Summer Begins

Well, not officially, but around here it has. End of school means start of summer when a pre-schooler is involved. I've been thinking of everything possible to do to get out of the house and keep my kiddos occupied. Library, museum, park, pool, Publix. Publix? Yes...desperate times call for desperate measures. I am that weird woman who looks forward to going to Publix to push my kids in the oh-so-friendly "car" cart while Will chomps on a cookie and I stroll the cool air-conditioned ailes. Even if I don't have to actually buy anything. Today I just knew if I spent one more second cooped up in the house with my two I was going to scream. So I got the bright idea to head downtown to the River Walk and take along Will's best bud, Luke. Who cares that the humidity was 900%? And it was close to 90. Will and Luke had a good time and burned off steam (literally) before dinner. Tomorrow it's off to the pool, then another play date on Friday morning. See? I wasn't kidding.....we're looking for anything to do.



Sharing a word...

This is what you get when you ask them to smile...
Checking out a lizard...

Annely Blake didn't do too much.

View of the new shiny Synovus building from the river

Part of an old mill on the river....

Look, Luke, a rock!

Just for Fun

Some people (my parents) are screaming for more pics. So, here you go.

Peekaboo! Look bored. Look very, very bored.

Give me a kiss Annely Blake.

Are you ever going to walk Annely Blake?

camera practice

I got a little camera crazy today while we were outside. Here are some of my favorites...

Annely Blake has a new face!

Will helped Matt in the yard all day....

Happy Mother's Day (late)

My old camera was dying, as evidenced by the pink fuzzy line around all of my pictures.


This is what I got for Mother's Day this year:

These are some of the pictures I took today....

Thanks mom! I love it!

look who got skinned today!

Celebrating May

The weather has been so nice around here we've pulled out the baby pool and slip-n-slide! I took these a few days ago when it was 82 degrees....

and click here for pics from last night's 5th of May celebration at the Trammell's:

http://picasaweb.google.com/katmaxey50/Cincodemayofun

Little Princess

Stats for Annely Blake who went for her one year check-up this week.
Weight: 21 lb 3oz
Length: 28.5 inches
teeth: 8!
I checked just to be sure, because I thought I remembered Will being slightly heavier than she at one year, and he had reached her length at 7 months and her weight at 9 months! What she lacks in size she makes up for in personality, though! Her new name is going to be "banshee" because she delivers this unbelievably high ear piercing screech any time she's mad or excited. She says "da da, ma ma, nigh nigh, down, do (dog) and bye bye." She's still not walking, although she's getting close, and she's a great sleeper if you can get her down for the night :) So..... that's all I have for the 2nd member of our family. Will wanted his picture taken too. It's not often I can get him to look at the camera and smile so I took advantage of it.

Charleston/Savannah Pictures

photos from our trip......in no particular order:

http://picasaweb.google.com/katmaxey50/CharlestonSavannah

Coastal Tour

We're back from our week-long vacation along the coast. First stop was Charleston to visit my grandmother and have her meet her namesake for the first time. We celebrated AB's birthday with her, my family, my dad's two sisters, and 20+ other people my grandmother invited to the celebration. (not kidding...my Grandy can throw a party:) Sunday we headed to Savannah for a three day visit with Matt's family and another birthday party for AB and Pa Pa, who turned 66 the day before AB turned 1! We're exhausted after hours and hours in the car but it was totally worth it. I really can't believe my baby is 1 now. If the first year goes by fast with the first kid, it goes by twice as fast with the second. I'll have to upload all the photos from our trip. We were quite busy at both locations and the kids did great staying up waaay past bedtimes and skipping naps etc.... It's good to be back now, although I'll be busy for weeks tackling laundry and writing thank you notes. So long for now!

Up and Running!

Finally....

We're back with pictures:

http://picasaweb.google.com/katmaxey50/Last3weeks

Those are a collection of pictures from the past few weeks, including Easter. It has been a busy few weeks so maybe it was good that I didn't have the computer to distract me :) We are still waiting on our appointment date for Egleston for Annely Blake. We saw the allergist on Friday and found she is highly allergic to eggs. So that means no eggs and nothing with eggs baked in them. Yikes! I'm on a quest for an egg-free birthday cake recipe. Anyone out there with a good one? Other than her medical issues, she is now in the midst of major separation anxiety, (mainly concerning me), and has started to scream at night when we put her down. She even cries when Matt holds her. I never had to deal with this with Will, (of course :)) "To rock or not to rock...that is the question?!" As I type, Matt is rocking her after 1+ hour of off/on screaming. I know I haven't posted much about Will. He's doing well and enjoys listening to his Veggie Tales Praise Cd every single night before going to bed. He spends his days playing outside with Ellie, and following me around the house asking 1billion questions all day long. I laugh at him all day. He really says the most hilarious things. Wednesday we are heading out for a week-long vacation. Our first stop is Charleston, SC to visit my grandmother, who Annely Blake is named for. We will visit with her for four days and celebrate AB's first birthday. (Yes....next Friday it is!) Then on Sunday we're stopping in Savannah on our way back home for a three day visit with Matt's family. We haven't seen them in a while and Will has been dying to see his cousins. I've been sewing up a storm, and just today finished two baby day gowns for a friend who is having twins this summer. They were at times almost the death of me, yet I have an unexplainable high from the accomplishment of finishing them. Matt has been busy at work creating projects that have earned him accolades from top executives at the company. He's an extremely hard worker and it is definitely paying off!
Check back with us as I'll be posting more regularly and with pictures now that we have access.