A few pics from the past week...

Henri's ears are still draining...and today he is having a bit of a cold. So...fingers crossed that he gets over this soon! Here are Henri and Lili at their fancy table...Lili's first birthday present!

Watch out! Here she comes...apparently with a new-found confidence to walk...Lili has also decided that she can stand on chairs...look mom, no hands!

Henri reading his new magazine...he loves the animals. When you ask him what the owl says...he will say "who who." Very cute.

Happy Lili. I don't think she can smile any bigger...

 Cuddling with mom on the couch.

Sweet Henri...he's no longer a baby...he's getting to be such a big boy! 

So...we send an extra outfit every day to school with Lili. She had been wearing black leggings the day before. Unfortunately, that day...she kept her outfit on all day. This day...she came home with a change of clothes...she did have on bloomers...we refer to this dress as her "hot pants" look.  

Shopping at our favorite store...Costco. Here is Henri...getting so big...in his TOMS shoes! :)



I hear rustling from upstairs...we'll try to post again soon....

Father Daughter Dance

One of our friends has an awesome camera...and he took a ton of photos the night of the father-daughter dance. I know this is a little bit of "old" news...but thought you might enjoy seeing the whole evening.

Before the rain started...we were outside enjoying the fresh air. Note...Lili's dress doesn't fit in the high chair. :) Ha!

My sweet Lili...playing while we wait for the dance to begin...

 And the boys...Parker, Henri and David...they destroyed as usual.

Sophia and Madison...the older princess girls. What a fun night for them!

Sweet Lili loving her new doll. They are little twins!

Henri and his best buddy, Parker. 

Now for phootos from inside the dance. Snow White and Prince Charming. (aka "ho" as Little S. refers to Snow White.) Just to note...Ron wears this every day...so don't be impressed that a father would actually purchase this to wear to a party. 

John and Olivia (one of two of the Youngs family Princesses)

Sweet Lili...in the center of the dance floor. Too bad she just started to really walk about a week after the dance took place.

The dance in action...girls dancing...boys watching. Note Lili at the bottom of the pic. :)

So sweet...

Here is our group of father/daughter dancers....(minus Sophia)

The Snow White family....

Bruno...the photographer...and Krysta just celebrated the arrival of baby Harper!

The chaos continued post-dance at the Schultz home...

 Wow...there was a lot going on....

Keith and Heather (Parker and Alex's parents)...

The newest addition to the Youngs family...Elliott!

Alex leading the dog-pile on Jeff...

Parker and Henri deciding if they should join in...note Sophia giving Jeff a "drill" in his back. :)

All good things must come to an end...sweet Lili winding down...or maybe winding up. Yikes!



More photos to come soon...xoxo

Henri's tubes...

Today was a big day. Henri has been having a terrible time with ear infections. Before Christmas...there was a period of time where he was on anti-biotics for months at a time. Not good. A few weeks ago, we saw a pediatric ENT at Nemours...and scheduled Henri to have tubes in his ears. When we went, he had a hearing test...and they could tell that his hearing was already affected. This morning, we woke up at 4:45 a.m. to make sure we had Henri at the hospital by 6 a.m. We had the procedure done at Arnold Palmer Hospital...and they were fantastic! Here are a few pics from our day.

Our little patient...all dressed in his hospital gown:

Henri and his daddy. He is such a daddy's boy these days! Because Jeff did his rotations at APH, the Anesthesiologist was fantastic! When she came into the room...she told us she was thinking about our case last night. As standard protocol...they give the patients a sedative before taking them to the OR. The down-side is that the sedative can cause irratability when they wake up. So...instead...she asked that Jeff gown up and walk Henri down to the OR. Then...they would just give him the mask, etc. from there. So nice of them to think of us...and Henri had such a great recovery. We were very thankful.

It was a long wait to get the process started.

Thankfully...the computer survived Henri's "gentle" hands. :)

Mom shared her new iPhone, so Henri could watch Sesame Street sing a few songs before the procedure.

Here he is...the happy, sleepy patient:

Everything went great. We brought him home...he slept...and then was back to his old self. We are hoping that once his ears clear...he might be a little quieter? :) That might be wishful thinking.  

I couldn't post without one picture of little Sissy...who is becoming quite the little Sissy pants. She is walking everywhere...loves to mimic her brother, is absolutely in love with anything Mickey or Minnie Mouse, and is really showing her funny side. She is such a pleasant little sweetie...it's such a treat to watch her grow up.

Here is one of our favorite pics. As she continues to show her independence...she decided to crawl under the kitchen chairs. Then...realized she was trapped. In her mind, she thought she might just flop over the bar vs. going under. Unfortunately...we heard screams...and came to find this:

Never a dull moment. We'll post more soon...



Disney pictures

Many of you know that we love love love going to Disney. We just recieved a CD with the "professional" photos we have had taken on our last few trips. Here are a few of our faves...enjoy!

Taking Pandeni to Animal Kingdom for his first Disney experience.

Freezing at the end of our night. Pandeni ride the Yeti Coaster 4 times! A great night...

Epcot with Auntie Dimpy, Mom and Dad...

Disney's latest Epcot animal...Duffy the bear...

Lili and Henri meeting Duffy...

Lili's birthday!

Meeting Mickey.

Lili loving seeing Minnie.

Jeff and Lili with Minnie...

She loved meeting her...

Blowing kisses to Mickey...

So sweet...

Not wanting to leave Ms. Minnie...

Wrapping up Lili's first birthday at the Magic Kingdom!