a good first...

Riley has always been much too busy to sit and color for long.

Her drawings were scribble for a long time (which is normal, I know).

Like everything else, some kids draw sooner than others.

But last week Riley came into the kitchen to show me a drawing - and when I looked up I smiled so big. 

I was surely impressed!

The first (family) drawing by Riley...check it out!



Riley, Mommy (with Owen in my belly she said...ha ha), and Daddy

Good job, Riley!

Owen as Beauty

The older sibling always has too much fun playing dress up with the younger sibling!

This is just another example of that...

Owen playing with the baby doll

Owen as Princess Belle

he still likes his trucks - don't worry, Daddy!  ;)

little update on us

I don't write near as much as I used to when I first started this blog.  (Sorry!)

For all of you wondering what's new with us - here's just a quick update!

Owen:  He is walking!  This past week he started standing by himself in the middle of the floor to take off.  He's on his feet all the time now.  He's doing great!  Off of bottles and drinking regular milk.  Has a ton of teeth - too many to count, at least 12...  He's 13 months old!

Riley:  She's in Preschool!  Her teacher is very sweet and she's doing an "awesome" job I've been told.  She has homework sometimes, but not every day.  I hear all about her "friends" at school and the fun she has.  Usually the daily updates are about whether she went outside or not and what she ate for snack - you know, the important stuff.

Aaron:  He's working hard.  And he's coming home soon!!  One month left...

Me:  I'm stressed.  Ha.  No, it's not that bad.  I've been busy being mom to these lovely (crazy) kids and on top of that gearing up for our upcoming move!  Life is just busy these days, but you know the kids keep me grounded. 

We will be moving in about a month to FL.  I'll be sure to keep you all posted with the move.  In the meantime if you all can say some prayers, keep your fingers crossed and think happy thoughts for us - that'd be great.  We are doing the crazy thing of driving to FL as a family (when Aaron returns) and then looking for a place to live.  Lets hope it all comes together...and fast!

I'll be posting more pics of the kids before the move happens though...so keep checking back.

September pics

Here are some pics taken this month

 

curly hair boy Owen (taken the day he was all done with bottles!)

 

driving the little car

 

I tried to get a pic of the kids together - this was the best one.  Ha!

 

cutie pie Ri

 

first homework for Miss Riley!
(we won't be smiling for all of it - but the first time was FUN!)

 

a visit to Longwood

Another visit to Longwood Gardens...and a few cute pics of the kids!

 

Cheerios a second time...

When I saw Owen in the kitchen trying to get the Cheerios out of the cereal cabinet...

 

I couldn't help but remember the time Riley did it too!

This time the cabinet lock was on though, so Owen didn't have as much luck as Riley did.  ;)

We love our Cheerios!

Owen outside

This afternoon for lunch I took the kids to the playground and we had a picnic.

I didn't take any pics of Riley because she was busy playing with other kids!

Owen and I were just hanging out on the blanket at one point and I took a few pics...

Little sweetie!