Sydney Marie!

I finally got a few pictures to share of my beautiful new niece! Enjoy!! :D

Sydney Marie

I don't have any pictures to post, but I had to tell the world (or the few friends and family that keep up with me) that I now have a niece...a BEAUTIFUL niece, might I add! Sydney Marie was born this afternoon, just before 4pm, weighing 6lb 5oz and 19 inches long. Katie keeps telling Austin that "Aunt Heather had baby Sydney, and we're going tomorrow to see her." Unfortunately, we aren't going to see them tomorrow, but we do get to see them next weekend! I can't wait to see Heather, Kyle, and Sydney...the time will probably drag by between now and when we get to see them. But, we love you guys!! Make sure to get lots of pictures for Aunt Marsha and Uncle Mark!

Early Morning Love...

Gotta love these early morning "love" moments between my two little ones...

what more can be said but PRECIOUS!?

Many Faces of Katie...

This weekend, Katie tested her "toughness". Poor girl looks like she has been in a bad cat fight...and she didn't win! Friday, she was walking...well, probably running...to the mailbox with me. She fell and slid across the concrete, giving her a beautifully red, scuffed nose. But, she didn't cry! Her reaction was "but can I still go get the mail?"

Then, if that wasn't enough, she was playing with Meeko yesterday after church. Both got a little too rough too quick, and Meeko scratched her down her cheek, leaving two long scratches from the top of her cheek all the way down. Again...no tears...she just didn't want me to put Meeko "in time-out" because she wanted to play again.

All I can say for Katie is that she is REALLY TOUGH!! You can probably catch a glimpse of her recent battle wounds in the following pictures. She wanted to "make faces for Mimi" this morning, so we did :) ENJOY!!!

My sweet girl...

I love this pose! I don't know where she learned it, but I hope she will remember it the next time I take her to do "professional" pictures in the near future!

My silly girl...

What more can I say? She has so very silly faces when she wants to! :)

My serious...VERY serious girl!

She uses this often when she is telling me something that she thinks is very serious. But it's really hard not to laugh when she is making this face, because it is so funny to see!


My happy girl!
I love seeing this smile...I see it more and more everyday. She is such a happy 2 year old! I am so blessed to have her. She makes me smile just watching her!

Growing and ACTIVE!!

It's been a little while since I've updated...life has been crazy busy! Our little ones are growing and active ALL the time now!



We recently took Austin for his 4 month check-up. He weighed 13lb 10oz and was 26" long. He is growing so quickly now!! He loves eating his cereal...sometimes he even lets me know clearly that he wants more ;) He will be starting fruits and veggies over the next several weeks. It's hard to believe he is old enough for that already! He's so active now...he doesn't know what it means to be still!! He loves his ExerSaucer, but that shouldn't surprise me...Katie loved it most, too. He also enjoys his playtime on the floor, but the challenge is keeping him on a blanket! He rolls all over the living room...within minutes! He loves to watch Katie play...they are going to be great playmates soon. :)






Katie is also growing like a weed, and so is her hair!! It's very curly, so it doesn't always look long, but it is thick! If I could just convince her to try out hairbows...she won't have that, though ;) The past several days she has really let her imagination show! Currently, she has two pet alligators that live in our bedroom...one is pink and one is blue ;) She played with her alligators for hours the other day...cooking them food, getting Meeko to help "wake them up", and playing with them. Where this came from...who knows!? But I did check...they are nice alligators that sing "God is so good"! She is SO serious when she is telling me all of these things...it's so hard not to laugh because it's so cute seeing her imagine and pretend play so much, but I try to not let her see me laughing...I don't want to discourage her from learning and playing. The picture below is of Katie sitting with her Alligators ;) They are beautiful, aren't they??






Meeko has become Katie's best friend lately. She and he love to play together...though, they both get in trouble often for playing too rough! It is really fun to see them enjoying playtime together...as long as they are being sweet.

Well, that's a good look at the little ones lately. Until next time...

My precious ones...

Austin is now 4 months old and has just had his first tastes of solid food. He has tried rice cereal, and did okay with it considering that it was his first try. We'll keep offering it to him over the next weeks, and before we know it, he'll be eating us out of house and home like Katie tries to now ;)

Here's the picture of Austin eating his cereal...what a face!! :)

Here's a picture of Katie sneaking M&Ms while I was feeding Austin...

Here's Austin's adorable outfit Mimi made for him...

He didn't want to look at the camera, but we had to get a quick snapshot of it.

Here is Katie wearing her new dress made by Mimi :)

My precious children in their outfits from Mimi...aren't they adorable??

Until Next Time...