Happy Fall!

Happy Fall!

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Silly Conner

There's never a dull moment during meal time at our house... Peek-a-boo!
Imagine hearing a cute little giggle with this one :)
Looking very serious as she plays with play-dough.
He loves the wind in his hair!
This pillow was supposed to be a barrier to keep him away from the fireplace. Obviously not a very effective barrier...

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Good morning!

Checking out Makayla's play computer... Hmmm, how does this thing work?
Expect your first email from him soon!

Sunday, March 27, 2011

A quick trip to C-ville

Friday night we headed down to Charlottesville to Erin and William's house to run the C-ville 10 miler on Saturday. Erin, Jason and I ran and we all did great. The course was NOT an easy one but I was very happy with how I did and am so happy to be doing races and feel like a runner again! After the race we relaxed and hung out at the house the rest of the afternoon. Makayla knew she was going to be a flower girl for Erin's wedding but I don't think she really understood what that meant. Erin found a book for her and Makayla listened very closely as she read it - it brought tears to my eyes! How in the world am I going to make it through the big day??? Cuddling up with my sleepy little boy :)
My mom found a cool game for Makayla - Animal Scramble. She looked so cute closing her eyes and counting to ten while all the animals were hidden!
Of course there was also wedding planning too! And to complete the weekend, dinner at the Mexican restaurant - I'm pretty sure Jason was more excited about that than he was running the race...

Friday, March 25, 2011

More rainy day fun

Yesterday was cold and rainy so it was a good day to stay inside. We enjoyed playing with stamps and making pretty spring pictures while Conner napped.
Then after his nap, Makayla tried to read a book to Conner.
I guess he was ready for snack though...

Love these smiles!
And storytime is done...
He looks like such a big boy in this picture!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Fun day

Yesterday we checked out the Discovery Museum right in downtown Winchester. Makayla enjoyed being able to run around and explore and play with everything. Here she is building a tower, her favorite thing to build. When I asked if she could pick up the big board ok, she said, "I can do it, I've been working out." Hilarious! Build your own roller coaster - fun!

And her favorite thing, the sandbox. Really???

Since Conner seems to be protesting babyfood, we have moved on to as much finger food as possible. His latest favorite - meatballs!

Yum!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Gymnastics!

Today was a special gymnastics class. Usually the parents wait in the observation area, but today we got to come in to see up close what the kids have been doing. Jason was also able to come for a bit and Makayla was thrilled to see her daddy!
Showing off on the bar - she's quite a little monkey!
Conner was happy to be able to come and play too - lots of room for him to scoot around!
He tried really hard to get up on this mat, but couldn't quite do it - yet!

Great balance!

She loves the inflatable jumping thing they did at the end of class!

Monday, March 21, 2011

Such a big boy!

Today was Conner's first time sitting in the big shopping cart! He did great, as long as he had something to chew on...
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Sunday, March 20, 2011

A thing of beauty...

We have been wanting to get a few trees to try and add some life to our back hill. While visiting my parents this weekend, Jason decided there were several out in the woods that would look great on our hill. Digging them up was the easy part, getting them to fit in our car was not so easy. He created this "Thing of beauty" which fortunately stayed in tact and the trees made it safely to our house!

Impressive isn't it?
We enjoyed a lot of hanging out and Makayla spent a lot of time with the horses. Usually it takes her a day or two to warm up to them, but not this time! She pet one right away Friday night and was even feeding them peppermints the rest of the weekend!

Conner wasn't crying, but also didn't seem impressed by the horses...
Saturday night Erin put us to work with wedding preparations. Makayla enjoyed watching everything that was going on and blowing up balloons with a cool thing Sean and Kristen got for her. By the end of the weekend there were balloons everywhere!
Conner had a fun time rolling around and going for a ride on the car!

It was a great weekend and we are again SO THANKFUL that our kids travel so well!!!

Baking with mommy

Makayla told me her favorite part of helping me bake is getting to lick the bowl. Giving it up to let her lick it (instead of licking it myself) is the hardest part of baking with Makayla!

Friday, March 18, 2011

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

It's hard to read a book that's half your size!
These Irish Eyes are always smiling!
A little serious in this one...
We met up with some friends at the bagel shop and Makayla was very excited to see green bagels! Yum!

Good morning!


Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Check up time

This morning both kids had check ups. We are so happy to have two beautiful, healthy kids!
Makayla weighed in at 31 pounds and is now 37.5 inches tall. Everything else checked out great and she amazed the doctor when she asked if she could listen to his stethoscope to hear her heart beat (and she pronounced everything correctly and clearly!) Here are a few of the latest questions she has had for me:
-What does the sun do?
-How does the sun keep us warm?
-What is the earth? (When I told her that's where we live, she said no mom, we live in Winchester)
-How do the colors get in the sky when there is a rainbow?

We will be accepting funds for her education anytime...
Conner is also doing great. He weighed in at 23 pounds and is 31 inches tall. I don't think Makayla is going to be the "big" sister much longer!
Makayla was very cute and watched the doctor very carefully when he was checking out Conner. She is an awesome big sister and her little brother loves her very much!
The doctor gave us the go ahead to start introducing some whole milk with meals so we gave it a try tonight. No surprise that he loved it!
Just imagine him saying, AGHHHHHH!
I can't believe our babies are 3 and 9 months old already!

Monday, March 14, 2011

Our new dining room furniture

I went grocery shopping Saturday afternoon with my list prepared to stick to it and not fall for any splurge purchases. But then I saw this displayed and had to get it!
It was very windy when we set it up which is why we did it inside. Well then it made it's way into the dining room and I am pretty sure it's going to be in there a while...
So come on over - we are ready for formal entertaining!

Bubble time!

Makayla was excited to get outside and play with bubbles - so was Kona!
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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Makayla

Looking cute and making herself at home in the nursery at church!
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