Baby Bieber

Sophie's in a big girl bed.

We call her "Baby Bieber".  (Baby Bieber.  Baby Bieber. Riding backwards on a pig.  Baby Bieber. http://youtu.be/5_sfnQDr1-o )

She's an awesome dresser.

 She loves to make messes. 

 Eva loves to pick flowers and still refuses to look at the camera. 

 Pics I took for a Father's Day photo. 

 They're cute.  I love my little buddies. 

My $300 Hydrangeas

What a depressing day!  We're closing the door on our cute little home that will never be.  We did the home inspection and the house started looking like less and less of a good deal.  The sellers were unwilling to work with us.  House hunting has really worn us down.  It is one of the most stressful things I've ever experienced.  (But on the flip side it is a great diet!!)  So for now we're just going to stay put in our town home and continue our nomadic lifestyle.  At least until a screaming deal comes along.  And I've learned a great lesson:  Never fall in love with a house or the dream of passing the summer evenings sitting on it's front porch watching the fireflies fly by as I sip a lemonade and watch the girls ride their bikes in the culdusac...  This is pure torture.  I think there are about 12 chocolate cookies in my freezer with my name on them. 

 I snipped some flowers from a hydrangea bush in the yard during our home inspection.  Looks like these flowers are the only thing I have to show for my $300!

May's Come and Gone

Wow.  What a crazy month.  We've been house hunting for the past few weeks.  That is an incredibly stressful thing.  I had no idea.  But the good news is we finally found a house!  We have our home inspection on Wednesday so I'll be able to take lots of pics.  In the meantime I have a few posted on Facebook.  Here's a few pics to catch up on everything else that we've been up to. 

This little girl is crazy.  She gets into mischief and as I'm pulling her away she throws her head back and laughs at me.  And as of today she is officially nursery broke! 

 We have this big field out behind our house.  One night they were chasing Devin around with the ball.  The lighting was so beautiful and their faces... pure delight.  I had to laugh at the princess dresses and crazy, sweaty hair.  This is a day in the life. 

Mother's Day photo.  I love the pic of Eva pouting in the background.  

 Sophie is extremely picky about her clothes.  She screams and yanks on her clothes if I don't let her pick.  She wanders around the house looking for tutus and will wear as many of them as possible.  I've got a little Eva on my hands!

 Before my friend Kim left we took a little girls trip up to DC.  Here we are in Georgetown with our Sprinkles cupcakes.  Sprinkles is owned by one of the judges from Cupcake Wars and was supposedly the original cupcake shop.  I ate that cupcake in about 5 seconds.

 Fun at the Smithsonian museums.

 Jen, Kim and Heather are going to kill me for posting this picture.  But I love it.  :)

 And this is what we would all look like as cavemen. 

 In DC?  Go here.  Toasted marshmallow shakes, blue cheese, bacon, fried onions salad.  Oh boy.

Eva's Lollipop Photo Shoot

 My kids are almost impossible to photograph.  The turn their heads, run away, growl, swat at the camera... you name it.  When I was at my mom's house in Boulder City, NV, I brought out the big guns.  I brought my two sisters Julie and Natalie along to act as circus clowns and then we promised Eva a big lollipop from the candy store.  Downtown BC has all these cute little antique shops and old buildings.  They even have a guy walking around playing a guitar!  (I have no idea what that guy was doing but the pics crack me up, see below.)  I still have so much to learn about photography but I'm happy with what I got considering Eva is such a moving target!