Mary Turns two and half!!!!

We all celebrated a huge milestone this weekend as Mary turned 2and 1/2!! Mommy made her this wonderful cake:


And Mary enjoyed blowing out the candles!


For her birthday, Mary got to go to the PX and pick out anything she wanted. She insisted on getting the purple baby pictured here, that she promptly named Jackson. . .


She loves to feed the baby and take care of it just like a really mommy.

Jackson got to eat some of Mary's cake too!!


Mary also got an Army cheerleader uniform from daddy, which she is very excited to wear for the first Army football game!!







Overall, it was a great day and we were really excited to see Mary turn two and a half!!

Jackson's First Haircut, Mary's Second Haircut

We've been super busy, as I know all of you have, so we haven't posted enough on here. On Friday we took Jackson to get his first haircut. Mary went with and really enjoyed watching Jackson, so much that she wanted to get her haircut too!
Here are some of the pictures:
































Hope you enjoyed, see you in a week or two!

Happy 4th of July!!!

Well Mary and family had a wonderful 4th of July. The weather was absolutely beautiful here, sunny and mid-70's. It actually got a little cool eating dinner outside this evening, we all had sweatshirts on.

The day started with Mary and Jackson participating in the 4th annual Connor Loop 4th of July Children's Parade. Everyone had a great time and it was so fun to see how all of the kids decorated their bike and strollers. Mary's was one of the most decked out with balloons and flags.

































After all of that excitement the kids took really good naps and then we had some friends over for dinner and to go watch the fireworks at Trophy Point.

Backyard Bar-b-q and a trip to the Zoo!

We enjoyed another weekend of beautiful weather her in New York, (it was actually a little bit on the cool side) so we spent lots of time outside. Last night we grilled out in our new backyard and the kids had an absolute blast eating and playing outside. Mary asks to go outside and lay on the lawn chairs pretty much everyday, she just loves being in the backyard and playing. Then today, we went to a little zoo that is at Bear Mountain State Park about 6 miles from our house. The zoo wasn't that great, but it was a very nice day and a good adventure in nature. Here are some pictures from the weekend, enjoy:





(Don't ask me how I got Sam to smile!)