Summer Fun!

Summer is just flying by! We can hardly believe that it is half over! We have been busy with the kids and visitors. Grama O'Reilly came for a visit in May and we had fun at the park and zoo and in the pool. My friend Jessi and her family came to visit in June and had a blast. Good company makes for some good times.

Chris is doing his two weeks Guard training in Pennsylvania right now. He will be back on the 22nd and then more family is coming to town on the 29th and they will stay until August 1st and then the kids and I are following them back to MN and we will stay for a week. We should get back around the 9th and then Alana starts school on August 14th! Time is just flying by!!!

Here are some pictures we've taken since the end of May. We hope everyone is also having a wonderful summer. Enjoy it while it lasts!

Fun times at the park.

Fun times at the zoo.

Fun times in the pool.

Fun times out on the town with Jessi and Susan.

Jessi singing.

Brayden and Brennan.

Finally caught Brayden smiling.: )

OMG! I know that it has been a very long time since we updated the blog. We have been busy with the kids. It is hard to get the every day stuff done, let alone update the blog. But, here are some pictures of the kids. The top ones start out at about Easter and the last ones were from a couple of days ago. Brayden is doing great. At his one month check up, he was 11 lbs and 7 oz. His two month check up was today and he weighs 13 lbs and 9 oz. He is a very happy and healthy baby boy.

Enjoy the pictures!

Coloring eggs at Easter.

Brayden loves his car seat buddy.

Alana lost her first tooth! She was so excited! The Tooth Fairy left her $5.00.

Brayden sucking his thumb. I catch him sucking on it a couple of times a day. The doc said today that we need to put a stop to it sooner rather than later. Getting a baby to stop sucking his thumb is way easier than getting a toddler to stop sucking his thumb. It is still so cute when he does it!

Silly girls.

Alana and one of her signature poses. That is paint on her face. Her last day of school is tomorrow. We are all pretty excited.

We got Brayden a nice, new swing before he was born. He doesn't like it, but he likes this 12 year old swing we got used before Alana was born. Go figure. Oh well.

The three kids outside swinging.

Almost got a picture of him smiling here. Just a little too slow.

More thumb sucking. Too cute!

The boys.

We are doing great down here in Tennessee. We are enjoying the Spring weather. The kids love to play outside. Brayden is doing great. He is getting big! He fits into his 0-3 months clothes now! I don't think it will be long before he outgrows them. Chris and I laugh because when you hold him under his armpits, you can feel his "fat back" as we call it. It will be interesting to see how much weight he has gained at his 1 month check up.

Alana is doing great with Brayden but Skyler has not done so well with him. She is not adjusting well to having him around all the time. She is also not in daycare anymore, so she is stuck with me and Brayden all day. That is also a big adjustment for her. She has been acting out a lot lately. She hits, bites, kicks and back-talks a lot. Last week was terrible, but this week seems a little better. Let's hope it continues to get better as the days go by. Let me tell you, it has been a hard learning experience for Chris and I. Parenting sure can be tough sometimes.

Here are some recent pictures of the kids. We went to a duck pond the other day and the girls got to feed the ducks. They had a great time. It was fun for all of us.