KA meets the Easter Bunny

Today Ft. Rucker hosted a Children's Festival, and the main event was the area's largest Easter Egg Hunt!  As some of you may have noticed, we are almost always late... and as a result we missed the age 0-3 egg hunt.  Luckily, Kerriann's good friend Madison saved her a few eggs since she and her parents made it on time.  We managed to get a few pictures of the girls together in between one of the age groups, since there were so many children they all had to be divided so the younger ones weren't trampled by the older ones.  This was honestly the most intense egg hunt we have ever experienced!

Along with the egg hunt, the festival had many activities for children of all ages to enjoy.  Gymnastics and dancing shows, photo props, carnival food, bouncy houses, face painting... you name it... they had it!  They were even able to persuade the Easter Bunny to show up!  So Kerriann had her first picture taken with him.  As soon as I get our scanner up and running I will post it... for now I have pictures that Katie (Madison's mom) and I took while  standing behind the photographer ;).

It was a beautiful, hot and sunny day (KA even used sunscreen for the first time!) and we all enjoyed it very much!  Here are a few of the pictures that we took...

Love my Easter eggs that Madison saved for me!

My own personal Easter egg hunt!

Back off Daddy this is my egg!

With my friend Madison

Hey Maddie... can I have that?

Nevermind... I'll just find my own...

With mommy and daddy

Madison meeting the Easter Bunny for the first time

Now it's my turn...

Ehh... he's ok... but I like Daddy better...

...COME BACK!

Yay!

Spring is here!

Spring is finally here and we are MORE than ready for some warm weather!  It has been an unusually cold winter here in the south.  I just can't wait to take Kerriann to the park and go for lots of long walks without having to bundle her up!  This week we are supposed to have weather in the 70's... which I know probably seems HOT to everyone up north, but really that is cold for southeastern Alabama.  

Below are a few spring pictures taken recently that I wanted to share with everyone.  Hope you enjoy!

Yummy fruit!

Playing with Daddy

I love the baby in the mirror!

Patty Cake

This never gets old...

Playing in the back yard

Mmm leaves...

Ready for my close up!

Look, I found another mirror!

I love crawling on the fireplace and chewing on the bumpers...

Closer...

Nom nom nom...

Puffs... my first finger food!

Playing piano :)

Kerriann's first St. Patrick's Day!

For St. Patrick's Day this year we had a belated celebration over the weekend, since the holiday fell on a Wednesday.  St. Patrick's Day has always been an important holiday in my family.  My Mom's side of the family, the McDonough's are obviously Irish, and now that I am part of another Irish family (the Herlihy's) we have even more to celebrate!

We attended Spring Fest with Kevin's parents, and Katie and I made Irish Soda Bread (compliments of Lisa Herlihy's recipe) on Sunday morning.  Below are a few pictures of our little Irish baby in her St. Patrick's Day outfits.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

So excited!

My first bread making experience

Festive flowers from Kev

Katie and Tom's visit

I apologize for again getting very behind on my blogging!  Things have been busy around here lately. Last week we spent a lot of time working on the house and preparing it for our first overnight guests in a very long time.  Kevin's parents, Katie and Tom, were able to visit us from Friday to Tuesday morning.  Before their arrival, we had to clean out the office and turn it into a guest room.  This took a good two days!  After that we had to find a futon... and we also had a lot of picture hanging to do.  Lucky for me, Kerriann has been consistently napping for the past couple of weeks... FINALLY!  It is such a relief to have between an hour and two hours to myself during the day.  The house is orderly and both she and I are in much better moods throughout the days.

While Katie and Tom were in town we mostly just visited with them and let them get their Kerriann fix since they haven't seen her since New Years.  On Saturday we went to "Spring Fest" at Ft. Rucker, which turned out to be a bust.  It was a really nice day (Kevin even got a sunburn!), but not much going on that we could participate in.  It would have been perfect if Kerriann was a few years older.  On Monday, Kevin had class so Katie, Kerriann and I went wedding dress shopping... but I'll update more on that later :).

We were so sad to see them go... but we hope to be seeing much more of them in the near future ;).

Below are a few pictures from Katie and Tom's visit... Enjoy!

Kerriann 3/14/10

Kerriann's first beach trip

On Sunday we took Kerriann to the beach for the first time!  My sorority sister Kristen lives there and I have been meaning to visit her for awhile... the forecast was calling for 65 and sunny so we figured it would be the perfect day.  Our other sister, Kelly, was visiting for her spring break... so we were able to catch up with her too.  It was so great to see both of them!  We met for brunch with some of Kristen's friends and then went to the beach after we were finished.  The meal was delicious!  The beach was a little chilly, but we couldn't go all that way without braving the cold for a few minutes ;).

Below are some pictures from our day... we can't wait to visit Kristen again when the weather is warmer!

Kristen and Kerriann at brunch

Getting ready to hit the beach

With Mommy

Santa Rosa Beach, FL

Kerriann, Adriane, Kelly and Kristen

First family beach pic <3 

With Daddy

XO Sisters