Lily in her Christmas dress

Had to post a pic of Lily in her pretty X-mas dress.

Lily talking.

Here is Lily talking and smiling, which is most of the way she spends her day. Unless she is hungry.

Lily Playing with Dolly

I caught Lily talking to her favorite doll today and had to post it. I have another one to post too.

6 month check up

I just wanted to let everyone know that Lily had her 6 month check up last Thursday and she is doing very good. She is 12# 3.5 ozs and 23 inches tall. She is starting to look like she wants to roll and is scooting on her tummy in a 180 degree angle. I have not started veggies or fruit w/ her yet but I can in a few weeks. She is growing so much and can't believe 6 months have gone by already.

Halloween 2009

Here are the kids in there Halloween costumes this year. The boys had a blast. They walked around for 1 hour and then we went to the Town Hall for a Halloween party. Ethan got to see some of his friends at school and they got to eat tons of candy and cupcakes. Can you say sugar high. They had a costume contest, but we didn't win. Aidan didn't want to wear the tractor while he was running around and Ethan was too upset he didn't win a door prize. Lily just sat in her stroller and slept the hole time. Ethan is already thinking of next year and what he wants to be. I think we got enough candy to last until next Halloween or at least Easter. Ethan thought it was different not to see his grandparents for Halloween, but he did enjoy the party.

More Autumn Pics

I thought that these ones were good to and had to share them.

Playing in the Leaves

We decided to take the kids to the Spencer State Forest yesterday and let them run around. The boys had such a good time. It was a little chilly, but the forest had that really good autumn smell. We took some great pictures of the leaves and there is a really pretty lake (pond) there. Lily even enjoyed being outside and checking out the leaves that the boys kept throwing at us. We won't have many more days to be able to go out and play in the leaves it was a little cold this morning.

Lily's Smile

I had to post a short video of Lily talking to me last night, to all of you that haven't got to see her in awhile. She is getting so big and changes all the time. I will try again to get more video if this works and will try to get the boys of here to.

Lily's 4 month check-up

I wanted to write a little message to tell everyone that I took Lily to her 4 month check up and she is 10# 3 ozs. And 21 inches long. She is catching up to her curve mark as the doctor said and she was thrilled on how good she is doing. We are going to try some cereal with her tonight and see if she can handle it w/o chocking on it. I am so proud of her progress and now we are preparing to get everyone else in the house vaccinated for the flu, that should be fun. I will post some new pictures of her soon. I have been so busy I haven't had time to take any.

About Ethan's 1st day

Ethan had a wicked crazy good time at school he told daddy. He met some new kids, but can't remember their names and got to play outside. He also had to tell me he saw a very fuzzy spider today and that the sink in the bathroom leaks. He told the fix it man so hopefully he takes care of it.

His tooth is much better today. It is actually looking like it is setting back into place. It is still sore around the gums. He is not drooling anymore and talking much better.

Hopefully tomorrow goes as good as today and I am hoping the bus drops him off at a better time tomorrow. They were 40 minutes past the time they say they will drop him off. Nothing like thinking the school lost your kid on the 1st day.

Ethan's 1st day of School

Well it finally happened. Ethan is off at his 1st day of Kindergarten at Maple St. School. We had an exciting night last night, he crashed his mouth into Aidan's head and loosened a front tooth. He was afraid to talk, eat, drink or swallow last night. So he went to bed scared of having to go to the dentist. He woke up this morning and his tooth was still sore. But he wanted to go to school. We keep telling him the tooth fairy will come if it falls out, but that doesn't seem to work. So this morning he didn't want to eat or drink breakfast, so I was a bad mom and he went hungry. Then I loaded the kids in the van and e went tot the bus stop. Ethan was so excited to go and when the bus came, Matt waled him to the bus and he turned around and waved and yelled, "bye mom." He never cried and never looked scared. He sat in the 2nd seat and waved one more time and they left. And I cried the whole way back to the van. Aidan was screaming "come back buddy." He is going to miss him the most. I will have to tell you after 3 how the day went. Hopefully he will be so busy he forgets about his tooth.

Last week update.

We did a lot last week. Wednesday, Matt took Ethan to do a tour of the school bus. He was scared at the beginning, but did fine after he got there. Thursday, Aidan and Ethan got new bikes . As you can see from the pictures they love them. Can't get them off. And Sunday we took the family to Palmer, MA and went to lunch at an old train depot and got to see a couple of Amtrak trains go by. Aidan was so sad we couldn't ride one. Lily is still good, a little colic in the evening, but we are trying to adapt to the screaming. Today was open house at the school for Ethan. He is counting down the days before he gets to go. Where has the last 5 years gone?

Lily 3.5 months

Lily had her last visitng nurse visit yesterday. She weighed 8# 12 ozs. And is 21 inches long. 3 weeks ago she was 7# 5 ozs and was 19 inches. She is getting bigger everyday.

A day at the RI Beach

Last Sunday we took the kids to the beach in RI. They had so much fun and want to go back soon. Ethan did not find a sand dollar or sea horse he was looking for but still had a great time in the water.

Vacation Pics

I wanted to share some cute pictures of the kids on vacation visiting our families. The kids had a great time and we agreed that if we stayed any longer we wouldn't want to go home. But it was great to go home. Now we

have to get Ethan ready to start kindergarten. Where has 5 years gone already?

Lily's 1st dress

I had to take pictures of Lily in her 1st dress. She was so cute. The other one is from her sleeping and she looked so comfy with her hand next to her face. She is getting bigger and doing very well.

Pictures of the boys at a parade

Here are a few pictures of the boys that I took at the E. Brookfield Parade. Aidan loved all the firetrucks and Ethan loved the candy. We got to tour the firehouse and see all the trucks. The boys loved that, but Aidan wanted to get inside and push all the buttons. Now Aidan is playing firetrucks all the time.

More pics of Lily

She is home!!! 4# 15 ozs. We wanted to thank everyone for there support. She truely is a blessing.

Daddy holding Lily

Daddy finally held Lily last night. She is 3# 9ozs. And doing very good. No idea when she will be home, but we are so happy she is doing so well.

Pics of Lily

New Toy Shelves

Matt helped me organize the basement from hell yesterday and built a 6-foot tall toy shelf. And we still have toys around everywhere. And of course the boys had to help daddy with the tools. The boys have had the stomach flu for over aweek so it was nice to see them off the couch and actually plying with some toys. I hope the shelves help to keep things neat, but AI hope more that the boys don't climb the thing though more.