Just Because...

I have not been very good at adding pictures (sorry Grandma!). But here are a few that I took recently. It is so hard to get pictures of Alayna. She doesn't stay still long enough and she just wants to grab the camera. I decided to take some pictures to show Alayna's and Maddie's crazy hair. Both of them have very "interesting" hair styles these days!

Having fun


Smiles


Yes her hair always sticks up right on the top of her head


Alayna definitely has more hair than Maddie did at her age


This curly hair is ALWAYS out of control Maybe it's time for a haircut


Cutie!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I couldn't get a picture of them both together, but these are pictures of the girls in there Valentine's Day shirts. Maddie had to eat an apple in her pciture - what can I say, she's 3. We hope everyone had a very Happy Valentine's Day and got to spend it with the ones you love.

Hazards of being a walker

Little Alayna started walking a few days before her 1st birthday. She is still getting the hang of it though. Last weekend she fell and bumped her face on the table - OUCH! If you look closely, you can see the bruise right by her moth on her left cheek. These are some pictures to show her first injury as a new walker.

Alayna's Baptism

Alayna's baptism was January 10th. Yes, I am a little late with my posting. It was a beautiful day and we were so blessed to have our family here to join in Alayna's special day.

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Alayna's Birthday Party

I am a little late adding these but here are some pictures from Alayna's birthday party and the day of her birthday.

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Happy 1st Birthday Alayna!

Alayna Marie turned 1 year old today. We just cannot believe that it has been a year already! Alayna is a very sweet baby and she is getting quite a personality. Today at the doctor she weighed about 21 pounds - even though we swore she would weigh more. Here are some Alayna facts...
* beginning to walk
* babbles a lot
* has 6 teeth
* likes to dance
* is a dada's girl
* wants to be on the go
* LOVES her big sister
We love you so much baby Layna!

Can't believe this was 1 year ago!



The Birthday girl!

Christmas at the Cochs

On December 28th we traveled to PA to spend Christmas with Grandma, Papa, Mary, Jamie, Cory, James and Jack. The kids had so much fun playing together. We all had fun just being together. We do not know when we will all be together again so it was nice spending a few days with everyone. Here are some pictures from our holiday.

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Christmas Time

We had so many pictures from Christmas that I didn't even know where to start. Here are only a few even though there are alot. We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas with my parents in Lynchburg. Santa visited the girls there and Maddie made sure that he knew that she would be a mama and papa's house. My next post will be our Christmas pictures from Pennsylvania with Jon's parents.

Maddie next to our little Christmas tree


After Santa came


Lots of presents to open













What's the big deal anyway?


Our 2 little elves





One happy girl - Santa was good to her!


Alayna's 1st Christmas


Two little fairies (Maddie and her cousin Alex)

Our Year at a Glance

Our family was so blessed in 2009 with the birth of Alayna. We had a great year and we are ready to begin 2010. Happy New Year everyone!

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Christmas present and Christmases past

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. We had such a great holiday and we were so blessed to be able to spend time with our families. I have so many pictures to add from Christmas but wanted to post these of our past Christmases and Christmas 2009. Stayed tuned for more pictures to come!

Christmas 2006


Christmas 2007
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Christmas 2008


Christmas 2009

Fun in the snow!

While visitng Lynchburg for Christmas, Maddie went out and played in the snow. There was plenty around. Her favorite thing to do was throw snow balls. She also thought it was pretty neat that she could walk on top of the snow. (it was a little frozen on top). Here are some pictures of Maddie's fun in the snow!

Big Snow!

We had a big snow the weekend before Christmas. We got about 21 inches. Maddie never asked to go out in it. But she did ask "Mommy, where did the steps go?".Here are a few pictures of our snow storm.

At 8 AM.


At 12 PM





How far the snow came up on our back door


At the end around 8 PM.


Maddie and Alayna watching their daddy shovel the snow from the stairs and around the cars.