Racecar Driver Reilly

Although Reilly does NOT watch NASCAR, he has somehow picked up on how to pretend to drive a car. Watch This!

First and Last

Here's Reilly hamming it up in his bouncy seat. This outfit was his fathers when he was a baby. This is the first time he's worn it... and probably the last. It's a little snug! Daddy was a MUCH smaller baby than Reilly (aka Beowulf).

On the Computer

Momma, I'm checkin' my email!

Spirit Back On!

Hannah returns to school next week (YEAH!). Last night, I went to the parent orientation and got all of her goodies, including her new "spirit shirt". This morning was "sneak a peak" where Hannah got to meet her new teacher. Before we left this morning, she saw her new spirit shirt on the kitchen table. She grabbed her tshirt as we were going to get in the car. Here's the conversation:

Momma - "Hannah, you don't need your spirit shirt today"
Hannah - "Momma, it might be spirit day."
Momma - "No, it's not spirit day".
Hannah - "Well, I need to ask my teacher. I'll bring it just in case."
Mommma - "Ok."

She apparently has been scarred for life after the last "spirit day" incident.

Lulu the Monkey

You might remember Lulu the monkey post about 4 months ago. Well, Lulu (sponsored by Lulu's restaurant in Orange Beach) has a promo video on YouTube. Hannah & Reilly's cousins Brooke & Shane appeared in the promo video. They're about 39 seconds into the video. They're famous!!

Hannah took down some of G's birthday cake!

We want to thank G and Pop for inviting us and the rest of the family to the beach for a great weekend. It is rare for the whole family to get together (minus Keith - we missed you there). We will be thinking of G on her real birthday, during the Auburn season opener on August 30th.

While at the beach, Pop threw a small surprise party for G's birthday (real birthday is August 30th). Hannah, not wanted to be left out, made sure she was right in the middle of the action.

Curran is growing up fast. Curran let me take this picture, in return, she wanted to use my camera. I did not feel really good about the idea, however Curran took some good pictures with my camera. - Daddy

Hannah and Reilly really enjoyed spending time with their cousins, Shane and Brooke. They do not get down to G and Pop's house very often, but we were able to travel down and see them when they came down this year.

Hannah's Godfather "God-Shane" was teaching Hannah how to use a high powered camera, but little did he realize, Hannah is an old pro with a Nikon camera. However, she did try to sneak a slip of his beer, since he was tempting her with it.

Eventually, we were able to cheer up and get a good one!

This is really hard boring work.

So the photo-shoot was going a bit slow, Hannah would not sit with her cousins for the picture, and everyone seemed to be tired of the pictures. It is rare that you capture every child in the picture looking unhappy.

The whole gang

At the beach we attempted to get all the grandchildren together for a picture with G and Pop. It is not easy getting this many kids to look in the general direction of the camera at one time. Hannah seemed to think the picture was a big surprise.

Excuse Me, Excuse Me!

I have somethin' to say!

-Reilly

Reilly meets his aunt Robyn

Reilly met his Aunt Robyn last weekend at the beach. Robyn live near Philadelphia, and Reilly has not yet made it up there, so Robyn came to met Reilly at G and Pop's house.

Things I Learned Today

If you teach a 3 year old how to use a mouse, there are endless activities to do! www.starfall.com, www.sesamestreet.com, www.noggin.com

Laryngitis + a 3 year old = bad times

The Carnival

So this past weekend, we braved the "carnival". You know the kind that is so carefully erected in a random parking lot out of about 3 18 wheelers by some very classy individuals. You know what I'm talking about. Usually, I am very skeptical (and somewhat of a party pooper) when it comes to "activities" as such. Well, I pretended not to care.

I'm glad I did. Hannah had an absolute blast. She rode the ferris wheel, the airplanes, the tilt a whirl bears, the carousel, the teacups and this little train that went in circles. Reilly chilled out in the stroller amazed at what must have gone into the building of such grandiose rides.

Some Randoms

I apologize if any of these are duplicates. I converted several pictures to black & white today and these are some of my favorites of Reilly.

My Favorite Munchkins

BIG BOY!

Reilly is getting big, and very mature.

Upload problems...

I have been trying to upload some pictures of Reilly tonight, but Google is having some "Internal Issues". I hope to post some new Reilly images soon. -Daddy

Know Your States

As most of you know, Hannah's vocabulary is very "advanced". This week we started working with her on the states. I never thought about it, but most of the state names are mouth-fulls. So, we practice saying them all and Hannah nails pretty much all of them. New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Massachusettes, Colorado, Washington, Oklahoma, Alabama, Rhode Island... You get the picture. After running out of states to get Hannah to say, she looks at Daddy and says "Is that all you got, Daddy?".

We cracked up. I guess we should start working on state capitals!

Not HER again!

Daddy, I thought this was my time with you. Do you have to hold HER at the same time?

-Reilly

Help! I'm Sinking!

Today, Reilly decided he didn't want to be in the bouncy seat. He didn't want to be in the swing. He didn't want to be on his mat. All that would appease him was for me to hold him. Well, I just can't hold him all day long (as much as I would love to!). So, I drug out the exersaucer/jumpy thing out of the basement. He looked so lost in that thing. He barely could touch the ground. He lasted only about 10 minutes in it (longer than the other "stations"). Hannah thought it was hilarious!

Do you see any pictures out of place. How about the party guest blowing out Hannah's candles? I love the expression you can see forming on Hannah's face when that happened. In the end, re-lighting the candles and blowing them out again was enough to make Hannah happy. It was a great party for Hannah, maybe the first one she will really remember when she gets older.

The next event at the party was make your own pizza, with the 3 year olds at the controls. They sprayed pizza sauce onto bagels, put pepperoni on it, and placed cheese on top. Momma baked them and served them up to the kids. These pizzas were the perfect food for the kids. I can say that now, because no pizza sauce hit my leather couches. I feel really good about that. -Daddy

Hannah's boyfriend Evan got into the action with his puppet.

At Hannah's party, all the kids made their own puppet and put on their own show in the theater. I am not sure where Momma got the idea, but it was a good one, especially since there was no way Daddy was going to put on a show.

Well overdue, however these are pictures from Hannah's 3rd birthday party at home. Third party as in she had three parties this year, not that she is 3.

Pot Belly

Thank you God-Ding for capturing my pot belly!

Sweet Boy

Reilly has slept through the night for 2 nights now.
Crossing our fingers...

On Your Mark

Hannah was at dance camp all week. Today was the last day and the parents were invited in to watch the "show". All of the children were on their "spots" on the floor. Hannah decides she doesn't want to be in position anymore.

Southern Belles

Hannah's new favorite pastime is to play dress up! Here she is playing the role of a true southern belle with her cousin, Mackie! Aren't they adorable?

UPDATE: Thank you to the wonderfully talented Danielle Nicholas for her beautiful photos of the girls!

CheckUps

Today Hannah had her 3 year check up and Reilly had his 2 month check up. Here are the stats:

Hannah
28.5 lbs (26%)
34.75" short (5%)


Reilly
12 lbs 6 oz (66%)
22 1/4" tall (28%)
40.2 cm (head) (56%)
3 shots & a rotavirus vaccine

Reilly was diagnosed with torticollis. Basically, he has a stiff neck and doesn't turn it to the left very well. She is sending us to a physical therapist to straighten it out. It can be corrected with daily exercises. Wish us luck!

Tootie Booty Que

Here's Miss Tootie Booty Que thanks to Nana & the Atkins! Thank you so much for continuing the tradition of dressing up... all the way! We love you guys!

Little Fingers

Big World!

This Little Piggie

Melts Momma's Heart! I love baby feet!

Hannah in action!

Hannah the rockstar!

Hannah is a rock star, and now she has the sunglasses to prove it.