On March 6 2011, our sweet little Henley was baptised at Ascension Catholic Church. It was a beautiful day and she did wonderful!
I must say that I had a lot of anxiety leading up to the morning of the Baptism, as I knew that we would have to keep both Henley and Hudsen under control for not 1hour, but 2 hours of church! Yikes!
The mass was a breeze and the Baptism was intimate and perfect! Luckily, the girls behaved like little angels...with the exception of Hudsen refusing to take a family picture...but Justin and I couldn't have been more proud of both of them.
The ceremony was followed by a delicious lunch at Carmie and Popi's house.

Here are some pictures of Henley's special day!

Last pictures before heading in the car...
All packed up and ready to go!

Just after the baptism....as mentioned before, Hudsen wasn't into the family photos

but she can be seen lurking in the background here...

Introducing the Godmother, Jackie!
Henley looks pretty excited about who we choose! :)

And the proud Godfather, Blake!

Ha! Great picture of us with our happy Mom's....yea, we are all looking

at a different camera....there were like maybe 2 people taking pictures, but

it appears as though we were doing a press line or dealing with paparazzi!

Post-Baptism, Jackie stepped right on into her Godmother roll...

And Hudsen ate chips...

Henley posed with her Beautiful Cake that Mimi had brought.

ps. This was Jackie's first day as a Godmother to Henley...so I will give her some slack...but

next time she needs to be on top of the hair accessories...Headband is slipping Jax...recognize it, then rectify it :)

Thank you to our friends and family who celebrated with us!

We are so blessed, and had a wonderful day with this 'Little Sister!'

Hudsen's First Day of PreSchool

WOW! So glad this day is over! The anxiety Justin and I had leading up to today completely exhausted us. We knew SHE would be fine....But I wasn't so sure how WE would do. Just the fact that starting today she would be in school for the next 22+ years (that's including 4 years of college...and who knows after that, law school? and I hear it takes 10years for a PH.D - OMG!

Well, she is off to an amazing start! No first day of school jitters for this little one. She was ready and shared a few thoughts in the car while waiting in the parking lot before heading in to Day 1.

Then a quick photo shoot to document the special day!




Sorry Dad - you're a blinker...and Hudsen hates the camera so this was unfortunately the only shot I got of you and your big girl :)























I on the other hand....had been practicing the perfect proud mom pose for weeks, and knew to go with some shades to omit the possibility of blinkage...or worse...tears :)

I had enrolled Hudsen into school for the upcoming fall...and we found out that someone had moved, so there would be an open spot starting in March if we wanted to take it - so we jumped at the chance. Coincidentally, today was also Parents/Grandparents Day....so after dropping her off at 9, we were asked to come back at 10:30 to watch the school in action. It was perfect! Loved seeing Hudsen mixing in so well with the other kids, and following directions from her teachers. When we walked in, she was wearing a smock and painting with a few others kids. (Loving that the mess witnessed here was not made at our house)

Then she took a few 100 trips down the indoor slide...

and road some of her favorite toys...(all while taking an important call mind you)

























She wasn't afraid to share the spotlight and let her little sis in on the PreSchool action...





And was fairly aggressive with the parachute which was kinda fun to see...

All and all, it was the best possible first day of PreSchool-and it was followed by lunch when we got home and then a quality 3 1/2 hour nap.

I am also happy to report that I kept the tears to a minimum....only shedding a few on the way in the car - but I blame Taylor Swift and whatever girly, cheesy, reminds-me-of-my-daughter, song that was playing at the time :)

Our whole family is looking forward to the rest of the school year and anxious to see how she grows and learns more and more. We are so excited to help her along this journey - as she already appears to be a wonderful student :)

And to Hudsen - someday you will read this, and I just want you to know how PROUD your Dad and I are of you! At 2 1/2 years old, you have already amazed us with all that you know and do each day and we love you so much!