Memorial Day Weekend!

I am fully aware that I have not updated in a long time. You will have to forgive me as Hannah has been walking since she turned 10 months old, so I HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY!!!


We spent Memorial Day weekend with Mom, Dad, Kim and Ava in town. We had a BLAST, despite the rainy weather and lack of countertops in our kitchen! (our kitchen remodel is nearly complete - YAY!)
Here are some pics from the weekend. It is too late for me to full with captions for each picture so enjoy!

Random pics!

You all have probably given up on me ever updating our blog. Oops!!! I don't know where the time went. Joseph and Hannah have been growing like weeds!!! Lots of firsts this month too!!! Joseph is ever so interested in playing with and helping his sister. It is ADORABLE to watch them interact. They both think that the other is hysterical.










So precious!!! I can't get over how innocent and adoring they both look in this picture!













Hannah has perfected sitting on here own and grabbing toys around her without falling! She is also a master of drool!!! She got her first tooth 2 weeks ago, and #2 appeared two nights ago!















Our little princess is also holding her own bottle now!







Two week ago we decided to take on potty training with Joseph. I must say that he is doing really well for only being 26 months old. He still has a few accidents, and he doesn't tell us that he needs to go potty unless it benefits him (like at the grocery store when he wants to get out of the cart!). However, he does enjoy spending endless amounts of time on the potty while I draw him pictures with crayola bathtub markers. I am astonished at how he remembers all of the pictures, even the random ones like the anemone that I drew last night.






Mom-Mom and Poppa came to visit last weekend and we had a BLAST! Lots of play, hugs, kisses and ice cream and brownies for Poppa's 60th birthday!!! Who can beat it?!














Hannah tried her hardest to get that first taste of ice cream, but her mean old Mom wouldn't let her...









Awe, sweet family!!!







That's all for now. I will try to be mor vigilant about posting here. With so many outlets to share pictures I have forgotten to include this page. Sorry!!!

Happy Holidays

Make a Smilebox greeting

We're off!!

We are off to Mom-Mom and Poppa's tomorrow for Thanksgiving! The kids and I will fly out VERY early tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, Brandon has to stay behind to serve his new group of privates turkey dinner on Thursday morning, but he will be joining us in MD Thursday night for the holiday festivities and a 2nd birthday party for Joseph!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Anniversary Mom-Mom and Poppa!!

WOW, 36 years!!! That is AWESOME!!!! We love you!!!!
Love, Joseph and Hannah

Airplanes and Smiles!

What little boy does not LOVE airplanes??? This one does!!! Brandon picked up a wooden, rubber band propelled plane at our last visit to Cracker Barrel.













It did not work perfectly since it was windy, but that did not dampen our little boy's experience!









Let 'er rip Daddy!!!





















SO COOL!!!













Hey Y'all! Check out how long my tongue is!!










Poppa wanted to know if I ever smiled since I tend to turn it off as soon as the camera comes out. Well today, I allowed my smile to be caught! After I stuck my tongue out at the camera of course!












Daddy, you are so funny!










We are enjoying the fall and are excited for the upcoming Holiday's!!! I love this time of year! The kids are growing so fast; I can't believe that Joseph will be 2 this month! Where does the time go??? We will be heading off for Mom and Dad's for Thanksgiving...Wooo Hooo!!! Can't wait to see all of our friends up there!!

Happy Halloween!!

We had a great time dressing the kids up and taking them trick-or-treating!

















We spent our night at Tim and Lisette's where the kids had a blast!










Joseph LOVED the pops!!! As you can see he had one in his mouth for every picture! He didn't quite get the concept of t-or-t. He invited himself into the first house, and was ready to call it a night after house #4...





The day before I gave him a cookie with a witch painted on the front. He liked the icing!!!












We went to a pumpkin patch earlier in the week. J thought the rooster was cool!













Hannah took it all in...














Our little indian!

2 Beautiful Babies!!

Joseph and Hannah are growing so fast. Hannah will be 4 months old in 9 days and Joseph is quickly closing in on his 2nd birthday...Where does the time go?!














We are so blessed to have two beautiful babies and they genuinely love each other. Joseph has been great with Hannah. We have a feeling that he will be a loving, and yet very protective, older brother.




















Joseph and Hannah will be attending A. Lydia's wedding in a couple of weeks. This is the dress that Hannah will be wearing...BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ANGEL!!





















A rare photo...Mom is usually the one taking the pictures.















Joseph has been practicing to be the next great Olympian of 2020!!!

















Hannah has a new lovey called 'The Zaky'. I HIGHLY recommend it!!! It is basically shaped and weighted to simulate my arm resting on her. Helps with sleep and car rides!!

















Another rare photo op...Joseph actually slowed down long enough to snuggle with Daddy for about 60 seconds.














We continue to be very busy, but enjoying every moment of our precious children.

Some pics from our week!

Nothing new to report here. We are just hanging out and enjoying the cooler weather!!!

(don't mind us and our pj's, it is about 6 AM)

















Ahh...a sweet girl cozy in her towel after a nice bath.











Hannah look at the camera!! :-)














"Umm, I am trying to think...where did I leave Thomas??"