Daddy's Girls

Yes, it's undeniably true that after carrying and giving birth to the baby girls and being a single mom and pretty decent caregiver to Molly before Bob came along it is a fact that they are ALL Daddy's Girls! I think I'm pretty darn cool - I like to shop and dress them in frilly clothes, I play tea party and bake cookies but to no avail. They adore their Daddy and i am just no competition for him. I spend all day entertaining them during vacation (an excruciatingly long vacation, I might add!) and when asked how vacation was the big kids respond with all the fun they had with their Daddy. Annie and I can be doing anything and she dumps me for her daddy the second she hears the front door - Where's the LOVE? Okay, you guessed it, it doesn't really bother me that much - I love watching Bob with the kids - he is so loving and patient and FUN. At around 4 p.m. I lose the will to be creative and entertaining but Bob is like the energizer bunny with the kids - he's ready for anything and will do anything to see his kids smile. As our 4 year wedding anniversary approaches I am constantly reminded of the blessing bestowed on me by a God that clearly thinks I'm something special - why else would he send Bob my way? And to think I almost passed him up because he wore green on green and was shorter than me!

Daddy and his baby girls! The three of them sat like this - laughing and talking for about an hour the other day before Bob left for work- my heart just swelled! Beautiful healthy babies and a Daddy that loves nothing more than to be with them.

Annie kissing Lizzie - she does this at least 20 times a day. I can't wait to see how close they are when they grow up!

Lizzie looks like she doesn't know what to do but she'll get used to this kind of bonding - it's a constant in our house.

Annie and Daddy having fun!

Annie loves to play with the oven mitts - too cute! On this particular day I searched all over the kitchen for them only to find her "cooking" for Bob in the living room while I tried to use dish towels to get the ham out of the oven.

I love these Lizzie smiles! She is becoming such a happy baby!

She taked my breath away! The funny thing is that at 2 months old Lizzie already smiles when she sees the camera! Good for her for accepting her fate!

Auntie Meg took Annie out for a few hours yesterday - she couldn't wait to get out and away from mommy for a few hours!

Auntie Carol came over and held Lizzie for me while I did some work around the house - it was nice to visit with her!

I'm not sure when kids usually learn how to use utensils to eat but Annie is just getting the hang of it!

I was in the kitchen starting dinner and came into the living room to find Annie had climbed onto the table and was taking all of the kleenex out of the box and throwing them on the floor. She was all smiles like she had just discovered the coolest game!

Annie with all of the kleenex out of the box - what a sweetie pie she is! Sometimes it is hard to reprimand her - in this case the second I told her to get down her little lip quivered and she looked at me with pathetic eyes. It crushes me but I had to do it!

Yes, I did grab the camera at around 2 a.m. last night when I found Bob snuggled up with Lizzie. Apparently she had been fussing and he didn't want her to wake me so he tucked her into bed with him and the two of them slept peacefully!

Annie has a scary face but I thought it was cute that Bob and Annie were laying on the floor together feasting on fruit loops (Auntie Ann indulged the kids in the best cereal ever) and water. They were having the best time!
For some reason this picture will not stay facing the right way when i upload it - weird. Anyways - Lizzie was growling in her sleep and had a little scowl on her face - very cute!

So a very Daddy centered blog - Bob is entitled to some blog time once in a while. Tomorrow is Molly's citizen of the month award ceremony and she is also getting the Employee of the Month for her microsociety venture. She could not be any more excited and one of her best friends is also getting a Citizen of the Month award for December - Molly was November but the ceremony got cancelled on one of those snow days! Pictures will be posted tomorrow!

GNM - ILY!