We moved to Massachusetts!

Hello again! Two posts in one day. I'm on a roll. I wanted to share our news on here. The title says it all. We actually left Pennsylvania! We moved to Massachusetts 2 1/2 weeks ago. I always thought if we moved it would be somewhere warmer but oh well :) Let me take a moment to say how much I hate moving. I think I can say that the day we moved was the most exhausting day of my life. Anyway, we moved here because John is opening up another location of the solar business, Endless Mountains Solar Services. It's an exciting opportunity and he's working really hard to make it happen. So far we really like it here. We're renting this great house in a really cute town called Westborough, 30 miles west of Boston. Our house has a lot of space. My favorite feature is a walk-in closet. It's amazing to have room for all my clothes. We have a huge yard and Sage is loving the room to run around. We're surrounded by trees and we have a bird feeder on the balcony off the living room and Sage is loving seeing the birds. We hear the birds all day. Sage says: "Mommy do you hear the birds?" I say yes and she says: "they're singing, tweet tweet!" She watches them come and eat the bird food and when they fly away she says "bye bye bird!" It's adorable. Let me take a moment to say that we love renting. The house is getting repainted, they're replacing the heating system, and they maintain the grounds. People show up and work on the house. It's a lot better than living with unfinished remodeling projects. John's brother Ed and his wife Lynn live an hour away southeast of Boston and we've been able to see them a few times since we moved. It's so nice to have family nearby. We're getting to know people at church and everyone's really nice. We're having a great time. Anyone who wants to visit, we have a guest room! Seriously, come visit us! I'll post some pictures of the house after I take some.

Recent photo shoots

Hey everyone! I don't know what's wrong with me but I am not good at this blog thing. I'm always so proud of myself when I post something and then months go by. I'm gonna try to get better. Anyway... here are a few recent pictures of the girls. The one in the black and white dresses were taken in February when Sage was 21 months old and Sydney was 6 months old. The ones in the pink and green dresses were their Easter pictures taken in April. Sage was 23 months and Sydney 8 months. As you can see I really enjoy dressing them up alike. I think dressing them up is by far my favorite hobby. Sage and Sydney are doing great. Sage has quite a personality. She sings all the time. She knows a lot of songs. This has been her newest funny thing: When she sings a song I've been joining in to sing it with her and right after I join in she says no no no! so I'll stop singing. She doesn't want me to sing with her. I think she forgets that if it weren't for me, she wouldn't have learned these songs in the first place. See how unappreciated I am? She uses me for my musical knowledge and then casts me aside! :) She is hilarious. It blows my mind how well she talks. She's like a tiny adult already. She's also crazy about her daddy. I've accepted the fact that she loves him more than she loves me. I would be jealous but seeing them together is the cutest thing ever so it makes me happy. Sage is so girly. She gets so excited for church cause she gets to wear a "pretty dress". After I put on her dress she says "baby will wear a pretty dress too". When we go shopping and she sees shoes she instantly kicks her shoes off and begs me to try on new shoes. Sydney is also a cutie pie. 3 weeks ago we had their doctor appointments together and Sydney outweighs her older sister by one ounce! She's 26 lbs. 5 oz. at 9 months old! Isn't that insane?! She is a chunker and a cute one at that. Sydney has showed no signs of mobility. We think she doesn't attempt to move cause it's too much work. :) She may not move but she is a great reacher. She reaches for things and squirms like crazy. She adores Sage and constantly laughs at her. My favorite moments every day are when the two of them laugh together. It's the best. Sydney says Daddy, bye bye, clap, achu (fake sneezes), and all done. She's also tough. Sage has hit her a few times on purpose and by accident and Sydney just takes it and never cries. She has a really sweet personality and is a constant joy. I love that they're so close in age. They entertain each other and they're already little buddies. I hope you enjoyed this little update and I hope you like the pictures!