Fall is in full swing at the Welsh household. Earlier this month we decided to make a day of it and cram in as much fall Solvang fun as we could. We met up with our good friend Alisse, and her sweet baby Scarlett for a picnic at Sunny Fields park, followed by pumpkin picking, apple picking and to finish it off- a trip to see the ponies. It definitely helped that all of these locations are on the same road. :)
Happy Fall!
IN Love with these cuties
this is her "cheese" face
P showing off the first dress mommy made her (working hard to finish Violet Mae's before Pen out grows this one!)
I'm sure I've written in the past what an extravaganza Halloween has turned out to be now that we have kids, but it still never ceases to amaze me. Santa Barbara is such a fun, family-friendly town, and the options are endless when it comes to celebrating. One of our favorite Halloween festivities is the Santa Barbara Zoo's "Boo at the Zoo" event. The kids had a blast.
As I was scrolling through Violet's year I got caught up in how much fun we all had.
Its amazing to see how much she's grown just since January!
I love everything about this little munchkin… the way she talks (need to record her more), the way she walks and has this funny little "dance" kind of run, the way she luuuuvvs to play dress up (if that girl sees a tutu she will make a beeline for it!), the way she can still be rough and tumble (nothing stops her for long), how fearless she is, how she loves to sing to herself, how she loves to play and entertain herself, her obsession with all things Ariel (including her main squeeze Prince Eric)- and at one point she was demanding I sing "A Whole New World" at least 10x a day, mostly in the car. geez! I love how she adores her older sis Penelope, and how every single day she seems to have something splattered across her chin… no matter what. I love how she knows all of her friends names and you can often hear her reciting them in her crib at night. She is one independent little lady with a very naughty, spicy side. This one definitely has a spark, and as my mom put it so well- is just IRRESISTIBLE. Even though I dread taking her to the grocery store, and am actually still recovering from a recent IKEA trip I still can't get enough of this little one. She is absolutely addicting.
This year we got to celebrate her twice. Once on her actual day October 16 with family, and again with her sister and friends on November 10.
Her sweet Oct 16 was filled with balloons and cake and she seemed to love every minute of it.
I can't get over how much you've grown little Violet Mae.
you amaze us
We love you so much.
posing for mommy all dressed up in her playhouse at her big birthday party
"cheese!"- at the harbor festival
pimpin her sunglasses the "right"way
New Year's beach day
recent cambria trip
goofing off with her favorite cousin this Christmas
footies- NYE
cousin snuggles
nana lunch date
she had an obsession with ducks this year
mommy coffee date
first dentist checkup
stuffing her face on chocolate hummm wonder where she learned that from?
hanging out at sissy's school
stylin and profilin'
goofing off on the plane to Mex with mommy and daddy
vacation
park silliness
love her bath pics!
chillin in the shampoo chair while sis gets a haircut
daddy love
sea center visit
with her partner in crime
pickin blueberries with buddy Connor
helping mommy shop
watchin sissy at swim lessons
summer picnics in the backyard- in pjs no less
making daddy his father's day gift
takin a break at the Oak Park kiddie pool
handlin her biz
first boat ride
special Violet photo shoot- which I might add she wasn't into AT ALL!
look at her face here, she's like I don't think so
Violet in April
outtake from the shoot
this was taken in Feb
being silly with daddy at Connor's first birthday in Feb
sillys
princess day at the zoo in March
little tink
posing with Grammy at cousin Lilja's bday in March
they're the yummiest straight out of the bath right?
Nana made St. Patty's Day cookies
goofing off with cousin at Easter
snugging Auntie Linda
two peas in a pod
birthday high chair
birthday breakfast included her favs of chocolate chip pancakes with whip, strawberries and sprinkles no less
and of course bacon
oh and the six is because I was saving her other candle for that night and forgot we didn't have any others!
whoops!
surprising her the morning of her bday
Me, James, Penelope and Gracie walked in singing with a ton of balloons
I think it alarmed her a bit ;)
birthday breakfast!
her first trike!
birthday lunch with grammy and papa bear at Crush Cakes
