These girls keep us busy, so this is the first time we have had a chance to post some pictures in a while! The top two pictures are from our trip to the Bronx Zoo over the second weekend in October. Annabelle had a great time at the petting zoo and Ruby did a good job hanging on for the ride! The bottom two pictures were taken after church today--these are some pretty little girls!

Adventures of the Girls

Annabelle enjoyed her Jeep ride to the commissary with her daddy. Don't worry, grandparents, it's only 2 miles from our house and the speed limit on post is 25. ;-)
Our Ruby is the sweetest little baby. She was all smiles this morning! I wish those eyes would stay blue, but I'm sure they'll turn a beautiful brown!

Fun Saturday

Ruby enjoyed herself this Saturday, swinging in her swing and giving Mom and Dad lots of pretty smiles. We also went to a parade on the Plain at West Point today and Annabelle had fun playing with a doggie and meeting one of the Army Mules!

Annabelle's Mealtime Antics

Annabelle was a chatty Cathy this morning and I was sneaky enough to get it on video without her knowing it. She cracks me up!

Summer Days with Two Little Girls

Today was a beautiful day in New York, so Annabelle put on her bathing suit and got some quality time in her pool. As you can tell, she has a nice set-up! Ruby was one month old this past weekend--she likes to look around alot and has been a real sweet baby. She slept for six hours straight last night, so she is going to fit into this family really well if she keeps that up! As you can tell by one of these pictures, Annabelle is doing lots of exploring these days. She can count to ten and is stringing all sorts of sentences together--every day is a new adventure!

End of Week 1

Ms. Ruby is doing great and Annabelle has been such a good big sister this week. As you can see from the pictures, little Ruby is strong! She likes to pop her neck up and around so that she can see what is going on. Annabelle has been up to some funny antics this week--including creating a new milk cup as you can see in this picture!

At 3:13pm on Thursday we welcomed our new beautiful daughter, Ruby Alice, into this world at West Point's Keller Army Hospital. She was 11 lbs, 1 oz and 22 in long--as some of the nurses said, Heather gave birth to a 3 month old! Heather did so great during the labor and birth--I was so proud of her and so thankful for the doctors and nurses that helped us along the way. All babies are little miracles, and we are so thankful that God blessed us with another beautiful baby girl. We named her Ruby because we liked the uniqueness of the name and we wanted to remind her of her southern roots. Alice is after Lee's grandmother who passed away a couple of years ago--without a doubt, one of the strongest, most devoted women we have ever met and certainly someone worth of Ms. Ruby growing up to emulate. Here are some pictures of Ruby's first few days--

Can you tell who is who? The top image is Annabelle when she came home from the hospital and the bottom one is Ruby. They are certainly two little sisters!

Annabelle's 19 month picture:

Somebody's really enjoying getting all of the little baby stuff out and trying it out!

We went down to Trophy Point and took some pictures...here's some of the best ones.

This is our life right now...Annabelle runs and Lee chases after her! I'm not doing too much chasing these days!

Check out those long legs!

Reading with Daddy

Annabelle LOVES to read books...she's constantly bringing me books and saying "read please." At least she's polite when she asks! It takes her no time to memorize them and read them back to us. Here's a video of the birthday book (no, it's not her birthday)...

Mother's Day

I was lucky enough to spend time with my wonderful Mama on Mother's Day before she flew back home. Love you, Juju!

Juju left us a little surprise on our eggs...I love it when she does things like this and I can't wait to do them for my babies!

Trip to Newport

A few weeks ago, I decided that Lee and I needed a "babymoon" before this baby comes next month (or July). We bought a plane ticket for Juju to come up and watch Annabelle and we took off to Newport, Rhode Island, for a few days. We had a very relaxing time in the quaint coastal town. We ate a lot of great seafood and enjoyed each other's company. A few pics from the trip (yes, this belly is getting HUGE!!!).

A butterfly landed on my belly during our stroll along the cliff walk...I think he thought he was going to get some nectar from the flowers on my shirt!


One of the huge houses along the cliff walk.

We love spring!

Annabelle loves to be outside! We're loving the wonderful spring weather at West Point. Here's a few pics from this afternoon.

Annabelle's first haircut

It was time to say goodbye to the baby mullet. Annabelle's hair was in her eyes and she won't keep a bow it it, so after a picnic lunch, we went to the Salon on the Hudson in the Thayer Hotel here at West Point to have her first haircut. She did great sitting in my lap and Lee read to her. I'm pretty happy with the results...she looks even more like Lee (if that's possible) with shorter bangs!

We love black beans!

We love spring!

Some pics from a great spring day...one of our new favorite activities - sucking our thumb and twirling our hair...good times!

Happy Easter!

We had so much fun at the West Point Easter egg hunt! It took Annabelle a while to figure out what was going on, but eventually she was picking up eggs and putting them in her basket. She loves running around and is absolutely fearless - she loves her freedom! We're going to have to keep close tabs on this girl. She also celebrated her 18 month "birthday" this weekend. She is so much fun and mimics everything that we say.

February

Our pre-Valentine's dinner out

Kicking her mini skirt!

Annabelle loves to put on hats and strut around the house...so are the days of our lives!