Haley's class birthday celebration

Today I took cookies to Haley's class for her birthday! She is going to turn 4 tomorrow and I am looking forward to spending the day with her since Charlie and Scott are going to Duke. Here are some pics from today, I will have more from her actual birthday party this weekend...get ready for many little princesses!

One of Haley's teachers, Mrs. Meredith:

Haley with Mommy and Sarah Katherine:

Haley with Sarah Katherine and Regan:

Look who's 60!

Libby!!! We threw a surprise 60th birthday party for my mom last weekend and it was, in fact, a Big surprise! She had no idea that when she walked into my den carrying a big jar of sun-dried tomatos, she was walking into a room filled with many of her close friends and family! It was a fun night and a great way to celebrate my mom!

How many teeth does a 3 year old have?

Do you know? I didn't. The answer is 20! Poppy came to visit Haley's class this month for their dental week. He showed the class his coat, special glasses and gloves that he wears in the office. The kids loved feeling the gloves and watching him count Haley's teeth. He finished with a story about going to the dentist. Haley was overjoyed...she loved having him there and felt so special that he came just for her!

Charlie is famous!

Charlie made it on T.V. today!!! Here are some links to his appearance on GMA and another associated press clip:

http://video.ap.org/?t=By%20Section/U.S.&p=&f=AP&g=0315dv_peanut_allergies

He is wearing a light blue shirt at the end of the video...Mimi is in the background too!

Michael Anthony Catanese III

"Mac" was born yesterday...barely! He arrived at 11:58 pm and shares the same birthday with his big sister, Caroline. I snapped a pic of the family as Kelly and Michael headed to the hospital. Kelly looked way to comfortable to be having a baby just 7 hours later!!! Caroline spent the night with us and I could hardly contain myself when she woke in the morning to tell her that she was a big sister!

God is so Good!

January Snow

We got out token snow "storm" on January 19th. It was a whopping 2 inches, pure bliss for the children. They couldn't even stand the excitement...so much so that these pictures were taken at 8:45 am! What??? We played for what felt like hours and were back inside to warm up by 10:30.

Our neighbors, the Davis', have a great hill for sledding so we all hung out by their outdoor fireplace and watched the kids sled over and over and over again.

Later that day I watched the presidential inauguration. I won't comment on that since I'm not ready to talk politics yet on this blog...thanks, though.

Our neighbor, Lily, and Haley after a "run"

Christmas Catch-up

This year we spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning here in Charlotte. The kids spent Christmas Eve at BeBe and Poppy's house and then went home to get ready for the Big Guy to come visit.




Charlie's favorite toys...oh wait, that is all he got!



Haley got some doctor scrubs and a doctor kit. She actually wears this to Duke on our allergy visits for Charlie...it is a riot.



Then we headed to Raleigh on Christmas Day for even more excitement. Heather's parents joined us and I got a great picture of Ross and Bob at the end of the night. I love how Scott just appeared coming down the steps at the perfect time.



Haley and Riley showing off their new Hawaiian dresses and leis.