Sweet 60

Yesterday we celebrated Mr. Rich's 60th birthday! The weather wasn't too great but the rain held off long enough to cook-out on the grill and for the kids to blow off some steam in the yard.

the birthday boy

the chisolm men

This picture makes my heart smile. Two brothers, two best friends and two cousins.

What's a blog with out a picture of a squishy baby???

Miss. K - 1 month old

From the Mouths of 2 Year Olds

It is unbelievable just how much Zachary can say and understand these days. Everything that comes out of his mouth absolutely shocks me, and generally sends me into a fit of hysterics. I am going to start a new segment "From the Mouths of 2 Year Olds" to let you all in on the antics of this special little boy.

Feel free to send me nasty-grams if I don't keep up with this because I HAVE to document these things, and frankly, you don't want to miss out.

1) A few mornings ago I was beckoned to my son's room with these words:
"Mom, are you? Dumpy is soaking wet!"

Spunky was indeed 'soaking wet.'

2) This isn't a proud moment of mine but... Zachary spilled a drink on the floor the other day and exclaimed "DAMMIT!" in his most stern little voice.

3) Rich got up with Z yesterday morning. While he was changing his diaper and bent down to give him a kiss. Our honest little guy says to his father "brush teeth, got poop in it." Apparently Rich's morning breath was offensive.

4) At the cook-out yesterday Pop Mike gave Z a juice box. Z thanked him by saying "Tank you Pop Mike Tractor." Apparently that is his "official" name.


5) This is more of an exhibit than a saying... Zachary has refused taking a nap in his big boy bed today. Instead, he wanted to sleep on his bean bag chair. I can't say he looks too comfortable but who am I to tamper with what works for him and his sleep, DAMMIT!

The Funny Farm

Yesterday we went to Cecil County to visit Nana and Pop Mike for a cook-out. Zachary had so much fun playing with his big cousin Collin all afternoon.

Collin climbed trees (and got stuck), then the boys played a bean bag game with Nana and ganged up on her! There was bubble blowing, rock pile climbing and a whole lot of boys being boys.

It was a gorgeous day to be outside, for sure!

Firetrucks, Tumble Town and a Cook-out

Saturday we had a super busy, but very fun day! We went to the local fire department for 'Safety Day' and Z got to play on some fire trucks and even take a ride on one!

I forgot my camera so I had to use my phone, you get the idea though.




He was actually pretty timid being on them.




After nap we went to Tumble Town at the mall and met up with our friends; Sara, Emma and Jeff. The kids had a total blast running around, jumping, and of course, tumbling.

After burning off some energy we had our friends back to our place for a cook-out. The weather wasn't great so we stayed indoors and the kids had a blast playing together.

Z is very proud of his messy hands.

Cheeese with a mouthful of peaches

These are 2 very tired kiddos.

Emma is ready to pass out; her buddy really wears her out when they get together!

Blaster Fodder!

Alright, so things got a little hairy around here this week. I went downhill and FAST! I think I went 48 hours with out speaking to Rich, I could barely eat and moving from the couch was a very large task. No fear though, I kept the family alive despite my wishes to crawl into a large black hole and never come out again! (Wow I'm not dramatic am I?)

Anyway, while I was enjoying riding the couch of life I went ahead and sent Zachary to Jedi* camp. I thought it would do him some good to become a star trooper while Mommy had fallen ill. Who was going to take care of me when the Jabberwokkis and Dark people came knocking?

Apparently he really enjoyed himself and when he returned home I felt MUCH better so he showed me all of his moves...

May the force be with you...

Nourishment

Yes people, I fed my child. Even though I felt like crap and wanted to die at the sight of food I pressed on and made sure Z was taken care of. Want proof???

Don't say you didn't ask for it!

Fuzzy Friends

Camden was also taken care of. Don't mistake the forlorn look for unhappiness. He's just pissed he didn't get to go to Jedi camp too.

*Please excuse my attempt at knowing anything about Star Wars. The theme seemed fitting for the pictures but DAYUM I don't know a cotton pickin' thing about those darn movies! Carry on.



BUMP WATCH - WEEK 9
I am soooo going to regret doing this but whatever. I promised myself I wouldn't be one of those parents who skimped on the 2nd child and not take as many pictures and yada yada. Well that starts with wombness I suppose.

Here I am at Week 9. The picture on the bottom was me pregnant with Zachary at 7 weeks.
So obviously I'm already bigger... Obviously I haven't been hitting the gym at 5:30am every single morning like I did before I got pregnant with Zachary. Obviously I didn't lose ALL of the baby weight. Obviously it gives me a sad but OBVIOUSLY I haven't had time to become Bally's fit, or get that reconstructive surgery I pray for nightly. So there you have it, I am a blimp.

Oh and don't expect any bare belly pics this time. Z made a nice road map on my stomach last time around and that's just not something I'm going to be sharing on the interwebs.

Check back in 4 weeks for another entry of Humiliation by Holly.

Babies, Babies, Everywhere

This morning I went to visit sweet baby Katelynn to take a few pictures. She was super hungry today so our photoshoot was a bit of a failure. I did get one picture of her with her beautiful eyes open!

After I left Katelynn to cluster feed with Mommy I went to visit baby Danny at the hospital. He was a very sleepy baby and made some darn cute faces while he was snoozing.

All these gorgeous babies really make me anxious for March!

Welcome Baby Boy Badour!

Our friends Greg and Carrie welcomed a new addition to their family early this morning. Daniel (Danny) Craig was born at 1:16am, weighing in at 7lbs 7oz. He came a little over 2 weeks early!

Here is the little guy wide awake:

Congrats to the Badour family! Danny is so cute and Z can't wait to play in the dirt with him :)