June Pictures

Hey everyone! Below are a few pictures from the month of June. Enjoy the pictures!


We went to the Summer Solstice Event at World's End, a beautiful island near Boston. John's brother Ed worked the event. There was a live band and we brought a picnic and enjoyed the view.


Here's the sunset over the Boston Harbor. It was even more beautiful in person.


This picture was taken with a purpose. Some day (if my Dad has anything to do with it) my girls will be doubles partners and they will be wearing matching outfits. This was taken as a foreshadowing of things to come. :)


Here is John on Father's Day wearing his gift. It was tough getting fabric paint on their hands and positioning them on the shirt but it turned out ok. John said it was the best gift he had ever received.

Sage and Sydney lounging

So... our friends Rick and Vicki gave Sage a gift card to Target for her birthday and we decided to get her a kiddie pool. It was a great decision. It gets really hot in our house, especially in the living area which is on the top floor. Our air conditioner can't keep up on the hot days so the pool has been great. Here are a few pictures of the first day they used it. These will be the only pictures of them in matching swimsuits because I could barely squeeze Sydney into hers. It was borderline child abuse that I even put her in it. I just had to get one use out of it. Serves me right for buying matching suits on clearance last summer assuming she would be a normal size. (they wear the same size clothes now by the way) Anyway, Sage had a blast. She must've gone down that slide 50 times. I'm putting a few other adorable pics of them on this post. They are SO cute together. Enjoy!

How hilarious is this? This would be a great photo to show if she ends up becoming a model!




We put Sage in Sydney's crib one morning. I had to get the camera. It was one of those sweet moments.


Speaking of sweet moments!

Florida Trip

Hey family and friends! I have made a "mid-year" resolution to blog more often. Our girls are growing up so fast and I have all these cute pictures that I'm not sharing and I feel bad about that. Plus I need to record more cute things they do. So, that being said, I have a bunch of pictures to post from the past few months. I'll start with our Florida trip. I went to Panama City Beach, Florida with Sage over Memorial Day weekend. It would've been really difficult to travel with the girls by myself so Sydney stayed home with John. My entire family was there and we had an awesome time. Sage loved the beach and the pool. In fact it's been two months since we got back and she insists on watching videos of Florida every day. She really bonded with Hannah and Mason and Zoe. She especially worships Hannah. Zoe was born in January and this was our first and only time seeing her and she is SO cute! Here are a few pictures of our trip.

We took Sage and Hannah to a mini zoo and they had a blast together


The family on the balcony. The only one missing in this picture is my cousin Courtney


Me with my good looking sisters


I love this picture of us. Seeing that water makes me want to get on a plane and go back


Sage with her cousins, Mason, Hannah and Zoe

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!

Sweet Sisters

I bought these cute matching pajamas when I was about 3 months pregnant with Sydney. I thought they would be for this summer since the smaller pajamas are 12 month size but our little Sydney is very large for her age so I realized tonight that I better have them wear these before Sydney gets too big. Speaking of Sydney's size she had her 6 month checkup 2 weeks ago and she's 21 pounds. The doctor doesn't bother looking at the 6 month percentile chart. He said she's the height of an average 14 month old and the weight of an average 13 month old. Luckily her head is within the 6month chart at the 90th percentile. :) Sage and Sydney can already share pajamas. My mom predicts that in a year they'll be the same size and I think she might be right. Anyway, here is a little photo shoot we did tonight. I don't know if all moms are as psycho as me but I LOVE matching outfits.



The first of the many times Sydney will tackle her sister :)


They are so sweet and affectionate with each other.

Christmas 2010

Christmas this year was really fun. We stayed here at home in Pennsylvania. It was the first Christmas where Sage understood what was going on. It was so entertaining to watch her open her presents and play with them. I think we doubled our toy inventory. We're running out of room. We really need a playroom. Some of the toys Sage got was a mini stroller (probably her favorite gift), a ball popper, a little race car, new books, a xylophone, blocks, her first barbie, a desk, and a barn magnet set among others. We just got a few teething toys for Sydney since she didn't really know what was going on. Anyway, we went to John's brother Mike's house Christmas morning and he and our sister-in-law Jaime made us a yummy brunch and Sage played with her cousin Emma. We spent the rest of Christmas relaxing at home. We made a big Christmas dinner and apple and chocolate pie. The day after Christmas we went to John's parents house for a big family get-together. 5 of John's 6 siblings were there and lots of Sage and Sydney's cousins. We had dinner together and exchanged gifts. It was really fun. I made over 100 chocolate chip cookies that weekend and gave them away in tins. We also made an art project for John's parents and some friends. We had a busy weekend. It was fun to make our own Christmas memories. Next year Sydney will have a better idea of what's going on and it'll be even more fun. Here are a few pictures of Christmas day. The picture of them in their Christmas dresses was taken about a week before Christmas.