Monday, September 20, 2010

It's been a while...

Ty and Kingston playing nicely


My sweet nephew that I finally was able to meet


Ansley and Kayla watching the tube together


Kayla giving me a HUGE smile....love it


Ty...last week of bottles


Move over Paris...


Ansley with one of her favorite cuz's...Cortney


Ty loves his Aunt Jen


What a cutie pie...I'm a lucky mommy


Pappy and Ansley back together again


Ty was so excited to meet his Pappy


His first time on the carousel and he loved it


NOT Ansley's first time & we could barely get her off


Can you tell he loves his Aunt Jen?


Playing outside with the fam


Playing with cousin Caleb


Cort was AWESOME with the kids...they love her


She loved watering the plants...who knew she'd have a green thumb?


Helping Nanny with the yard work


Okay, so this post is LONG overdue. I am sorry that it has taken me so long to really update the blog. This summer has been so crazy and busy. Besides having the two kiddos to keep up with, we had both of their birthdays this summer along with lots of traveling. We went to Huntsville a few different times because both of my brothers (along with my sisters and my neice and nephews) came to visit at different times. We went to visit when Justin, Tricia, Kayla & Kingston came to visit and then when Jason, Lyn and Ody came. It was really nice to see them especially since the last time I had seen them was at Christmas. I was able to meet and love on my new nephew who I had not met yet and spend time with the rest of the family. In the midst of all of this, we also had doctor appointments...one right after the other. Ansley had her 2 year check up and it was great. She is very healthy and doing everything (and more) than what she should at her age. She was right at 34 1/2 inches tall (95th percentile) and was just at 22 pounds (5th percentile). She is talking a mile a minute and growing up so fast. She is sitting at the table like a big girl, drinking from big girl cups, going on the potty, just everything! Tyson also went to the doctor for his 1 year appointment and got a clean bill of health. He was 31 1/4 inches long (99th percentile) and 21.3 pounds (50th percentile). He is saying a few words and walking everywhere! You wouldn't believe how much and well he is walking. On his birthday (August 20th), he was mainly crawling and taking 8 steps or so. Not even a month later...he is walking all of the time and trying to run some of the time. We also decided to take a little road trip to PA and visit all of our family in PA. It was a little crazy because I decided to drive...with the kids...by myself. Mike couldn't get off work so I went on my own. It was a little crazy but the kids did so good. It was so nice to see the family...most of them had not seen Ansley since she was 4 months old and had not had a chance to meet Ty. The kids LOVED it and were in heaven. They saw Nanny, Pappy Carl, Pappy Dick, aunts, uncles and cousins and had a blast! We can't wait until we get to see them again.

Friday, September 10, 2010

This little man makes my heart melt


At our friend's birthday party...having a blast


He LOVES a swing


Riding on the train with Daddy


You can't help but love this face


Ansley with her golden locks...still


Keeping him from "eating" everything is a chore right now


A day of fun at the sprinkler park for Ansley...


...and her buddy Ty



My beautiful little baby is not a baby anymore...but she's still beautiful


I could just eat him up!

It's that time of year again...

We had a little birthday celebration for Ansley with some of her friends at our house. She had a great time. It was a little crazy but it seemed like all the kids had a blast. We got the little pools out and let the little ones play in those and then had a huge moon bounce/water slide for the older kids. We made some goodies and Mike grilled out...so it was pretty successful. Ansley had a blast and that is all the matters. She played ALL day and was still wanting to go at 6 o'clock at night. Needless to say, she was out like a light at bedtime and slept like rock. Here are some pictures...enjoy!


The birthday cake


Sissy and little bro playing together


Our giant surprise for Ansley...she LOVED it


This pool isn't big enough for the two of us
*notice both of my little ones trying to escape*


Grilling with my favorite guy


Sure, it looks fun...


...but it's steep...


...really steep


Blowing out our candles


The kiddos digging into the cake and cupcakes


Austin enjoying his yummy treat


Mari Lampton enjoying Mikey's delicious treat


The future Mr. & Mrs. Ty Miller (he loves him some Libby)



So Ansley had a little birthday celebration in Huntsville and then we had a little one with our friends in Memphis. I am very behind on my blog because I have been out of town (which I will explain later) so I might be combining a few of my posts so I can catch up. Anyway, she was able to celebrate her actual birthday with Grandma and Grandpa and then she had a little bday with her friends the weekend after. She had a great time so thank you to everyone!

**don't forget to mute the music**