Update on Life

So far Liam is doing well in school. The first couple of weeks were a bit of an adjustment, and we often wondered if he wasn't quite ready. He cried when I dropped him off, and he would say he doesn't want to go. But then when I picked him up he was happy...And then on some days he would say he wants to go, and to see Miss Emily. Since school is in the afternoon he does tend to be more tired, and his naps now are hit and miss from day to day, and I suppose that is partly the schedule change and partly he is getting closer to the age where he will be dropping his nap. Although, a couple of weeks ago he fell asleep around 4:30 pm for his nap and when we went in his room to wake him up for dinner, he was OUT! We couldn't wake him and wondered if we should try harder to wake him, or just let him sleep. We were concerned that he would wake in the middle of the night, but we took a gamble and let him sleep....well I think we made the right decision because he not only slept for the whole night, he ended up sleeping for 15 hours! That was a first ever, guess he really needed some sleep?! We even were able to get some pictures...


Rowan is now 9 months, and is ALL over the place! She is standing, clapping, 'talking', playing, dancing, showing her independence-and even doing things she knows we don't want her doing?! We are shocked that she has learned this rebellion at 9 months...doesn't seem like Liam started that till over a year old. The older she gets the more we realize how similar she is to Liam, and how much trouble we are going to be in...Right now they are both very cute to each other, but we think that the older they get the more they will clash...We are enjoying their sweetness to each other as much as we can...and hopefully we are wrong and it will last forever : )


This picture was taken earlier this month (9-5-10)...you can tell how proud she is of her standing. Now a couple of weeks later she is cruising, and walking across the room with the help of her lion walker. This girl is going to be walking on her own before we know it!

Liam's First Day at Pre-school

So Liam had his first day of preschool this week. Unfortunately, our 'old' camera was on a manual focus setting that I didn't realize till later, but thankfully I had my phone with me and grabbed a few pictures. I couldn't get him to look at me either...but I still think he's cute!

Here is Liam standing outside his school...


Here is Liam in his classroom...


They had some toys out for the kids to play with while the parents dropped them off in class for the first day...a few of the kids were crying, as to be expected. Liam looked rather confused, and a little withdrawn. This is the first time he's been in a setting like this with other kids. The room was pretty chaotic, and I stayed with him until class started. I'm not sure he even noticed me leave the room...he sat here playing with the toys.

When I picked him up he seemed happy to see me. Some of the things he said he did was play with crayons, saw some kids...he also mentioned that he made Miss Emily cry, which I hope is just in his 2 yr. old imagination!

Rowan's 7 Month Professional Pictures

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Pre-School

So for the past several weeks as we drive by Liam's school I will point it out, or Liam will. A couple of weeks ago we got an e-mail announcing who Liam's teacher will be...Miss Emily. He has been very excited to meet her, but unfortunately he came down with a cold, and we didn't want to expose him to the other kids, especially right before the first day of school. So Mike and I went to meet his teacher, and she was kind enough to let us take this picture for him. He seems to be on the mend, so we are crossing our fingers he will be ALL better for his first day of school next week!


(BTW, come to find out she went to high school with Mike...small world, eh?!)

Happy 8 Months to Rowan!

Well Rowan is now crawling! She's not too fast yet, but getting there! We had our pictures done on Friday. There was a communication issue, and she ended up being an hour late! And with young kids, an hour is a huge deal! Rowan wasn't as happy as she usually is. Partly she was tired from being up from her nap for over an hour, and partly I think she was overwhelmed by it all. Liam was wanting to be around the action, and like a 2 yr. old was getting in the way. Mike had to chase him around and try to keep him from messing with the equipment. She almost got a super cute picture of him, but her battery was low, and the light didn't go off. Despite it all, I do think she managed to get several cute pictures of Rowan. Rowan really started to smile when I picked her up, so I think she got some good ones of me and her. Sadly, though after about 90 min. the kids were pretty fed up, and we were not able to get a good family picture! Also, we totally forgot to get a 'Dad and Rowan' picture too. Man it was so much easier to do Liam's 7 month pictures with just one baby! Anyway, Mike's cousin has offered to do some family shots for us, so we are looking forward to finally getting a good (or as good as the kids will let us) family picture!

Update on Life

Been feeling a little behind on things lately...mainly up keeping the house, working, editing pictures of the kids, maintaining the garden, etc. all while making sure the kids are getting enough love and attention as well. It is a juggling act for sure, and I feel like I'm dropping the ball somewhere. I often wonder how people manage more than 2 kids and keep their house running because I am just feeling...well, overwhelmed!

Anyway, I just wanted to write a little update on us, so that morph kid isn't staring at you on the top of the page! Mike and I hired a babysitter for the first time over the weekend. We felt it would be nice not to drive the kids south to our family's house when we are heading north, so we signed up for a babysitter site online and found a nice girl. We wanted someone that was older, not a teenager, and had experience and knows CPR and first aid if anything happened...yes we (or at least me) are picky! We paid a lot for her, but Liam really liked her, and it is nice to know now that we can actually go out for a dinner and movie sometime! We haven't been out to a movie since I was pregnant with Liam, how sad is that?! So below is a recent picture of Rowan...she is sitting like a pro now, which is good because our pictures are this Friday! She is also sitting herself up!! The other picture was sent to me this morning from Auntie Tiff (thanks!) It is a picture of Liam and his cousins eating ice cream at our 4th of July party.

Morph Thing

Well, this is what the 'Morph Machine' came up with when I put in Me and Mike's picture....I do say our kids are MUCH cuter!