3 Little Sisters!



Tried to get a Father's Day picture of the girls in their Hawaiian dresses.  This was the best of 2. Of course Liberty stopped smiling as soon as I brought the camera out!

Liberty Danielle Swain

LIBERTY DANIELLE SWAIN

1/17/2011

7 lbs. 8 oz.

20 inches

She's finally here! It's taken awhile to put up pictures. Been pretty busy between nursing issues, having a billiblanket on Liberty for a week, and mothering 2 other kids.... Berlin and Ysa are just loving being big sisters.  Here are some pictures to get you by until I take more.

Christmas Morning!

What a morning! We didn't wake up until 8! I had to wake Ysa up! Don't you love the hair! They are in Rapunzel pjs thanks to Cousin Lori! Berlin got a 3 story Barbie dollhouse that she asked for and many Rapunzel things. Ysa got a bunch of Pinkalicious stuff and baby dolls! Mommy and Daddy were excited over their presents too. I guess we were all pretty good this year...

Waking up Ysa Christmas morning!

Ysa & Berlin waiting to see what Santa brought them!

 Opening Grandma & Grandpa's presents @ Uncle Bryan & Aunt Julie's!

Berlin with her own adventure princess storybook from the A-Team!

Ysa opened a Dora doll & kissed it! So sweet! 

Ysa got a pram stroller. And we thought it was for her baby dolls!

Halloween Costumes!

And here we have it: Pinkalicious and Rapunzel!! I love how Rapunzel's hair is 2 toned! That Rapunzel dress is cute, but it sure got glitter EVERYWHERE!

Berlin got a butterfly painted on her face! 

 Ysa has already spotted a baby! She has her cute little cupcake purse and the crown only lasted about 5 mins, but that was 5 minutes more than I thought it would.

Here's a view from the back to show Ysa's wings and Berlin's looooooooong hair! It was really cute actually. It had pink and purple flowers down the braid! 

And here is the after picture: Eating the candy. Out of all the candy they had, they both picked smarties! I guess they are smarties!!! I don't know why Ysa is lying down to eat her candy, but Berlin is huddled over hers so Ysa won't get it! Quite the strategy!

Halloween Party

 Ysa loves to color. I think it's hilarious when she lies down.

 Here we are at the homecoming parade or "paid" as Berlin says. Ysa sat with Daddy most of the time or else she would have joined the parade.

 This is at Berlin's Halloween or "Birthday Party" as she and the other kids kept saying. It's was lots of fun. And yes, Josh does have food in his mouth, he did it on purpose. Serves him right to have it on the internet! It looks like he has a goatee, but it's Ysa's hair.

 Berlin and her cookies she decorated.

Ok, a little explanation. Berlin decided she wants a pink and green butterfly room (currently our red, white & blue room). So, I made these, with the help of Karen, to put on each side of her window.  The hardest part of making these was figuring out where I wanted to place the polka dots! They are 12 in x12 in. Anyways, I'm proud of them. Karen is going to make Berlin's name in vinyl & I'll show pictures when it's all done. We have the bedding, dark pink with the reversible side lime green, but Berlin decided she wanted to decorate herself and her bedroom with red marker the day I was going to put it in her room. Needless to say, I'm waiting on the bedding!

Pumpkin Days!

 Isn't this such a silly face. The nasty part is she is eating honey chicken nuggets dipped in ketchup and applesauce.

 Berlin said, "We're twins!" She doesn't quite understand that. Though they did wear the same outfit to church today!

 Berlin chose Ariel...again. We did this one a couple of years ago. Oh well. She's happy.

 Ysa picked Cinderella's castle, with the help of Daddy. He said it was one of the easier ones! Doesn't she look so proud, like she did it all by herself!

And here they both are together with their pumpkins! Thanks, Daddy! Next year I think we're gonna paint little pumpkins instead and have daddy only carve 1.  That way they get to participate a little more.

So tired!

If you can believe it, this child is sleeping. I love how her arm is on her bowl.  She slept like this for awhile until Berlin decided she needed to brush Ysa's hair with a fork.  In case you're wondering we went straight from the high chair to the bath!

Sorry, Josh, but our blog is PINK!

OK, We're having our 3rd girl. Pink it is! I'm tired of all the neutral colors! If I knew I was going to have 3 girls I would have gotten a lot more pink things. So, sorry, Josh, but our blog is going to be pink...you're way outnumbered!

 Ysa playing on JD's horse!

 Ysa is going to be Pinkalicious for Halloween. Pinkalicious is her favorite book, I've read it too many times. Berlin now reads it to her when I get tired of it. Glad Berlin was listening, it's cute to hear her "read" it. She looks at the pictures and remembers most of what's on that page! Here's trying on the dress. She has gloves, a crown, a cupcake purse...now getting her to wear them all...

 Ysa loves to brush her teeth! But I put this picture up because it's one of the few I have of her in pigtails. I don't know why I don't put it up more often, except she likes to pull them out!!

Yes, this is Berlin & Cousin Elly. They are fixing each others makeup! We need to go to the makeup counter and get a few lessons....

Happy Birthday! Berlin is 3 and Ysa is 1!

Well, I'm trying to do better! Here are the girls pictures. Finally was able to take them in! It's amazing these turned out so well, because it was a horrible shoot! Ysa would walk off as soon as I put her down & Berlin thought it was funny to do the opposite of what the photographer told her to do! I am only posting some of the good ones...there are some funny ones of Berlin hunching over & lifting her head way too high! Hope you enjoy the pics!

Easter & San Antonio!

Here are a few pictures from Easter and our trip to San Antonio. We went to the zoo, after each animal she'd say "I wanna see mo' animals." The picture with her hands up, I told her to pretend she was scared, and that's what she did! Hope this gets everyone through til I post more pictures...Ysa is turning one in a couple of weeks & I need to get Berlin's 3 yr pics! They both got their hair cut, the one of the two of them on the bed is a before pic. Ysa got bangs!

Berlin is 3!

Berlin is 3 years old! I can't believe how much she's growing up! And Ysa too! Ysa is walking now, she can walk halfway across the room. Berlin had a Fancy Nancy birthday party! She dressed up as Fancy Nancy & Ysa dressed up as Fancy Nancy's little sister! Her friends & cousins came dressed up fancy! We had "King's Crown" pizza & had "parfaits" I think it turned out well! Here are some pictures: