Kauai

 View from our Hotel in Poipu, Kauai

 My most favorite view, from a hammock

 Beautiful grounds of the hotel

 Shipwreck beach



Jan and Feb review

 With February about to end, here is a quick review of what was happening during January and February. Kate and Lily started at their new school and, after a few weeks, have adjusted well. One thing that Kate loves is getting to do some homework on the computer!

 Elise loves to play!

 I cannot keep this girl out of my make-up. Thanks to Elise, there is now a mascara and lip glass stain on my carpet...good thing she is cute!

 Elise's favorite thing in the whole world is to dress herself in Kate and Lily's clothes.

 As many know, Drew still wants a dog (I know, he is crazy), so as a trial, we are dog sitting for the next few weeks... I think in the end he will come around to my way of thinking.

 I often wonder why I don't have more pictures of my children, and then I try to take one. I cannot get them to hold still! They instantly start moving when they see me with a camera!

 Last saturday we took the girls to the Evansville Museum.

It has not changed much since I was a child, but the girls enjoyed it and it turned out to be a pleasant family outing.

december

 December passed in a blur for the Heckerts this year! We were busy moving and visiting with family. Alisha was home for a few weeks from college and had to snap a footie pj picture with Elise.

 The weather was very mild the first of December and we got out and enjoyed it!

 Being a big girl and making her lunch like her sisters!

 Lily's Christmas singing program was great, she was so excited to have us come and listen to her.

 We were also lucky enough to have my sister Elizabeth and her family come and visit. On Christmas Eve we went down to Nashville to see a Shrek Ice show. It was so cool to see all the characters carved in Ice. It was about 9 degrees in the room, so we spend most of the time making the girls keep their gloves on!

 Christmas morning!

Christmas night is snowed like crazy and we built our first snowman at the new house with our friends, the Rathfons. The snow stayed around for days afterwards, which is very unusual for Evansville. Consequently, we also had to buy our first snow shovel.

 

The best present this year was a surprise visit from my sister Melissa and her husband. It was a wonderful time of eating, laughing, and just being together.

Heres to 2 years with the family!

 So Elise ignored all of my advice and turned 2 on Saturday. We had spaghetti and cake, two of Elise's favorite things.. Not one of her favorite things? The candles. Drew had to blow them out for her.

 

 When we asked Elise what she would like for her birthday, she quickly replied shoes, that's my girl! I went online and now all of us girls have matching shoes. You cannot get much cooler than that my friends! Unfortunately, they do not make these in a men's shoe, so Drew was left out.

Elise is a very special girl and has brought great joy into our family. Most of you know that it took 22 months to finally get pregnant with her, and I must say, it was worth the wait! Here are a few fun things about Elise:

 

LOVES: babies, her sisters, cookies, shoes, movies, and bedtime

 

Elise also has quite the vocabulary, some of her more memorable sayings are:

 

"I don't like football" " I love my Mommy/Lily/kate/.Daddy/Grandma/Papa"

 

"Lily/Kate hit me (yes, she can tattle with finesse)"  "Its time to eat!" " Where Daddy?"

 

" I want pancakes." " Daddy going to work out." and "Lets go to the gym!"

 

As you can see, with this lady life is always exciting!!!

October

 Elise, wearing the essentials, jewelry and a diaper.

 Finding a new spot to play in.

 Every Fall the girls' school does the Vogel Olympics where each grade must run a certain distance in a certain amount of time in order to be on the Olympic team. Both Kate and Lily worked hard and made it!

 Halloween this year was so so so fun! (Not that you can tell from the picture) The girls went as the three little pigs, and they were so cute. Elise insisted on walking to each house with Kate and Lily and had to hold her candy basket the whole time.After trick or treating, we went home and watched a movie and enjoyed our candy. 

soccer

 The girls started soccer this year and have been loving it. Because they were not able to be on the same team this year, Drew coached Lily's team.

 Lily's first goal!

 Cuddling with Mommy on the sidelines.

 Run Kate Run!

It has been so fun to watch them play and learn. I had the best time cheering them on and I can't wait until next season.