A day at the Zoo!

We went on a field trip to the zoo a few Friday's ago and had a blast. The weather was awesome and most of the animals were up and out to play!

















Katy was so excited to ride the carousel.


She rode the horse all by herself!


Ava really thought it was fun to watch Katy go around and around!

Ava's 1st Birthday Party

Ava's party was a few weeks ago and the theme was "Over the Rainbow"! I had a FUN time putting together decorations and just enjoying the preparation for this party!! It was an amazing day with beautiful weather and we had many guests from out of town that normally don't get to come to our family events which was fabulous! Here are a few highlights from the day...

Our birthday girl (this outfit reminds me of Rainbow Brite from my childhood)!



Big Sissy


















This cake was baked by Todd and me. It was 6 layers...Todd baked 3 layers, I baked the other 3 layers, Todd iced the entire thing and I decorated it. It was a labor of LOVE!




Isn't the inside gorgeous?!

Ava's 1st Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Walton's Playhouse

SO EXCITED to have Katy and Ava's swingset purchased and put together!! Daddy and Aunt Bobo did an awesome job constructing the set. It took about 2 weeks on and off and it's finally finished! We are happy to have our own place to play this Spring and Summer in our backyard!

Front View


Back View

Oh Katy, Katy, Katy....

Katy asked Todd this morning why God didn't make her dreams come true. Pretty tough question for a 4 year old to be asking so early in the morning. Before he answered her question, he asked, "What dreams of yours didn't come true, Baby?". She replied, "I dream of Justin Beaver almost every night, but yet I've never met him in person." That whole discussion is disturbing on SO MANY levels!

Lil Miss Ava...loves a bath!!

PS. Ava was not harmed or injured in the making of this video!!

Party Time!!

This lucky girl had a friend party in the morning of Saturday the 19th and then had a family party in the evening. It was friends, family, fun and of coarse PRESENTS!! Here are highlights of the festivities!

This was a present from Aunt Tiffany and Cousin Rowen...she loves being a cheerleader!!

Read the sign carefully...for Katy's 5th birthday we get to go to Disney World (a present from her Aunt's Stevie and Lynn)!! Wooo-hooo!!!


New dress up outfits!!






Tumbling Party at NorthStar Studio






Katy with her best buddies, Meg (left) and Brooke (right).







Another dress up outfit...she has always been fascinated with the doctor's office and plays doctor at home a lot with her babies and Mommy. Grandma and Grandpa Metzger got her the outfit and accessories...she loves it! Dr. Kathleen Virginia Walton...sounds good right?!

4 YEARS OLD!

Today, Katy turned 4 at exactly 4:21 PM...and it has been an amazing 4 years! When I first had the urge to expand our family and have children, this experience is NOTHING like I thought it would be. It truly is the most fun, rewarding, exhausting and unpredictable time of my life...and am SO blessed to have 2 healthy and happy girls!!

Here is my top 10 things I love about my 1st born, Kathleen Virginia Walton:

10) I love it when she wants to snuggle and watch TV. She gathers her favorite things: her blanket, her ni-night, her puppy Lily and gets everything just right set up on the couch and we find something fun to watch.

9) I love that I can predict that within the first 5 to 10 minutes after we get everything set up and start to snuggle she decided she needs a snack, drink or gets up altogether and wants to play something else!

8) I love to play pretend with her! She has such a vivid imagination and when we are playing nothing else in the world matters other than what scene she has created!

7) I love that when we play pretend she puts together the event we are playing (for example: going on vacation on an airplane to Grandma Dena's house who lives in Florida) that she takes so much time and effort to create the scene just right and usually by the time she gets everything just right, she decides that we will play something else and will switch the scene completely like now its time to dress up and attend a fancy party!

6) I love that I know when she is tired...she gets quiet, gets snuggly (her word) and sucks her index and middle finger and balls up her ni-night and lays on the couch and cuddles.

5) I love how much she LOVES her sissy! Although the intense expressions that get on her face when she gives Ava a hug I almost get concerned because I think she is squeezing the life out of her...

4) I love that even though she loves her sissy so much, she gets SO HAPPY when Ava
goes to bed and she gets to have time with Mommy and Daddy all to herself!!

3) I love that almost every night at bedtime she makes sure Mommy and Daddy have one of her stuffed animals to snuggle with when we go to bed!

2) I love to listen to her sing while I'm driving because she either makes up her own songs (which are hilarious) or makes up her own words to songs on the radio and she is always very entertaining!!

1) I LOVE this girl because she is SO SILLY! She can make me laugh even when I'm steaming mad at her and she jut says and does the funniest things...she is my girl!!

Happy 4th Birthday Katy!!! I love you so much and can't wait to see what the next 4 years have in store for us:)

Katy Time

Now that Katy is not an only child, its more of a struggle to make Katy and Mommy time. This is one instance we got in some one on one time during Ava's morning nap. We had some fun painting pictures for Daddy while he was at work!





Katy in all of her shirtless glory!!