Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Michael's First Haircut!

Here are some pictures of my little baby boy getting his very first haircut. I cannot believe that he is so big already. He looks like a big boy for real now!




The finished product! What happened to my little baby... he is gone and has been replaced with this handsome little man!


Addison really, really, really wanted her hair cut too so we actually had to pretend to give her a trim and then she showed it off all night:)

Monday, November 17, 2008

Update

Fore those of you that don't know...Matt has been suffering with an allergic reaction to poison oak. This is about 10 days after the initial reaction. The doctor said if it doesn't get significantly better by Tuesday or Wednesday Matt needs to see a dermatologist! The joys of poison oak:)

And these are Addison's arms. She recently discovered tattoos and insists every morning that she receive a new one of her choice to grace her tiny arms for the day! The kid is crazy.

These are a couple of pictures from our back porch. I am not sure that I totally captured just how vibrant and beautiful the colors are here in the fall, but I had to try! I can't tell you how many times I have stood on our back porch and thought about how incredibly lucky we are to be living somewhere so beautiful:)


And last, but not least, this is our basket case. When I can't find the kid he is usually around the corner hiding in the laundry basket. He pulls out all of the dirty clothes and then climbs on in for a fun ride!


Matt is finishing up his first set of night shifts and it hasn't been too terrible (unless you count the poison oak). We have managed to survive it. I think Thanksgiving will find us at home making all of the originals. If anyone wants to come over I am notorious for making ridiculous amounts of food so I'm sure we will have plenty:)

Thursday, November 13, 2008

More kiddo pics

This is a picture at Jeff's house with his dog Tinkerbell. She is HUGE! Addison still wanted to love on her so the safest way was with a fence between them. It's not the dog's fault...she is just a 70 pound puppy!

See? Bryson and Addison really do like each other..... They had a great time getting to know each other and then abruptly getting to beat up on each other:)

Further proof that Michael is an exact carbon copy of his daddy! The kid can sleep anywhere. I'm almost positive I have a picture of Matt in the same pose on my parents' couch from when we were dating!

Having a great time at Grandpa and Grandma's house. We couldn't keep the kids off of the little footstools. They made great "chairs" for the kids to sit at the coffee table.

This is Addison at the City Park in Stephenville. We spent many mornings hanging out at the park letting the kids run off some of their endless energy:)


We are all beginning to recover from our multiple illnesses. We may be making another trip to the doctor for the kids today...nothing like swollen tonsils and green snot to start the day:)

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Happy Halloween!

Michael with the works of art.


Addison was so proud of her pumpkins. She wants to carve more everyday!


The little monster himself.


Spidey:)


Mommy and all the babies!


A couple of days prior to Halloween we decided to carve pumpkins. I think everyone enjoyed it even though Addison insisted on having a kitty carved into her pumpkin and Matt got to do all the fun detail work on that. Addison even dug in and pulled out some "pumpkin guts". She didn't enjoy the pumpkin smell too much, but I would count it as an overall success!

Halloween night was great! Addison had the best time trick-or-treating. She is a natural:) She had no problem at all running up and knocking on doors and yelling "Trick or Treat!" She got a ton of candy and we got to meet most of our new neighbors. All-in-all it was a very productive night. Michael rode most of the way through our neighborhood in the stroller but his little monster costume was still a hit:)

Sorry it has taken so long to update the blog. The kids and I have been sick. Matt has been Super Dad taking care of everyone. I am pretty sure that he prefers nuclear power to taking care of kids. You just don't realize how hard someone else's job is until you are the one doing it! We have recently visited the aquarium and I will post some pictures of the kids taking in the wildlife there:)