Hiking with Drew

Here is a shot of Drew and I hiking the Burnt Hickory Loop with past weekend.

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Bailey and Kiera on the Gyro!

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Drew at 11 months

This video was shot on 5/29 when Drew turned 11 months.  He actually began walking the 3rd week of month 9! 

Some videos from the past couple of months..

Random Shots

I know I'm behind... again... but here are a few shots from the past month.

Riley helping Mommy plant flowers for the spring time.  I think she likes the water and the dirt the best!

We visited the zoo one weekend in March.

Mommy and Riley at the zoo

Drew loves to take a bath with his big sister Riley

Not sure what Riley is doing....making sure Drew is all clean?

Riley had her best friend Emerson from school over to play one weekend in March

Nana outside playing with Riley and Drew in the water table.

Drew checking out his new hat!

Mommy's birthday is over, now it is time to decorate for Easter!

Drew is such a happy baby!

Kisses after a bath in the kitchen sink!

Look at Riley's face as Mommy changes Drew diaper!

Riley and Drew playing in the water.  Look Drew can now stand up by himself!!!

Christopher's Surgery

Christopher's surgery went well today.  Doc came out and told me that the front part of the labrum was completely torn off, so he repaired what he could and then had to kind of make him a new one.  The good news is that in about 5-6 months with a little luck, lots of healing, and tons of patience his shoulder should be back to 100%.  For those that are not familiar with what happened to Christopher, he suffered this labrum tear followed by a dislocated shoulder at his first wrestling match of the year... here is a shot of that night and one from today.

Mommy Reading to the Babies

So I walk upstairs last night and caught Mommy reading to the babies... cutest thing ever, so I ran to grab my video camera.  Drew seems to be very excited about the cookies!

Bubble Fun at the Doyle's

Last weekend we had a spend the night party at our friend's house Cat and Brandon.  Riley and Brody got into a little fun of their own making bubbles!

Their faces say it all!

I hope Nana and Papa are ready for us all to visit next month!

Riley changing Drew's Diaper

Man, I am on a video roll!  Here is some video of Riley attempting to change Drew's diaper... this attempt went south (no pun intended ;~) in a hurry!  Mommy had to rush in to help... then Mommy had to call in the big guns for help... Me! lol

Drew is Crawling

It started this morning... it's not much, really only a few tiny "steps" but this morning around 6:30am he started putting it all together... Erin talked me into running down and grabbing the video camera. He was already tired and ready for a nap by the time I got it rolling, but I was able to capture a tiny snipit.

Zoo Atlanta

We decided to utilize our season passes to the zoo yesterday. If you've never been, Zoo Atlanta is really a great place for kids and family to go on the weekends. They have a whole section geared just for kids called the Children's Zoo. Riley and Drew both did great during our trip out... believe it or not, Riley was asking to go home after only an hour. I'll add pictures in the next day or two, but here is a short video in the meantime.

Drew's first trip in the wagon...

Riley has loved it since Grandma got it for her last year, but a few days ago Drew took his first trip around the block in the wagon... check it out!

Drew Sat Up!

Drew sat up on his own for the first time this morning... well, that is not entirely true... Erin said he did it in the bed last night, but I'm not counting that one since the platform was concave giving him an unfair advantage, plus Daddy wasn't there to witness! ;)  He is still a few weeks behind Riley's schedule of sitting up and crawling, but Erin keeps reminding me that they all develop differently.  Actually, I thought he was going to start crawling a week and half ago as he was up on all fours doing a rocking motion. 

Also, Riley's bed came in last week.  She is absolutely in love with her bed!  I like it too as it is much more comfortable to lay in the bed reading books at night, than it was for me to lay in the crib... Pics of the new bed coming soon!

Christmas Video - Making Cookies for Santa

I found two videos on the video camera last week and decided to finally get them posted.

X-Sanity - My New Blog

I'm doing a new blog tracking my progress as I go through a 90 day workout plan.  I've taken the best of P90X and the best of a ridiculously hard cardio program called Insanity and I've combined them into one program.

Check it out:

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Spring Time in January!

This past weekend was awesome!  We had temperatures up in the low 70s and it felt great!  Erin and I got the kids out to Clinton Park on both Saturday and Sunday.  On Saturday, we found an easy walking trail... On Sunday, I found one bit more moderate... let's put it this way, there were several occasions that I had to help pick up the stroller to cover the terrain.  Drew slept through it all, as he was still fighting a nasty cold this weekend.  Here are some shots from the weekend.

Here is Drew's first adventure with an orange. 

He has been in the Jumper before, but this weekend he really figured out to work it!  He was jumping high and laughing the whole time... after a while he fell asleep, woke back up and jumped some more, then fell asleep again.

We played out on the deck some too... .seriously, the weather was crazy awesome and we couldn't get enough of it!

At one point Mommy pulled out the baby carrier to put Drew in... but little Miss Riley had other plans.  For the record, yes we know her boots are on the wrong feet, but she is the one who put them one. :)

Here are some shots from the trails that we found.

Catching up in Jan...

Goodness what happened to me?!?!  Sorry about the delay in photo and info postings, but I'll try and get better. 

Let's see... Drew has been doing great and just this morning had his second tooth break.  He has been a trooper b/c during the first tooth he ran a few fevers and was restless.  Still nothing compared to the nightmare little Miss Riley was as she was cutting teeth.  At Drew's 6 month checkup he weighed in at 17 lbs 10 ozs and was 25 inches tall.  This still has him in the 25% on the boys growth charts.  Developmentally he is also doing great.  He can now sit up perfectly and do the helicopter... that means he spins in circles on his tummy looking for things.  If they are out of his reach, then he just rolls over to get there.  No signs of crawling just yet, but I'm sure it will happen in the next 4 weeks or so. 

Riley just talks up a storm now.  Seriously, she'll drive you bonkers.  Her comprehension is crazy as she understands so much and remembers what you told her.  I thought she ran the house before, but now that she can really tells us all what to do it has gotten much worse. lol

Christopher is waiting for an MRI on his shoulder.  He popped it out of socket during the recent ice storm trying to play in the snow.  Since we were trapped (roads were too iced to try and leave) I googled how to pop it back in place.  30 seconds later... it was back in!  The vibrations of feeling the joint pop back into socket was something I'll never forget, but when you're watching your son squirm in pain you'll try anything.  This time it worked.

During the snow/ice storm we had to get creative during our 4 day lockdown... here is a shot of Riley playing with the playdough with her daddy.

Here is Riley and Mommy making a homemade pizza... seriously, best pizza ever!

We had a few art sessions also... here is Riley doing a Rembrandt impression...

Drew just hanging out...

This is one of the first few times he was standing on his own... don't worry, Mommy was just outside the picture.

OK, enough of the inside... lets go sledding!  On Christopher's skimboard!

Here is a rare shot of Christopher actually standing long enough for me to snap a shot...

Christmas Time!

Christmas was great this year!  For the first time since starting our family, we decided to stay home so that Santa can visit Riley at home.  Of course, we missed spending it with the rest of the family, but we had a great time hanging with each other.  Also, this was the first White Christmas in the ATL area in many decades, so that was awesome!  It snowed ALL DAY long!  Sipping on some hot Irish Coffees helped to keep us warm! lol

Here is Riley and Mommy making the dough for Santa's cookies.

Opening gifts on Christmas morning was great!  Riley did a great job of handing gifts to everyone... of course this was done between jumping on her new toy! 

After opening presents, we went outside to play in the snow...