Christmas babies!

William is growing and changing SO quickly. He started crawling about 10 days ago and yesterday he cut his third tooth. Tonight he pulled up to standing for the first time. He is ALL OVER THE PLACE these days. He moves FAST when he crawls. He is also self feeding cheerios and small pieces of food. He'll eat anything and everything we put in front of him and never turns his face away to any food.

Hannah is very excited about Christmas this year. She still refuses to go anywhere near Santa, but she has asked him for "a batman toy and a princess toy." I'm sure Santa can come through on that :) Here is a picture of the kids in their coordinating Christmas jammies:

Tonight Hannah and I were talking about Thanksgiving and what the celebration is all about. I was trying to explain to her in terms that a 3 year old can understand. I told her that it's important to think about and be thankful for the important things in our life and the things that make us happy. When I asked her what makes her happy she said, "My Daddy." She clearly understands the concept I was explaining, right?!?! So then I said, "Hannah, what do you think makes Mommy happy?" She replied, "Work!" Hmmmm...not exactly what I hoped she would say. I hope that I'll be able to show her that my first and most important job is being mommy. Nothing is more important than my family. But it does make me wonder why she responded the way she did. Sigh...such is the life of a working mom, I guess.

Passed Out

William's latest accomplishment is pushing himself up to a sitting position. We put him down for a nap today and this is how we found him sleeping...

This new skill has made diaper changes and clothing changes quite a challenge. He does NOT want to lay flat on his back. I think we better lower his crib a notch since it probably won't be long before he tries to pull up. Oh boy!

Family Photos

On Friday we had a fabulous outdoor photo session with Stylized Portraiture. It was a beautiful day to take pictures at the botanical gardens in Athens. Our photographer, Heather, was wonderful with the kids and did a great job getting Hannah to smile. What 3 year old wouldn't bust out laughing when someone yells "booger waffles!!" Both kids were in a great mood (thank goodness!) and Heather did a fantastic job of capturing their personalities (Hannah's spunkiness and William's seriousness).

I could not be more thrilled with the preview pictures our photgrapher posted on her blog. You can check it out at the link here:

http://www.stylizedportraiture.com/a-little-bit-of-an-awesome-family/

Spooktacular!

BOO! It's Batman and Ghostgirl in their Halloween pajamas!

Bathing Beauty x 2

Burt's Farm

We made the annual visit to Burt's Farm this weekend with Mark's family. It sure didn't feel like fall with high temps in the upper 80's, but Hannah had a great time hanging out with her cousins and William seemed to enjoy the extra attention and being outside.

Bathing Beauty

Now that William is sitting up really well, he has graduated to bathing in the kitchen sink!!! He seems to really enjoy splashing in the water.

Yes, he is playing with princess cups :)