O Litttle Star of Bethlehem

Mac was in his first Christmas program and did surprisingly well!! He goes to playschool at the Episcopal Church two mornings a week and loves it(mom loves the break) and his class all dressed up as stars in the nativity production. They sand a little song -- Mac did not open his mouth BUT he stood up there so handsomely:) The pictures are terrible .. they were the best we could do from our vantage point .. the chapel was packed with proud parents, grandparents,etc and it was hard to snag a good spot to watch ... but here are the bad pics just because we are so proud of our lil man ...

Here kitty kitty

We live near Brenau University and actually straight across the street from a large vacant lot that is owned by them. It comes in handy for throwing the ball with Addy, running around with the kiddos and .... the nightly neighborhood cat feeding. Seriously though we have a lady that feeds stray cats there EVERY night and around 4:45 they start emerging from the woods and walking down our street to the empty lot awaiting her arrival. I have told people this story may times and they kinda blow it off and give me funny looks ... here is the proof:) (and these are just a few of the 15+ that gather)

I just love her ...

Annie is now 9 months old and sooo much fun! She is my budding little walker and will stand straight up(holding on to nothing) and take one or two steps then down to crawl again .. I think in January she will probably just take off... which I can't decide if will be better when the next baby comes or more challenging .... She also prefers to sit like an Asian as referenced in the above photo whenever she is playing! I tell Leigh is is just preparing for her new cousin David's arrival from South Korea:) Even though I want another boy if I end up with another girl like Annie I will not complain ...

These kids are too cute!

Mac's birthday train set ... that Annie likes to wreck on a daily basis ... Bathtime with cousin Daniel :)

Rainy day and couldn't play outside:(

Loaded the wrong pic .. did have one with them smiling ... they crack me up!

I can't tell you how much fun we have had lately!! Mac and Annie have had a blast between Mac's birthday, fall festivities, being spoiled by grandparents/aunts uncles, and hanging with friends and cousins ... Here are some pics to document our fun fall :)

Fun Times ...

Isn't she the cutest horse you have ever seen?? I am just in love with her ...

We have been having so much fun .. life has gotten easier with these two. They are both at really fun ages and we are enjoying all this fall has had to offer so far. Mac was totally infatuated with pumpkins(of course he chose 2 blue one and one with warts for us), trick-or-treating was a blast, and Annie has just been cruising around and I swear she will walk by the end of the year. I can't believe Mac turns 2 tomorrow and Annie's 1st Thanksgiving and Christmas are around the corner! Then of course we will be adding number 3 ... and things might not be quite as simple .. yikes.

This little girl is growin up fast!!

I cannot believe our sweet Annie is 7 months old. It really feels like she joined us a few weeks ago. She is a WONDERFUL baby and like her brother started crawling at 5 months and a few weeks, so she is completely mobile and chasing her brother all day long. You hardly ever hear this baby cry and she laughs and smiles at everyone!

Domestic Diva

I am ffffffaaaaaaaarrrrrr from a domestic diva but I can bake some pretty mean homemade bread ... I use a starter to make it and it's sooo yummy!!

Won't take it off ...

So, for a better part of the day these days Mac's chosen item has been his fireman hat ... He absolutely cannot play without it! His favorite thing is to do is to yell "I go, I go!" and drive his little bus around with his hat on .. (like fireman sam rides his truck to save people from the fire ... I can't tell you how many times I have had to watch that cartoon) Here is the evidence ...

More Beach ..

The Naval Aviation Museum .. our rainy day adventure ...

Annie thoroughly enjoyed it as well ...

Our trip to the beach .... or pool .. ha

So Mac was not too interested in the beach this year but had a great time(with the 2 year old tantrums thrown in) with his Dot-Dot and Granddaddy at the pool:) Our ice cream outing ... obviously Mac loved it ..

And of course I forgot the top to Annie's bathing suit ... Ready for the beach mom!!

More Pics for Daddy ..

Well we are leaving for the beach today so I wanted to post some pictures before we left ... Annie is really making some progress crawling and can make it from one end of the rug in the living room to the other and Mac loves making his sister laugh! The picture in the chair was before church Sunday .. it is soooo hard to get them to both look at the same time!!

Daddy I am all clean!!

Some pictures for Daddy ..

Just some pics from the last few days .. notice the couch is in every picture .. ha!

Loving the legos from the consignment sale ..

Mac had his first ever ear infection so there was a lot of sleeping going on this week ..

Love my sweet(most of the time) babies ...

Lazy Afternoon ...

Mac and Addy taking a snooze...

And since I can never seem to get them to sleep at the same time ....

Our crafting attempts and happy baby Annie:)

Touch-A-Truck

So our little Saturday adventure to "Touch-A-Truck"(they had fire trucks,ambulances. police cars, tractors, garbage trucks,etc.) .... I thought Mac would love it .. but ... it ended more like "Observe-A-Truck" ... Also as a side note I think this event should be held in October/November when it is not 105 degrees outside ...

Broken things need to be fixed ..

Mac has always been my little fixer ... This morning was no different. His motorcyle was "boak -in" meaning it no longer made the buzzing sound because the batteries had died .. He took it straight to be fixed ...

Annie's photoshoot ...

We had to wait until Mac went to school this morning for our photoshoot because somehow big brother always steals the spotlight when he is around ...

"I ca-ca"

That is Macanese for I want to color .. As you can see we are having a hard time coloring within the lines ...

Future Baby Book

So I realize there are actually very few people that read this blog. I might get a couple comments every post(which I love to read), however the truth is not many people are running to the computer to read the last update but thats ok ... the main purpose of this blog is that one day I will print it out and it will serve as a baby book for Mac and Annie. I know this might sound lazy but I figure the blog includes pictures, funny stories and things going on in our lives as they grow up .... much more than I ever would have put in a conventional "baby book".

On to the family update portion of this entry ...
I hear from Zach about twice a week at this point, nothing much changes on his end. They are pretty much doing the same thing day in and day out so our conversations mostly revolve around what the babies and I have been doing. He has about 2 months left and the first month has actually gone by pretty fast ...
As far as the babies are concerned Annie is getting HUGE ... she has those sweet tan lines between the rolls of fat on her arms and legs I love it! She sleeps all night most of the time and has really started the baby cooing, squealing thing ... Mac really misses his daddy and asks for him most every morning "dada .. cartoo??" translation .. daddy cartoons? Zach is normally the one that gets him up in the mornings and they watch cartoons together so he misses that. He also goes to the stairs near the garage at least once a day and says "dada tac-tor?" So cute but sad. His daddy will be back soon and he is going to freak out. I can't wait to see his face when he sees those big jets at the base and his daddy walk up in his uniform .. it will be precious!!

One cool dude

Superheros

Cousins Isaiah, Mercy and Mac in their superhero "capes" ... Mac insisted his blankie be his cape and it cracks me up Isaiah's is pink ... They are so cute when playing pretend ...

My "pappy"addict

Mac will go to great lengths to rescue a "pappy" aka pacifier ...

The dreaded haircut ..

Well obviously I have the pictures in the wrong order .. This is the after shot ... it really doesn't do the new "do" justice ... It is super cute even though I do miss those baby curls ... Yea he had to sit in my lap but he did pretty good overall ...

Mrs. Carolyn showing Mac her "tools" .... And the last shot of those precious curls ...