Monday, February 15, 2016

A Girl and Her Balloon

Eva has been carrying around her Valentine's balloon EVERYWHERE for the last couple of days. These are a few pictures we took right after we gave it to her. 





 Look at her hugging the string, so cute.







I love how little kids show total unbridled joy for the simplest thing. Believe me, nothing can get between this girl and her balloon. 




Valentine's 2016

We had such a great Valentine's Day this year...well it was more like a Valentine's weekend. Morgan and I went out to a great Italian restaurant here in Charlottesville on Friday. We got babysitters for both kids and it felt great to go out, just the two of us. I loved the food and the ambience of the restaurant and it was such a pleasure to share it with my forever Valentine.

On Sunday morning, I got the kids up and got them dressed for church in their most festive attire, so of course we had to take a few pictures.


This is Eva tickling Jack. She squints her eyes and says, "tickle, tickle" in a high pitched voice. It's adorable. Jack reacts about like this every time...




We decorated the table with cards, flowers and chocolate and of course we got Eva her very own helium balloon. She is in love with it.

Morgan drew this handmade Valentine. Can you believe that! I love it.


Also, I love the roses he picked out. 



Jack enjoyed the morning just like this...


Wednesday, January 27, 2016

January 2016

Well, January can be summed up with the words, "cabin fever". Thanks to storm Jonas and a few rounds of colds that all of us caught, we were cooped up WAY too long. We enjoyed watching lots of Netflix and hanging out, but it has been nice to settle back into a routine these last few weeks. One of the biggest changes this month is that I started doing personal training to get my eating habits and working out habits all sorted out and it has been THE. BEST. THING. EVER. I have never felt better. 

Anyway, onto all the pictures from this month and their clever captions...

My mom bought this cute little outfit for Jack when she came to help after he is born. I love the little turtle on his bum.


Little Jack and I hang out the most during Eva's nap in the middle of the day. We have heart to hearts and I tickle him until he full out belly laughs. 



Jack likes to fall asleep with something near his face. For example...

Sunday best. Love the sweater vest. 

Also, I can not get enough of these big brown eyes! So cute. 


Here is some of the damage done by storm Jonas. This was about a half day short of the final product. At the end of the storm our car was just a mound of white.



...and of course we love Costco, so this is us hanging out at Costco, desperately trying to get out after being cooped up. 

 Another picture of Jack...

I got this adorable cute skirt for my birthday and I love it! 


Jack started sucking his thumb recently. It's pretty hit and miss, but we are hoping it sticks...

I love hanging out with these two everyday. They are so great. 


Eva calls this goat puppet an 'Elmo Baa'. I love how creative she is with putting her words together. Any day now she is going to burst into full blown sentences. 

Also, this month, this happened (SO awesome!).

Eva is on the verge of potty training and has already moved to a 'big girl' bed. I can't believe how big she is getting. She makes me laugh everyday. She is silly and a tease and can be quite the stinker, but I love being her mother.


We got a package in the mail from Grandma Lyons. Eva just couldn't wait to put on her new Minnie PJs. She saw them and the next thing I knew her pants were puddled on the floor and she was attempting to pull her shirt over her head. 

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Jack at 3 Months

I'm so glad he joined our little family 3 months ago. His sweet little smile just brightens my day.

At 3 months he...
- loves to smile his big toothless grin at anyone who will give him some attention.
- laughs full belly laughs already
- is super ticklish and will laugh when tickled. He also thinks that any wardrobe change is a tickle session and so will laugh while being dressed and undressed (it's super cute).
- is super snuggly (maybe even clingy). We've had a few rough nights this week because he doesn't want to sleep in his own bed suddenly.
- loves his big sis
- has started cooing and 'talking'
- seems to be ahead of the curve on hand-eye coordination. He focuses in on things he wants and after a few minutes always seems to grab the wanted object.
- can see the flickering TV screen and loves lights
- is definitely a mama's boy

We love him to pieces!