Snow Day 2011

SNOW has hit the South!!

We've had snow before this season (Christmas), but we were in Florida so we missed it.

Not this time...we took advantage of the heavy snow (and the school day off) and played in it with Ari. She was cold, but seemed to have a good time.

Our little Russian:

"Sledding" in our backyard, on a tupperware lid:

(If you zoom in on the above picture and look closely at the snowflakes on Ari's hat, they are so beautiful!)

We had fun "sledding" in the street:

January 2011

Ari is a beautiful girl. She has such a sweet and funny spirit. Here are some pictures I've taken lately of her sweetness.

(Ain't no pageant queen here!)

Ari's First Birthday

With this many people in the house, there was plenty of love to go around for our little Ari Taylor as we celebrated her first year of life! With plenty of football, food, photographs and fun competition, we sent her into her next year of life with an exciting celebration. Ari even joined us at 11:59 to ring in the new year!



Thanks to Hallers, Eakers, Myricks and DeGeyters for driving their distances to give Ari a fabulous time!

At 1 year of age, Ari is 19.11 lbs (25 percentile), 30 inches (75 percentile); lanky like her parents. She says many words including: dog, hi, hello, dog, mama, dada, more and a word for her 'bunny'.

Here is Ari with her Baba and Grammy, sporting pink for her first birthday!

Thanks for all the gifts and words, she is well-stocked for this next year and we are blessed!

Happy Birthday Ari!

I am not a failure as a mother!

I am just in denial about Ari's birthday. I'll post later...

(When I'm ready)

New posts coming soon...

-Ari's cake

-Ari's presents

-Ari's visitors

-Ari's sweetness