snow in April!

April 1st and we got about 8 inches of snow!! But it was the perfect snow for snowmen...the girls made their first (and last) snowman of the season. Food coloring made the facial features.

It was warm enough that even Rowan enjoyed playing in the snow. Previously, she had done minimal snow-play, not a fan of the cold.
Leo is officially 2 months old, as of April 11th.
Touchdown!
Less than 2 weeks after snow, its warm enough for sundresses. You have to love New England.

Rowan loves her rainbow dress.

Another good picture of Kaylee...can it be true?
cutie!
Life is pretty busy these days. I'll try to do more pictures soon.

St Patty's Day and Leo meets his great-grandfather.

OK, so St. Patty's Day...the girls actually fit into the same shirts as last year, so yay, thrifty Mommy saves some money:)

Kaylee doesn't mind modeling her Irish.
Nor does Rowan.

Leo's St. Patty's Day shirt says: Handsome Irish Boy.

And he loves his swing...yay!
Kaylee takes another decent pic this month while playing with playdough...which somehow manages to always find its way back into the house despite being banned at least 10 times.
The Lion Man in his Lion PJs...in his bouncy seat.
Lion PJs for the Little Lion Man.
Our little cutie.
Check out how alert this one is at only 5 weeks!
Kaylee plays the part of a caterpillar emerging from her cocoon.
Leo meets his great-grandfather.
And here we have it, 4 generations of Gifford Men.
And there's your dose:) Ciao.

Mardi Gras and a few other cute pics.

The girls made Mardi Gras masks at a MOMS Club event and continued the celebration at home.

Rowan was particularly proud of her mask. She continually jumped out at me and said: Boo! And then she pulled her mask up and said, "its only Rowan Mommy, its just me!" Seriously, at least 20 times...in a row.
Kaylee made a mask too and strutted around for a while.
Look! Look! Look! I took a great picture of Kaylee! This has not happened in a VERY long time. Kaylee is a beautiful little girl, and I get passable pictures on a regular basis, but you have no idea how many I delete because they are just plain old BAD; but this one, this one, I LOVE.
This one isn't that bad either, but still only passable.
Rowan, on the other hand, is a camera ham. I don't seem to have trouble getting pics of her to come out well.
Check out that expression!
A kiss for baby Leo when we broke out his baby gym.
He was captivated for a few minutes...
but then, well...you decide if he liked it or not.
That's all for now.

this past week...

Mommy's new favorite of the Little Lion Man.

We went to a gymnastics party last weekend, the girls had a blast...here's Rowan flying high on the zip line.
And bouncing on the trampoline.
She even tackled the inflatable slide, which she normally avoids during her weekly gymnastics class.
Kaylee tackled the climbing wall with her normal cautious determination.
Boing.
Boing.
Kaylee flew on the zipline as well.
And unlike Rowan, Kaylee has no problems conquering the inflatables.
I really have to get more into pictures! What can I say, we're busy:)

Leo is now 2 weeks old!

I can't believe how fast time flies. Here's our little Lion Man, wide awake and 2 weeks old.

The veteran big sister wants to hold/hug/kiss/see Leo ALL the time! (Man this is going to be hard when Daddy goes back to work on Monday.)
Camera-loving, rookie-big-sister Rowan is getting in on the holding/kissing/loving action...just not nearly as much as the veteran.
One of my favorites so far, all ready for bed, in his comfy PJS...and wide awake :)
Ahhhh, there's the yawn, yay ready for bed.
Sorry for the lack of pictures, but I figure just a few is better than none, and things are VERY busy around here.

Welcome Baby Leo!

He's here.

Baby Leo John, was born 2-11-11 at 8lbs 3oz and 20 1/4 inches long.

Eyes popped open for some Mommy-bonding time that very first day.
Big sister Kaylee knew just what to do when she came into the room, yelling "Leeeeeeeeeeeeeo."
On Saturday the girls came back, again, Veteran Big-Sister, Kaylee shone in her role.
But Rookie Big-Sister Rowan stepped up to the plate too!
HOME RUN! Mommy's favorite pic so far.
Day 3, time to relax and chill for a while.
And the silly-but-necessary-going-home-from-the-hospital-outfit.
Kaylee welcomed her new Valentine home.
We're all home now, happy and healthy. There are tons of pics to go through and file etc, but these will just have to do for now.