The girls (particularly Noelle) love their summer dresses the Prince family gave them.  Noelle really latched on to the term "town gown" from the Old Navy commercials.  She ALWAYS asks me if she can wear her "town gown" today.

Anna Kate is just the sweetest little bebe! 

Drew and Noelle did a lot of reading this weekend…

and put together a lot of puzzles (well, Drew did the puzzles — Noelle was too busy being a ham)!

If she’s this cute with over 100 degree fever, she’s going to rock all her photo shoots in Japan!!!  You’re such a cutie, Anna!

Cousin Linda had all of us out to the family center on Sunday to celebrate Mother’s Day!  She outdid herself with the most amazing fajita/stack-up lunch this side of the Neches!  We are so blessed to have her always taking care of us!

Aunt Joe (Anna) got to meet both of her namesakes on her birthday.  Anna Kate and Anna are so blessed to be named after such an incredible woman! 

Drew and Noelle discovering birds in the spring scene.  We were so thankful there were two!

Happy Mother’s Day to my Mommy — the best Mommy in the whole best world!!!  

And to me — I’m doing it!  We’re all doing it!  Great job Moms out there!

Our sweeties with their Aunt Joe and Uncle Jim on Aunt Joe’s special day!

Happy Birthday Aunt Joe!  Michele had a little too much "kitchen help" while baking her famous carrot cake… we had so much fun teasing her about this cake.  It really did taste great!

Noelle is always so entertaining and silly.  At the supper table tonight Noelle asked, "Is everyone doing okay?  Does anyone need anything?  Just checking!" and she always LOVES to say the prayer.  Her prayers always start out: "Dear God, thank you for the whole best world."

Today we are thankful for our sweet Aunt Joe and what a blessing her tender spirit is to all of us!!!

Congratulations to two of my dearest friends who both had their baby boys on May 5, 2009.  Brad and Destiny welcomed Jett James Westbrook into the world and Ty and Elizabeth welcomed William Tate Kelly as well.  I’m so excited and happy for my friends and can’t wait to share Cinco de Mayo birthday memories in the years to come!

Anna Kate started smiling on May 2nd!  She was 7 weeks old!  I finally got her smiling on camera – isn’t she a doll!  I just love my little baby–she melts my heart!

Sweet cousins!

More sweet cousins!

I wanted two girls so badly so that I could do the match thing — it’s so much fun!

Noelle driving Anna Kate on the "school bus."

Goodnight sweet sisters!

If Noelle could have it her way, she would wear her swimming suit 24/7 and never take it off – particularly, her cherry swimsuit.  So… the minute we pulled into the wide open spaces of East Texas, she insisted on putting on her swimsuit. 

Drew put on his too, and the kids were now ready to celebrate in style!  Aunt Michele made delicious birthday cupcakes for Noelle, complete with these really cool crunchy Japanese sprinkles.  How thoughtful!

Michele heard somewhere that if you get the kids to say "Monkey" instead of "Cheese" you can catch them smiling while making the "key" sound.  This all sounds great in theory, however, I kept catching them saying the "Mon" part of the word!

The Eberts gave Noelle tons of princess and fairy gear (super cool shirts, cups, panties, stickers, etc) and Poppa and Rara gave Noelle a princess backpack with a princess sleeping bag inside.  Cool!

Noelle had a great time celebrating her birthday in Jacksonville!

We had such a blast at Poppa and Rara’s house last weekend with Michele, Drew, & Anna.  There’s so much going on this week, but I’m going to try to post more pics as soon as I can.