I’m a bad updater

But here is another very long overdue update.

When Bradley was born, he was 8 pounds 6 ounces and 21 inches long.
6 Months later, he is 20 pounds, 4 ounces and 27 1/2 inches long.

He has grown an extreme amount, and is so chubby.

 

What updates did I promise? oh yeah. Samantha went to the pool for the first time!

Bradley went swimming for the first time:

And she started gymnastics, which is now over and done with. She loved it though and I can’t wait to sign her up again for a new class!

We saw fireworks!

And we went to the carnival! And Samantha won a fish!

She really wore herself out and this is what happened at dinner time:

That’s all for now. But I promise to have more soon!

Updates

Yeah, 4 months. It has been almost 2 months since my last post and Bradley is already 4 months old. I know I said I was going to get better about updating this blog, but what can I say? I'm a full time working mom to 2 beautiful growing kids. By the time I get home from work, all I want to do it spend time with my little ones and the weekends are reserved for family time. My quiet time (aka nap time) is usually reserved for laundry, grocery shopping and cleaning. Today I have snuck away while Bradley naps and Samantha plays quietly behind me. She WAS laying on the couch having some quiet time when I started this post, so you can all see how long THAT lasted. With no nap today, she needed the rest, but apparently she has decided she has had enough.

We made the trip to the mall today. We were there for about 3 1/2 hours. Samantha walked around like a big girl almost the entire time. Bradley played with his toys or slept the whole time. I am proud to say that that is by far the LONGEST trip we have made with a potty trained little 2 year old! She is pretty much completely potty trained and only wears a diaper or pull up at nap and bed times. She has been wearing them while we go out as well, but we decided today to bring some(lots) of extra clothes and give it a try! No accidents. She did so great! I am so happy to have her out of diapers! That will save us quite a bit every month!

Stay tuned for pictures. I'm not on my computer, so I don't have any on here, but I will get some up soon along with some more news about the kids!

What's to come?
-Bradley had his 4 month dr visit
-Samantha went to the pool
-Samantha started gymnastics
-Bradley is rolling over and giggling like crazy

So make sure to come back to read all about it!

Bradley is here!

This post is extremely belated. BUT. Bradley Joseph made his way into this world on February 3, 2011. He was 8 pounds, 6 ounces and 21 inches long.

He is absolutely perfect.

 

He was welcomed by 2 very proud parents.

I have spent the (almost) last 3 months enjoying my life as a mommy to 2.
My blog has been neglected, but this changes now. I’m back!

I’ve been back to work for almost a month, and it’s sad leaving them everyday, but I have 2 gorgeous kids to come home to now. Samantha absolutely loves her little brother and she showers him with hugs and kisses all the time. When he was born, she was sick. Very sick. So she didn’t get to meet him until we came home from the hospital, and didn’t get to really see him or hold him at all until the day after we came home. This was her first time getting to hold him.

He wasn’t very happy. But the look on her face was priceless. She loves reading to him and trying to play with him, and she sings him the abc’s quite often. :-)

Her face is full of pure joy every time she gets to hold him.

This was one of the first pictures taken of us as a full family. As you can see by the date, it was way too late… this should have been done as soon as we were all together, and that much, I am extremely regretful of.

But I am so happy in my life as a mommy to a gorgeous son.

And a beautiful daughter.

And I’ll leave you with this. His first smile caught on film.

These 2 kids are my pride and joy. I couldn’t imagine my life without either of them.

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Christmas has come and gone…

And I never wrote a post! Things have been so hectic and crazy lately with preparing for the baby and just trying to relax around the house as much as possible.

But here is the overdue post. I am a bad mommy and didn’t take any pictures on Christmas Eve… and I am completely regretting that now! But here is a picture of WHAT she wore… and I believe my sister took a couple pictures… I will have to try to get them.

She wore the skirt and gingerbread shirt with some cute tights and black mary jane shoes.

And then sometime between bed time and wake up time, Santa came!

Her hair was something else! But she enjoyed looking through her stocking.

We headed over to gramma and papas house, where SURPRISE! Santa visited her there too! And she got TWO stockings!?

This is my stocking from when I was a little girl.

And still not sure how this got on her little tush, but she did it all by herself…

and opening her presents…

After gramma and papas house, we headed back home to see what Santa had left there… quite a bit it seems!!!

Opening another present… I was horrible with taking pictures… I was too excited to watch and be involved… so don’t hate on me!

But all the present opening wore the poor girl out. After presents it was lunch time… and this is what happened during lunch…

And that was our Christmas. She napped for most of the afternoon/evening. She was a tired girl!

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