Hello, All!! How are you today? I hope you're doing well. I just had to share a few photos with you from last weekend, when we got together with my family to celebrate some January birthdays. This is my niece, baby Ally, although I'm afraid I can't really call her a baby too much anymore. She will be two tomorrow! This photo of her totally makes me laugh. Hee. She was so excited, she picked up a balloon and gave it a good squeeze, until we all told her to be careful that she didn't pop it! Ha. Thankfully, she's an obedient little thing and she quit squeezing before it popped. I love the look on her face though! So darn cute.
This is Ally's little brother, Malachi, with my Dad (aka "Pops"!). Side note: You should hear Ally say "Pops" when you ask her "Who's that?".....Oh my gosh, cutest thing ever. Anyway, back to Malachi. He just turned 1 two weeks ago, so for the last two weeks, my sister has had two one year olds!! That'll all change tomorrow when Ally officially turns two but for now, crazy right? Talk about 'never a dull moment'!!
Now this picture may look a little boring at first, but it's really very funny! Let me tell you why. This is a picture of two of the babies' uncles and their Grandpa (Pops) (also known as my brother, my husband and my dad). They're all trying to get baby toys out of the ridiculous packaging as fast as they can while we're all trying to keep the babies busy while they wait to play with their new toys! Hahaha! I KNOW all of you moms out there, know what this is like! The kids get new toys but they can't play with them until you can get out the power tools to hack-saw them out of the top-security packaging that they come in! LOL!
Here's the little man trying out his new toy saw while wearing his new 'hard hat' and a new pair of shoes (which are still tied together - ha). I'm not sure who had more fun with his new tool set -- him or all of his aunts and uncles! :)
Seriously.....this little face just melts me. She's at that age where she's just so fun and interactive. KWIM? She knows every family member by name and carries on conversations (though you might not always understand them) and laughs and wants to play with us (or just use my iPhone to watch Muppet movies on YouTube!). And when she says "Dawn", I'm like buttah!!....BUTTAH, I tell ya!
Goodness....being an Auntie really is awesome.
As for what else is going on around here, preparations are in high gear for the Anniversary Celebration at Papertrey Ink! Did you know that Nichole has 14 DAYS of festivities planned?? It's true! Starting on February 1 (just 2 days away), she'll be making announcements and giving away prizes every day on her blog! Let me just tell you -- you won't want to miss out on all of the fun! This is THE biggest Papertrey party of the year and I can't wait to get this party started! That being said, I guess I'd better scoot on back to the studio! Ha.
Have a great weekend, Peeps!
