Night Night

I forgot to take photos today (oops) so here are some of the kiddos sleeping.

Merry Christmas....

Erin and her PIG!

Typical Tuesday

Well I voted today.  Thankfully Melissa came over to hang out with the kiddos so I didn't have to take them with me.  I didn't have to wait that long but as I was leaving there was a LONG line.  Remember waiting outside to vote for the presidental election (boo) and taking 4-week-old Alex?  It was so warm that day.  I hope my vote counted.  Besides that we had a playdate with Kelly and Graham at their house.  Alex had so much fun playing with all his toys (he has SO MANY "cars") and did not want to leave.

 Smile!  (This was before Alex and Graham got on the chair to hang out with her)

Is he hugging Graham or strangling him?

Reading to Erin.  Do you know how many times I put Erin on the ground today, Alex went up to her, pushed her and said "uh-oh."  In the laundry basket he can't do that.....

Snacking on muffins (Alex had 2!!!)

Manic Monday

A cold afternoon walk.  Alex didn't want to wear his hat (which I did) and Erin fell alseep.

Books, cars and Erin was all he was interested in playing with. 

Big girl reading!

Halloween

So Daddy is out of town again which means it's blog time (What? It's only been 3 months).  It's pretty appropriate that he left on Halloween considering I finally took some photos.  Alex wasn't too keen on wearing his cosutme, I even had him try it on for a few days before, but once he saw all the other neighborhood kids he was roaring (no pun intended) to go.

 Erin, cousin Mallory and Alex when the "big kids" came home from Trick or Treating.

Baby Ballerina 

My little lion

Lunch with baby B

We met Shannon and Brycen for lunch today.  It was nice to see them and catch up with Shannon, I love that she is already out and about even though Brycen is only 3 weeks old!

He looks so much like his Daddy!

Baby Blues

Me and my babies (sadly this is the first photo I have of the three of us).

She's having a baby

This may be the last time we get to spend time with Sarah and Joel before baby #3 comes along.  I can't wait to see what she has (HR was 128 at her appt. last week...)  Joel just couldn't stop loving on Erin which I hope is exactly how he is with his new sibling. 

Erin was content outside today, I think she's getting over her hump.

We need to get one of these!

We went outside to play and Alex was more interested in going to the Barnes' house.  At first I thought we wanted to swing but when he only lasted about 10 seconds I took him out.  Off he wondered to their sandbox (thankfully it wasn't open).  We have a sandbox here but he wanted to play in theirs...

Bubby and sissy

I wasn't the best at taking photos today but I did get a cute video of the kiddos playing 

Hit the road Jack

You're on your way back to IL and I'm getting ready to go to bed, I just wanted your kids to say good night to you.

Video bonanza

Since you've only seen still photos of the kids here are a few videos....

Whenever we drive past my parents neighborhood he says "Bop Bop"

He's fianlly getting the hang of the slide!

Tummy time

Fish fry!

Since today was the first day of the fish fry I had to go!  It didn't take much convincing to get my Mom on board.  We luckly beat the crowd but definitely didn't beat the heat.  Alex was all about the fish at first but once he had a taste of the french fries and applesauce he was over the fish.  Remember last year when I had to work the fish fry right after we found out we were pregnant with Erin?  I felt terrible!  We saw Mac (which my Dad asked me later if Mac remembered my Mom...) and the ladies who sit in front of us at church.

"These french fries are great, I wish got to eat them more often."

Tonight was bath night and how cute is this little stinker wrapped up in her pink towel.  Alex stayed the night with Mallory at Grandma and Bop Bop's.  They wore my Mom OUT!  Luckly Melissa is there to help because you know my Dad didn't come out of his office...

Half way there

So my day started off with me having very little patience.  Nothing happened to make me that way I just woke up on edge.  I had breakfast with Kelly and Courtney at Patachou and on my way there I did a lot of praying.  God was listening because he made the rest of my day go smoothly.

Alex kept giving Tank his crayons which Tank then ate.  What is it with dogs eating crayons???

I took Alex outside to play with his sand box, he saw Ava (and her friend Natalie - who lives behind them to the right) outside and journeyed over there.  Ava is such a sweet little girl, she complimented Alex's new haircut.

Erin over at Grandma and Bop bop's house.

Tomorrow is the fish fry so be prepared for me to torture you with photos from there.  We miss you but hope you're learning lots.

Long day

We didn't leave the house until about 2 today, the weather was just so-so so it seems like we didn' miss out on much. Staying inside makes for a long day so both the kids went to bed early.

Hi Daddy, I finally pooped today!  See how big of a girl I am? I don't stay on my belly long anymore.

Morning!  This is one of Mommy's favorite things to see starting off the day. 

Yes, posing in my blue diapers.  Who know diapers could be so cute.

I have no clue what Alex was doing here but I had to get a photo.  This is what he does to me when I adjust him.

I took Alex to Cookie Cutters today although I wish there were other options for places to take him.  Everytime I go I get the same lady and she gets very impatient with him.  I want to tell her, "you work at a place that is geared to kids, you have to expect them to look around, watch everyone else and not sit still."

No tears for this boy!

Since Erin has no hair to cut she came with us so I had to get a photo of her haging out with Mommy.  Classy huh?

Post-haircut. Big Boy!!!!!

Day 1

We had a pretty uneventful day today.  Kids woke up at 7, we all played, Erin napped, Alex ate, etc.  Erin did have another CST appt. today.  Lynne said she is doing very well and I definitely saw more of an improvement during today's appt. than last weeks.  All that work she did today must have worn her out, she took a 3 hour nap!  Still no poops though, tomorrow will be day 5.  I took the kids for a walk before bedtime.  Alex loved it of course but half-way thru Erin was over it.

Alex could have colored all day.  After having to tell him about 4 dozen times that coloring is done at the table only and finding crayon marks on the wall we finally had to stop.

This was Erin during the second half of our walk...

I bet this photo makes you hear Alex saying "apple"

Erin and her baby blues.

Well we all miss you and look forward to seeing you on Sat. (even if it is only for 24 hours).  BTW, there is a Tosh.0 marathon on right now...  

Night Night Daddy

We've been so busy since you left Daddy...

Night Night

A little bit of of our life lately

Erin and Tank - photos like these make me realize how big Tank is.

We took Alex to the park and he loved running around the baseball field.

I had to get a shot of Alex sleeping.  Don't you love that there is an 'A' on his pacifier.  That's the only way I could tell who gets which one (well until I realized they made girly colors....)

A church by us has a festival every year (I'll never get used to the fact that you can gamble and drink at it).  Alex was more interested in the merry-go-round this year than last.

We're back!

It's been a while since I've posted and I'm not going to pretend it's because I've been too busy. I've been having computer issues that I didn't want to tackle because I knew it'd take forever to go through (which it has). I really haven't taken many photos in the past month and a half (bad Mommy).

2 months old!

Erin with her great-grandparents

Erin and Grandma


Erin was baptized with her niece exactly 18 months after her big brother. Her crying and Alex's "talking" made for an interesting service.

So big and so little

Happy Monthday Erin!

Erin turned a month old yesterday! As I heard many times, life with 2 is an adjustment! We are all haning in there and it's hard to say if Alex or if Tank enjoys Erin more. John and I are still adjusting to life with a newborn (oh how quickly you forget), sleepless nights, crying, lots of diaper changing, etc.

Daddy's little girl

Easter and Erin's first trip to church (she was such a good girl)

Tank laying his head on Erin's "bed"

Alex has gotten more use out of this swing than Erin by storing all his toys.

Happy Monthday Erin!