Catch the Moment 365 ~ Week 44

We had a great Halloween weekend! The kids have been on a sugar high for the last few days and probably will be for the next several months. By the time we run out of Halloween candy, Christmas will be here. I can't believe how fast this year has gone!

October 31, 2014:  Baby's first Halloween! It was a beautiful day too. Not too warm and not too cold. The kids had a great time going door to door through our neighborhood. Hunter loved the stroller ride, it put him right to sleep!

November 1, 2014:  One of the few times that my kids play nice together. Tyler was photographing Bailey, Mickey, and Minnie. I'm pretty sure he doesn't have my love for photography has his camera is backwards. :0)


November 2, 2014:  Hunter's last ride in our swing. It decided to die tonight. 12 years and 4 babies (it was a hand me down from a friend) is a pretty good run though!

November 3, 2014:  Bailey got the mail from the mailbox and decided to do some grocery shopping.

November 4, 2014:  Such a big boy sitting up in Daddy's chair!

November 5, 2014:  It's starting to get cooler outside. Bailey wanted to wear her kitty hat to daycare. she hated that hat last year and refused to wear it then, when it actually fit her.

November 6, 2014:  Loving his Sofie giraffe and flirting with Mommy. He sure knows how to work me!

Catch the Moment 365 ~ Week 43

This week was an absolute blast! I got to take my 2nd graders on a field trip to the NC Zoo. They had a great time! I wish I could have spent some time going through with Tyler, but such is life.

October 24, 2014:  Hunter is interacting with us more and more each day. Here he is smiling at Daddy.

October 25, 2014:  Little man insists on nursing everyday when I get home from school. This session ends in a cat nap every day as well. I'm going to miss these moments in a few months!

October 26, 2014:  He's so proud of himself!

October 27, 2014:  Tyler's becoming an independent little being. He insists on making his own peanut butter and jelly sandwiches now.

October 28, 2014:  Must have been a rough day at daycare.

October 29, 2014:  I wish the mirror on his playgym was a little nicer, but this shot still turned out cute!

October 20, 2014:  One of the few shots I took while at the zoo. I didn't want to have to keep track of my good camera while chasing 20 2nd graders around but I managed to catch a few pictures with my iPhone. Next year will be a different story!

Catch the Moment 365 ~ Week 42

October went by in the blink of an eye! I'm thinking it was because of all of the fun we had with Halloween and fall activities. Here's what we were up to in the final weeks.

October 17, 2014:  We traveled to my parent's house this weekend for some Halloween festivities. Hunter wasn't too sure about Papa at first...

October 18, 2014:  We took the kids to the Greenville Zoo for Boo at the Zoo. They had a blast! Bailey and Papa dressed up as pirates together.

October 19, 2014:  Bailey loves to play at Grandma's house. I love that she gets to play with some of my toys from when I was a kid.

October 20, 2014:  Bailey and Tyler wanted to have a 'picnic' dinner in the living room.


October 21, 2014:  Bailey was a little irritated with me today. She decided to sit in the entry to the kitchen and wait for Daddy to come home because I'm too mean.

October 22, 2014:  Not the best of pictures, but he's such a ham!

October 23, 2014:  Big sis loves to hold her brother. She also loves to poke at the poor thing. I'm not sure why, but here she is checking out his adorable little belly button.

Catch the Moment 365 ~ Week 41

October 10, 2014:  Bailey has been really into reading lately. She is getting pretty good at telling the story herself through the pictures in the books!

October 11, 2014:  This handsome fellow doesn't get nearly enough space in my 365 project. I try really hard to get him, but he's so busy with school work and hiding from the camera that these moments are few and far between.

October 12, 2014:  Such a serious face! He has become a huge fan of the exersaucer as of late!

October 13, 2014:  When you play hard, you crash hard. Little one made a mess of our living room and then crashed while watching cartoons. She's lucky she's cute!

October 14, 2014:  What baby doesn't love to play with their toys while chewing on their fingers?

October 15, 2014:  Little guy is getting really good at putting things in his mouth. These teeth he's working on have got to pop through soon!

October 16, 2014:  Bailey, AKA Elsa. We went to Disney's Princesses on Ice last week and little one loves to wear her dress around the house!

Catch the Moment 365 ~ Week 40

October couldn't have gone by any faster! You forget just how fast that first year goes when there is a new little one in the house. I swear he was born yesterday! With school in full swing our lives have been pretty much routine. Get up, head to school/work, come home, eat, and bed. This makes picture taking a little less exciting, but here is a glimpse of what we were up to in early October.

October 3, 2014:  My little fashionista. Fall brings slightly cooler weather and this girl is totally obsessed with her new neon colored hoodie. Please continue to ignore the giant shadow in the background. I promise, someday I will figure out how to get a decent picture of little miss active without using the flash!

October 4, 2014:  Someone (no one look at me) got the bright idea to promise this not so little guy with Mine Craft on his kindle if he read 4 chapter books. This is pretty much my view every night now. :0)

October 5, 2014:  Bailey is so expressive in everything she does. Plus she never stops talking. I caught her in mid sentence here, which isn't too hard to do!

October 6, 2014:  His swinging days are numbered, but for now it's still the easiest way to get him to take a nap!

October 7, 2014:  Who couldn't love this little fellow with these great big eyes!

October 8, 2014:  Again with the Mine Craft! Bailey loves to help her brother out with his new game. She's hoping she gets her very own Kindle for Christmas.

October 9, 2014:  This one is simply because he has me wrapped around his itty-bitty-teeny-tiny-chubby little finger.

Catch the Moment 365 ~ Week 39

I managed to stay on top of this project for much longer than I had hoped! But that went out the window when I went back to work after Hunter was born. Someday I hope to catch up on this! But for now, here is what we were up to in late September.

September 26, 2014:  Bailey has been digging through our tubs of baby toys and rediscovering some old toys she hasn't seen in a while!

September 27, 2014:  This little guy is such a sweet heart! Every night he falls asleep in my arms.

September 28, 2014:  Hunter has a new friend, Sofie the giraffe. He isn't too thrilled with her yet, but I'm sure he will be when he figures out this whole chewing/teething thing!

September 29, 2014:  These baby blues, look out ladies!

September 30, 2014:  She won't stay still long enough to take a picture without the flash so shadows it is. Just look at these lashes and curls!

October 1, 2014:  Tyler is excited that he can finally hold and pick up his brother on his own. They adore each other! On a side note, someone is 5 months old today!

October 2, 2014:  A little mid day nap for my little man. He's growing so fast!

6 Months ~ Hunter

We're at the half a year mark already! It's so hard to believe that this time last year we were just starting to tell our family and friends about you. Your brother and sister were so excited to be able to share the news with everyone!

Sleep:  You are in full on sleep regression mode as of late. Our wonderful sleeping little boy has started to wake every 2 to 3 hours all. night. long. I don't mind too much, it gives me some extra snuggle time with you. You've finally gotten out of the Rock n' Play sleeper and into your own crib. This was a major struggle this month! You would often start your nights out in the crib but will eventually move to either the rocker or mom and dad's bed. Since you can sit yourself up in the rocker now, we knew it was time to get you out of it and into the crib.

Likes:  You love to be tickled and are starting to get the hang of peek-a-boo. You also enjoy taking baths with Mommy, Bailey and/or Tyler. Night time snuggles are a must as well. There's nothing more adorable than a snuggly baby!

Dislikes:  You don't like to be cold especially after your baths and hate when Mommy puts lotion on you. You have also decided that dirty diapers are not your thing and will let us know immediately when you need to be changes.

Favorite Toys:  The swing but it finally died this month and is now unusable, your Bumbo seat, Sofie the Giraffe, and the exersaucer.

Eating:  You're still going strong with eating every 2 to 3 hours around the clock! Mommy is in complete denial about you being old enough to start solids and is avoiding it at all costs.

Milestones:  You can roll from back to belly and belly to back like nothing. You have also figured out how to scoot toward toys that you are interested in. You tend to move in an inch worm fashion when doing so. You are holding your own bottle at daycare, can stand holding on to someone's fingers, bounce/jump up and down, and sit up with a little support.

Tooth Count: 0 but you are chewing on everything!!

Words/Sounds:  This month you have started this adorable gargling sound. Still no mumum sounds or dada but you find it super funny when I try to get you to say them.

Clothes:  We are officially into 6 to 9 month clothes.

Firsts:  This month you celebrated your first Halloween! We went to Grandma's house for Boo at the Zoo in Greenville, SC as well as a trip to their local pumpkin patch.