Beautiful

My pecan pie!!

 

The sand

i just had to post these pictures too. After I downloaded my pictures, i realized i had some of Scarlett dumping sand. After asking Ryan, he proceeded to tell me that they left a trail along the whole golf course with the divit fixer sand box...

 

 

 

 

Golfing with my daddy

Scarlett loves her daddy and especially when he takes her golfing...here are a few pictures!

 

 

 

 

our little Willow

These pictures were taken mid October. Our little Willow has turned out to be quite the handful. We can't figure out when it is our turn to have a grocery baby. You know the ones you can take to the grocery store and they don't cry. You know the ones that don't cry when you put them in the car seat to go to the post office. You know the ones that just don't cry all the time.

She has good days and bad evenings. She is so fun and so temper mental. She is so smiley and cuddly. She is our Willow.

 

 

 

 

I am still breastfeeding Willow and refuse to give in. I did for Scarlett and it didn't help the fussy situation so I am not giving in on Willow. I have figured out the only thing it would gain me is the fact that i would be able to leave her for longer then 3 hours, which i really haven't yet!

Its all about Scarlett

Who built the ark? Noah, Noah...

 

We talked about Noah this week in ABC learning time. On Wednesdays, we have Worship Wednesdays!!

 

Scarlett and Daddy enjoying movie night!!

 

Scarlett and her "bun"

 

Nicki and Regina

Nicki and Regina came down to Florida for a few days. It was so nice to have them in town and I needed a break from the kids. Although, Willow was extremely fussy that week, I did get a little night out with them.


Nicki painting Scarlett's nails. She couldn't think past the thought of them coming until Nicki painted her nails.

 

oh my and the car... do you see the luxuries of not having kids right now, do ya? I am not sure if they were trying to pull off a brittany spears but they put Scarlett in the back of their car and went to the gym.

 

This picture was taken before we went out for sushi one night to meet a few friends. We all wore black! Nicki and regina had surprised me and went shopping that day for me and brought me a whole new wardrobe (yep, i am not quite into my size 6 yet)

 

that ol camera, i need a new one, this picture is blurry of us at the sushi place!!

 

Learning

One morning, my girlfriend Rochelle needed a break so she dropped off Connor and the others at school and went home to relax. So Connor joined us in Learning Time that morning. However, I only got pictures of them painting.

They are just too cute!! Connor loved it!

 

 

 

 

Connor's parents are in our small group study at church... we go on Sunday evenings to small group and its so awesome. The friendships that we have made and the support is beyond what we deserve.

The Girls

Scarlett writing her name with ketchup...it was K week!! my abc learning website is coming!!

 

I needed to take a shower before taking Scarlett to gymnastics... so she told me she would babysit Willow. I was a little nervous, but i gave it a whirl, and when I came out of the shower this is what I found. "Just watching Willow Mommy"

 

My girls and the "first bottle" for willow

 

Scarlett working on the letter K.

 

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving

Well, the other Jill is from Canada, so to celebrate with her for her heritage we had a Canadian Thanksgiving which takes place in the middle of October. I didn't get any more pictures due to the high maintenance of Willow that night.

Here we are at our feast... oh and our girlfriend Anna joined us!!

 

The grown-ups in the kitchen trying my first PECAN PIE ever. I was so proud of myself for actually making a pie, that i called Amy and she informed me that its the easiest pie to make .... way to burst my bubble, i thought i could make any pie after that...

 

Another picture of everyone enjoying the pie.

 

Random Shots

The Very Hungary Caterpillar Day was in early October. So we invited over a few friends in honor of Eric Carle. Instead of Scarlett's learning time that morning, we had a bigger learning time and she loved it. We did books and paintings. I barely had time to get any pictures though!

 

My girlfriends Michelle and Jessica whom I used to work with at TLC preschool came over for some pizza/salad. They brought their kids and EXTRA clothes.... just so happened Michelle had an extra bunny outfit for Scarlett. However, we had already had our halloween outfits and this bunny outfit would have been WAY TO hot down here.

 

Willow is always getting so much love and attention!!

 

Maren just loves little Willow!!

 

October

October has rolled around and i can't believe it..it is my favorite month (usually) right now i am a little overwhelmed.
Scarlett has been enjoying little willow...
we have been going to playdates, gymnastics, doctors and having friends over
Ryan was gone all week so it was a long week...my girlfriends down here have said to ask them when i need help and i broke down and did on Wednesday, it was midweek and i usually don't send Scarlett without going with her but i just needed a few hours

here is Scarlett and Kira playing at her house...thanks Mindy!!

 

 

 

here is a picture of Willow i took later that ngiht after her bath, scarlett lotioned her up and she was ready to go out on the town... we just went to bed!!

 

other notes:
--joy, sam and kora lily are home from Germany
--nicki and regina are coming down on Wednesday .... so excited
--amy and joy, maybe joanna and a few kids are coming down the following week
--katrina and joel and girls are coming down the following week after that..although they will mostly spend time in sarasota...we are going to adventure down there too
--we are going to ohio around the 13th of nov and my nose surgery is scheduled for Dec. 3...ouch...not looking forward to it
--looking forward to watching a few buckeye games up north
--i love weekends because ryan is home to help out...love it...not sure how single moms do it
--having Canadian thanksgiving with the other ryan and jill on sunday
--my ob appt could have been on america's funniest or most embarrassing hours of someones life... after 3 hours of misery we finally made it home alive...i won't share the pain with you all...
-- bumming that ryan had a 5+days trip planned for our anniversary at the end of the month, his mom was going to come and babysit, then we (or i mean i)shortened it down to 3 days and now it has turned into about a day, so we decided not to go anywhere...how do you like that one... simply put, as much as we need a weekend getaway, i just wasn't ready to leave willow overnight

Happy Birthday Jackson

Scarlett peeking at Jackson's birthday cake...his party was at McDonalds

 

Scarlett and Mr. Jackson... he just turned 5!!

 

Willow's outing ... she was attending her first birthday party... she was a grocery baby and it was awesome... as some of you know, she doesn't do that very often!!

 

Scarlett being very patient while Jackson opens presents

 

Do you know how to keep a child quiet in the car... mmm...give them some lipgloss

 

Willow Grayce

 

Another shot!!

 

daddy and Scarlett on Fridays on their way to the golf course

 

Scarlett and daddy

Loving the golf cart with daddy

 

Scarlett dreaming of someday talking her daddy into owning a dog...

 

daddy took scarlett to the zoo aka.."pet store"...lets her climb and do anything

 

Scarlett was really needing a new gymnastics outfit and daddy caved in and got her one!!

 

Snapshots

Here are a couple snapshots that i pulled from Scarlett's "Abc learning" time...

i will be posting the blog soon...

 

 

 

 

Manic Monday

Scarlett and I made cupcakes that looked like spiders...so we shared them with her little friends, Grayson and Jackson.

 

Scarlett at dance class

 

Scarlett enjoying dance class

 

Scarlett after dancing class being brutally honest... we are not usually allowed to be in the room with our little dancers... well, the instructors birthday was that day so she shared cupcakes, however, scarlett continues to inform the little blond in the front of her that "she is really messy" and the girl that is beside her "that she is throwing a fit, and to stop being so winey" ... we had to talk afterwards that when mommy tells scarlett these things, they are just for scarlett...it doesn't mean that scarlett then says them to other kids, so now i am going to have to reword some things (here is the thing, she was being brutally honest) as you can see from the picture that i took minutes before i thought i would hide in willows carseat

 

tubby time

Willow Tubby Time

 

Scarlett is all about Willow's tubby time...

 

recently we adventured to the daytona art and science museum... it was national free day, so we went...here are a few pics of what we did

 

 

Willow in front of a 100,000.00 bear

 

Scarlett pretending to be a dr.

 

Daddy helping Scarlett, it looks like he is mad at her in the picture but he wasn't...he was listening to her talk.

 

Scarlett and Daddy making pizza

 

you will have to ask Ryan about his family fun days...he just loves them!!

willow

my mom has commented that i need more pictures of willow... here are a few... so sorry... she does get bigger everyday

 

 

 

here is scarlett dressed up like a lion

 

One word:

GRRRRRRRRRR

Wait!!

is that a word

Does anyone love the word?


Does anyone like the word?

ok, does any one even like to say it?

it usually means, although i didn't look it up:

you can't eat goooood food, you have to exercise, you know the drill

So, October 1st... here it has creeped up on me already...AHHHHHHH

it seems like yesterday i was this

 

but sweet little Willow has made her debut and she is officially 5 weeks and i have a 13 mile disney run in March ...


SOOOOO

The diet plan has arrived!!

I believe i gained 30lbs during my pregnancy..
I have lost 20
Still have at least 10 to go
would like to lose 20 altogether!!
My goal (if nose surgery doesn't get in the way) ... MARCH



I will watch what i eat....YUCK
I will exercise 5 days a week, starting out slowly ...LOVE THIS...because i usually see results
I will NOT eat any CHIPS in October...i dare you to challenge yourself in giving something NOT healthy for you during the month of October!!

even if you aren't dieting, leave a comment about a food you will try to give up..... then on HALLOWEEN, you can reward yourself

Last week of September

Little review of week....

- Sunday service was awesome,... check out our pastors blog ... www.gregpeterslive.com
- Sunday evening bible study was ok... it was the series "The truth project" little deep for me, love our small group, we have about 20 couples but not really loving the series...hopefully i can wrap my head around it soon as i am struggling to concentrate
- This week started Scarlett's official organized school week...i work with her often on things but i never keep track, i will link something to this website, i am just trying to organize it...you will see what we work on daily!! super excited ... we have muffin tin mondays, book of the week, worship wednesdays and etc...sUPEr PUmped ...we work for about an hour each day whether its all at one time or in segments...she loves it..calls it "abc learning time"
- Monday morning we also had gymnastics, went to graysons house for pizza in the evening
- Tuesday, daddys airplane traveled to birmingham..., scarlett went to dance..which we are moving to saturdays due to the fact that one parent might send me over the top.. hello discipline...not wasting my time on that discussion
- Wednesday, bible study for mommy, Scarlett plays with a few of her church friends, and i LEFT Willow in the nursery...brave me (just for a short time)... we are doing a precepts study of the book of revelations and i wasn't able to make it last week, this week we made it but Scarlett forgot her shoes...sometimes i think, ok, we are not going, but then i get there and think man, what i would have missed if i didn't go!!
- Thursday.. not much, going to Landon's birthday party in the early afternoon

 

as for other notes:
- joy is coming home soon and as a matter of fact, she is coming to florida soon
- i heard that Tori had an amazing project at the fair that i missed
- willow is doing great, she is breastfeeding wonderfully...which i am stoked about
- Scarlett well, she is doing good too, everyday is such a joy with her and i can't imagine not having every minute with her as she has always got something new on her mind
- Ryan has had a lot of work on his mind, he is super busy but all of his girls are so proud of him and how hard he works
- he came home with a WII the other day, yipee for mommy and scarlett
- my neighbor Ruth hasn't been feeling too good lately, keep her in your prayers


As for the rest of the weekend...well, hopefully some relaxing time and enjoying some late saturday football.

Aunt Ashely time

Scarlett just adored Aunt Ashely while she was here visiting.

 

Scarlett also loves Taylor Swift, so they were singing and dancing to the country girl!!

 

Hilty's are in town

Uncle dan and Aunt Ashley relaxing poolside

 

Grandma II with the girls

 

Uncle Dan playing with Scarlett...which she loved..

 

 

Wonderful weekend

Aunt Ashley and Uncle Dan came down with Ryan' mom for the weekend. WE WERE SO EXCITED... Uncle dan doesn't take off work for just anyone so we were honored.

Aunt Ashley in the pool with Scarlett and Ryan

 

Since they were in town and sitters were available, we went out for an hour with the other ryan and jill... we went to a sushi place and it was great

 

ryan and i at our first night out since the baby!! YIPEE

 

On Sunday afternoon, grayson and maren came over to spend some time at the pool...

 

little willow

Our neighbors down the street had a little "end of the year" picnic so we took a few pictures before we left of the girls!!

 

Little Willow was dressed up in watermelons

 

Aunt Ashely got in on the pictures too!!

 

Another picture of little willow

 

Did you know the worst food in America??

Click on "did you know the worst food in America above"

Middle of the week

Well, this morning didn't go as planned. I attend a womens bible study ... we are study the book of Revelations.. (yes, quite deep) and after waking up late, attempting to feed willow grayce and getting scarlett ready ... things were not going well, and the revelation that we aren't going to make it at 9:15 became quite apparent. SO, we attempted to stay home and clean the house, which is now even worse then when we started..... oh my!!

Joy and Amy have both told me, i will read your blog and then scroll down and find new post... YEP THIS IS RIGHT!!

I try to post daily and then when i upload pictures i go back to the day the picture was taken (for logging purposes in the future..its no benefit to anyone but me...sorry)

LOOK FORWARD TO OCTober 1st...not me...i will update you on my plan... and YES, you can get involved!! mmm... then you won't look forward to it.
--- here is the hint --- goodbye salt and vinegar chips, m and m's and my moms rice krispies (which are all gone now), mountain dew, homemade apple crisp...yep managed to eat it all by myself (dan ..had a little)

do you know what is going on in october?? don't worry neither does my husband ...yet!!

Simple Days

Scarlett might be a photographer someday.. she loves taking pictures

 

Scarlett at another week of gymnastics... this one was private, as it was a make up day and none of the other kids showed up... super cool!!

 

She is balancing like an airplane on the low beams... grandpa II would be proud

 

our little Willow Grayce doesn't get too many pictures because all she does is sit there... We are all out in the pool and she is sitting wrapped up in ten layers...ooops

 

Do you know your family Scarlett??

Thought I would give another sneak peak of things from our preschool blog which I really need to work on, so until then...

This is the book that I made to help Scarlett learn the names, how to spell them and where they go for each family. This particular page is the baltics... Right now we are working on all family and then we will branch out to "friends" in our book.

 

She also has a "word book" and this is one of them... i figured she should know where her daddy works...

 

As you know from reading the blog, this is not her first haircut and she looks scared in the picture...but she wasn't. She talked about it for days and marked it on her calendar... she loves to get her hair cut...

Next week, we are working with the letters "n and c" so maybe we will go to a nail salon as she paints her nails on a daily basis and i am NOT KIDDING... she has a pile of nail polish on her nails since a certain someone (aka Grandma II) came and bought her some little girl polish.

 

September Random Pictures

daddy and his girls before an ohio state game

 

Scarlett just adores Willow Grayce. She just loves to play and sit in her things too. Scarlett has not hit the 25lbs mark yet so we thought it was safe.

 

Ok... the bouncy seat went a little too far as she thought she should put Willow Grayces soother in her mouth.

 

This is the dance class that Scarlett takes on Tuesday mornings. Every morning seems to have something so I am really trying to organize things better and get a better handle on our mornings.
Mondays is gymnastics, Tuesdays is dance, Wednesday is Mommy's morning as i go to a womens bible study, Thursday is a playdate day for all the girls at church, and friday believe it or not is open... but i think that is a day that we are going to invite friends over for small group learning or pool days???