Schmidt Family Reunion

A few weeks ago was the annual Schmit Family Reunion at my parent's place. Both of my uncles and their families made it in as well as one of my cousin's and her family. With both of my brothers and my sister there as well it was quite the crowd!! We had a great time hanging out and catching up. Since there were lots of young girls there, Morgan was spoiled rotten all weekend. They took turns holding her and feeding her. I was able to capture a lot of cute pictures but Will wasn't willing to slow down long enough to let me get any pictures of him!

Nanny and Papa Carson

Mitch's parents came in for a visit two weeks ago and watched the kids for us for a few days since our sitter was on vacation. I know the kids loved every second of it and they were showered with attention by their grandparents and spoiled as they should be! I am pretty sure the kids wore them out though with all of their energy. Now if only we can get them to move closer so we can see them more often, life would be perfect!

Will loves to take walks so Papa took him for one almost every day. For some reason though, Will thought they both needed to wear a hat when they went on a walk. So he'd go in the garage where they were hanging and yell to Papa until he'd get one down for both of them.

Morgan was pretty content just sitting on Nana's lap or hanging out by her Papa. She gave them lots of smiles and giggles and enjoyed showing off and babbling.

Crazy Summer

This summer has been a whirlwind and I haven't had a lot of time to post. To try and catch you up, I'm posting a random assortment of pictures of the kids from the past few weeks or so. Enjoy!

4th of July

I've been meaning to post these pictures for a long time and as you can see I'm pretty late with them. We went to see the Douglas family at their lake house in Tennessee over the 4th of July. Morgan was too young to enjoy the water but Mitch and I were able to get out on the lake and play around. Will was still a little nervous of the big lake so he stuck to the baby pool on the dock. We didn't even have to fight him to wear his life jacket, he thought it was neat! As always, it was nice to catch up with our friends and relax away from our busy life at home.

Hanging out at home

This past weekend we finally had a chance to say home and do nothing but play with the kids. We got Will's pool and water table out and let him do as he pleased with the water. He even kept his hat and sunglasses on for us...he's a pretty cool looking dude!





Morgan is happiest these days when she can roll all over the floor or stand in her exersaucer and eat all her toys!

There's nothing like family...

While the kids and I were in Kokomo last weekend, their Aunt and Uncle and cousins came over to hang out. Aunt Georgann got her baby fix in which also gave me a break at the same time. JT and Stephy were awesome big cousins and played with Will all day. He was exhausted by the end of the weekend but he had a blast! And of course, the kids loved getting to see Grandma and Grandpa!

Swimming with friends

Last weekend Mitch went to Chicago for a guys trip so I decided to pack up the kids and head to my parents for a visit. Friday, Amy and Tatum and their mom's came over so we could hang out and let the kids all swim together. It was so nice catching up with both of them - I don't get to see them nearly enough so I treasure every chance I have to see them! Now that we all have children, the get togethers are totally different but it's so neat to watch the kids play and interact. Here are a few pictures from the day, the rest are in our web albums!

Catching up

I have to apologize, I know I haven't been very good at keeping this updated lately. It's getting harder and harder to find the time now that I'm back to work full time...when I get home I just want to see the kids and then relax once they are in bed. So anyway, here are a bunch of pictures and videos of the kids from the past few weeks.

Our house has recently become the neighborhood hangout. On this particular day all the younger boys in the court had their four-wheelers out so of course Will was leading the pack.

Taking a break to play in the pool...

I think he was a little lazy this night...he decided that sitting on top of the tractor was more fun than pushing it.

Could we have an all-star on our hands??

Meanwhile, Morgan is just hanging out by mom.

Will is starting to say more and more everyday. It's so neat to see the new words he picks up and actions he does. He's been blowing kisses for months now but I hadn't gotten around to catching it on video yet so here you go...

Morgan has been a busy girl lately. She's rolling like mad now and really can get all over the place. Here is a video from when she first learned to roll....

And one from a few days ago.

She recently had her four month checkup and was 14 lbs 12oz and 25 inches. The doctor said she looked great! She also started eating veggies a few days ago and here is a before picture...

And after...

Since Morgan is now eating in the highchair we moved Will to his booster seat and wow does he think he is big stuff!