“TO-NY”, when she’s mad

I just about DIED laughing.  We’re always joking about how I say Tony’s name when I’m yelling for him and he thinks it’s hilarious when Ty mocks me when I do it.  So, the fact that he told that to his teachers as the one thing I always say…well, I’m sure they were rolling!

I guess I also like to wear pink shirts and that my favorite thing to do with Ty is play Wii Fit. 

I also got my first breakfast and bed on Mother’s Day, which consisted of a very tasty granola bar (again from the preschool teachers!) and lots of snuggles with the kiddos.

I then got to go shoot a gorgeous little newborn girl, which was such a pleasure.

We then headed over to my sister’s house to celebrate with my mom and family.  My sister made some super yummy kabobs on the grill and the asparagus was delicious as well.

One of my fave new recipes are these super EASY and delicious potatoes:

Range Roasted Potatoes

Preheat oven to 425.

Take 3 lbs of your favorite potatoes, skin on and cut them up into chunks, not too big though.

1/2 cup of Olive Oil (I like to use EVOO)

1 package of Onion Soup Mix

Throw it all in a big Ziploc bag and shake it up (this is SO much easier than mixing it in the bowl, IMO)

Once mixed, put into a 9x13” glass baking pan and bake for 30–40 mins or until potatoes are nice and tender.  Stir occasionally while baking.  You’ll know they’re done when they’re a nice, rich golden brown color.

I think Sweet Potatoes would be really tasty too this way!

Here’s a few photos of my sweet monkeys from our day

It’s scary how much they look alike!

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Here's Easter 2010!  The Easter bunny was very good to our house.

We headed up to Scott & Amy's to see their new house in St. Cloud.  It's SO nice to have them only about 90 mins away now.  I can't wait to get up there more often to hang out with them and to go golfing with them.

The weather was SO gorgeous and for once, we dind't have to cover up our nice Easter clothes with parkas!

Here's B and Grandma

I LOVE this photo, these 2 little dogs are part of the brood of creatures from the Lee household.  Aren't they cute?  Bailey didn't seem to think so.  She is DEATHLY afraid of small dogs, which is hilarious considering she lived with a Doberman the first year of her life!

Brotherly love.  He's the *best* big bro in the world.  Seriously.

Love this smile.  Not lovin the hair...

We got a good family pic courtesy of Tony's cousin!

With the grandparents...so much for the well behaved boy!

Hope you all had a blessed Easter!

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We're getting better at standin now!  yay!

I love this one <3

Big hazel eyes   I think she's looking a lot like Tyson in this one.

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Here's the birthday girl having her morning breakfast.  Ty said "I wonder if she'll look older now that she's one" before she woke up in the morning.  I think he was a bit disappointed when we went in her room to see that she still looked the same! LOL

As soon as b'fast was over, it was time to get the giant cupcake cake decorated for the party!  We had a cupcake themed party.

We also had a whole slew of smaller cupcakes for everyone.  I loved this Cupcake Stand, it was so cute to display them all!  To feed my Esty addiction, I got these adorable cupcake wrappers and personalized cupcake toppers.  I just loved how they all came together for the display!  And Tyson was such a good little helper and put all of the giant sprinkles on the little cupcakes. 

It's Party time!!  Here with Grandpa Al & Grandma Arlene.  Adorable birthday dress from here and bow from here.

The dainty pinky in the air.  Don't we all eat our crackers like this? LOL

Who are all of these people and why are they here?

Time to sing!

Good thing we have our helpful big brother around to blow out the candles for us!

Time to enjoy a cupcake

SO big!

Time to open some present!

She LOVES her new tea party set!

Me and my girl

Tea anyone?

I'm still hoping to get a Bailey's first year post up later this week, so stay tuned for that!

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The last month has been such a whirlwind in our lives, but a wonderful one.  When I look back at the last few weeks, I wonder how we survived, but we did, thank God, and we're all settling in.  We couldn't have done it without the help of our family.  We hired some amazing movers as well to help.  If you are in need of a moving company, I highly recommend Two Men and a Truck.  They were A M A Z I N G.  The best money we ever spent.

We officially moved into our new house on the 26th.  It's been a little over a week, but now it's beginnging to feel like we've been there MUCH longer than that.  I drive by Tyne Lane every day and wonder how our cute first house is doing.  I'm sure the new owners are loving it, but part of me does miss it just a little.

We also had an awful decision to make about a week before our move.  Our dog, Zeus, was 9 years old (that's senior for a Doberman) and his health had been declining pretty quickly over the last few weeks.  We knew the time was coming, as horrible of a decision as it was, we made the choice to put him to sleep and let him cross the Rainbow Bridge.  It was a very sad day for our family, but we knew in the long run, it was the right decision. 

We're now getting settled into our new home.  I have been taking a few pics here and there, but it's been such a mess with boxes and unpacking, that I've been holding out on taking too many until it's all prettied up.   So, when it's all nice and pretty for B's party this weekend, I'll be sure to take some new ones.

Speaking of The Princess, can you believe she's turning ONE on Sunday?  I know I sure can't!!  We took her one year photos on Sunday and did a cake smash.  Stay tuned for those, but here's one of my faves of her laughing at her brother.  And I LOVE my new natural light studio in the house!!  I can't wait to use it over the coming years!!

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Here's last week's.  I'm doing an online photography workshop and was trying to work on getting a motion blur shot.  There's so many technical things wrong with this photo, but I still love it and it cracks me up.  This was Tyson's version of Cross-Country skiing while we were watching the olympics.  In case you can't tell, that's two hockey sticks as skiis, and his poles are a golf club and a bat.

And for Week 8.  Bailey got this cute little stool that is a puzzle with her first and middle name on in.  She's OBSESSED with taking all of the letters off and putting them all back on top of it (and into any assortment of containers as well).  She's still not crawling yet, but I'm actually happy this week for that with all of the packing we've been doing.  It's keeping her out of a lot less trouble!

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Here's my week 2.  Yes, I have another child, but I can't take his photo quite as easily as I can hers.  :-)

Bailey is in LOVE with her Very Hungry Caterpillar book.  Particularly the holes in the pages with the food.  She even tried to eat the food page the other night!  LOL

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