Happy 1st Easter!!!

Wow...what a weekend we had!!!!  Caitlin had her 1st Easter, and we celebrated our 6th anniversary!!!!!

Saturday was our 6th anniversary!!!!  We can't believe how fast 6 years went!!!!  It seems like just yesterday we were on the Odyssey having a wonderful reception.  The girls spent the night at my parents on Friday (Thank you so much mom and dad) and had a wonderful time going to the park and having ice cream sundaes!!!!  We were able to get away for a night.  We stayed at a fancy hotel in the city and went to our favorite steak place (Saloon).  Then, we went out for drinks at an amazing roof bar in the city (Roof) and then to a fun bar where we had a tap at our table (Bull and Bear).  Our closest friends, Bill and Katie, met us out for drinks to celebrate the big night.  Then, the next morning we even got to go from a quick run in the city (the weather was cold and rainy so we called it quits early), enjoy coffee together just talking, and ran some errands before returning to the girls.  It has been an amazing 6 years...6 years ago I never could have predicted how lucky we would be in life with 2 beautiful daughters!

Also on Friday, the girls and I went over to Cosley just to enjoy the weather.  But while we were there, we got to see a baby sheep that had just been born that day...it was pretty cool!!!!

Abigail gearing up for the big opening day today...Go Cubs Go!

New baby with her mama!!!!!  Just born!!!!!

Sunday was Easter.  We have been talking about Easter for weeks now and Abigail was so excited.  However, she was sick on Saturday with a fever, and unfortunately spent part of the night throwing up...so we weren't sure what to expect.   She was definitely under the weather, but sucked it up and enjoyed the day!

The Easter Bunny visited our house!!!!

Abigail with one of her gifts from the Easter bunny...and zhu zhu pet!  She also got the Cinderella movie and book..and a hamster wheel for her zhu zhu pet.

Happy 1st Easter, Baby!!!!!!!  It was Caitlin's 1st Easter...and today I was thinking how next year she'll be walking at Easter, so crazy!  She got this cute bunny blanket...and the Lion King movie and a duck book.

Abigail did the leg work and found all the eggs that the Easter Bunny hid.  There was money in the eggs (no candy in our family yet...but there were some graham crackers in some eggs).

Abigail enjoyed putting the money from the eggs in her bank.   It was so cute because she put 1 in her bank, and then 1 in Caitlin's (somehow Caitlin got most of the pennies and Abigail got most of the quarters...smart girl).

After a quick visit to Great-Grandma's place, we went to my mom's for brunch.  The brunch was delicious.  And the girls got big baskets full of presents from Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Julie and Uncle Joe, and Aunt Katie....they got so many presents!!!!  Thank you so much for all their gifts!!!!!  Abigail also went on a major egg hunt there and found 18 eggs!!!!

Grandma with Caitlin on her 1st Easter.

Grandpa with Abigail....probably singing "Go Cubs Go" since they have been practicing it!

Aunt Julie, Uncle Joe, and Caitlin's 1st Easter!!!!!

Caitlin and her godmother, Aunt Katie!

After a great brunch at my mom and dad's, we headed over to Rob's grandma's house for Easter, part 2.  It was a great meal with homemade Raviolis....and great family!!!!!  Thanks Great Nani and Papa for a beautiful Easter dinner!!!!  We had a such a nice time...but also missed Aunt Jam and Uncle Al who spent Easter in Florida this year.  We hope they had a nice, warm Easter...and can't wait to see them in Bass Lake soon!!!!

Great Nani, Caitlin, Abigail, Auntie Brina, and Nana.  The girls were just hanging out after dinner.

Look at the cute lamb cake Nana made!!!!  And it was delicious.  Abigail and Auntie Brina are posing with the cake!  Great job, nana!!!!  I don't have a picture of it, but Auntie Brina gave Caitlin her first taste of Jello...and apparently she liked it!  You never know what the kids will eat when they are with Auntie Brina!  ;)  The girls LOVE her!!!!!!!

The girls spending time with Cousin Kim!  It was great to spend time with Kim, Steve, and their boys Nick and Joe.  We can't wait to see Joe play Lacrosse later this month!!!!

I missed a picture of Papa, but I am sure someone (Nana) will send me pics she took...and I will post them!!!!

We had a great Easter, sick and all.  By the time we got home Abigail's fever was up to 101.5, so she was definitely feeling pretty lousy....but her fever broke last night and she seems to be feeling better today!!!

Thank you to everyone who helped make our anniversary and Easter so wonderful.  Caitlin seemed to really enjoy her 1st Easter!  Happy 1st Easter baby, we LOVE you!!!!

Underwater Eggstravaganza

Last night we took the girls to a water Easter Egg hunt at the Schaumburg Park District.  It was a great event..and it was actually put on by one of my sorority sisters from college so that was really neat to see her!  We had a lot of fun and look forward to doing it again next year!

Apparently she's striking a model pose...showing off her new swimsuit!

She loved finding the eggs....

Now that's a girl having a fun time!

Caitlin had fun too.  She put her feet in the water, but wasn't too excited about it.  I can't wait to see how she does in swim lessons this summer...I am really looking forward to my 2 weeks of swim lessons with each girl individually!

love....love...love!!!! 

Yesterday we also got to meet our new friend, Campbell!  Campbell and Caitlin are 3 months apart (and Campbell and I almost shared the same bday, but she decided to hurry along the process and came a few hours too early).  She's the sweetest little girl...and she's a Pooh Baby too so we love her already!!!  Congrats Tracey and Andrew on Campbell...we can't wait to watch the girls grow up together!!!!

Abigail is obsessed with this baby doll she got from Jakie and Alex when Caitlin was born.  She actually got twins, but doesn't really realize there are 2 of them....but yesterday she realized she had both in the car and it was hilarious...she was freaking out!  She was so excited...she kept yelling "mama, I have 2 babies!!!"  And yes, they are both without clothing..she does NOT like clothing on these dolls, no matter how hard we try to dress them!!!!

Caitlin watching Mickey Mouse this morning...she's a BIG fan!

What I call the 4 M's:  Morning, Milk, Mickey Mouse!  Our morning ritual.

Have a great day!!!!!  (And if you didn't read the post from yesterday, check it out below...I'm obsessed with that first picture of Caitlin).

Eggs, Dresses, and Smiles!

I had to begin with 2 of my absolute favorite pictures of Cailtin lately...she's becoming such a happy, adorable baby!!!!

Next, this is how Abigail came downstairs at 6:45 am!!!  We have been talking about how it will be warm and she could wear a dress today...and this girl doesn't forget a thing!!!!  Bring on the sun!  (I would also like to add that Abigail made herself breakfast today:  Grape Tomatoes.  She put a bunch of tomatoes in a bowl and was eating them for breakfast.  It's bizarre-o world here today).

Abigail & Mommy baking project this week:  Easter Egg Rice Krispie treats dipped in chocolate.  Yumm-o!  Abigail picked out the sprinkles at the store and ate them...all!

We colored eggs this week.  This may come as a big surprise, but Abigail picked BLUE for her egg.  Caitlin got purple (close to blue). 

On Saturday we went to a little Easter egg hunt at the local plaza.  Basically, you go into each store (Subway, Dunkin Donuts) and they give you an egg...wasn't the world's greatest egg hunt (or very hard to find the eggs) but we had fun as we always do!

Abigail has a new favorite doll (who never wears clothes by the way) and she likes to teach her doll how to do everything.  Here is her dolly coloring!

Caitlin has been really loving her exersaucer (Thank you Auntie Nay Nay and family)!  It's great because it keeps her upright after she eats...and she's very very busy with all the gadgets.  It's wonderful for her!  We also got a great jumpy swing from my sister and Joe, and we put it together and can't wait for her to start jumping!!!

Can't wait to post all the pictures from Easter!!!  Enjoy the 80's in April!!!!!

Sisters!

My wish for my girls is that 30 years from now, on a random Friday night they will decide to get together and spend the night together with their best friends...each other!!!!

Here are a few fun pics from our Friday Night Sister's Movie Night:

It was a perfect Friday night with the 5 of us!!!!

Our Day with Friends

Last week, we went to the Dupage Children's Museum with my friend Jodie and her daughter, Addison.  I took all of 1 picture, but Jodie got some great ones here!  Abigail loves to talk about Addison...and Addison is going to be a big sister very, very soon and she loves to tell me about Addison's new baby brother!!!  Only bummer is a didn't get a picture of Jodie and her cute baby belly...next time, Jods!!!  Here are some cute pics of the girls:

It was a great day...thanks for joining us Skinner Family..and thanks for the great pictures!