We had a surprise visitor from Bolivia for a few days this weekend. Unfortunately because he isn't here often the kids get shy around Uncle Ig - everyone except Annie! She asks for him all the time and has taken to calling him "Uncle Dippy"!
Annie and Uncle Iggy!
Mommy and her girls are ready to go on our girl's adventure!
Am I the luckyiest mom in the world or what?
My Molly girl!
Abby and Katie were waiting on the front porch for us!
The gorgeous Harding women ready for some fun!
Abaigeal is my goddaughter and just an all around great kid so when she was turning 7 on April 29th Molly and I wracked our brains for a special gift for her. We decided to take her on the ultimate girlie adventure to the American Girl Doll Store for a fancy lunch and to pick out her very own American Girl doll.
Once Abby picked her doll it was imperative that the girls dress their dolls for lunch!
Everyone got stickers for lunch and Abby got a special Birthday Girl sticker!
Annie and Katie loved every moment of being a big girl for the day!
Meet the newest addition to the Harding Family - Stella!
Molly brought Sarah and found her a beautiful new dress!
Girls day out!
Abby lost her other front tooth just in time to be completely toothless for the adventure!
Happy Birthday to Abaigeal!
Molly's gigantic hot fudge sundae.
Abby was slightly embarrassed when the entire restaurant sang to her.
Auntie Karla got these cool lollipop brownies.
Dessert - yeah!
The birthday girl had a blast and Stella has proven to be a good companion for Abby! According to Karla they are rarely without each other!
Annie's baby - Mack - will not stop crying! A mother's work is NEVER done!
"He's just so fussy, Mom!" Annie named her doll Mack because we told her that if she had been a boy when she was born that would have been her name. She shrugged said she wished it was Charlie and then still named him Mack anyways. For the record - he is now Macky the girl!
Sister bonding!
Uncle Iggy said the 9:30 mass on Sunday and it was Molly's last mass before making her 1st Communion this weekend. If we had known Uncle Ig was going to be here we would have asked him to celebrate her 1st communion with us but we got some pictures and he gave her a special blessing!
Molly and Uncle Iggy outside of church. Molly was very excited because it is her last mass getting just the blessing. Next weekend she will be able to recieve comunion every week!
Annie and her Godmother celebrating Mother's day!
Pizza picnic for Mother's Day
Grammy and her big girls! My mom is so easy to please! We all had obligations at different masses so we each went to different masses and then met back at Grammy and Papa's for pizza and salad. The kids played in the yard and Grammy made her famous cake and ice cream for dessert. It was a perfect - low key Mother's Day. Even better - Uncle Ed spent lots of time outside with the kids so that the moms could sit inside and chat!
Tyler doing some hard work.
Katie and Abby in their matching outfits!
Ellie was the only one who napped so she is missing but we still took a few pictures!
Grammy and MOST of her grandkids on MOther's Day!
Funny faces!
Auntie Karla and the kids! Happy MOther's Day!
My little raggamuffin - so cute!
Annie had tatoos all over her body!
Our basketball star!
She is so incredibly gorgeous that she takes my breath away!
Papa's drawing of Peter.
Peter found a big umbrella and was pretending to be Mary Poppins!
Playing with chalk!
Annie drew Grammy!
All in all it was a wonderful Mother's Day - I got to see most of my favorite people and even took a little nap Bob gave me a few hours earlier in the day to read my book, take a nap and shower all by myself! It was great. My mom got to see all of her grandkids and hopefully be reminded that she is adored by all of us and appreciated for how amazing she is! I'm off to get diapers! I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day - we are so blessed to have amazing grandmothers, aunts, godmothers and friends in our lives - thank you to all of you who love my children!
GNM - ILY!
