The Little Girlies...

Since it has been so long I will give a general update of the little girls that we have been so blessed to call our daughters. I'll start with Charlotte....

Little Charlotte

 Charlotte is our little April Fools baby. She was born on April 1st, weighing 6 lbs. 6oz. Just a few ounces smaller than Penelope had been. Both our girls were born in the same small hospital in Goderich, in the same room, and both times it was supposed to be the same doctor, who, due to the speedy delivery time, missed both births. However the hospital has great nurses and staff who did an excellent job with everything!    

Ryan and Charlotte in our room at the hospital in Goderich.

So far her personality has been totally different from her big sister. She's more quiet and cuddly than Penelope but just as cute!

 

She's also got quite a bit more chunk on her! 

 

Then there's Penelope. What a girl! At 18 months she chatters non-stop about who knows what (although she has quite the vocabulary for her age), loves to sing and dance to her own songs, is very independent, super shy when confronted by most, is crazy about animals, flowers, and rocks, and loves her little sister soooo much.

Constantly has dirty feet too...

We just love this little goof. 

 

It's pretty awesome to have been given these two little people to look after. I foresee lots of giggles and laughter in my future. 

A Few New Things

Oops! It's been almost a year since I last posted on the blog. The last year has been kinda busy... ok more like I lost interest and got too lazy to write a new post. However, I know there are a few people interested in seeing some updates via my blog. 

Well I apparently didn't use my camera enough in the fall because I don't have many photos of it. It's not that it wasn't eventful it just seems as though I took more pictures with my phone than with my camera. One of the major events was that we moved from our small apartment that we had been calling home for the slightly over a year, to a little white house that came up for sale and was too good of a deal to pass up. I'll have to do a post on it later when I actually take pictures of it with my camera...

Here is a photo I did take of myself with little Penelope peeking over my shoulder while we wondered through the conservation area outside of town. 

 

Another occasion worth mentioning is my little sister M'lynn getting engaged!

Her and Taylor will be getting married this September and I'm excited to be a part of it! 

Aren't they cute! 

 

Next was the welcoming of a new little man to the Drudge family! 

 You can't tell from this picture but Jonah is pretty much the happiest baby ever! He is usually full of smiles and giggles. He's also huge. With 10 months between him and Penelope you'd think there would be at least some size difference. She may have a little height on him still but not much and he sure has some super cute chunkage!

 

After the fall came the long winter. With the long winter came piles (and piles, and piles) of snow! 

Our backyard drifted in quite a bit and was deep enough to build some pretty deep tunnels. 

We also had the opportunity to go hunting for sheds again; the antlers that drop off deer every year. My little possy included Hunter and Penelope. 

 

We were successful at finding one good size antler this year.

 

 

Finally there was the arrival of spring and with it we added a new addition to our family. Miss Charlotte arrived April 1st around 5 o'clock in the evening weighing 6 lb., 6 oz. We're all just in love our new little doll. 

So there's the quick version of what's happened over the last year. I will most likely go into more detail on some of these events as they continue to unfold.