Outdoor Fun

We've recently acquired some "new" outdoor toys for Will to enjoy this summer. My mom is letting us borrow the small slide and teeter totter from her nursery school playground for the summer and my grandpa sent us some of his grandkids' hand-me-down trikes from Arizona. We've also been storing a used Little Tikes basketball hoop in our basement given away by Wes's school that we plan to move outside soon. So without spending a penny, we've got all kinds of fun new stuff for Will. Nice!

We actually bought him a new Radio Flyer tricycle for his 2nd birthday. So once he opens that, we'll probably keep the trikes from grandpa at my parents' house.

Will prefers to go down the slide on his belly.






I'm pretty sure this is not what grandpa intended... but Will got a kick out of it. :) LOL

A busy weekend

We had a busy weekend with graduation parties and a Memorial Day picnic. Actually, on Thursday, my sister-in-law Kelly and I drove 2.5 hours to Amish country with the kids in an attempt to get out and do something different. Well it turned out we had accidentally chosen a Catholic holy day (Ascension Thursday) for our visit and EVERYTHING was closed! The auction, the shops... all closed. What a major bummer to have dragged the kids on such a long drive only to turn around and go home.

Then Saturday and Sunday, we attended graduation parties and on Monday, we went to the annual Riedeman Memorial Day picnic. Needless to say, by Monday evening, we had some sleepy, cranky kids.

Here's Soph getting ready for a bath after the party on Saturday. I think yellow is her color. I love her in yellow.




I took advantage of the beautiful backdrop by the lake at Sunday's party to have a mini photo-shoot with Will. He was throwing rocks into the water.

Here's one of Soph and I by the boat dock.

And here's Will on the way home in his car seat.

The Kids

The glider chair is my new favorite prop for pictures because Sophie can sit up. Will loves to ham it up and say "cheese" for the camera now. I think they look like little mini-me's of Craig & I. :)

Sophia is One Month Old!

Wednesday was Sophie's one month "birthday" and she looked cute as a bug in her little sunsuit on a gorgeous, 80+ degree day.


I took her to her one-month well check appointment with the pediatrician and she's a healthy girl and growing well. 10#10oz already! Wow - that's almost a pound bigger than Will was at this age!

She's smiling more and sleeping at night like a champ. She's even had three 8-hr stretches at night so far. But she's also a bit more high maintenance, with her needs being met RIGHT NOW! It's so interesting to notice the differences between the kids' personalities and behavior.

Will's First Haircut

Okay, so we finally broke down last weekend and decided it was time. The bangs were getting too close to the eyes and it was starting to look more messy than cute. The new 'do is not my favorite but it's growing on me and it will grow out again. At least I didn't cry like I did the first time my dog got a haircut. LOL

Craig showing Will the clippers before he began.






Will kept picking up hair clippings off his lap, holding them up for me to see and saying "broken" in a very sad, pathetic voice. It was so cute.




All done!

Happy Mothers Day

And a special thank you to my mom for just being awesome. :) I love you, mom.

Picture Update

I guess if I'm going to keep up, I'm going to have to limit the verbage and keep it to mostly pictures, or I'll never find the time. :)

So here's an update!

Will taking Brutus for a walk a couple weeks ago. Brutus sits so patiently in the wagon.






Will loves the "flowers" in our yard... much to the chagrin of his father, who is beyond frustrated with those little, yellow buggers.


All wrapped up after bath and a kiss from big brother.




Our gassy girl loves to be on her belly! She does NOT like the swing or the bouncer. She prefers tummy time... which makes for a very strong little girl!


I LOVE my Moby! It's a lifesavor to have my hands free around the house with 2 kids.


Our Honey Bunny loves to stick out her tongue.




Out for a walk one morning. We walk often - good exercise and quiet children!

Two Weeks Old!

Wow! Half a month has gone by fast! Our little Sophie is really growing. We went to her "one week" check up when she was 9 days old and she had regained her birth weight (babies lose some weight in those first few days) and then some... 9# exactly on April 29th. So we were given the go ahead to let her sleep as long as she wants at night and currently she does 4-5 hour stretches between feedings overnight. So I feed her about 9:30pm and then get up with her between 1:30 - 2:30 and again between 5:30 - 6:30. Not bad!! That's much better than Will did at this age.

Sophie has lots of quiet alert time during the day and we love to see her pretty, little eyes. She has such a strong neck too! She often holds her head up off your shoulder when she's burping and also smiles a lot after she eats.

Will still pouts about sharing my attention, but has become much more intrigued by "Baby Sophie" and talks to her or asks for her often. He's even briefly "held" her and has given her hugs and kisses.


1 week old today!


Will gets a lot of special time with dad.


The charming big brother.










All dressed up for her first big outing. Sophie yawned her way through dinner at a nice restaurant for Great Grandpa King's birthday.


Uncle Steve met Sophie for the first time at dinner.


Visit to the Riedeman farm and feeding cows with Aunt Kelly. Will goes on and on and on about the animals on the farm... and then as soon as he's near them, he's ready to leave and clinging to you for dear life. As soon as they walked up to the cows in this picture, Will said "bye bye cows!" :)




Uncle Taylor and Aunt Amanda


Our sweet "Sophie girl".