Gotta love 'em!

Time for more pictures as promised! Lily got her hair cut this week. Short is better for her since she has such a tender head. This way I don't have to hear "Oww, oww, OWWW Mom!" every time I comb her hair (or even when she combs it herself ☺). Besides, Riley was starting to copy her...He is now in love with having his picture taken and hams it up whenever I give him a chance...
And then there's Lia. She's settling in nicely to the routine and I'm adjusting to the amount of sleep that comes with getting up several times a night to feed her.
I gotta say, I think I've got some pretty cute kids ☺

The newest addition

Lia Nicole joined the family on November 15 at 9:39 a.m. She is a wonderful addition to the clan and the kids love having her around. I can hardly believe she is almost 2 weeks old now. Having daddy home has been great for Lily & Riley (and me too!). Here are a couple of my favorite pictures. Hours old... Just home from the hospital... In the blissful state just after eating...9 days old, looking a little yellow from the jaundice, thankfully that's passing. I'll take new pictures on Monday when she's officially 2 weeks old....stay tuned :)
Oh, and I can't forget one of my favorite shots.... Lia and one of her Great Grandmas (how lucky is she to have 3 of them??)

Halloween

Even though this picture is a month old, I thought I'd post it anyway... here's the kids, all dressed in their costumes. Lily was a Star Wars character named Ahsoka. Riley was obviously a monkey.

For your enjoyment...

Pictures of the babies' room, all decorated...


Now we're just waiting for Lia....62 days to go. (Not like we're counting or anything.) Oh wait, we are ☺ We have a chart and everything LOL

The PROJECT

I thought I would share pictures of the backyard project that is in progress right now. As some of you know this has been a long time coming. I'm really pushing to get this done in the next month or so, so stay tuned for the finished product....We've come a long way from the 6 ft weeds... Now to get the dirt leveled off in front of the slider and lay down the cinder block patio, in this pattern ↓↓↓↓

This long portion where the grass is supposed to go...after I finish digging the rest of the weed roots out. Also on the to-do list, sprinklers. Hopefully that won't take too long to figure out. The plan is to create a 30" wide flower bed next to the house. We dug out a section by the faucet and are going to bury some of the gravel we have to help with drainage since there isn't a gutter over that area. And that's where things stand for now. I'm so ready for it to be done! All the sweat will be worth it in the end though. Can't wait to post the "after" pictures....

The Quilt...

I just had to share a picture of the quilt Dylan's grandma made for the new baby! I think it turned out BEAUTIFUL! It took me about 2 minutes after she left to go and hang it up on the wall, I was that excited ☺ Anyway, the nursery is coming together. I'm searching for the right rug and I'm going to attempt to make the crib skirt with leftovers from the quilt (you know, tie it all together). I'm not much of a sewer but I think I can handle it. We'll see how it works out...

First Grade

Lily was very excited to be starting school again. Here she is all dressed and ready to go. Daddy even got to go since the first day of school was on a Wednesday...both of them were very happy about that!And here she is lined up with her class waiting to go in. I think she may be one of the smallest in class...She came home with lots of stories and very tired. The most amazing thing, in her own words was, "Mom, we have so MUCH recess!". I'm sure it seems that way after the 20 minutes they got at the end of the day in kindergarten for snack and play.
Now mommy and Riley just have to adjust to a new schedule....