Happy 2nd Birthday Tyndell!
















Happy SECOND birthday to Tyndell Eve! This past weekend, we had a little picnic party for sweet Tyndell to celebrate with some of our close friends and their kids and some family at a cool park on the beach - with Elmo theme in tow! It's a beautiful park that my parents introduced us to and we thought it would make a nice place to hang out for her birthday too. We just played on the playground, ate some pizza and snacks and cake, and then opened some awesome gifts. My Aunt Anthe and Uncle Paul came down from NC to celebrate as well which was so amazing to see them. AND I have to give major major props to my Mom for conceptualizing and executing the most wonderful and beautiful Elmo cupcakes anyone has ever seen. The icing was very very red, as you can see from Tyndell's lips. We were so afraid that it was going to stain every kid there! We are secretly hoping Tyndell is more into white muppets or polar bears next year as opposed to red monsters/animals haha. She absolutely loved them and in fact, refused to eat pizza until after the birthday song so she could have a cupcake first. Anyway - it was a wonderful way to celebrate and we feel so loved and thankful to have such amazing people in our lives to love on our sweet girl. Thanks everyone!!!!

Second Annual Baker-Ahrens SeaWorld Holiday Weekend





Again - only had a few iphone photos to share of our Second Annual Baker and Ahrens Family SeaWorld Holiday Weekend which occurs the first weekend of December but they are some cute ones. I wish I had gotten one of myself and Keri-Ann though! The girls - Tyndell, Reilly Sue, and Regan had a fantastic time enjoying the animals and kiddie rides. I think we can all agree that our favorite part is the North Pole/Santa exhibit with the hot chocolate! Photo/Video project to be oncoming....

Ahrens' Thanksgiving Visit












So....bad news....our camera magically bit the dust! So all the fun things that have been happeninig lately with the holidays, we haven't been able to capture as well as usual. But luckily between the iphone and some cute pics sent by Dad A, I can share some fun moments from Mom and Dad A's recent visit over Thanksgiving. I took a day off from work and the Moms and I got to have a girly shopping day which was super fun (see matching Mom shoes!) and we took the Ahrens' to Morakami which is always lovely. We also got to do lots of coloring while they were here - one of Tyndell's favorite things to do right now is to trace her hands and feet so Grandad definitely helped out with the full body version as you can see! Also - since Tyndell's birthday is coming up and they wouldn't be here for the party, we had our own little mini-birthday party with a cake and some presents on their last night. Great visit and fun had by all! Unfortunately, I didn't get any Turkey Day specific photos but I'm sure you all know what that involved....eating, eating, and eating....yum! I love Thanksgiving!