More Old Pics (Mother's Day)

Will, the "old pics" ever cease?! Nope! More to come...here is Mother's Day! It was such a special day for me that I wanted to post more pics (I know I posted some back in May)...plus Nina G. was here so it was extra special and fun! Above is half our family...it's really hard for me to believe we have an 8 year old lately! :)
Us at our special MD brunch (yumm!) courtesy of daddy Kev!
Me and my 3 1/2 :) (I know I posted this before, but I love my kiddos and wanted to post it again!)
Awesome Nina and her oldest granddaughter! Can you tell they have a special bond?! They are kindred spirits and very much alike :) And below is me with my kiddos and the yummy cold stone pie they got me (and Nina)...it was very yummy!

Old Preschool Pics

More oldie goldie pics :) But, I love these "preschool graduation" pics of Shelby in this pretty dress, so thought I'd post these too. These are over a month old too...sorry. I need to work on keeping up with pic-posting! But, I think that's unrealistic with 4 kids to post about soon! :) But, isn't my 1st-year preschooler a cutie-pa-tootie in her hand-me-down dress (one of my favs) from Big Sis Hailey :)
Showing off the girly outfit :)
At church/school with bestest bud, Cami :)
The girls in the preschool class (minus one who was late :))
The whole class (Shelby's on the end by her BFF, Cami :))
Our family after the ceremony...Poppy cut off daddy's head a bit, which we joked was b/c he had too much hair to fit in the picture :)
The graduate with Nina and Poppy S. :)
Proud mommy (looking tired) with my sweet Shelba :)
Above might look like a picture of a nice big lawn...but look closely and you can see a little rascally boy in the far off yonder.....yep, Dylan, took to wandering during one of Shelby's preschool field trips to a farm :) He loves to run wild!
Here's Shelby's class during that field trip on the big tractor!
Shelby's preschool dog party (they had a "doggone" reading party for reading lots of books!)
Shelby's star of the week board :)
Shelby during her last day of preschool (at her luau party...making Hawaiian jewelry :))
playing games at the party...look at that style to her toss!
more party fun!
a final pic with Miss Heather (one of her teachers)
And a pic with Miss Kim...her other teacher!
Showing off her b-day cookie cake for preschool
Miss Kim always does a special birthday questionnaire for the birthday kids...Shelby was proud to announce all her stats :)
Time to blow out the candle...and eat cake and ice cream! Yumm!

Shelby's B-day Recap (yes, old pics!) :)

Ok, I know...VERY old pics (almost 2 mos old!)...but still cute...so thought I'd take the morning to catch up on posting pics. An easy thing to do as I'm doing laundry and trying to get packed! So, here's a recap of Shelby's actual b-day (5/6). I know I posted the Tink party pics, but never her real b-day. Here are the sisters above. Hailey made this special sign/banner for Shelby in honor of her big day...she is so crafty/thoughtful like that!
My sweet 4-year-old...I love her so!
My beautiful kiddos before we leave for a yummy b-day breakfast with Nina! :)
Here's our gang of 5 (and a half...minus daddy, but plus Nina G!) eating our Bob Evans B-day breakfast! The kids eat free their on their b-days...yumm!
Shelby was all about her "dessert for breakfast!" :) As you can see she is never failing for a funny face :)
Outside the restaurant...on a sugar high :)
I love this pic my mom took...my girls are the best! :)
...makes me so excited to see three sisters together soon....
after breakfast we took a trip to the local park to play....
then Shelby opened some presents...she loved her special American Girl (Bitty Baby) outfits from Aunt Sue!
And this was a VERY fun surprise from the day...Nina and Poppy Stegs had a cookie bouquet delivered just for Shelby...and, boy, was it YUMMY! :) What a special gift for a special girl, especially one who LOVES sugar!
Shelba with her special card from Pops in FL :) He is the #1 card giver! :)
and more outfits for her bitty babies from Auntie Sue!
Dinner at Pizza Hut's buffet with our whole gang...Shelby loved it! She has been asking to go back ever since (and this was after she called this pizza "yucky like restroom pizza" when we had it at our house once :))...I guess the buffet is better or at least better on her birthday!
Shelby with her sad rendition of a carousel cake! :) She did love it though and it was yummy!
Blowing out the candles :)
So glad Nina was here to celebrate with us! And below is daddy and his girl :)

Best-Dressed Baby!

Well, you may know by now that I just adore baby clothes, especially cute little girly things. Of course, we have our fair share of them already with two sweet daughters in our midst, but I've been so tinkled pink lately that the Nina's have gone on super-grandma duty and bought their newest granddaughter so many beautiful new things....there's is NO denying...this baby girl is going to be the best-dressed baby in town! And I never thought I'd say that after all the spoiling our first 2 girls had...but check these duds out (courtesy of Nina & Poppy Stegs :)) Above is one of my fav. outfits. Isn't it to-die-for. I just love Janie and Jack clothes and we only have one of their boutiques like 2 hours away. Of course I just window shop there, but Nina Stegs likes to spoil our kids there so she took the time for a little shopping spree recently :) Simply adorable stuff!
Ok, for the life of me I can't get this pic to post normally so you'll have to admire this outfit from the sideview :) But, isn't it adorable too?! :) I love the green and all the matching cutesy stuff! I'm all about matching stuff :)
And in case you missed the above shots of the tiny shoes...check them out! Now even if you don't like baby clothes you can't deny that these are the cutest ever!! I love 'em and can picture her tiny feet in them soon!
And again...another adorable outfit...love the green and yellow :)
Will the cuteness never stop?!
Apparently not...look at this outfit too!
And all the Gymboree goodies for "lil sis" :)
And these above outfits are ones that Big Sis Shelby helped Nina pick out (from Target)...aren't they adorable too?! Shelby's fav. is the pink one :)
And more Shelby/Nina shopping spree goodies...check out those adorable sandals! And below is our baby book from Nina/Poppy S. Too cute! All I can say is...we just need our new baby girl...cuz we are SET otherwise! :) Ok, so we're not ready at all...she has no room yet, but she will be well-dressed even if she has no place to sleep! And can I just say "SHE" better be a "SHE"! We have too many beautiful clothes for this to be a boy (either that or a boy would be looking might pretty in all these cutie-pa-tootie frilly things!) :) Big, huge thanks to Nina and Poppy Stegs for all the wonderful spoiling of their grandkids. I just adore each and every thing Nina picked out...she is a super shopper (as is Nina down in FL who I know has had fun shopping too!) Love you all and we so appreciate how giving you all are to our family!!! Ok, toodles for now...gotta start packing for our big NC trip!