Let the Party Begin!

Jenna had a wonderful family celelbration weekend for her birthday (Can't believe she is 1) and her baptism! We had the Williams side and most of the Chatigny side (we missed Lisa and Andrew) and had a wonderful time! We may get annoyed at all of the picture taking, but it sure is nice to have them! Future Williams Christmas card. I must say I love this tree in our front yard.

Gamma and Gumps brought these special hats from Turkey for their older grand-daughters. Ooh la la! Fancy Nancy would be jealous.

The little lady loving her cake from the famed RJ Goodies. Thank you Mimi!

Out to a celebration dinner with a special Barbie book. Gotta love the top lip curled under / show all my teeth smile from our curly girl here.

Uncle Neal and Papa John. Note the enormous margs. Yumm.

Maximos was great and decorated very much to our taste!

More birthday cake shots - sharing with DADA.

Aunt La La with the 2 smallest muchkins.

Aunt Jenny holding down the fort at the swing set.

Mimi and Jenns.

Aunt Jenny and Ella Grace.

Uncle Ryan near the famed Confetti Pit. Jenna looking very protective of her new pull along alligator toy.

Uncle Andrew -bless his little heart. No kids, yet so tired. :-)

Confetti Pit was fun and Noelle insisted on going topless. Oh and I should mention that Noelle called me Aunt Texas and it is my new favorite nickname ever.

Lovely cake shot.

And the smash cake.

Neal, Noelle, Gumps,and Gamma at Fireside Pies! Another great and festive night!

All out of order here.

The big girls had to have boots and hats so off we went - thanks Uncle Neal!

Love my family.

These 2 do look alike sometimes! Mostly Jenna looks like Papa though.

Yipeeeee!

Let the good times roll!

Jenna Turns 1!

It is hard to believe that Jenna is 1. This past year has been filled with enormous change for our family with a relocation, baby #2, and new jobs for both mom and dad. I have to say that Jenna is a trooper and she reminds me of a "steel magnolia" sometimes - she is busy, she is tough, she is independent, she is beautiful and so so sweet. She lights up a room with her smile. Happy Birthday Jenna!

Fall Time

Well, we missed going to a Pumpkin Patch with friends last week so we snuck off after work one day and went ourselves. Storybook Village in McKinney is adorable. Happy Fall Friends!

Jenna thinks she is at least 5.

Chicks and Hip Hop

Our wonderful Mother's Helper, Elyse, got 12 chick eggs for her birthday and we got to meet the very first hatch on the day he was born. He fit perfectly in our Charlie the Chick Book too! SO CUTE!

And...we have a budding Michael Jackson here. Julianne and her friend Avery during their Hip Hop Dance performance. It was so cute.

Where did my baby go? She is so grown up.

They might as well be 12.

Lars, Keely, and Diggy the Dog

Julianne's Dad used to pretend to be a dog as a child and now Julianne is continuing the tradition. Sometimes she insists on eating on the floor and of course Jenna has to do everything Julianne does! Here we are having our breakfast like a dog. Bow Wow

Keely and Lars - the precious newly weds - well they have been married about a year now... came to visit us! It was so wonderful to see them. Justin found a German festivel in Addison and Lars felt right at home. They even found T-shirts that said, "Prost Ya'll!" We had sausage and pretzels and the girls had snow cones and cotton candy so everyone left happy.

Prost Ya'll!

Sneels and Lars. Wonderful friends who we miss very much!

Beginning of School Year 2010

We had a Labor Day Party and the girls decided to be puppy dogs. This is Cameron, our neighbor, Elle Barrett, Julianne, and Cara Bade. Precious girls. Kendall Mills - one of Julianne's BFF's.

First week of school. Pig tail braids are hard to do! I impressed even myself! HA HA. If Julianne had enough hot pink, she would wear hot pink every day.

First Day of School, 2010 - Pre-K for Julianne and Beginning Class for Ms Jenna.

Julianne and School BFF, Emery Glickler.