Our little fish!

Megan has been taking swim lessons for a while now, ever since the summer. We had her in a class at the city pool for 4 weeks and she didn't get much out of it. For the past 9 weeks she's been at a private center and has had much success! I got some video of her yesterday showing off some of her new tricks!!!

Is it Fall yet??

October was a busy month around here! I had a short trip to Charlotte, NC to visit a client, Chris stayed home with the girls! Megan started her 2nd session of swim lessons and is even swimming short distances on her own now! Ali is finally crawling and exploring her surroundings even more! Our garden is growing more and more everyday. I thought for sure by now we would have lettuce and maybe a tomato or bell pepper, but nothing has shown up yet. We're keeping a close watch though! We did save some seeds from our pumpkins we carved so I am hoping to get another box going next spring and have pumpkins ready for carving next Halloween and maybe lots of pumpkin bread!

We hope everyone is doing well!
our kitty cat

our little mouse

Gardening madness!!

So...yesterday I started my first garden! Well actually this is going to be mine and Megan's garden. We're growing green bell peppers, tomatoes, green beans and two types of lettuce. I have planted all except the beans, those we're doing from seeds and Megan is going to help with that this weekend. So if all goes well, in about a month or so we should have lots of salad fixings and then hopefully by Thanksgiving we'll have some beans to harvest! I figure if this first attempt is successful then we can add a few more boxes and can grow a larger variety of things...some watermelon for summer sounds good!! Yummy! Hopefully I inherited my grandma's green thumb!

A quick update!

It's amazing how fast time goes by! Ali will be 6 months old next week and it seems like yesterday when we were bringing her home! Ali is on all four and has been trying to crawl for some time now! For now though she's doing more nose plants into the floor than she is moving forward! She does roll quite well and she can get pretty far with that alone! She's also a very good sitter! She gets into the sitting position on her own and can now sit without bracing herself. She never did like laying down much!

Megan is enjoying her new class and teacher at daycare. She has also been going to swim class two nights a week! Last week she swam around the entire pool with her flippers and float bar! She'll be swimming like a fish in no time at this rate!


We hope everyone is doing well and that we hear from you soon!

We're all still alive....

It's Been A While

so here we go...

I started back to work last week, it was a short week though, only two days so I don't think it actually counts! We went camping over the July 4th holiday, this was Ali's first camping trip and she did very well, as expected. A 3 month old doesn't really have much to complain about as long as she is fed, rested and has a clean diaper!! Megan stayed with my parents the first part of the week and had a blast as expected!! I must admit though camping in the dead of summer was very rough, even with A/C in our pop-up, not sure we'll be doing the camping thing again until things cool off.
Both girls had check-ups yesterday. Megan's 3 yr and Ali's 3 month. Of course both are doing great and we couldn't ask for healthier little girls! Ali is almost at the top of those growth charts and already surpassing Megan's numbers at this age! Certainly makes her our chunky monkey!! She got her ears pierced while we were there and boy was she ever mad, I had warned Megan to cover her ears cause it was going to be loud and sure enough she proved me right! She settled down though and has been doing fine ever since and the earrings looks so cute!
Megan is turning 3 this Saturday and had requested a Princess Party so of course that is what she is getting, at least by means of decorations and the cake! Hard to believe she is already 3, it seems like yesterday she was Ali's age and we were coaxing her to roll over! Speaking of rolling over, little miss Ali has conquered rolling from her belly to her back, it's like she's our little monkey doing tricks for us, we put her on her belly and she flips over and we get all happy!! We're so easily amused!! I don't think it will be long before she flips the other way, and we all know what comes after that....
OK well this is all you're gonna get!! Thanks for reading, until next time!

~ Christi

look at those baby blues.....

Say Cheese!!

Sorry for the late post, I have been wanting to do one every Monday and this week time just got away from me. So last weekend we took Megan (and Alison) to Chuck-E-Cheese. It was raining Saturday morning not to mention it was hot, so I spelled out C-H-U-C-K-E-C-H-E-E-S-E when talking to Chris about going and somehow Megan knew exactly what we were saying and shouted it out and said she wanted to go! So off we went, we left early to try and avoid the masses that would be having birthdays there that day. We had a cup full of tokens saved from our last visit and yet still came home with the same amount if not more! Megan of course had a blast, rode everything twice if not more and climbed around in the kid size hamster maze! It was a good couple of hours of burning off the energy of an almost 3 year old and Alison slept through it all, of course!
Megan is learning about outer-space in school this week, she has informed us that we are all going to take a ride in a rocket ship (it's purple) and she'll be driving and EVERYONE is going to go, we're not going anywhere in particular, just through the Milky Way and then we'll look around. So if you see a purple rocket ship in your yard with a blonde 3 year-old in the driver seat, hop in and go for a ride!

~ Christi

The countdown is on.....

Well the countdown to my return to work has begun, I have 3 weeks from today. In a way it's bitter sweet, I would love to be a SAHM (Stay At Home Mom) for so many reasons but I really don't think it's for me, not at this point at least. I will miss spending my days with Alison, the past 9 weeks have been amazing and she has already grown so much, from the tiny newborn that slept most of the day to the active 2 month old that loves to smile, talk and try to roll over! I have noticed the past couple of days she has been staring at her right hand, it's like she sees it and wants to find out what it is but she has no idea how to get it to her mouth yet...it won't be long though! She went for her 2 month check up last week and got her first round of vaccinations, of course it was no fun for me seeing her scream her head off and she certainly was not happy about it! She weighed in at 13lbs 2oz and is 23 and 3/4 inches long! I won't mention how big her head is cause it's off the charts the Dr has!
Now for my Megan update...glad we didn't name her Grace....this was not a very good weekend for her. Friday night she was goofing off after her bath when Chris was trying to get her dressed and she jumped onto her bed and hit the foot board with the top of her ear, it looks something awful still, all purple and blue. Saturday morning she was playing with my shoes and walking around the house and tripped and fell into the wall and bit her lip, then later when I was folding laundry she grabbed one of her sheets and put it on her head (covering her eyes) and went off into the dining room, and wouldn't you know it walked her nose right into the table. So if you know the story about me dislocating my shoulder, you can see she takes after me!

~ Christi

The many faces of Alison

the serious look













the I'm so happy look!













the get that camera out of my face look














the I crack myself up look!!

We're Bloggin'

Well I figure it's time we got on this bandwagon. I hope this will keep everyone up to date on what's going on in our little house here in sunny Florida and you can all watch as our two little girls grow up (and boy is it going by fast!).

Megan will be turning 3 in July and I think she is finally officially potty-trained, if there is such a thing, I am not sure if there is a certain point when it becomes official but I am calling it! We are so proud of her and even better she is very proud of herself, especially when she goes #2 on the potty. You see this accomplishment not only gets loud cheers and big hugs from mom and dad, she also gets 2, yes 2 jellybeans, and that's like winning the lottery to a 2 year old!

Alison will be 8 weeks old on Monday and I already feel like she's grown up so much! She loves 'talking' and smiling and we couldn't have asked for a better baby! Whoever said the second baby is more difficult was wrong (knock on wood)! She's a pro at sleeping through her sister's tantrums, and they are known for being very loud and frequent! She's not quite sleeping through the night yet, but we'll take the 5 hours she's giving us right now!

Being mommy to 2 little girls is a whole new ballgame but it's certainly a wonderful experience and I am so happy to be living it!

~ Christi