Friday, August 23, 2013

You are my Sunshine....

Our new favorite song around here....and MY new favorite version. Turn up the volume and I DARE you not to smile. Oh, how I love my girls!!!!!


Monday, August 19, 2013

First Day of School!!!

The girls started school again this morning!! They are going to the same little church preschool that they went to last year (Christ Church Episcopal down in Ponte Vedra Beach) and will be going Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:45-11:45. It's amazing. They were so excited this morning I could hardly get them to eat breakfast. All of their sweet friends from last year's class are in their class again and they've been talking about them nonstop! Their teachers are Miss Janet and Miss Kelly and they had a fabulous first day! Can't wait for Wednesday already! Here are some pics from this morning before we left. They were so excited it was hard to get them to sit still for a picture!!!








Riley Update

We had Riley's big annual checkup at MUSC (the Medical University of South Carolina) where she had her open heart surgery (almost!) 2 years ago. I can't believe that it's been that long already...I still remember it like it was yesterday! Matt was able to drive up on Thursday after work and the two of us went with her. Reagan was in absolute heaven with Nana all to herself at home! The appointment is usually a pretty long one with lots of tests and Riley did such an amazing job. We were so proud of her and while I think I forgot to breathe for most of the appointment because I was so nervous, we got AMAZING news that her heart still looks great!!!! There continues to be a minimal amount of leaking and as long as it stays that way, we can maintain only once a year checkups. What a relief! We are so thankful and can breathe a lot easier!!!! Here is a picture right after she finished the Echocardiogram and we had to wait for the results before they would let her get up. I brought a long a pushpop lollipop for emergencies and it came in handy!!! I also put a video on here of her and Reagan dancing up a storm one night after dinner (there was a band playing at the restaurant!) just to show you how HEALTHY she is!!!!

Kiawah, the boat and BopBop's birthday!

We had a great time in Kiawah! Laurie and Cooper came too and the girls and Cooper had so much fun playing together again. We were able to all be together to celebrate BopBop's birthday and the kids even made him his birthday cake (see video below). Hilarious and yummy at the same time! The girls got to go on their first ever boat ride in BopBop's boat and they LOVED it so much. We had dolphins swimming all around us and the kids would all sing thinking that they were calling the dolphins every time they sang a song. (I actually think it might have worked! The dolphins came SO close to the boat!) It was amazing. I often wonder if Reagan and Riley will realize how blessed they are to be able to see and do the things that they get to do. Matt and I are going to try our best to make sure that they will! It was a great trip and here are some highlight videos....


Friday, August 9, 2013

Nana Susan Was Here!!!!

We had a great visit last week with Nana Susan! We did SO much while she was here that I hope we didn't wear her out too much! We went to the beach, swam in the pool, went to the zoo, had dinner at TPC, went shopping and out to eat and had a fabulous visit! The girls continue to be little fish and just want to be in the pool (actually UNDER the water) all of the time. It's exhausting trying to keep up with them! They had a blast at the zoo feeding the giraffes and showing Nana all around. It was super hot while she was here though, so it was tough to do too much outside! We miss her already and can't wait to see her again SOON!!!!!