Our apologies for the past few weeks with no posts! We went to the beach for Easter for a not so great photo shoot. There were a couple that were passable, but for the most part, not so much.
Rare picture of Reilly smiling at the beach.


We thought we could make them happy by taking them in the water.
We were wrong.
Reilly: "Hey Lady. You just plopped my in the sand. I DO. NOT. LIKE. IT."
Hannah" "I think I have somethin' in my booty."

Mom & Dad: "OK, let's go HOME!"


Back Home, Reilly is a happy camper in his seat. Actually he's pretty happy anytime he gets to eat.

"Ok, I posed for a dang picture. Now, give me some food. Yeah, I know I have cheerios on my shirt, but those are for emergencies."

Sheep, Roosters, and Pigs.. Oh My!

The local toy store had some farm animals visit their store this week. In between the rain showers, we were able to go see them. They had a rooster, a cow, a miniature horse, some sheep, a donkey, and a fat lazy pig. (Sorry, we only got pictures of the rooster and the sheep!)

Reilly checking out the rooster. "Man, that's a fat rooster. I wonder what he eats."

The rooster checking out Reilly. "Whew, he looks like he might have some food."

Reilly and the Rooster lock eyes. They were fast friends.

Meanwhile, Hannah got to brush some sheep. She had a blast!

Which One is Hannah?

Post your Comment now on which one you think is Hannah!

Doctor Office Visit

Yesterday we went to the doctor's office for them to re-check Reilly's ears to make sure the medicine had zapped the double ear infection. While we were there waiting in the examination room, Hannah asked if she could get up on the table with Reilly. Sure, no problem. She looks me straight in the eye and said "Momma, I would like to not get a shot today, please."

Such a polite, well mannered little girl (when she thinks it will work in her favor).

Birthday Party & Balloons!

Hannah hamming it up for the camera at Evan's birthday Party.



Hannah and Evan.


Action shot of Hannah running. We need to submit this to Nike. She could be our ticket!



Birthday party fun with a parachute!


Reilly absolutely loved this balloon. It was a sad day when we had to throw it away.


More balloon fun!

March Madness can't escape Hannah!

Happy Children

There's nothing better than to have children laughing in the house. Makes my heart melt. I tell myself to enjoy it now because it won't last forever!

Interview with Hannah

Interview with Hannah
Today 03/11/2009

1. What is something Mom always says to you?
"I love you"

2. What makes Mom happy?
"that I don't whine"

3. What makes Mom sad?
"that I don't listen."

4. How does your Mom make you laugh?
"she goes 'woo, woo, woo' "

5. What was your Mom like as a child?
"short like me."

6. How old is your Mom?
"1"

7. How tall is your Mom?
she didn't answer this one, only stretched her arms out as far as she could

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
"play with me"

9. What does your Mom do when you're not around?
"work"

10. If your Mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
"playing"

11. What is your Mom really good at?
"cleaning up"

12. What is your Mom not very good at?
"working"

13. What does your Mom do for her job?
"stand up and listen"

14. What is your Mom's favorite food?
"broccoli" (I HATE broccoli)

15. What makes you proud of your Mom?
"laugh"

16. If your Mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
"Maggie from Maggie and the Ferocious Beast"

7. What do you and your Mom do together?
"Play games"

18. How are you and your Mom the same?
"we're both girls"

19. How are you and your Mom different?
"I go to time out"

20. How do you know your Mom loves you?
"Hugs"

21. Where is your Mom's favorite place to go?
"To the store" What Store? "Target"

Who Watched Us?

Today, Hannah, Reilly and I were sitting in McDonald's having an ice cream cone. Hannah was making a really big mess with it as it dripped down her shirt. I mean, it was all over her nose, her shirt, her pants, etc. So I told Hannah that I get messy sometimes too when I eat ice cream. I told her about the time when I was in college... I was driving with an ice cream cone and somehow smashed it into the windshield blocking my view (thank goodness I was only backing out and could put it back in park!) Anyway, so I see wheels turning in Hannah's head when she asked:

"Who was watching us while you were at college?"

I laughed and then told her she wasn't born yet. She said "Yes, I was." Uh... no you weren't. I left it at that because she was distracted again by the oh-so-yummy ice cream that she was smearing on her nose.

SNOW!!!

Sadly Fear

H - "Hey Momma, let's read the Sadly Fear book."
M - "What?"
H - "The S-A-D-L-Y F-E-A-R book, M-O-M-M-A." (AS IF I'M MENTALLY CHALLENGED)
M - (LONG PAUSE WHILE THE WHEELS TURNED IN MY HEAD WONDERING WHAT BOOK SHE'S TALKING ABOUT) "AHHH! THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS BOOK."
H - "Yeah, The Sadly Fear book."

For those that don't know the book, it reads..."Oh Mother Dear, we SADLY FEAR that we have lost our mittens. What? Lost your mittens. You naughty kittens. You shall have no pie."...

And her Daddy calls me Miss Details. I think she beats me in that category!

9 Months Old

Reilly is 9 months old today. Wow, the time has flown by. At last check, he was 18 pounds. We go to the doctor next week for our official stats.

Reilly the Inchworm

Reilly crawls...well..at least he gets where he wants to go by moving FORWARD!

Reilly Stands Up (for himself)

Reilly stood up for the camera in this video, or maybe someone propped him up. But he stands all by himself for a little bit.

Makes Ya Go AWWW!

the cutest little bootie ever!

Hannah Winks

Hannah shows us she has learned how to wink her eyes back and forth. Pretty funny girl!

Hannah Makes a Funny

Here's the conversation on the way to school today:

H: "Hey, Momma. When I get to school today I'm going to tell everybody I have my Valentine panties on!"

M: "OK, Hannah!"

H: "Yeah! It'll be like their special treat".

M: "Yes it will, Hannah. Yes it will."

(Thank you to Aunt Jillian for the Valentine panties. Who knew we'd get a laugh out of those!)

Daddy Daughter Time

Words can't describe how much I love these two!

Reilly Stands Up!

Although he's not yet crawling, when propped up, he will stand all day! Will he walk before he crawls? We don't know!

New Ad for Cheerios?

I know it makes YOU want to buy some Cheerios.

Queen Hannah

We have a new reward system in place for Hannah. If she's really good and gets a whole load of stickers on her chart, then she gets a choice of a toy or her nails painted. Well, she did it! She chose to have her nails done.

I splurged and took her to the salon to have them done. Here she is living it up in the massage chair w/ Mr. Tony.

I asked her what color she wanted. She said yellow. UMMMMMM.... how about we do yellow on your toenails and pink on your finger nails? Ok, she says. Thank goodness it's winter!

While in the chair, Mr. Tony is asking her all kind of questions like what her name is, what her brother's name is, how old she is, etc. Well, he asks her where she goes to school. Hannah says without hesitation, High School. The whole salon cackled!

Smore Fun Than You Know

Daddy is teaching Hannah how to eat/smear Smores! Somehow Momma ended up having to do bathtime. I guess I drew the short straw! -momma

Little Big Hannah

Look how big our little girl is getting! She is so much fun!

Future Football Player?

Not much longer until I can throw a football. Just working out my throwing arm here!

Catching Up

Don't laugh, but I'm just now dumping my pictures into our blog. I'm not sure where the time has gone! Please forgive the randomness of this post!

Sweet Cousins!


Happy Boy! He's getting so big!


Remember our post about Hannah being the star of the Christmas Eve Mass? Well, I just found this picture on my camera. It's not the best picture, but you can see her sitting in the priest's chair next to the deacon!

This Christmas we made Zsa Zsa's gingerbread cookies. I think Hannah likes them more than I do...that's saying a LOT!


This is from "Snow" at Atlantic Station. At night, it snows on the Christmas Tree at Atlantic Station. It took us a while, but we figured out that the "snow" was actually "soap". Andrew needed his mouth cleaned out anyway!