Below are the first photos that we have had done professionally as a family. It was a perfect fall day and we headed up to Devou Park to capture the colors of a Cincinnati fall! The girls were great and we spent a couple hours in the park while our photographer captured fun moments of us as a family. Can't wait to do it again! Keep on the look out for more pictures of the girls with their cousin Lucas in their Christmas outfits! That photo shoot is coming up!
Enjoy!
So, I know this has taken my more than a week to post but we have been extremely busy! We have decided that I will be staying home with the girls. I will continue to look for a job and should the RIGHT thing come a long I MIGHT take it. Anyway, staying home with two ONE YEAR OLD little girls is a lot more work than ever before. They are way mobile....Brooklyn is nearly on the run at this point and Marley isn't far behind her! Here are a bunch of pictures from their first birthday party! We had the party at Papa and Grams Stuart's house. It was a barnyard theme and they had pony rides from Spanky. Well, the girls missed the pony rides because they fell asleep shortly after eating their cake. Poor things, utter exhaustion!
Enjoy!
Brooklyn is beginning to walk - pray for us!

She has had a tooth for a few weeks now...just one. Brooklyn on the other hand has four on top and three on the bottom. Hey, Marley still has no problem eating everything that Brookyln eats!
Below are a couple web albums of a lot of different stuff. We have had an extremely busy fall and I have been terrible about updating the blog! Lucas' first birthday party was the biggest highlight of the fall so far! The girls also had an early first birthday party with the Koepke side of the family because Aunt Keri came to visit again from Alabama. Enjoy the pictures! I am going to do my best to try to keep up more often. Right now we are planning the girls first birthday bash...stay tuned!
Hard to believe that last year at this time I was on bed rest and waiting for the birth of the girls....which wouldn't come for several more weeks.
Fast forward a several months and we are visiting the pumpkin patch with Aunt Sarah, Lucas and Gigi at nearly 11 months old. The girls loved it, although they were sleepy. Still...we had a lot of fun picking out pumpkins, eating ice cream, getting some apple cider, and taking LOTS of pictures. Link to the album is below. Enjoy!
Some of our really good friends had a little boy, Braedon, in January. The girls like to play with him - well, mostly stick their fingers in his mouth for some reason. Too cute! Braedon is 3 months younger than the girls but almost 10lbs heavier! Big boy, little girls.