Over the 4th of July holiday we had the wonderful opportunity to hang out in North Carolina with Karl, Melissa, Ainsley, and Dagny.

Here are the players...

Faelyn.


Aunt Melissa



Mommy



Amazing scenery



Uncle Karl



Lenora


Ainsley


Dagny


A bear



paparazzi

and now some random cute.

For Faelyn's Birthday we spent the day at the zoo with friends...and kitty cupcakes.



Opening presents with help from Berlyn




Erica and Fuzzy before Faelyn's party...


and after...


just walking along...


and hanging out.






Thanks to Sherri, Ken, Hunter, Erica, Fuzzy, Grandmama, Kitri, Bill, Thor, and Berlyn for making Fae's bday party great.

Faelyn turned 3!!! and part of her birthday was a wonderful visit from her Oma and Opa (Erin & Wil)






and they were put to work.




thank you guys for the great visit. we miss you already!

Yay! it is time for adorable pictures of ever growing Lenora



some quiet time with Grandmama



Nap time for everybody


look way back for Fae in this exact outfit...thanks again Kate!



and now some adorable faces!


Hey you! I'm cute!!!

In the first few weeks of June lovely Miranda came out to play with Fae and Lenora...i swear we have more pictures!! hopefully more to come- we already miss you Mia.

Some wonderful moments from the past few weeks.

getting to know her Sister


being a penguin at the newly renovated Shedd Aquarium


and a crab... (thanks to Aunt Erica and Uncle Fuzzy for the hat.)



yoga?


it was over when she saw the water...






just adorable.

The following post was created by Faelyn...

We miss you already Katie Na! come visit soon!

Some pics of Lenora...

Some family photos before we went to the hospital to get baby girl out.

Time to meet the new McSchnit. Lenora Georgiana Schnitger. Welcome to the world little one!
She is 21 and 3/4 inches long. weighing 9 lbs, 5 oz
and she is beautiful

Sounds asleep




look at that hair! black...and straight.





and those fingers. so long!



the first time holding her.