Tomorrow Will will be 4 months old.....I just can't believe my little guy is growing up so fast!
Here's a quick video of Will playing with Daddy...
...and here's a big smile for you!
Nikki
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Big changes for Baby Will!
Will is growing, growing, growing, and each day he discovers new things. In the last couple of weeks, he's found his hands, his feet, and his voice! He smiles and laughs all the time, and during the last week, he's discovered that he can scream really loud and high! He's also pushing up on his forearms very well and he's close to rolling over front-to-back and back-to-front. He's been a really good sleeper. He goes to bed at 5:45pm. I feed him a bottle at ~9pm, and then he sleeps until ~6:30am (I do have to get up a few times at night, mostly after 3:30am, to give him his paci). He usually takes a ~30 minute early morning nap, a ~2 hr. mid-day nap, and another short 30 min. late afternoon nap.
Tomorrow Will will be 4 months old.....I just can't believe my little guy is growing up so fast!
Here's a quick video of Will playing with Daddy...
...and here's a big smile for you!
Nikki
Tomorrow Will will be 4 months old.....I just can't believe my little guy is growing up so fast!
Here's a quick video of Will playing with Daddy...
...and here's a big smile for you!
Nikki
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Allie's first Winter Pageant
Last night, I was a very proud Mommy! Allie experienced her first stage performance at the International Preschool's Winter Pageant, and she did excellent (read between the lines here: she got on stage in front of an audience of ~250 adults and SHE DIDN'T CRY! So yes, she did excellent!)! Before we left for the pageant, Allie was kind enough to let me snap a couple of photos of her at home with her "Kissmas" tree.
Unfortunately, because of poor lighting in the auditorium, the photos that I took during Allie's performance didn't turn out so well, but luckily we have the video. Now, before any of you get too excited about watching this video, let me set the stage for you:
This is a group of about a dozen 18 month-2 year olds (Allie is the youngest in her class, the oldest is 6 months older than she). They have only one teacher (Ms. Ashley), so there are a few other adults helping Ms. Ashley get these kids on stage to "perform". The performance is supposed to be a "sing-along" to Frosty the Snowman, where the kids each get a snowman that they've made in class and play with it during the song. In case you have trouble finding Allie (and you will likely have trouble, as they put her in the back and kept putting kids in front of her until someone picks her up in the middle of the song), she is wearing a light blue dress with a white turtle neck, white leggings, and silver shoes (see pics above!). You'll see her being brought in by a gentleman holding her and another child. Now again, don't get too excited.....she won't win a Tony award for this performance, but she did make me a proud Mommy!
Nikki
Unfortunately, because of poor lighting in the auditorium, the photos that I took during Allie's performance didn't turn out so well, but luckily we have the video. Now, before any of you get too excited about watching this video, let me set the stage for you:
This is a group of about a dozen 18 month-2 year olds (Allie is the youngest in her class, the oldest is 6 months older than she). They have only one teacher (Ms. Ashley), so there are a few other adults helping Ms. Ashley get these kids on stage to "perform". The performance is supposed to be a "sing-along" to Frosty the Snowman, where the kids each get a snowman that they've made in class and play with it during the song. In case you have trouble finding Allie (and you will likely have trouble, as they put her in the back and kept putting kids in front of her until someone picks her up in the middle of the song), she is wearing a light blue dress with a white turtle neck, white leggings, and silver shoes (see pics above!). You'll see her being brought in by a gentleman holding her and another child. Now again, don't get too excited.....she won't win a Tony award for this performance, but she did make me a proud Mommy!
Nikki
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Where to begin? Thanksgiving and such...
Well, if I've learned just one thing over the past few weeks, it's that traveling with two babies is hard....I mean, the amount of stuff that you need to travel with two babies is unbelievable. This, I learned, over Thanksgiving. Atlanta to Albertville to Auburn and back to Atlanta. Whew....that was a tough one! Lots of stuff, but fortunately not as many tears in the car as I imagined.
During our travels, I had the great experience of going to the Auburn/Alabama game with my Dad, brother, and sister. We had a great time, and I think this might actually be the first time that just the 4 of us have done something together. To make things even better, the game turned out just as I hoped. Auburn played a great game, but Bama pulled out a win to continue their quest for the National Championship. (Side note: David kept BOTH babies while I went to the game....THANKS, HONEY!)
Unfortunately, over Thanksgiving weekend, Allie came down with a horrible cold. She was absolutely miserable. After unsuccessfully trying to have her seen by a doctor in Auburn on Saturday afternoon, we got her home Sunday, and when she got up last Monday morning, I noticed that her eyes looked really red. Off to the doctor we went. Diagnosis: Pink Eye and an ear infection. Treatment: 10 days of oral antiobtics and eye drops (3 TIMES A DAY!!!). UGH....how many of you have tried to put eye drops into the eyes of an 18 month old?....not my idea of fun!
So, we've spent our last week and a half treating pink eye and an ear infection, wiping runny noses, and dealing with the horrible side effects of an antibiotic (the most horrible diaper rash that you've ever seen resulting in Allie walking around all day saying "hurt, booty, hurt" and crying each time she had to have her diaper changed). As expected, Will ended up with the cold too which made his feeding and sleeping really difficult (have you tried to suck on a bottle or a paci when you can't breath through your nose? me either, but apparently it's virtually impossible!). He did manage to dodge the pink eye and ear infection though.
Just when I thought we were through the worst part, today Allie developed another fever...pretty high this time (almost 103). I'm hoping this is just an unfortunate side effect of the H1N1 vaccine that she got yesterday....I guess tomorrow will tell.
During all of this sickness, we did manage to watch the SEC Championship game....
and we also managed to get the Christmas decorations up for the babies....Allie is already talking about how Santa brings toys to good girls! She's trying really hard to be one of those good girls....
Can't wait for Christmas morning!!!
Nikki
During our travels, I had the great experience of going to the Auburn/Alabama game with my Dad, brother, and sister. We had a great time, and I think this might actually be the first time that just the 4 of us have done something together. To make things even better, the game turned out just as I hoped. Auburn played a great game, but Bama pulled out a win to continue their quest for the National Championship. (Side note: David kept BOTH babies while I went to the game....THANKS, HONEY!)
Unfortunately, over Thanksgiving weekend, Allie came down with a horrible cold. She was absolutely miserable. After unsuccessfully trying to have her seen by a doctor in Auburn on Saturday afternoon, we got her home Sunday, and when she got up last Monday morning, I noticed that her eyes looked really red. Off to the doctor we went. Diagnosis: Pink Eye and an ear infection. Treatment: 10 days of oral antiobtics and eye drops (3 TIMES A DAY!!!). UGH....how many of you have tried to put eye drops into the eyes of an 18 month old?....not my idea of fun!
So, we've spent our last week and a half treating pink eye and an ear infection, wiping runny noses, and dealing with the horrible side effects of an antibiotic (the most horrible diaper rash that you've ever seen resulting in Allie walking around all day saying "hurt, booty, hurt" and crying each time she had to have her diaper changed). As expected, Will ended up with the cold too which made his feeding and sleeping really difficult (have you tried to suck on a bottle or a paci when you can't breath through your nose? me either, but apparently it's virtually impossible!). He did manage to dodge the pink eye and ear infection though.
Just when I thought we were through the worst part, today Allie developed another fever...pretty high this time (almost 103). I'm hoping this is just an unfortunate side effect of the H1N1 vaccine that she got yesterday....I guess tomorrow will tell.
During all of this sickness, we did manage to watch the SEC Championship game....
and we also managed to get the Christmas decorations up for the babies....Allie is already talking about how Santa brings toys to good girls! She's trying really hard to be one of those good girls....
Can't wait for Christmas morning!!!
Nikki
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
I'm so behind!!!
Ok...so the kids are keeping me busy and I'm getting really behind on my blog updates. I will try my best to update "the happenings" with the kids soon...very, very soon. But, in the meantime, enjoy this video of Will "talking".
Nikki
Nikki
Friday, November 20, 2009
18 month (and 3 month!) update
On Thursday of this week, Allie turned 18 months old. It's so hard to believe! I can't believe that my "baby" is already a toddler! David and I took Allie to her pediatrician for her 18 month visit....and shots :-( While we were there, we learned what we already thought we knew....Allie is about 6 months ahead in her language development. Yes, she is quite a talker! When the doc asked me if she could say at least 10 words, I had to laugh. She asked me how many words Allie could say, and my response was "hundreds". Literally, I think the child can say a couple hundred words!
When it came to her measurements, Allie's length was 34 1/4 inches (95th percentile for an 18 month old, 50th percentile for a 2 year old), and her weight was 27 pounds, 2 ounces (~80th percentile for an 18 month old). So, she is quite tall for her age, as we already knew (I've already been buying her 24 month size clothes and they are getting short!), and her weight is just fine for her height.
And of course, Allie did not enjoy the shots, but these should be her last shots for another 6 months (unless I can manage to get her the H1N1 flu shot somewhere!). I think she has one more round of shots at her 2 year visit, and then no more until she is 4! Won't that be GREAT?!
Here's a cute video of Allie watching the BAMA vs LSU game a couple of weeks ago. Forgot to post it earlier....it's a cute one.
We had another big birthday in our house this week. Will was 3 months old on Wednesday. I just can't believe that he is already 3 months old. Trust me when I tell you that the last 3 months of pregnancy don't go by nearly as fast as the first 3 months of life! Will is such a doll. He smiles ALL the time. If he cries, he's either hungry or sleepy. If he is sleepy, just take him and lay him down and off to sleep he goes. He goes to bed each night at 6-6:30pm, takes a bottle at ~9:30pm, and then not another one until ~6:30am when he then goes back to sleep until ~8:30am. How lucky am I? We'll see if that trend continues tonight. Tonight is Will's first night sleeping in his crib in the nursery. I've put him in the crib for a few naps, and he certainly doesn't love it like the loves the Pack-n-Play in our bedroom. He actually cried for a few minutes during 2 of his 3 naps today, and he cried for about 10 minutes when I put him in the crib at night. I guess it will just take him a little while to learn to love it.....we'll see if I get any sleep at all tonight!
Will is also doing lots of "cooing" and laughing. I haven't managed to capture much of it on video yet, but this video will give you a little taste of his "voice".
Tonight, I think Will found his hands/arms for the first time. He was staring cross-eyed at the cars on his shirt right around his wrist. It's was so funny to see him try to focus on his hands and figure out what they are....FUN TIMES!
Nikki
When it came to her measurements, Allie's length was 34 1/4 inches (95th percentile for an 18 month old, 50th percentile for a 2 year old), and her weight was 27 pounds, 2 ounces (~80th percentile for an 18 month old). So, she is quite tall for her age, as we already knew (I've already been buying her 24 month size clothes and they are getting short!), and her weight is just fine for her height.
And of course, Allie did not enjoy the shots, but these should be her last shots for another 6 months (unless I can manage to get her the H1N1 flu shot somewhere!). I think she has one more round of shots at her 2 year visit, and then no more until she is 4! Won't that be GREAT?!
Here's a cute video of Allie watching the BAMA vs LSU game a couple of weeks ago. Forgot to post it earlier....it's a cute one.
We had another big birthday in our house this week. Will was 3 months old on Wednesday. I just can't believe that he is already 3 months old. Trust me when I tell you that the last 3 months of pregnancy don't go by nearly as fast as the first 3 months of life! Will is such a doll. He smiles ALL the time. If he cries, he's either hungry or sleepy. If he is sleepy, just take him and lay him down and off to sleep he goes. He goes to bed each night at 6-6:30pm, takes a bottle at ~9:30pm, and then not another one until ~6:30am when he then goes back to sleep until ~8:30am. How lucky am I? We'll see if that trend continues tonight. Tonight is Will's first night sleeping in his crib in the nursery. I've put him in the crib for a few naps, and he certainly doesn't love it like the loves the Pack-n-Play in our bedroom. He actually cried for a few minutes during 2 of his 3 naps today, and he cried for about 10 minutes when I put him in the crib at night. I guess it will just take him a little while to learn to love it.....we'll see if I get any sleep at all tonight!
Will is also doing lots of "cooing" and laughing. I haven't managed to capture much of it on video yet, but this video will give you a little taste of his "voice".
Tonight, I think Will found his hands/arms for the first time. He was staring cross-eyed at the cars on his shirt right around his wrist. It's was so funny to see him try to focus on his hands and figure out what they are....FUN TIMES!
Nikki
Dinner with Elmo!
Although we don't get over to Druid Hills Golf Club as much as we would like for the golf, we do manage to make time to get over there for DINNER WITH ELMO! How could I resist taking Allie to have dinner with Elmo? After all, any of you that have spent more than 2 minutes with Allie know that she is nuts about that little red monster, as much of her day is spent exclaiming "Elmo! Elmo! Elmo!"
Unfortunately, David was out of town and wouldn't be able to join us, but I loaded up the kids and we met Grandma and PawPaw at Druid Hills for dinner on Wednesday night. When we first saw Elmo (and yes, I do realize that this is the ugliest Elmo costume that exists on this earth!), Allie was a little hesitant, but after me holding her next to him for just a moment, she fell in love! We had the hardest time dragging her away from him....she had truly met her best friend in the flesh! After many ups and downs during the evening....lots of hugs and kisses, and then screaming when we pulled her away to give the other kids a chance to see him.....Allie gave Elmo one last hug and kiss and told him "bye bye" and we managed to leave peacefully.
So, now I have the perfect plan for her 2nd birthday party.....I'll rent the costume, who's willing to put it on????
Nikki
Unfortunately, David was out of town and wouldn't be able to join us, but I loaded up the kids and we met Grandma and PawPaw at Druid Hills for dinner on Wednesday night. When we first saw Elmo (and yes, I do realize that this is the ugliest Elmo costume that exists on this earth!), Allie was a little hesitant, but after me holding her next to him for just a moment, she fell in love! We had the hardest time dragging her away from him....she had truly met her best friend in the flesh! After many ups and downs during the evening....lots of hugs and kisses, and then screaming when we pulled her away to give the other kids a chance to see him.....Allie gave Elmo one last hug and kiss and told him "bye bye" and we managed to leave peacefully.
So, now I have the perfect plan for her 2nd birthday party.....I'll rent the costume, who's willing to put it on????
Nikki
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Halloween....and other happenings
Ok, so I know that I'm really late on this post, but I have to tell you.....having an infant and a toddler is a busy, busy 24-7 job! I just can't seem to find time to update everyone on what's going on in our life. Bare with me over the next few months as I continue to try to adjust.
Now, on to Halloween....
Unfortunately, it was rainy and yucky here on Halloween, so we didn't get to take the kids out trick-or-treating, but we did grab a couple of photos of them together. Earlier this fall I let Allie pick out her Halloween costume from a catalogue that had lots of different costumes. She chose the monkey....she loves monkeys. I wasn't planning on dressing Will up this year, but rather I was just going to put a Halloween shirt on him. A week or so after I ordered Allie's monkey costume, I got another catalogue of costumes and found the perfect costume for Will....a banana! So, here's our little monkey with her banana.....
The day before Halloween, Allie had a Halloween party at school complete with a costume parade, pizza party, and decorating cookies and pumpkins.
Will continues to grow and change every day. He's such a big boy now! He's becoming a good sleeper like his big sister. He usually goes to bed about 5:30-6:30pm, then takes a bottle at about 9:30pm, and doesn't take another until about 6am. This past Friday night we put both babies to bed at 7pm. Will took a bottle at 10pm and another at 6:30 am, and then I HAD TO WAKE HIM AT 9:30AM! I guess he was planning on sleeping all day. Allie, of course, slept until 8:30am....that's not unusual for her.
Will is also smiling and laughing a lot, and he has began to coo. It's very sweet. I expect that he will find his hands any day now. I'm also thinking about starting his move out into his big boy crib soon. He took his first nap(s) there yesterday. I'm not sure that he loves it just yet....he slept about an hour for his first nap, but his later two naps were only 20 minutes each. We'll keep working on it though, and I'm sure he'll learn to love his crib as much as Allie does.
Allie is such a big girl now! Her favorite thing over this last week is reading. All day long she brings me books and says "read, read, read". Now, I'm thrilled that she loves books, and I'm more than happy to read to her as much as I can, but I really wish that she wouldn't make us read the same book over and over and over. I'll ask her to go get me a different book, which she does, but she'll only let me read 1-2 pages of the new book before she takes it out of my hands and gives me her "book of the day".....again!
More evidence of Allie growing up.....she gave up the pacifier last Thursday! Well, I guess I can't really say that she "gave it up". I took it away from her, but she didn't really put up a fight. Allie only used her paci at nap and bedtime, but she did love it. We were encouraged by Allie's pediatrician to get rid of the paci by 18 months, so I decided that last Thursday was the day. During her morning nap, she cried hard for ~15 minutes yelling "Mommy, Mommy!". After 15 minutes (my heart was breaking), I went in to her room to reassure her that I was there. I told her to lay down and go night-night....and she did! Not another tear. She didn't cry any more...not during her afternoon nap, and not at all at night. She has not cried another tear for the paci. And, she hasn't even tried to take Will's paci from him! She has asked for paci a couple of times when getting ready to go down for a nap or go to bed at night, but I just ignore her and hand her a stuffed animal. She's such a big girl!!!!
As always, Allie has been entertaining us over the last couple of weeks. She seems to be experimenting with taking her clothes off when she wakes up in the morning or from naps. Two out of the past three mornings, David has found Allie with her PJs completely unzipped when he gets her out of the crib.
After her morning nap today, this is what I went in to find.....
Not sure what she is up to, but it sure is funny to walk in and find a half-naked baby in the bed.
As you can see in the picture above of Allie in her unzipped PJs, she is carrying around a toothbrush. Allie LOVES to brush her teeth, and many times during the day will start yelling "teeth, teeth!" wanting me to get her toothbrush for her so that she can brush her teeth. I guess there could be worse things, huh?
Allie's also re-discovered her sunglasses this past week. She wants to wear her "gasses" all the time....she doesn't always get them on the right, but she tries!
There's so much more....but I don't want to bore you....
:-)
Now, on to Halloween....
Unfortunately, it was rainy and yucky here on Halloween, so we didn't get to take the kids out trick-or-treating, but we did grab a couple of photos of them together. Earlier this fall I let Allie pick out her Halloween costume from a catalogue that had lots of different costumes. She chose the monkey....she loves monkeys. I wasn't planning on dressing Will up this year, but rather I was just going to put a Halloween shirt on him. A week or so after I ordered Allie's monkey costume, I got another catalogue of costumes and found the perfect costume for Will....a banana! So, here's our little monkey with her banana.....
The day before Halloween, Allie had a Halloween party at school complete with a costume parade, pizza party, and decorating cookies and pumpkins.
Will continues to grow and change every day. He's such a big boy now! He's becoming a good sleeper like his big sister. He usually goes to bed about 5:30-6:30pm, then takes a bottle at about 9:30pm, and doesn't take another until about 6am. This past Friday night we put both babies to bed at 7pm. Will took a bottle at 10pm and another at 6:30 am, and then I HAD TO WAKE HIM AT 9:30AM! I guess he was planning on sleeping all day. Allie, of course, slept until 8:30am....that's not unusual for her.
Will is also smiling and laughing a lot, and he has began to coo. It's very sweet. I expect that he will find his hands any day now. I'm also thinking about starting his move out into his big boy crib soon. He took his first nap(s) there yesterday. I'm not sure that he loves it just yet....he slept about an hour for his first nap, but his later two naps were only 20 minutes each. We'll keep working on it though, and I'm sure he'll learn to love his crib as much as Allie does.
Allie is such a big girl now! Her favorite thing over this last week is reading. All day long she brings me books and says "read, read, read". Now, I'm thrilled that she loves books, and I'm more than happy to read to her as much as I can, but I really wish that she wouldn't make us read the same book over and over and over. I'll ask her to go get me a different book, which she does, but she'll only let me read 1-2 pages of the new book before she takes it out of my hands and gives me her "book of the day".....again!
More evidence of Allie growing up.....she gave up the pacifier last Thursday! Well, I guess I can't really say that she "gave it up". I took it away from her, but she didn't really put up a fight. Allie only used her paci at nap and bedtime, but she did love it. We were encouraged by Allie's pediatrician to get rid of the paci by 18 months, so I decided that last Thursday was the day. During her morning nap, she cried hard for ~15 minutes yelling "Mommy, Mommy!". After 15 minutes (my heart was breaking), I went in to her room to reassure her that I was there. I told her to lay down and go night-night....and she did! Not another tear. She didn't cry any more...not during her afternoon nap, and not at all at night. She has not cried another tear for the paci. And, she hasn't even tried to take Will's paci from him! She has asked for paci a couple of times when getting ready to go down for a nap or go to bed at night, but I just ignore her and hand her a stuffed animal. She's such a big girl!!!!
As always, Allie has been entertaining us over the last couple of weeks. She seems to be experimenting with taking her clothes off when she wakes up in the morning or from naps. Two out of the past three mornings, David has found Allie with her PJs completely unzipped when he gets her out of the crib.
After her morning nap today, this is what I went in to find.....
Not sure what she is up to, but it sure is funny to walk in and find a half-naked baby in the bed.
As you can see in the picture above of Allie in her unzipped PJs, she is carrying around a toothbrush. Allie LOVES to brush her teeth, and many times during the day will start yelling "teeth, teeth!" wanting me to get her toothbrush for her so that she can brush her teeth. I guess there could be worse things, huh?
Allie's also re-discovered her sunglasses this past week. She wants to wear her "gasses" all the time....she doesn't always get them on the right, but she tries!
There's so much more....but I don't want to bore you....
:-)
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Random Allie videos...
Just a few random Allie videos that you might find entertaining....
When I picked Allie up from school yesterday, she showed me a drawing of a stick man with two pieces of styrofoam popcorn glued on to this arms. The title of the picture was "My Strong Muscles". Apparently the kids learned about muscles in school yesterday, because Allie has been doing this (see video) for the last 2 days! So cute!!!!!
David was in charge of the video camera while we were at the pumpkin patch a couple of weeks ago (see entry from a couple of days ago). Guess I should have posted this video with the pumpkin patch pictures....oh well, I'm still trying to get caught up from being gone for 6 days! Enjoy anyway!
One of Allie's current party tricks which I mentioned in a previous post is when you ask her "Who coaches Alabama?", she says "NICK!". You can catch that here....listen closely! You can also catch some of her dance moves....she's gonna be good!
And finally, Allie loves to play with my iPHONE. She got hold of it the other day and somehow managed to start playing music via the iPOD function. Not sure how she did it, but she did!
Nikki
When I picked Allie up from school yesterday, she showed me a drawing of a stick man with two pieces of styrofoam popcorn glued on to this arms. The title of the picture was "My Strong Muscles". Apparently the kids learned about muscles in school yesterday, because Allie has been doing this (see video) for the last 2 days! So cute!!!!!
David was in charge of the video camera while we were at the pumpkin patch a couple of weeks ago (see entry from a couple of days ago). Guess I should have posted this video with the pumpkin patch pictures....oh well, I'm still trying to get caught up from being gone for 6 days! Enjoy anyway!
One of Allie's current party tricks which I mentioned in a previous post is when you ask her "Who coaches Alabama?", she says "NICK!". You can catch that here....listen closely! You can also catch some of her dance moves....she's gonna be good!
And finally, Allie loves to play with my iPHONE. She got hold of it the other day and somehow managed to start playing music via the iPOD function. Not sure how she did it, but she did!
Nikki
Hawaii.....and "Pumpin Cakes"
Hawaii....not too bad for a conference, huh? Each year, David and I attend the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) conference. Last year, it was in Philadelphia....eeehhh, not so great. But Honolulu...who could complain???? So, off we went...me, David, and Baby Will. We decided to leave Allie at home with her Granny. Yes, it was a very difficult decision, but when we thought about taking a 17 month old on a 9+ h0ur flight and crossing 6 time zones which would really screw up her sleeping, we decided it would be best for her to stay with Granny. And yes, 6 nights is the longest that I have ever been away from her....needless to say, it was incredibly difficult for both of us. Granny said that she kept calling for "Mommy" and I had to fight back tears as we were on our way to the airport.....but again, this was for the best, right?
So, we hauled all of our "stuff" (stroller, car seat, car seat base, diaper bag, breast pump, 3 suitcases, purse, briefcase, etc) through the airport (as David asked "How could we ever possibly travel with two of them?"). We made it on the plane with no disasters, and here is a photo of Will during his first flight. Not too shabby, huh? His first flight is to Hawaii! We should all be so lucky....
Will did great on the flight. He stayed awake more than I anticipated. I had to use the breast pump 3 times on the 9+ hour flight....I have pumped in some weird places, but never on an airplane. It was an adventure, but we all did just fine. We arrived in Honolulu mid-afternoon, jumped in the rental car and headed to the Hilton on Waikiki. We had a reception to attend that evening. Will took a brief nap in the hotel room, and then he managed to stay awake until 6:30pm (12:30AM Eastern time). He slept great that first night and adjusted to the time easily...much easier that David and I did! David woke up at ~3:30am the first morning that we were there...He was in the lobby working by 4-ish AM. Will and I slept until 6am, and then began our first day of the conference.
Here's Will with his official ASHG name badge...it's sort of a right of passage for us to get our kids a name badge at their first official genetics conference. Allie got her first badge at the SERGG (SouthEast Regional Genetics Group) meeting in Charleston in August, 2008.
Without a doubt, Will was the best dressed person at the conference.....Geneticists are not known for their love of fashion :-) How cute are these outfits???? Everybody LOVED his shoes!
Will napped great....obviously. Just open up the sliding glass door so that he could hear the breeze and the ocean and he was snoozing before we knew it.
We did manage to escape for a couple of hours one afternoon and take a walk down Waikiki beach. Per the request of Pops...here's a picture of Will on Waikiki with Diamond Head in the background.
We found a couple of free hours the day before we left to take a drive around the south side of Oahu. Here is Will and Daddy at Hanauma Bay.
Mommy and Will at the "Blow Hole"
Daddy and Will at Nu'uanu Pali Lookout
And finally, Will resting when we got back to the hotel....
And last, but definitely not least, a Kiwi Colada for Mommy :-) Ahhhhhhhhhhh............
Now, on to the "Pumpin Cakes".
While we were in Hawaii, Allie and Granny baked cupcakes. Allie helped Granny mix the batter, and then she helped put the pumpkins on top. Somewhere along the way, instead of calling them cupcakes, Allie started calling them "Pumpin" Cakes. She loves "pumpin" cakes....without a doubt. While at Granny's house, Granny would feed her bites of "pumpin" cakes; however, when we got home with the "pumpin" cakes, Allie insisted on feeding herself. The pictures tell the rest of the story....
The "pumpin" cake before Allie....
The "pumpin" cake after Allie....
We had chocolate cupcake EVERYWHERE! Thanks for the "pumpin" cakes, Granny, but next time, THEY STAY AT YOUR HOUSE!!!!
We had a great time in Hawaii, but boy, I sure did miss my big girl! I never would have imagined that I would be anxious to come home to Atlanta from paradise, but then again, I've never been a Mommy before....that makes all the difference in the world!!! I'm so happy to be back home with both of my babies!
Nikki
So, we hauled all of our "stuff" (stroller, car seat, car seat base, diaper bag, breast pump, 3 suitcases, purse, briefcase, etc) through the airport (as David asked "How could we ever possibly travel with two of them?"). We made it on the plane with no disasters, and here is a photo of Will during his first flight. Not too shabby, huh? His first flight is to Hawaii! We should all be so lucky....
Will did great on the flight. He stayed awake more than I anticipated. I had to use the breast pump 3 times on the 9+ hour flight....I have pumped in some weird places, but never on an airplane. It was an adventure, but we all did just fine. We arrived in Honolulu mid-afternoon, jumped in the rental car and headed to the Hilton on Waikiki. We had a reception to attend that evening. Will took a brief nap in the hotel room, and then he managed to stay awake until 6:30pm (12:30AM Eastern time). He slept great that first night and adjusted to the time easily...much easier that David and I did! David woke up at ~3:30am the first morning that we were there...He was in the lobby working by 4-ish AM. Will and I slept until 6am, and then began our first day of the conference.
Here's Will with his official ASHG name badge...it's sort of a right of passage for us to get our kids a name badge at their first official genetics conference. Allie got her first badge at the SERGG (SouthEast Regional Genetics Group) meeting in Charleston in August, 2008.
Without a doubt, Will was the best dressed person at the conference.....Geneticists are not known for their love of fashion :-) How cute are these outfits???? Everybody LOVED his shoes!
Will napped great....obviously. Just open up the sliding glass door so that he could hear the breeze and the ocean and he was snoozing before we knew it.
We did manage to escape for a couple of hours one afternoon and take a walk down Waikiki beach. Per the request of Pops...here's a picture of Will on Waikiki with Diamond Head in the background.
We found a couple of free hours the day before we left to take a drive around the south side of Oahu. Here is Will and Daddy at Hanauma Bay.
Mommy and Will at the "Blow Hole"
Daddy and Will at Nu'uanu Pali Lookout
And finally, Will resting when we got back to the hotel....
And last, but definitely not least, a Kiwi Colada for Mommy :-) Ahhhhhhhhhhh............
Now, on to the "Pumpin Cakes".
While we were in Hawaii, Allie and Granny baked cupcakes. Allie helped Granny mix the batter, and then she helped put the pumpkins on top. Somewhere along the way, instead of calling them cupcakes, Allie started calling them "Pumpin" Cakes. She loves "pumpin" cakes....without a doubt. While at Granny's house, Granny would feed her bites of "pumpin" cakes; however, when we got home with the "pumpin" cakes, Allie insisted on feeding herself. The pictures tell the rest of the story....
The "pumpin" cake before Allie....
The "pumpin" cake after Allie....
We had chocolate cupcake EVERYWHERE! Thanks for the "pumpin" cakes, Granny, but next time, THEY STAY AT YOUR HOUSE!!!!
We had a great time in Hawaii, but boy, I sure did miss my big girl! I never would have imagined that I would be anxious to come home to Atlanta from paradise, but then again, I've never been a Mommy before....that makes all the difference in the world!!! I'm so happy to be back home with both of my babies!
Nikki
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
"Pumpin" Patch
Allie has discovered something new this fall...."pumpins". She just loves pumpkins. A couple of weeks ago, we took the kids to Berrypatch Farms to visit the pumpkin patch, take a hay ride, and see the farm animals. Allie had a great time running around the field of pumpkins, and of course, she loved the hay ride. Will.....well, he just slept :-)
Allie chose a special pumpkin....
...but Daddy and I thought this one might be more appropriate for her.
Yes, that's Will bundled up in the carrier
Allie and the Great "Pumpin"
Nothing better than riding on Daddy's shoulders
Pig, pig, pig, pig (Allie tends to repeat words over and over and over....)
Lovin' the hay ride!
Angel face....I'm not sure if she could be any cuter.
"Pumpins", "pumpins", and more "pumpins...."
Will slept the entire time....even when we took him out of the carrier for his first picture with pumpkins.
We had a wonderful afternoon with the babies....
Allie chose a special pumpkin....
...but Daddy and I thought this one might be more appropriate for her.
Yes, that's Will bundled up in the carrier
Allie and the Great "Pumpin"
Nothing better than riding on Daddy's shoulders
Pig, pig, pig, pig (Allie tends to repeat words over and over and over....)
Lovin' the hay ride!
Angel face....I'm not sure if she could be any cuter.
"Pumpins", "pumpins", and more "pumpins...."
Will slept the entire time....even when we took him out of the carrier for his first picture with pumpkins.
We had a wonderful afternoon with the babies....
Saturday, October 17, 2009
A priceless moment
This past week Will got to meet his great grandmother, Ommie.
Ommie is one of the most special people in the world to me, and the strongest woman I know. This photo will always be priceless. I love you, Ommie!
Ommie is one of the most special people in the world to me, and the strongest woman I know. This photo will always be priceless. I love you, Ommie!
War Eagle!
It took a while, but I finally got my hands on some Auburn clothes for these babies!
War Eagle!
War Eagle!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Fun happenings at our house
In the midst of all the sickness around here (see previous post), the babies have still been growing and changing. You just can't stop them!
Will weighs about 11 1/2 pounds now. He goes to the doctor on Monday for his official 2 month visit and weigh in, and unfortunately, his first round of shots. I guess those shots will be a piece of cake for him compared to what he went through last week in the ER! Will is really beginning to develop a personality. He's started smiling at us frequently, and we've even heard him laugh out loud a few times. After much effort, I finally caught some photos of him smiling this past week!
In addition to his smiles, Will has finally learned to cry! This little guy went 7 weeks without really crying. He would just "yell" when he wanted something...a high pitch shrieking type yell. Over the last week, he's actually started really crying when he's not happy. Although we don't enjoy the crying, it's good to know that he can!
He's sleeping pretty well too. He goes to bed in his bassinet at 7:30-8pm. I feed him a bottle when we go to bed about 9:30pm. Just this week he starting stretching out his sleeping from waking for his bottle at 2-2:30am to now waiting for his bottle until ~5:30am! We are so excited that he is technically now sleeping through the night and is on his way to being as good of a sleeper as his big sister. Not too bad for an 8 week old!
Allie is an absolute joy right now. She can say ANYTHING. She's like a little parrot repeating everything that we say. One of the funniest "party tricks" that she has right now is when you ask her "Who coaches Alabama?". She says "Nick"! And then you can ask her, "Who's the worst coach in the SEC?", and she'll say "Chizi" (her version of Chizik, sounds like "Cheesy"). It's too cute!
She's still nuts about Elmo, and Barney too. We recently had DVD players installed in both of our cars because Allie is a horrible car rider, and we were hoping that if she could watch a DVD while riding, it might curtail some of her fussing and crying. It worked! The only problem is that now every time we talk about going bye bye, she starts yelling "Elmo! Elmo! Elmo!". She thinks that every car MUST have an Elmo DVD playing!
Allie is still going to school two days each week. Although she is occasionally a little teary when we drop her off, her teachers tell me that she does great while she is there, and she's always playing and happy when we go in to pick her up. I think she really loves her teachers and being with the other kids. Here's some pictures of Allie ready to go to school Monday morning. She looks like such a big girl in her blue jeans and tennis shoes!
Nikki
Will weighs about 11 1/2 pounds now. He goes to the doctor on Monday for his official 2 month visit and weigh in, and unfortunately, his first round of shots. I guess those shots will be a piece of cake for him compared to what he went through last week in the ER! Will is really beginning to develop a personality. He's started smiling at us frequently, and we've even heard him laugh out loud a few times. After much effort, I finally caught some photos of him smiling this past week!
In addition to his smiles, Will has finally learned to cry! This little guy went 7 weeks without really crying. He would just "yell" when he wanted something...a high pitch shrieking type yell. Over the last week, he's actually started really crying when he's not happy. Although we don't enjoy the crying, it's good to know that he can!
He's sleeping pretty well too. He goes to bed in his bassinet at 7:30-8pm. I feed him a bottle when we go to bed about 9:30pm. Just this week he starting stretching out his sleeping from waking for his bottle at 2-2:30am to now waiting for his bottle until ~5:30am! We are so excited that he is technically now sleeping through the night and is on his way to being as good of a sleeper as his big sister. Not too bad for an 8 week old!
Allie is an absolute joy right now. She can say ANYTHING. She's like a little parrot repeating everything that we say. One of the funniest "party tricks" that she has right now is when you ask her "Who coaches Alabama?". She says "Nick"! And then you can ask her, "Who's the worst coach in the SEC?", and she'll say "Chizi" (her version of Chizik, sounds like "Cheesy"). It's too cute!
She's still nuts about Elmo, and Barney too. We recently had DVD players installed in both of our cars because Allie is a horrible car rider, and we were hoping that if she could watch a DVD while riding, it might curtail some of her fussing and crying. It worked! The only problem is that now every time we talk about going bye bye, she starts yelling "Elmo! Elmo! Elmo!". She thinks that every car MUST have an Elmo DVD playing!
Allie is still going to school two days each week. Although she is occasionally a little teary when we drop her off, her teachers tell me that she does great while she is there, and she's always playing and happy when we go in to pick her up. I think she really loves her teachers and being with the other kids. Here's some pictures of Allie ready to go to school Monday morning. She looks like such a big girl in her blue jeans and tennis shoes!
Nikki
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