More Halloween- Carving the pumpkin

Hannah and Reilly had a great time helping to carve the pumpkin this year. They especially liked holding the "guts" of the pumpkin and showing their "mean faces".

Sullivan is getting old...

Sullivan will be 7 months old next week. He is a great little boy. He sleeps really well, has a great personality, and has an infectious smile. He has just about outgrown this swing/chair. He has such strong abs, he can lean up and stick his head between the swing and the legs.
Some time ago, he figured out that he does not like pacifiers, but that his fingers taste really good.

Sullivan's big Halloween

Hannah, Reilly, and now Sullivan each rode in the wagon on their first Halloween night, the same wagon. Sullivan was a trooper, he stayed up all night and didn't whine about it one time. Despite looks to the contrary, there was no beer in that cooler, at least not at the end of the night.

Playing in the leaves

Most everyone can remember playing in piles of leaves when they were young... Hannah and Reilly, now known as 1 and 2, got their chance to play in a small pile this afternoon. It was very late int he day and the pictures were not very good, but here are a few of 1 and 2 having a great time.

Footnote- Mom and Dad have devised the uncrackable code of numbering the children by birth order. Now we can talk about them in front of them. They are all very smart, but they will never figure it out.

G and Pop's visit

G and Pop stopped by and stayed with us for the night a couple weeks back. The family photographer has been a little busy at his real job, hence the delay in posting the pictures. All the kids enjoyed G and Pop's visit, but Sullivan might have had some special attention this time around.

Can You Rd Ths?

This morning Hannah asked me (as she does every Friday) to write her a note to get ice cream in the school cafeteria. I said sure. She whipped out this note and said "Good, 'cause I was going to have to use this one!"

She is 6 years old and already forging notes to the teacher. Lord help me.

Birthday Party

Reilly rode the horsey at a Chuck E Cheese birthday party today. I'm
pretty sure he loves that place as much as I hate it.

2011 Halloween

Our lil' candy corn fairy, chicken and the egg had a successful
halloween night!! So.much.candy. So.much.FUN!

Too much whine

Makes a boy sleepy!!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!!

From all your little chickens!!

Beautiful

Hannah got off the bus today and was invited over to play in the
neighbor's tree. It was a beautiful day. A beautiful tree. A beautiful
girl!

Sullivan - 6 month stats

Weight - 15 lbs 4.5 oz. (12%)

Height - 26" (33%)

Head - 44.3cm (64%)

Sullivan is a very happy baby boy. He is growing so fast! The doctor was pleased with his progress but was a little concerned about his weight not staying on the curve. She said it's probably fine, but wants me to start feeding him solids twice a day along with continuing to breastfeed him. We'll go back for another weight check in 6 weeks.

He is rolling over both ways, sitting up with assistance, watching his brother & sister intently, sleeping through the night, laughing when laughed at, and smiling when smiled at.

Thoroughly Enjoying the Game!

...with his eyes closed!

First Pro Football Game!!

Yummy Toes!

Storytime with a Twist

We've stumbled upon this awesome place here in Roswell that does a **free** storytime once a month. It's not just any storytime. It's a storytime that lets the kids act out the story. The story today was Boogie Knights. The premise of the story was the Knights are sleeping watching the castle while the "Halloween" characters were having a dance party in the basement. The Halloween characters consisted of ghosts, witches, wear-wolves, aliens, etc.

Hannah jumped up at the chance to be a knight in the story. Her role was to "sleep" on stage while the others were having a party. She did ok, but you could tell she really wanted to be on the party side. (who can blame her!). Reilly was chosen to be the alien. And a good alien, he was. He basically stood on stage, did what he was told and acted the part of the partying alien. One by one, the knights joined the party. Hannah was excited to join the partying Halloween characters! Here are a few photos from the storytime. I highly recommend it for any locals!

Reilly is in the back as the alien. Hannah is in the foreground as a Knight (dressed in a Viking hat!)

"How Do I Look?"

Reilly the Alien trying to keep his hat on!

...and it slips below his eyes.

After the Knights join the party, they do the Conga!

So Giddy to be on stage!

After the Boogie, they all go to sleep.

...but not Hannah!

Pumpkin Patch 2011

Today, we went for our annual photo shoot at the pumpkin patch. It's definitely more difficult to get pictures of 3 kids.

Check out Reilly's eye roll. That comes from the Chambers side.

Maybe if we hang him upside down, he'll have fun?!

That's better. Except Daddy decided to mock Reilly who is now smiling. Oh well!

Momma & Sullivan!

Sullivan was happy for half the time.

I love this candid of them. They really do love playing with each other.

Meanwhile, Sullivan is hanging out in the pumpkins!

We have to admit. After several not so good pics of Reilly, we bribed them with a doughnut. It worked for a little while, but then....

we decided maybe we'd like a "mean face" pumpkin picture.

We all left happy on our way to the doughnut store.

Sullivan- the best little baby. Ever.

Sullivan, thus far, has been a very easy baby. He hardly ever cries. Always Smiles. Always Giggles. Always laughs out loud when his brother and sister enter the room. He goes to sleep with nothing. No sassy. No blankie. You put him in his bed and he's out. Til morning. If I have to wake him up abruptly, he doesn't cry.

So it doesn't surprise me that without a peep, he has not 1--but 2 first teeth! Wahoo for Sullivan!

Hannah, the Entertainer

Hannah, now a Kindergartner, rides the bus pretty much everyday. We live in a very large neighborhood with a LOT of neighborhood kids on her bus. I found out the other day from another parent that Hannah has been singing - on the loud speaker- to the entire bus. Friday's song was "You Are My Sunshine"- a song I started singing to her when she was days old!

She will always be my sunshine! I love her independent, self-confident little spirit!

Vintage or Dated?

So "G" gave Stephanie an old hat that Andrew used to wear as a kid, in 1976, 34 years ago, with a slightly rusted metal fastener. Stephanie loves it, and thinks Sullivan looks great in it. Andrew thinks Sullivan looks like a girl in that hat and doesn't think Sullivan should be subjected to mental anguish this early in life. So the question becomes, is a 34 year old hand me down hat "vintage" or is it "dated"? Feel free to comment below.

One more...

Reilly pointing out a boat on the water.

Brother and Sister

We woke up in Augusta, GA this morning, Hannah's birthplace. Hannah, Reilly, and Daddy went out early and took a walk on the Augusta River Walk, and we saw a train up close! Here are a couple pictures from this morning.

Sullivan lounging around, on his tummy.

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