Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Dog days of summer

Well, after spending a good bit of time outside today somebody needed his nightly bath...and he was smiling like no tomorrow so Eric got a picture. This is a dog towel that his cousin Ashley gave him.

You have to see the top of the towel to get the full effect!

And one more picture from this weekend....looks like Joe Roy will be a dentist in the future and take after his grandfather - maybe he will cut us a deal on Austin & Ansley's braces .... maybe not!!

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Road trip!

Me & Joe!!!!

Our cousins from Austin came to Savannah so we decided to meet half way....i.e. the metropolis of East Dublin, GA for lunch today....where in addition to meeting Joe we also got to show the locals how to feed your children discretely. Seems Ellen & I impressed the locals with our "Hooter Hiders" so much that one woman felt the need to come over and comment about how neat they were! Does not take much to impress the inhabitants of East Dublin, little fabric & wire seems to be revolutionary!!! Just think what they would do if they had of seen our navigation units! haha - I will stop being tacky......

Ansley & Joe - note how awesome Joe Roy's shirt is. FYI, Austin was not left out, he was kidnapped by Eric's parents as the trip in the car would have been a little hard for him.

Ellen, Ansley, Joe & Topher.......we had fun!!

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Sleepy

For some weird reason Austin has started waking up at 5:30 am and coming into our room to get in bed with us so that he can spend an hour kicking us and talking and playing....this means I don't get as much sleep as I would like so....when I am tired I like to take pictures of the kids to remind me that the sleepiness is worth it....zzzzzzzzzzz

Austin is explaining to Ansley that he too still uses this changing table as he is not going to use the big boy potty until he is good & @$%& ready!

Him explaining to me that he is excited to be going to Texas in a week & a half to see all of his family members!!!

Austin explaining to Ansley that he has cool toes and that she can tickle them if she wants to - I am not kidding or making this up. She is sitting in his lap and he said.....Anly, toes, cool toes, Anly tickle toes, Anly tickle Austy toes, Anly tickle Austy cool toes. You see that is how he talks, he starts out with a few words and builds into a sentence. So if he is telling you something you might want to give him time to explain as he may need to add a few words as he goes so that he gives you the most detail possible.

We are excited to go meet our new cousin Joe Roy tomorrow he brought his parents to Georgia so we are going to meet them for lunch. Stay tuned for pictures.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Stats

You people & your numbers....

She weighed 9 lbs & 13 ounces (21%)
She was 22 inches long (33%)
Her head is 39 cm - still 67% - seriously big cabeza

happy & healthy

Shot up & left out...

We have had a sad day around here....you see Ansley went for her 2 month check up and got her shots, 3 of them in fact and then one by mouth, it is safe to say she has a well developed set of lungs as all of North Georgia could hear this girl scream and she even cried real tears. Ansley does not usually cry tears that produce water she just kinda whimpers and moans, but no real tears....today, real watery tears. Since 11 am she has only opened her eyes once and I have tried to feed her twice but she just wants to sleep & cry......this is SO sad.....I can't even post a picture as it would break your heart!!

Then we have left out....see Eric's mom always picks up Austin from school on Thursday afternoons, but she retired last week, and turns out she decided that meant she would not be getting Austin on Thursdays anymore. So....Eric got a phone call from school saying, "are you running late" to which Eric said he was on his way. Poor Austin got left out......this too is SO sad as he was looking forward to going to the pool with grandpa tomorrow.........FYI I am making this overly dramatic. He is actually not that sad and is excited to get to play with the neighbors tomorrow instead. The part that is sad is that Eric and I had come to rely too much on his mother....that will teach us a lesson. Who says you stop learning when you have kids!

Have a great week....pictures when everyone stops being SO sad!!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Hanging out

Well, here is how our Sunday started....Maddie sleeping as usual, if you think she looks like she has put on some weight she has....Austin is now responsible for feeding her and he seems to be WAY more generous that Eric & I!

Austin is showing y'all how to play copper pipe as a guitar....one of his favorite things to do. "Sing song"

Eric putting together his Father's Day present, a table saw

Ansley playing in her exersaucer that is WAY too big for her. She was actually just sitting in it for the picture. Turns out this is Carter's exersaucer that was bought second hand and then handed down to Austin and now handed over to Ansley. We know how to recycle in this family!

Isn't she cute!

Finally Austin is checking to make sure the wall is plumb....turns out he has his own work bench down in the basement with his daddy! He is very helpful!

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Hook 'em

Both kids have done it....but both times I fail to get a clear picture....you get the idea....

Austin '06

Ansley '08

'til Gabriel blows his horn!!

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Got It!


Ask and ye shall receive, I just finished my post and thought I will try to get her to smile....here ya go!

All is well

We got a good report from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, he said he did not see or hear anything that alarmed him, but he is not going to just forget about us.....we will go back at the end of August for another ultrasound and visit with him. There is some concern she may have a very mild case of hip dysplasia based on her initial exam at birth and some clicking noises we have heard since then....if she does have it she would need to wear a brace for 6 weeks, but no surgery. We will keep y'all updated.

Otherwise we have been hanging out.......

Our hawk has decided to use the kid's play ground set as a roost for watching his prey....I don't like it.....he may have gotten Austin's little chip monk friends that have been living behind the house

We played soccer with Ansley's soccer ball - although Austin tends to call it a chocolate ball.....you can tell who he is related to!!

Ansley continues to sleep......through the night in fact, she now sleeps consistently for at least a 7 or 8 hours every night..... I LOVE THIS BABY!!!!!!!

but she has had longer periods of being awake....

She and Austin were talking....I love to use the couch corners to prop up the kids, can you tell????

We are really trying to get a picture of her smiling but the camera is too slow or it is too blurry....I will keep trying

Have a great weekend.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

ooppppss!!

I have forgotten to post...it is the last week of the semester & I am teaching 2 online courses....so I am/have been very busy.....kids are great; Ansley may have hip dysplasia (sp?) we go to see an Pediatric Orthopeadic (sp?) tomorrow morning...maybe I can learn how to spell by then.

Otherwise all is well...will put up pics & update soon