These kids sure know how to work their Momma! It's truly amazing the amount of effort that goes into caring for these children... Usually only one rests at a time, but every once in a while they will simply wilt at about the same moment! Case in point. Here they are in the middle of being fed some yummy sweet potatoes, and both of them fall sound asleep! Couple of hams...
I'm happy to announce that in the last two weeks Aubrey has made tremendous progress! In no time she has begun rolling over, is sitting up strong, and even beginning to make progress towards crawling... Of course Bam Bam Brandon is Army crawling across the room. I'm afraid if we turn our back on him he may crawl off down the street and we'll find him hitting on a neighbor girl. It's really fun to watch them progressing!
We may not be going to the National Championship, but we sure as hell put a proper whooping on Michigan! What better way to cap off a season?! Ryan's Mom & Dan visited for Thanksgiving, so they stopped by for the Ohio State game and a BBQ. Donna is so loving and sweet, and just ate up the children... There's our future Buckeye cheerleader!
Mia had such a great time with her cousin, Hadley, that she bawled when we left to go home... The two of them were literally inseperable for 72 hours! It was so great to see how respectful and loving they were towards each other. Two very sweet little girls...
On Thanksgiving afternoon I found Brandon hanging out with his Papa, learning about cars! It was a very proud moment for Daddy... Papa was passing along some of his immense automotive knowledge, and Brandon seemed to be soaking it up! Too cute.
Aubrey is so clearly different than her brother & sister! She is just the sweetest, gentlest little girl... Whenever she hears Daddy's voice she lights up with the biggest smile! She truly is a special little girl. It's so fun to watch their little personalities blooming!
Mia is definitely what you would call a 'Tomboy'. She is very into cars, bikes and playing in the garage! This suits Daddy just fine... However, lately Momma was growing a little concerned that Mia only liked boy toys. Daddy assured Momma that this was quite natural, but Mom likes to worry nonetheless... So Momma was very excited the other night when Mia saw a commercial for the 'Magic Rise Oven' and declared she would like the princess version! Needless to say, Momma had it overnighted to the house, and the midget is now knee deep in fresh baked cupcakes!!
Note the tie-dye shirt she made at a birthday party last weekend. She is very proud!
Momma ordered a 'Thomas the Train' rain coat for Mia, and it arrived today! You'd have thought it was Hannukah come early... She promptly made Daddy button all of the buttons and get out her umbrella. Never mind that it's 85 degrees outside, we're having a rain dance...
It was so nice for Stacy to have her parents with her to enjoy some quality time at Kindermusic! They love Grammy...
They certainly weren't awake long enough to properly enjoy Halloween, but they had fun together nonetheless! Momma was awfully proud of their costumes. They seemed to enjoy getting dressed up and even gave Momma a big smile for the camera... It looks like Aubrey may have swalled a whole city! Heee heeeee
As has become tradition, Mia decided at the very last minute to change her Halloween costume! For months she's been talking about being a super hero. Then, on Halloween night she made a u-turn and decided a cowboy, definitely not a cowgirl, would be a better fit... So Momma did an amazing job of making her into a suitable cowboy! She was so cute in her costume, and trick or treating door to door. This was the first year that she showed some autonomy and made Daddy wait by the street while she went up to each house with all the other kids! So cute to see her growing and flourishing...
