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Charlee's first day of Preschool!

Wow, I did not realize how long it had been since I last updated our blog! Time flew this summer and now we are embarking on a new school year. Charlee had her first day of Preschool at Country Village today and was SO proud and excited. Sam is getting bigger and more active by the minute...he loves to climb onto everything and basically make us gasp at every moment. He has a wonderful sense of humor and always goes for a laugh. Charlee is becoming a little girl right before our eyes...she has to have multiple hair accessories and decorations and is SUPER into Dora and all things Princess. Hard to belive she is almost 3 1/2! Stay tuned as I will post more soon :o)

Welcome Sawyer Andrew Ebeling!

On March 7th the Ebeling family welcomed a new addition-- Sawyer Andrew Ebeling -- first baby for Matt and Kim. We were so excited for them and Charlee and Sam had fun sending them a video while we waited to hear the news!

Aunt Katie with baby Sawyer...

Day with Charlee

On February 27th I took Charlee to Zoomar's for a girls day. She LOVED the pony rides and the ginea pig was a huge hit. I love spending one on one time with my girl...she seems to grow up before my very eyes...my grown up little Miss.

When we got home Charlee wanted to "work" with Daddy...precious

Steps to exhaustion...

In mid-February, Anya and I took Charlee to baby Sawyer's baby shower and to visit Great Grandma Mary in Santa Monica. We had a great visit and then on the way home Charlee became delirious...the progression was pretty hysterical...

Cuteness...

Delirium...

Exhaustion!

Samuel Cash turned One in a dash!

Hard to believe that our precious boy turned one...he is full of spunk, energy, sweetness, but most of all humor. We had an incredible day for his first annual birthday...homemade waffles in the morning and then off to a crazy day at Disneyland! Sam is quite a character and runs (not walks) everywhere. He always has a smile on his face (even if sometimes it is a bit mischievous) and makes passer-by's stop dead in their tracks to comment about how cute he is. At only 17 lb. at a year old he is quite a string bean! He measures in the 50th % for height but is far below the chart for weight. Our pediatrician started using the World Health Organization charts for him so at least he would only be about 10% below the chart for his body mass index! What he lacks in weight, he makes up for in smarts and spunk. He has 6 teeth, 4 on top and 2 on bottom, respectively. He says Mama, Dada, Hi, Woof Woof, Anya, Pop, Ball, Bar Bar and MMmmmmmm. Sam is quite the character and we can't wait to see what his future brings!

Charlee clowning around on Sam's big day!

Both kids crashed out in the BOB

I love this pic of my happy birthday boy

Daddy and Sammers

Shooby doop down to Anya's 60th birthday!

Our amazing and wonderful Anya turned 60 with a big 1950's themed bash! We had Star Wars in the morning and a 50's cafe with karaoke at night...we partied till we dropped!

Our shrine to Anya

Anya and Pops...Pops all decked out in his 50's gear

Just the 10 of us and of course the girls had matching poodle skirts on!

Anya and her girls

Mamma Mia!

This picture is classically fabulous...

And so is this one!

Aunt Janet brought a money bouquet...so clever!

The Ebeling/McNayr crew...Katie sewed Nora's whole costume complete with a record headband...unreal!

The Rat Pack

Presenting the memory book to Anya...everyone contributed a memory, story or message and we put it all in a book. Anya loved it I think more than the party!

I love this pic of Granny and Papa's grandkids...we miss them everyday!

4 of Anya's 6 siblings, Patty, Janet, Jan and Jim

Anya and Pops dearest friends, John and Jeane...they are family to us and so wonderfully thoughtful

Bailey and Janet

Gracie literally passed out at the party...classic!