighbor party was held again successfully at a new venue this year, our buddy Tim's house (Josh had to unfortunately work) in our neck of the woods. It was so awesome because ALL my Aruba girls were there (you know who you are ladies). It had been probably since the summer that we all had a chance to talk and be together. Kudos to Tim and Amy for doing such a great job hosting and their basement is the perfect place for this sort of party. We ate, drank and were merry until we played the game...I gave an unsightly throw we had laying around the house and I received a 7-11 Gift card! I was truly surprised. Still not sure if there is anything on it, but hopefully I'll be enjoying a Slurpee in no time. There were lots of fun gifts given out including costumes, handmade items and liquor. It was a nice intimate gathering and I'm glad that we all got to spend some much needed time together :-) I was just sad that Josh missed it...

Happy New Year!

I was a terrible mommy/friend/wife yet again this holiday because I was too busy eating and drinking to take pictures! We had a modest little gathering at our house with a few friends and beers. Piper and Emaline were real troopers and stayed up fairly late. Emaline finally crashed around 11ish, I think. She did wake up the next morning saying, "Happy New Year Mom!" because she didn't get to do it the night before. I did get a few pictures from my friend Robyn--thank you! After the kids went to sleep, we played some games and popped open the champagne and toasted to the new year. We unscrewed the cap to the sparkling grape juice for Katy though...congrats! It was very laid back we enjoyed the company who came to share it with us. Thank you all! Hope everyone has an exciting and healthy new year!

Piper was teething! I think...sneaky, sneaky. :-)