Friday, October 31, 2008

Superheroes, Movie Stars, Fortune Tellers and More

He fights the evil forces of dirty diapers and scraped knees, he is
Family Man!


Six kids and counting. Somehow we were able to snap a quick shot of
Brangelina


Doris the tarot card reader says "You have a very bright future."

Lily the lily, entranced by Dorkie's talking crystal ball
Patrick and Ashley... I mean the Joker and Harlequin
Mother Nature and Family Man

Ms. Candi Corn (Aunt Margaret) and Little Ella the calla lily

Lily took over the fortune telling for awhile.

At grandma and grandpa Kohn's house to visit baby Eoin the lobster
Eoin the Lobster boy. So cute!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Lily's practice round




Trick or Treat





Today we did a test run of Lily's costume to see if she would be happy wearing it and if it would stay on. Thankfully, the costume and Lily held together. She practiced saying Trick or Treat and Happy Halloween. She seemed to mostly emphasize the Treat part, which, I guess, is the most important part. She also did very well at saying the ween part of Halloween. I think the costume turned out super cute and I really enjoyed working on it with my mom. Thanks for all your help Mimi on two darling costumes for the girls!!!

Monday, October 27, 2008

Lily and Ella




Playing in the rain. She just had to go outside.
Waving to Mama. Telling me to go away so she could stay outside longer.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Maxin' and Relaxin'






This is how I found Lily sitting on the couch the other day. Just chillin', eating her turkey dog, and watching some Pee-Wee. I wonder where she learned how to sit back and relax on the end of the couch like this? Does this remind you of anyone? Papa O'Rourke perhaps?

Monday, October 20, 2008

Fall Fun


Daddy with one of our little pumpkinsJordan helping Lily at Rader's Pumpkin Patch
Little Eoin enjoying the outing
Lily scoping out the perfect pumpkin



This past weekend marked our first official fall weather weekend, and we celebrated with all the fun fall pastimes. On Saturday, we went to the Kohns' house for a bonfire and chili dump. I know "chili dump" sounds questionable, but it actually is a lot of fun. Each couple brings their own batch of chili, and then they are all combined into one pot. In essence, the chili is dumped. Ciarra had all the fixin's to top off the chili, along with corn bread muffins and s'mores for dessert. We enjoyed a nice evening sitting on hay bales around the fire with all our friends. On Sunday we worked on carving our pumpkins for Halloween. Lily helped scoop out the insides. She mostly just held the scoop, but she did decide to taste what came out of the pumpkin, and the pictures below show her reaction to that. While I am not necessarily looking forward to the winter weather, I do love the changing colors and crisp fall air that we enjoyed this past weekend.


What is that?

Cheese!!!


Saturday, October 18, 2008

Uncle Packie

Lily with Uncle Packie and his darling girlfriend Ashley

Lily and Pat being silly!

Since Lily has been born she has been present for all of Patrick's important dances--and of course Uncle Pat had to have her in the pictures. So this year was not unlike the past, as he stopped by with his girlfriend before taking her to her senior homecoming. They are so cute!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

6 weeks!!!!




Where has the time gone? Six weeks old already?!? Above are pictures taken by the wonderful Summer Knobloch when Ella was about 2 weeks old. The pictures she took are amazing, and it has been so hard to choose which ones to purchase. I can't believe that she took those a few weeks ago already. The time has just flown by and Ella has changed so much from those pictures. She is gaining weight like crazy (about an ounce a day) and now weighs 10lbs. 5oz. She is so easy-going and happy. Her darling demeanor has been a huge help to momma, as much of my time is spent chasing big sister around and getting her out of whatever she is getting into. Speaking of big sister, Lily is doing very well and if you ask her how she is doing she will quickly answer, "good." We were surprised and amused when we realized she was answering this question, but a little disappointed that she was not using the proper grammar. Oh well, baby steps. She is also learning her colors and starting to recite the alphabet. She also loves to sing and dance. In addition to her developing mind, she is also a very loving big sister. Her favorite past time with "da baby" is a game of peek-a-boo. She loves to cover Ella's eyes and say "peek-a-boo, baby" and then run around in a circle and laugh. She gives her tons of kisses and tries her best to be gentle. So far for me the hardest part of having two little ones is not being able to fulfill Lily's desire to be outdoors 24/7. From the minute she gets up in the morning she asks to "go outside" and if the answer is no then she asks, "take a walk?" On Saturday morning we said, "Lily you can't go outside. You don't have any shoes on." Next thing we know, she is running to the closet to get her shoes. Nothing holds this child back from getting what she wants. So now I sit with Ella by the sliding glass door and watch Lily as she plays right outside of it on the patio. She loves to open and close the screen constantly and let as many bugs as possible in the house. Both girls are doing great, and thankfully I am getting plenty of sleep and feeling pretty good (having a baby that actually sleeps helps, I've found). I definitely wouldn't have been able to survive the last few weeks as well as I have without Jeff and my family, either. Jeff is a great daddy, and having my parents and siblings as back-up on days that Jeff isn't available has been a life saver too.

*I promise to update this more often now that we are starting to get settled into a routine!