It's rough being the baby!

The other night Daniel decided to mow the lawn. I was thrilled because this ment I would not have to worry about doing it while he was gone om the field. Usually the kids will both stay in while the lawn is being mowed but Lillian insisted on goin out. So out she went and I put up the baby gate to keep Logan in the house. He did NOT like this at all! He wanted to go out SO bad!!! After a few minutes of crying and trying to climb up the gate he decided it was okay to be in the house with mom. I even got a few smiles...

Most of the time though he kept his eyes on Dad and Sister while they were in the yard. He's getting so big!

When Daniel was done mowing Lillian was a little upset that the slide was not put back right away for her to play on.

She found something else to play with though until the slide returned.

Yum! Looks good, doesn't it?

She even got some yummy pool water to pour over her creation making quite the little mess. :)

She knew just what she was doing though. It is so fun to watch her play by herself. She has such a colorful imagination!

Not to mention a great sense of style. Check out those kicks!

She was cutting the grass up into little pieces for baby. What a nice big sister!

Looks good...

Growing up

My babies are growing up... I know I have been saying this in the past but it is really starting to sink in for me. Logan is 10 months old and before I know it Lillian will be THREE!!! Seems like just yesterday I was in Jacksonville, NC reading a home pregnancy test with a plus sign. Who knew one little plus sign could change my life so much! As birthday season draws nearer I am trying to accept the fact that getting older is a part of life and I need to enjoy every moment of everyday I have.

This year, since almost all the family has a birthday between September and January (making it birthday season), we are having a cousin's party. For the invites we decided to put pictures of the kids on the front. We tried a group photo but that bombed. Trying to get a good picture of one kid is hard enough let alone 6! Option two we decided to do three pictures. Ingrid did one of her girls and one of her boys, so I was to do one of my kids. Getting a good picture as I said is never easy. As you will see we had a 'great' time taking the photos! Shot one Lillian had a cheesy smile and Logan had the dear in the headlights look. The next two were okay but nothing that struck my fancy.

Then they did this! HOW CUTE!!! They really DO like eachother!

Since they were all dressed up I decided to try for a few more good ones but they had other plans as always. Logan looks a little tired here... just a little. (Soon after the photo shoot he took a nap.)

Lillian was a little tired too. Not sure what happened that made her SO upset but her cute little happy face changed really fast!

I got her to calm down but there were no smiles left in her for the pictures. With one looking down and the other looking up, I threw in the towel and went with the best one of the day. Now I look back at these photos and just smile. You can see the love they have for eachother even if they both despise the camera at times. :)