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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Yolkie is here!
Daniel's pre-school has had eggs in an incubator for the past few weeks. They've been talking about different types of babies (tadpoles, chicks, etc) and have been waiting for the eggs to hatch. Yesterday, one finally pecked his way out!! The whole preschool was soooo excited & all the classes came by their classroom to check him out. The class named him "Yolkie". According to Daniel, it was his and his friend Lyndi's idea, but I have my doubts about that ;) They were unable to hold him the first day, though, because he was still wet & needed to "fluff up", in the words of Daniel. Then, last night, another of his little siblings managed to crack his shell. Today, they got to hold them! Daniel was super-duper excited, to say the least!! Check out his smile--it's so big it looks like it hurts! And, Colin even got in on the action. What a great birthday present!
Happy Birthday, Colin-man!!
Today, my little man turns ONE! I'm not exactly sure where the past year has gone. Wasn't it only yesterday, he looked like this:
Seems like a week ago, he would only sleep double-swaddled and snuggled up into me. I swore he was going to be the one who ended up in our bed for the long-term! Now, he's so busy that snuggles can be few & far between. He's great at giving kisses, tho, and gives them freely WHENEVER asked. If he's too busy to crawl over for a face-to-face, he'll just smack one at you from across the room! He also loves to show you how big he is by throwing his hands up above his head when you shout, "How big is Colin?" Pat-a-cake is his favorite game next to peek-a-boo, and he's gotten quite proficient at the "roll it up" part. He chases his brothers around the house, whines to go down in the basement when they're down there, and delights in tearing the pages in their books and ripping their toys apart. It's sometimes been a hard lesson to learn, but they've gotten better at putting their things away!
He's quick as all get-out crawling (watch out if you leave a bathroom door open!), but has little interest in walking at this point. He pulls up on anything he can get his hands on & is starting to let go & sit down slowly. He walks along the furniture, but offer him a hand, and he'll take it only to sit down immediately. Mommy is ready for him to be walking with all the outside playing we've been doing!
He's a talker, and is great at repeating lots of things back at you, inflection included. He LOVES his food, but isn't real keen on "big people" food yet. Loves juice & water, but not so much soy milk. His favorite things include his brothers, puppies, other babies (he doesn't see many of those!), yogurt, the phone, and his baths. If you mention yogurt or "splash-a-splash" (code for bath in our house), he goes nutso! He's one of the happiest babies I've ever seen & I sometimes have to laugh at myself when I refer to him as "cranky". But, he has no qualms about letting you know when you've done something he DOESN'T like--and he's not quiet about it!!
All in all, it's been an awesome, if much-too-fast, year!! Happy Birthday, to my little boo-boo!
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| From Colin's Birth April 27 2009 |
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| From Colin pics |
Seems like a week ago, he would only sleep double-swaddled and snuggled up into me. I swore he was going to be the one who ended up in our bed for the long-term! Now, he's so busy that snuggles can be few & far between. He's great at giving kisses, tho, and gives them freely WHENEVER asked. If he's too busy to crawl over for a face-to-face, he'll just smack one at you from across the room! He also loves to show you how big he is by throwing his hands up above his head when you shout, "How big is Colin?" Pat-a-cake is his favorite game next to peek-a-boo, and he's gotten quite proficient at the "roll it up" part. He chases his brothers around the house, whines to go down in the basement when they're down there, and delights in tearing the pages in their books and ripping their toys apart. It's sometimes been a hard lesson to learn, but they've gotten better at putting their things away!
He's quick as all get-out crawling (watch out if you leave a bathroom door open!), but has little interest in walking at this point. He pulls up on anything he can get his hands on & is starting to let go & sit down slowly. He walks along the furniture, but offer him a hand, and he'll take it only to sit down immediately. Mommy is ready for him to be walking with all the outside playing we've been doing!
He's a talker, and is great at repeating lots of things back at you, inflection included. He LOVES his food, but isn't real keen on "big people" food yet. Loves juice & water, but not so much soy milk. His favorite things include his brothers, puppies, other babies (he doesn't see many of those!), yogurt, the phone, and his baths. If you mention yogurt or "splash-a-splash" (code for bath in our house), he goes nutso! He's one of the happiest babies I've ever seen & I sometimes have to laugh at myself when I refer to him as "cranky". But, he has no qualms about letting you know when you've done something he DOESN'T like--and he's not quiet about it!!
All in all, it's been an awesome, if much-too-fast, year!! Happy Birthday, to my little boo-boo!
Sunday, April 18, 2010
The Alabama Shore
Some college sorority sisters decided to get together for a mini-reunion trip. The planning started in September, and I could only cross my fingers that it would work out for me to go. Everything fell into place & I was able to make it. What a great trip! My friend Teri's dad graciously gave us a long weekend at his beautiful condo in Orange Beach, AL and 6 of us were able to leave the kids with our hubbies & make the trip. Here are a few of the pics of us looking pretty darn good for 8 kids between 4 of us! One is single (call me for her phone number :) ), and the one who has been married the longest has thus resisted the call of the kiddos! It was a great catch-up trip & we had a blast.
Here's to the soon-to-be annual Spring Fling!
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Here's to the soon-to-be annual Spring Fling!
Monday, April 5, 2010
Happy Anniversary to us!
As I stated in my prior post, Monday completed our drive home. It was also our seventh anniversary--what a way to spend it! Three cranky kids, two cranky parents, and one too-small mini-van. Happy Anniversary to us!
Here's to the next seven!
Here's to the next seven!
Easter
On Saturday, the boys got to dye eggs. They were so excited!
Colin even tried to help by grabbing some of the newspaper!
The boys died 3 dozen eggs, and the Easter bunny hid all of those in the backyard as well as a few plastic ones that he'd hidden some candy in. Made for a great Easter egg hunt!
The boys were up early Easter morning & very excited to see what they'd been left:
The big boys each got a little gumball machine and a BIG cookie:
I'm not sure Colin had any idea what was going on, but he loved his musical set just the same:
Easter mass was packed & standing-room only, but we endured & here are the boys in their Easter outfits pre-egg hunt:
And, the Easter egg hunt:
We left Easter afternoon to start the LOOOOONG trip home. We stopped in McComb to see Scott's brother and Kristy and the kids again since we hadn't gotten to see Brian the weekend before. Monday completed our drive home & left Scott & me swearing not to do it again until the boys are at least 18! We'll see ;)
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Colin even tried to help by grabbing some of the newspaper!
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| From Louisiana trip |
The boys died 3 dozen eggs, and the Easter bunny hid all of those in the backyard as well as a few plastic ones that he'd hidden some candy in. Made for a great Easter egg hunt!
The boys were up early Easter morning & very excited to see what they'd been left:
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| From Louisiana trip |
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| From Louisiana trip |
The big boys each got a little gumball machine and a BIG cookie:
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I'm not sure Colin had any idea what was going on, but he loved his musical set just the same:
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| From Louisiana trip |
Easter mass was packed & standing-room only, but we endured & here are the boys in their Easter outfits pre-egg hunt:
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And, the Easter egg hunt:
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We left Easter afternoon to start the LOOOOONG trip home. We stopped in McComb to see Scott's brother and Kristy and the kids again since we hadn't gotten to see Brian the weekend before. Monday completed our drive home & left Scott & me swearing not to do it again until the boys are at least 18! We'll see ;)
Friday, April 2, 2010
Good Friday
Good Friday, we drove over to Abbeville to my aunt & uncle's house. They live on the Vermillion River and have a huge deck out over the river. It's absolutely beautiful & the boys love being out there & running wild. We got to see a barge pass & it almost looked close enough to touch. Uncle Jimmy boiled crawfish for the whole extended family, so we got to see all of the aunts & uncles on my dad's side of the family as well as all of my cousins.
Here are the men getting the crawfish pot going:
Uncle Jimmy with his two helpers:
My Dad with his two brothers:
Nana and Grandpa Sam:
Me with my dad's sister, Aunt Cindy. People have always said Laura &I look a lot like her:
Several of my cousins:
Me and Colin with my cousin Tracy and her little one, Miles. Miles and Colin are 7 days, and only about 1/2 pound apart!!
Miles and Colin really liked each other. I'm not sure Colin knew exactly what Miles was, he's so used to hanging out with his brothers and their friends!
Look at this cutie-pie:
The big guys were obsessed with the pool table, and in true William fashion, by the end of the day, he could tell me exactly how the balls went in & why they came out where they did. They even ran a little experiment & put one of the kiddo toys down there to see what happened! Thankfully, we got it out with no damage. Phew!
And, some random cute snaps:
And, one TIRED little guy. I was amazed that he slept in the middle of all the noise we were making!
Overall, the crawfish were YUMMY, the company was fabulous, and the kiddos pretty well-behaved. A success!!
Here are the men getting the crawfish pot going:
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Uncle Jimmy with his two helpers:
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My Dad with his two brothers:
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Nana and Grandpa Sam:
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Me with my dad's sister, Aunt Cindy. People have always said Laura &I look a lot like her:
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Several of my cousins:
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Me and Colin with my cousin Tracy and her little one, Miles. Miles and Colin are 7 days, and only about 1/2 pound apart!!
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Miles and Colin really liked each other. I'm not sure Colin knew exactly what Miles was, he's so used to hanging out with his brothers and their friends!
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Look at this cutie-pie:
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The big guys were obsessed with the pool table, and in true William fashion, by the end of the day, he could tell me exactly how the balls went in & why they came out where they did. They even ran a little experiment & put one of the kiddo toys down there to see what happened! Thankfully, we got it out with no damage. Phew!
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And, some random cute snaps:
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And, one TIRED little guy. I was amazed that he slept in the middle of all the noise we were making!
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Overall, the crawfish were YUMMY, the company was fabulous, and the kiddos pretty well-behaved. A success!!
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