Luck o' the Irish

We got to meet our beautiful new niece, Jentrey! She is an amazing little girl and we cannot wait to see her (and all of our other beautiful nieces) again!

Here are some photos of our big trip:

Mae was super excited to see her cousins Joelie and Jessie again! She had such a great time playing with all of her cousins. Now whenever we see a "big" kid, she gets all excited because she thinks they are going to play with her ... her cousins spoiled her!

Jessie being a big girl and feeding Mae!

Julie and Mae shared a dance :)

A bonus on this trip was having Mae get to meet her Great-Uncle Kevin, Great-Aunt Holly and cousin Krista!

Grandma S also made an appearance, which was fantastic! (Apparently Joelie is the Yahtzee-Queen!)

The three "J's"

Isn't she gorgeous?

We're all Minnesota fans now (sorry, Nebraska!)

Grandma with all but one of her girls!

Poor Mae - she doesn't know that these two guys are trouble! We need to teach her something about boys!

Note: We also got to have Mae finally meet her Aunt Jeri, Uncle Eric and cousin Ella. We took pictures .... lots of them ... but right now I do not know what happened to them! So until I can track down the photos, check out http://ejelorenz.blogspot.com/ for photos of our visit with them!

Then this past weekend we got to have a Surprise 94th Birthday Party for Mae's GiGi (great-grandma)! We got to hang out with GiGi, Mae's great aunt Karen, and her mom's cousin and her family. Of course Grandma & Grandpa B came down for the celebration, as well! It was super fun!

Mae-Mae's whispering secrets to GiGi ...

And now they're laughing over it!

Here's Mae in her cutsey St. Patty's day outfit (thanks Emily!)

Cutsey

Here's Mae being cutsey with her backpack from Grandma S. Mae-Mae making trouble, as usual! These two photos might be a little weird to anyone outside of Lisa's immediate family, but Grandma & Grandpa B and Aunt Mindy should understand! :)

Table Manners?

No explanation needed ... just check out the photos! :)
(We have a bunch of great videos we have been wanting to post - including one from tonight - but none of our cameras create files that this website will let us post ... we'll keep trying)

Catching Up

We have a lot of catching up to do!

Mae, Lisa, Elise and Natalie all got to go on a road trip of PA - lots of miles and lots of fun! Mae loves her peas (you may recall an earlier photo where she was not so keen on them)!

For Groundhog Day (a very special day in our family) she got to enjoy her first Groundhog Cookie!

Our little model (wearing her cute clothes Daddy bought)!

It was such a beautiful day we decided to enjoy some time at the park. Mae loves the swings!

New Year Fun!

We've had lots of fun in the New Year ...

Elise and Dan came over to spend some time before heading back to PSU And new little friend Aliya made a very special visit to our house!

Pamela and Joey finally got to meet little Mae!

And then more presents! Here's Mae playing with her awesome phone from Aunt Jeri and Uncle Eric!

More paper to eat!

Case in point ...

O Christmas Tree

Here's Mae as a Christmas Tree on Christmas Day while Aunt Mindy and Poppers look on...
Cuddle time with Peepers and Poppers ...

Mae had her first sledding experience up in NY. Here's our little "Ralphie" all stuffed into her snow gear!

First we played it safe with just some sledding on the driveway (poor girl - she can't move!)....

But then the real fun started!

Christmas Eve

Mae-Mae got an early start on Christmas when she opened her awesome presents from Aunt Julie and Uncle Josh on Christmas Eve. She's quite the efficient present-opener --- rip off a piece of paper, try to put it in her mouth, have the paper taken away by mom & dad, grab a new piece, repeat. :)

She loves her Elmo phone (mom especially loves Abby Cadabby (sp?))!

Mmmm ... clothes are for eating!