Hannah and Reilly got their new bunk bed tonight. Here is a panorama picture of the room (Daddy learned a new trick!). They are currently in their beds... talking and not sleeping. Just as we expected. -Momma and Daddy
Reilly does not seem to want to take naps in his bed. I often find him under the bed when I go in to get him! I (unlike Daddy) don't really care where he naps, as long as he naps!
They might not look much different, but these pictures are special because we took them with new studio lighting! Hannah was a great volunteer for Daddy's new light tests, even sitting though many configurations of the lights. In the end, Daddy was able to get a couple good pictures, and Hannah can't see as well out of one eye due to the flash going off so many times. She is fine now.
Can't wait for the new baby to arrive so we can get some pictures with a kid that sleeps all the time and doesn't look away from the camera all the time.
-Daddy
Hannah and Reilly are getting close to the end of their comfortable cozy lives together as brother and sister, the only kids in the house. Soon "K3" (Kid #3- Name yet to be disclosed) will join the party. When K3 arrives, Hannah and Reilly will be bunking together in a room. These could be the last pictures of the them together and happy.
They are great kids! -Daddy
Today was my 32 week checkup. As the doctor said, a boring checkup, but needed nonetheless. The heartbeat sounded good. I didn't get the heart rate (bad mommy). I had gained 1 pound (I'll take it). And was measuring 34 weeks. That's right, 2 weeks bigger than I should be at this point. And.I.Feel.It!
8 weeks and counting (or will it be 6??)
So today we went to a new Mexican restaurant in town. On the wall were several really neat tin pigs that had wings on them. We asked Hannah why she thought the pigs had wings. Without hesitation she said "Because they're Mexican."
We carpool with another family in the neighborhood...which is very convenient! Jack (age 5) and Hannah are a lot like brother and sister-- their nickname is "The Bickersons". They bicker for the sake of bickering. It can get old, but sometimes it can be funny.
Reilly is potty trained! We're super excited to be "Diaper Free" for about 3 months until the new baby comes! (Well, he still uses them at night, but we'll take what we can get!)
Mommy & Daddy were lucky enough to go to the BCS National Championship game this past weekend in Glendale, Arizona! Auburn played Oregon for the title and WON!!! We are on top of the world right now! We owe a BIG HUGE GIGANTIC THANK YOU to G & Pop who watched the kids while we were gone. Not only did they keep the kids for 5 days straight-- 3 of those days they were iced in --- as in COULD NOT go anywhere. School was cancelled all week due to the icy roads and still today were not that great to drive on. I'm not quite sure how they managed to not go stir crazy!!
This year, Reilly was REALLY into Santa. Here he is in awe of the big fella! We had an awesome Christmas this year. Our elf, Christopher Robin, kept us on our best behavior. Every morning the kids would wake up to see where Christopher Robin had 'landed'. At night, "CR" would go to the North Pole to give Santa a full report on how the kids had been that day. They must have been really good overall, because they racked up on Christmas morning!
Daddy found some classic footage on an old computer that was never published on this site, at least I don't think it was. I thought I would share it with everyone. -Daddy
Hannah ran the obstacle course before Auburn beat down the University of South Carolina in the SEC championship game!
Click twice on the video to view the full size version. -Daddy
On November 17th, Reilly turned 2 1/2! Here are his stats:
Weight - 31 lbs 12 oz (71%)
Height - 35 1/2 in (32%)
Head - 50.6 cm (81%)
Big, Big Boy!!
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving week visiting lots of family! During the trip, we were able to get both sides of the family together (that were in town) for a family dinner.
As we are clearing the dinner plates and getting out the dessert plates, Reilly asks when he's going to get to blow out the candles. I giggled and asked him if it was his birthday!
His response - "Uh, Yeah!"
So we've officially hit the terrible 2 age with Reilly. A couple weeks ago, he was pitching a fit and I put him in his bed for a little cooling off period. I took this opportunity to say a little Hail Mary for her to help me be a good mother in this situation. Hannah questioned what I was doing. I said that I was asking Mary, Jesus' mommy, to help me. We prayed it together and after the prayer was over, Hannah asked "Is she here yet?"
Hannah is grilled over her actions this morning, Mommy and Daddy laugh about it (behind her back).- Daddy
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Reilly did a little artwork this morning, with the help of his sister. -Daddy
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After picking Hannah up from her Good Shepherd class this past Sunday, I asked her what she learned about. As we're walking down the hall, she says "Nozark". Huh? Did you say Mozart (I was really confused for a second as to why they would be learning about Mozart at a church class??). She then turned around and looked at me and said "NO, NOZARK Mom! You know the guy that built the boat."!
Ahhh... Noah's Arc!
My high school soccer coach used to get made at us when we all ran to the ball. He called it the flies to crap theory... You can see why here.
NOTE- Hannah is on the green team, and is the only one with a box in her hair.
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You can click on the video and open it widescreen. YouTube made a change recently that makes the videos wider than our webpage can display.
Reilly looks like a little terminator with his shades, except for the football shirt and the Capri Sun.
Here we are, in all our glory.
Halloween 2010 trivia- About 4 hours after this picture was taken, Daddy got really sick!
We all went to Hannah's BFF's house (Evan) for a little Halloween party. Evan is a Zombie Astronaut and he is the best one we saw that night.
As you can see, Reilly is starting his night FULL of eating candy. He rode around in the wagon most of the night eating lollipops and any other candy he could get his hands on without us watching.
