Crazy kids

Now that we only live about 5 minutes from my sister we like to get together on the weekends and let the kids play. Will and his cousin Alex are only 3 weeks apart so it's been so interesting to watch them grow up together. On this particular night they decided they didn't need their booster seats and wanted to sit in the big chairs and eat chips.



Just this past week, my friend Laurie came over for dinner with her children since her husband was out of town. I hadn't gotten any snuggle time in with her adorable baby boy lately so I was partially being selfish too :) Sarah is about 2 years older than Will so he loves to follow her around and do what she does. For some reason this night they really wanted to sit on our bar stools at the island. They were perfectly content just sitting there talking to each other.

Little Miss Morgan is now getting into everything. She is such a monkey and is really starting to pull herself up and climb on and over things!

On your mark, get set, go....

Morgan reached a huge milestone about two weeks ago...she decided she was ready to CRAWL!! She had been doing the army crawl for quite some tome but one Saturday morning she just got up on all fours and took off. Now she and Will love to "chase" each other around, it is so cute to watch! I love that they are starting to interact more and more.

Why not to pack with a toddler around...

Well we finally sold our house, or at least we think have (long story that I'll share another time). We found a new house we love and it's now officially ours. So it's been a crazy few weeks but over Labor day weekend we moved into our new home. The pictures below are from the weeks prior when I was packing up the house. Will thought packing and the boxes were fun...Mommy did not!! I am so glad I'm done packing and upacking. Mitch and I both agreed we are not moving again for a very, very long time.

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!