Just about every time Hannah and Reilly get together with the Nicholas cousins, they fight over who can hold Reilly. We all took turns holding Reilly, and the peace was kept. Reilly absolutely loves his cousins and his sister, and like to be held by them.
Hannah's cousins had a sleep over with Hannah after we returned from Stone Mountain. When everyone woke up in the morning, it was time to take pictures with Reilly. To fully appreciate these picture, you have to understand that at almost every moment in the day, Danielle has a bow/ribbon in their hair. It is hard to find pictures of any of the Nicholas girls when they are not dressed up.
The weekend with the cousins continued at the Atlanta Zoo the next day, check back soon for those pictures...
The top of Stone Mountain is WINDY, real windy. On this day, it was also cold. Hannah had a great time trying to keep up with her cousins. Hannah took some pictures with McKay (her closest cousin in age), and afterward most of us walked down the side of Stone Mountain. Momma, Reilly, and Danielle took the smart way down, on the gondola, the rest of use took the 1+ hour walk down. At the end, Daddy figured out he is not as young as he once was, and that his legs give out around 45 minutes down the side of a large stone mountain. In the end, we all made it down unharmed.
The family met up with the Nicholas family in Atlanta for a weekend of fun for the kids. Hannah, Reilly, Momma, and Daddy got together with Curran, MaryKeenan, McKay, (God-Mother)Danielle, and Shane and we all traveled to the top of Stone Mountain! Reilly travelled in a carrier and Hannah climbed on everything.
Sorry we're a couple days late, but he thinks his celebration should last at least a week anyway! (Reilly slept through the photo op)
We all had a blast being the happy meal of our neighborhood. You could hear the kids screaming down the street...hey look, here comes some french fries and a cheeseburger! The ketchup was a great little trick-or-treater...he slept the whole time in the wagon!
Thanks to Aunt Danielle for letting us borrow her "oh so popular" French Fries costume! What goes best with french fries.....KETCHUP! Pictures of Ketchup to follow!
Tonight, Andrew had the great idea to put Reilly inside the pumpkin that we're going to carve. He fit quite nicely into it...although I'm not sure he thoroughly enjoyed the experience. It'll be good for his high school yearbook pictures!
Reilly is rolling all over the place now. I decided to get the video camera out and record this milestone. Of course, as soon as the video camera was out, Reilly WOULD NOT roll. The video went on for 3 minutes before he finally rolled. As soon as I put the camera down, he rolled right over. So, I turned the video back on and was able to capture this much abbreviated 1 minute roll experience for you. Enjoy (you can thank me later for saving you that 2 minutes!).
Hannah and Momma tried out using hot rollers today. They came down to Daddy's basement office to show them off. The camera tells the story. - Daddy
PS- Momma decided, for some reason, to give Hannah a uni-brow look with some dark make-up.
At dinner last night, we asked Hannah to say the blessing. It went something like this:
In the name of the Father, and the Sson, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.(making the sign of the cross...sort of) Bless us oh Lord and these your gifts...umm...ummm....with liberty and justice for all.
We'll take it...
This morning, Hannah slept until 11am...when I WOKE HER UP. I don't know why she slept so long...but I guess she needed the sleep. When I went in there, she said "Momma, I slept 2 nights." Just about, Hannah, you almost did sleep 2 nights!
Reilly LOVES to take a bath. We don't have many pictures for fear that the camera will be destroyed by the splashes. I decided to take a towel pic to show how excited he gets to be "sparkling clean"!
Hannah had a friend over to play today. They started playing Hide & Seek and wanted me to find them. It was pretty easy to play with them because I'd say "Ready or not, here I come"....and they'd yell out...."We're under the table!". Ha!
Andrew and Hannah made Mommy the best brownies in the world yesterday! Although Mommy questions who they were really for!
While on the way to Auburn yesterday, Hannah told us that she was "almost tired". While at the game, Hannah got cold and decided to bundle up in her blankie. No naps were taken during the game...but Hannah & Reilly were troopers!
Here's Reilly and his GodGordo at the Auburn game (embarassment). (Hannah calls her godfather Shane, GodShane. So I guess Reilly will call his godfather Gordon, God-Gordo!) As you can see Reilly is still sportin' his mohawk. A kid actually told us the other day that he liked "the way we do his hair".
Hannah and Reilly are getting along really well so far. Hannah has shown some jealousy in the past, and a little bit of jealousy of Reilly's time with Momma in the last week, however, over all, she could not be better with her brother. While taking pictures of Reilly, she decided to get in the picture with him, and it came out very well.
Reilly spent some time with Hannah and Daddy this morning, while Momma got to sleep in. Reilly likes his seat where he can sit up and watch everything going on.
On Fridays, we don't have to run out the door to dance or school or any other activities. Sometimes we stay in our jammies longer than we should!
Hannah insisted on sticking her tongue out! She wouldn't let Aubie hold her. I guess she has Momma's fears of letting a "character" near her.
Reilly didn't know what to think at first. He quickly realized that rice cereal is AWESOME! He would eat the whole box if we let him!
Reilly had his 4 month check up today. Here are the vital stats:
Weight 14lbs 8 oz (44%)
Height 24 inches (21%)
Head 42.3 cm (52%)
Temp 97.8 (he is cool)
Reilly endured a few injections! And he gained permission to start eating rice cereal. Stephanie is Hannah are going to pick some up at the store tomorrow, and we will try to get some pictures of the carnage.
-Daddy
