More Christmas

 our tree is so huge this year - Wyatt wasn't even close to getting it up there

 storytime with santa

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Timbuk Farms

We went the Saturday after Thanksgiving this year - somehow I've managed to keep the tree watered!

Wyatt even talked to Santa!

trick-or-treat

BFFs

No photos of Ruby - she was so sick.  Finally a month and a half later we're healthy!

fall

Pigeon Roost Farm never gets old - it was such a beautiful October day.  Hard to believe how much Ruby has grown in a year - last year she was such a peanut!

school pictures

We will have to compare this to the actual picture.  He asked me before he left, "Mommy, who do you think is going to take my picture at school?"  Smiling at a stranger - there is no way.

not by the hair of my chinny chin chin

Hopefully I can get a family picture on trick-or-treat night.

cousins

from left to right: Molly (5mo); Allie (6); Charlotte(4); Wyatt (3); Tyler (3); Gavin (7); Izzy (9); Ruby (1)

Dillon Nature Preserve

So the other morning I was out in the garden early and noticed this crazy looking caterpillar chomping away on my dill.  I asked the resident expert - Janet, our sitter - and she confirmed - we have a monarch.  Currently he's hanging out in a jar until we get something a little larger for him - but i'm pretty excited to get to watch the whole process.  Oh - and Wyatt is too.  We'll have to come up with a good name for him.

Apples

We had such a fantastic Labor Day weekend.  On Moday night we were asking Wyatt what his favorite part was - picking apples won - even above camping out with Daddy.  We have to go back again - before the season is over - and I have to figure out how to make applesauce.

Maiden Voyage

So over Memorial Day Weekend we headed to get take-out and then to the park to eat. I have been waiting to do this for such a long time - Ruby was too little last summer. So I finally got my chance.

As you can see it's a little cramped and Ruby found it impossible to keep her hands off of her brother. At one point I looked back and Wyatt was covering his face while yelling, "Keep your hands to yourself. That is not OK."

Lil Monster Photography

So we traveled to Cincy the other weekend to get some professional photos done. My goal was to get some good ones of Ruby since I haven't had any taken of her yet. She had many run ins with the concrete sidewalk - trying to catch Wyatt - and thus we didn't get too many outstanding ones of her, but enough. Some of my favorites below:

Lesson Learned

Wyatt taught his sister how to dance.

Hey Batter Batter

Jeffrey Park

I was off a few days before Ruby's party and Wyatt was so excited to take me to all his favorite places (that he usually goes to with Janet, the sitter). This day we had a picnic lunch and went on an adventure "in the woods."

Mom of the Year

This will be funny one day - until then I'll just keep having nightmares.

Happy Birthday Ruby

Farmer Wyatt

we couldn't wait anymore so we picked a carrot - it was tiny - but oh so good

proud

Playing peek-a-boo with the PBR box - sweet

definition of summer

molly margaret

camera still on the fritz - these borrowed from the hospital website

she's a little angel

life is good

Since Wyatt's actual birthday was on a Monday this year I thought it would be nice to take him somewhere special - just the 3 of us. The whole day I was sitting at my window looking at how dark the sky was, but somehow the rain held off and we made it to the Clippers game. They were actually playing a double-header since they got rained out a few nights before. Between games they were warming up again and one of the players jumped up on the wall and handed Wyatt a ball - as he was lounging back on Todd. I wish I could've gotten it on video - his eyes just lit up and we spent the rest of the game watching our new favorite player.

cotton candy face

this might become my new wallpaper

cuteness

easter best

Please forgive the awful pictures. my lens broke and

i bought a used one that i have no idea how to use.

3 years old

izzy, the oldest, and ruby, the youngest (for 10 more days)

there were a lot of candles :)

encroaching on naptime

i so wish this was in focus

bathing beauties

We really lucked out this year - it was in the 80s and sunny every day in florida.

It's making this 35 really difficult to take. You can't tell from the look on Ruby's face, but she absolutely loves the water!

the journey begins

Todd told me that next year - when Ruby's older - it won't

be quite so difficult to travel. We'll see :)