A Present from Mommy

It is no surprise that I am NOT the most creative crafty person, who makes lots of cool things...I wish I was....and it is not that I can't, it is just that I don't have the time! But when I saw this super cute idea on Pinterest (if you don't know what that is, you need to check it out), I knew it would be the perfect birthday gift for Connor. I am so proud of it...I feel like a little kid excited to show off their latest achievement! I know he is going to love it for years to come. He is mildly obsessed with the alphabet, so with that and some of his favorite things, I made this picture book for him. Here it is....drum roll, please....:

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A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

Jody of JodyG photography (http://jodygphotography.com/) has been taking pictures of our family since Connor was born. She can always capture the most perfect moments. She is amazingly talented and we are so thankful that she has shared her gift with us. I love the quote "A good snapshot stops a moment from running away" - Eudora Welty. This statement could not be truer...I know we will look back and treasure these photographs!! Here are a few favorites from our most recent session.

Hoppy Easter!

Here are a few pictures from our Easter weekend....full of egg hunts, Easter bunnies, Easter baskets, coloring eggs, candy (which we gave up for lent, so there was no shortage of chocolate here) and church!!! Connor is at a fun age to enjoy it all! Greyson, as always, is easy going and just loves to be with his brother!

Birthday Rush

The 30 days of Doehne birthdays is officially over. Booo!!! That means no more cake and presents every weekend.... double boo!!! It was a great month...the March madness that is was.
You saw all about Jeff's birthday at Disney...so time to share about Grey's big NUMERO UNO! The Big 1!! I have to make it sounds grand, because it was anything but that! We kept it really quiet and low key for his birthday. No big birthday bash for this little one...as it is all part of that second child syndrome. (We better get on on the ball before he catches on!) We didn't have any family in town, so we just had our own little St. Patty's celebration in honor of Grey. We went to the Charlotte St. Patty's Day parade with our friends, the Schnabels....Grey loved all the action and the bagpipes. JodyG, our fab photographer, came over to capture Grey's milestone. Then we had some smash cake and some presents, and some dinner alfresco and that was it! Sounds like a perfect celebration to me!!




Grey had his 1 year doctor's appointment and here were his stats: 19 lbs 4 oz- 5%, 29 2/3 inches- 50%, and head 46 cm- 60%. Needless to say, we have a little peanut on our hands. He is a skinny little thing compared to his chunky monkey brother. We were also struggling with some tummy issues, which turned out to be the dairy monster again. I thought he had grown out of the dairy allergy....but he hadn't, so while I was pumping him full of milk and cheese and yogurt, his poor little system was on overload and couldn't handle it. We have figured everything out at this point and are working to find a solution....but we'll just have to see where it goes from here. Greyson is cruising and I am sure he will be off and running any day now. He loves anything his brother has....which drives his brother bananas. He is a good little eater and still loves his veggies!!

On to my big day...the big double digit of 3's. 33!! However if you asked Connor how old I was he said 51 or 24 and then I think I even heard an 80 in there somewhere. Hilarious! We were supposed to head to Tennessee to visit our friends, the Bedards, but because Grey was having his tummy issues, we stayed home. My day started off with getting to sleep in followed by presents and going to the mall to pick up my new macbook air and visit with the easter bunny! Daddy even remembered to have the boys write in my mommy book...which was just awesome!

With everyone's birthday passing by, Connor longed for his own birthday to arrive. He ask almost daily. Finally it came and it was the multiday celebration that he had dreamed about. Who wouldn't want 3+ straight days of cupcakes and presents! Not to mention Mimi and Papa in town, having his first real birthday party with friends at Discovery Place Kids, and a birthday showing of Elmo Live on stage (they just happened to be in town that day)! I think this boy had the best big 3 ever!!! Not sure how we will ever be able to top that one!!








A few of the boys' new gifts...