Happy Easter!!!!

The EB showed up bright & early (thankfully) this AM to the girls excitement! They discovered baskets filled with socks, stickers, eggs, pens, bandaids, a super soft bunny pillow, and paper stuffing, which to Gracie's delight reminded her of a bird's nest. Oh Kiddie Hawk, you are precious with your discoveries.

time flies at the hawk's nest...

Here's some pictures from Christmastime....


Gracie loves the Rudolph she got for her birthday from her cousins in Portland and Nora Jane loves the tea set that Gracie got from Uncle Dan & Auntie Nora.



By our tree. This year we got what I call a fancy tree.



Gracie made this doggy thing at preschool. She carries it everywhere.

Some of my favorite videos from the holiday season....

Gracie & Nora Jane meet Santa!

Santa was here!

gracie turned 4 with chuck

Gracie turned 4 in November. Everyone says it & so will I....it goes by really fast. I remember her snuggling on Daddy's chest to go to sleep just days after coming home from the hospital and it feels like yesterday.

One of my favorite baby pictures of Gracie...

She requested a Chuck E. Cheese's birthday party. I couldn't say no. Thanks to all of you who came. Braving Chuck E's is a true sign of your love.

Here's video entering Chuck's House.....

Here are some not so great pics from the big event, starting with my personal favorite of Gracie not so impressed with Chuck when he fumbles to put her birthday crown on!

and the crowd goes wild.........well not really....

Auntie Annie, Maeve, Anya & cousin Anna looking quite intrigued by Chuck.

Max looking quite impressed with his beautiful mommy Kristen. Max just turned 4 too!

Jim looking a tad apprehensive & Sean, possibly the youngest to meet Chuck E. for the day.

Kai & Eric....get me outta here!

It was all fun & games until I lost baby sister. What a heart attack!

Happy Birthday to you Gracie AKA Kiddy Hawk! Oh how you make our hearts melt every day.

xoxo,

Mommy & Daddy Hawk

Halloween in Alameda!

Halloween 2009 - Tinkerbell, Snow White, & one dapper dresser!

twick or tweating with daddy

awesome! lollipops!

where'd my loot go?

Portland

We decided to head north when we were short a few days of daycare. We were hard core & road tripped. Phew!

First we stopped in Central Point where one of Bill's dearest old friends, Chris Boivin, lives with his family. He has a beautiful family.

We stayed in their extra room that had a play kitchen. Needless to say, it was tough getting Gracie to bed. Here's Abbey & Juliet sharing their stuff.



After much play at the Boivins, we headed up to Portland to visit the Shoemakers.



Gracie was all smiles. She loved staying in Portland.



After a few days, we headed back down south & stopped one more night at the Boivin house.

Grace & Abbey were BFFs the final day.


It was a beautiful evening & they lit the fire pit & we all had smores.

Nora Jane loved their play house.

We had such a great time. We are so thankful for such great family & friends that welcome us into their homes.

Seattle

Back during President's weekend we decide it would be fun to head up to Seattle to visit family and friends.

Paul & Tonya met up with us as the Space Needle & there was a neat museum there that we hung out at.

Gracie was in charge of the camera - at least we got a cute shot of Dillon.

Here he is again. Goodness he's a cutie!

We stayed with Kayvaan & Shannon & Toby. They took us to the zoo. This zoo was so awesome! I liked it as much as I like the Oakland Zoo.

Gracie & Mommy.

Nora Jane was all over the zoo....we couldn't keep up with her.

Here we all are hitting the trail...

There's a carousel there too. Nora Jane liked the bear out front.

Daddy took the girls on the carousel. He's the best!

Here's Toby.

We had such a great time. Gracie keeps asking if we are going to Seattle.

Busynyland

We headed down south to visit Uncle Ed, Auntie Karen, Kevin & Keira not too long ago...oh and to visit "the happiest place on earth" too. Gracie calls it Busynyland land now. We happened to visit during spring break, so I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Daddy was nice enough to wait in line for almost 2 hours so Gracie could meet the princesses.

Here she is with Cinderella. Grace was entranced until she caught a glimpse of Snow White out of the corner of her eye.


So she went over to Snow White with Keira.


and here's a shot of them with "Belle", well Sleeping Beauty really, but no reason to get technical with a 3 year old.


These princesses were the real deal, so I guess I forgive them for their union requirement of taking breaks every 15 minutes or so.