Easter

We started off our Easter celebration with an egg hunt a church. The children were read the Easter story before they had an egg hunt. Sawyer's allergies were acting up, so he didn't get that excited about the egg hunt. But Riley enjoyed playing with the egg she found.

Then the Easter Bunny came and brought Sawyer a kite with spool, sunglasses, cowboy Silly Bandz and candy. Riley got a collection of hair bows, candy and a rubber ducky dressed like a lamb.

After church, we had lunch at Brock's parents' house and then both kids (and Mama and Daddy too) took long naps. We finished out the weekend with a egg hunt at Brock's parents' house.

Happy Easter!

 Here's a picture with the Easter Bunny...can't you tell how thrilled they are?!

Cousins

We've been fortunate enough lately to get to spend a lot of time with my niece, my brother and my sister-in-law. It makes for lots of photo ops with the kiddos.

 Sweet girls

The kids with their great-grandparents from Mississippi

Hello Lilah. I'll just give you a little pat on the head...

...and some slobbery sugar too!

rub a dub dub, three Walton grandbabies in a tub :)

Riley 10 Months

Riley is 10 months old today! It's surreal that she's going to be one year old in just two short months. Here are a few new things she is up to:

• She's pulling up and cruising.
• She's officially done with baby food--after tasting "real" food she decided she didn't want anymore bland, baby stuff!
• She's doing great with her sippy cup and we have cut out one bottle already and have almost cut out a second one. 
• She's babbling a lot but no real words yet.
• She waves bye-bye.
• We went back to the pediatrician today to have her ears checked. No fluid today so tubes aren't in her immediate future.

 

 

Winter Wonderland

On Friday, February 12th, we had a rarity here in south Alabama...we had snow! And lots of it! We got 4+ inches and it was beautiful. Too bad Brock was a work (he's a lineman with Alabama Power) so it made getting many pictures a difficult task. But I did get some. You'll have to excuse our pitiful winter wear. Cause you see, we're not used to this kind of thing. I had to piece it together as best as I could! And too bad I had to work Saturday, so the kids and I drove and hour north to Montgomery to spend the night with my aunt. I work in Montgomery and didn't want to have to travel the icy roads at 6 am. Sawyer had a good time, although he wasn't interested in building a snowman (actually we did build one, but he just wanted to knock it down). Poor Riley lasted about 10 minutes and then she had had enough (but loved to look out the windows at all of the snow).

 

  

  

  

  

  

 

  

 

the cows didn't seem to mind

Bowling!

This past Saturday night, Brock, Sawyer and I went bowling with some friends of ours and their two youngest children. We had a great time. Brock's mom was nice enough to come over and babysit Riley so we could go. I think it was the first time just the three of us have done something together since Riley was born. It was Sawyer's first bowling experience, as you can tell by the pictures, he had a blast!

Waiting to get started

Sydney and Sawyer making their ball selections

A little help from Daddy

Wait for it...

How cute are those little bowling shoes?

It takes the ball a while to get down the lane at 2 MPH :)

Pow!!

Showing off the perfect technique

And finally, the best shot of the night...

YYYEEESSS!!

Too bad I wasn't quick enough to get a picture of him kicking the ball down the lane soccer-style!

Riley 9 Months

First of all let me say that I am SO far behind on my blogging (and reading other's blogs). I may try to go back and post some pics from Christmas. For now I'll stick with current events.

Riley turned 9 months old on the 16th. She's growing up so fast! I don't remember time going by quite this fast with Sawyer. It'd hate to see how fast it goes if we have a third!

Some things Riley has been up to:

• She has left backwards-only and crab crawling styles behind! She is now full steam ahead! And the heads straight for the totally not baby-proofed play room.

• She is back to eating the full array of stage 2 baby foods. She is also eating some things from the table. But I think there is as much food in the high chair seat that ends up in her mouth. However, she is not that crazy about stage 3 dinners so far.

• She weighed 22 lbs 4 oz and was 29 inches long at her 9 month check up. She is in the 90-95% for both. Sawyer weighed 21 lbs at a year old. She did still have fluid in both ears, so if she still has fluid in a month we will visit the ENT for tubes.

Check out those legs!

• Riley is babbling a lot but no "real" words so far.
• She loves to clap and shake her head "no-no."

• She attempts to pull up, but has not been very successful so far. She does love standing up and playing though.
• She has SIX teeth (2 on top and 4 on bottom) and loves to brush her teeth.

I just love this pouty face!
• She has been on soy formula since I stopped pumping, but we are successfully adding milk-based formula (and some whole milk today) to her bottles and she's tolerating it just fine!
• Her hair is starting to grow in much more now.

She is a sweet, happy, easy-going baby. And Sawyer is a wonderful big brother. I am so blessed!