Pumpkins and Halloween

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the fall and all the fall holidays. Part of what I like most about the Halloween time is getting a pumpkin. We have this little pumpkin patch that we go to that is beside a fruits/veggies stand by a gas station. We've gone there every year except last year when the church had a pumpkin patch. Here are some pictures...

 

I also enjoy Halloween itself. I think it goes back to my acting days where you can dress up and be someone else. McKenzie this year was Cinderella. My mom made the dress and it was awesome! We did our usual trunk or treat at the church, publix and the neighborhood for trick or treating. McKenzie made out on the candy. The best part is that it is now incentive for her being good at Ms. Staceys and eating all her dinner. Reagan had a cute outfit she wore but wasn't really "dressed up". It was chilly as we trick or treated so no one saw her becuase she was all bundled up.

Tomorrow I will post about my Thanksgiving countdown. I may even put it on pinterest....its that cute!

Reagan's 1st Month

I know this is a little late but I wanted to update on Reagan's 1st month. I can't believe she is already 5 weeks old! Reagan is a really good baby. She loves to eat and cuddle. I also love the cuddle times because I know in a few short weeks we won't get as much cuddle time. I'm very thankful to have Stacey watch my girls but I'll still miss them when I go back to work. Reagan has had a few outings but mostly we've stayed at home. She's been to Target and Publix, lunch with Daddy, picking out a pumpkin, church, Daddy's ball games, and O'Charleys.

Reagan has also started to smile, which I have tried to capture by camera with little luck. Here is what I have gotten.

We are doing monthly pictures with Reagan as we did with McKenzie. I didn't want to do the same thing with using the bunny so we're going to show each month by blocks. Here is the 1 month shot. She's 9 lbs 9oz and 21.75 inches.

Goodness gracious...life with 2

My new goal is to update this blog weekly. I think it is possible if I just set my mind to it. Well here is what has happened since my last post. We went from a family of 3

to a family of 4.

Reagan:

   Reagan Alice Williams was born on Monday September 17th at 11:59am via C Section. She weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and was 19 inches long. She looks a lot like McKenzie and has spent her 1st month being held and sleeping. She has been to a couple of Daddy's softball games, Target, and the park. Mostly we've hung out around the house. 

McKenzie:

   Loves her little sister. She holds her for about 30 seconds and then wants to give her back. She likes helping with diaper changes by giving the diaper and helping take it off. McKenzie got to have 2 weeks with Nana and Papa at her house and then spent a week with them in Pensacola. McKenzie has liked the visitors that have come, especially Jonah. 

Daddy:

   Has still played softball and coached soccer thanks to all the wonderful people who have helped out over the last few weeks. He's getting some sleep at night but not as much as he used to. He loves his little girls! Reagan smiled at him 5 times last night and McKenzie is his play buddy. 

Mommy: 

     Has recovered much faster from this c section than she did with McKenzie. She has lost 20 of the 28 lbs she gained with Reagan. Mommy loves getting to feed Reagan because it is our time. So far sleep deprevation hasn't set in but she isn't back at work yet either.

  

That is all for now. Tomorrow I'll try and post about the pumpkin patch and get caught up then!! 

Big Sister Class

About a month ago we took McKenzie to a class about being a big sister. It was done at the hospital and was really good for her. McKenzie learned how to change a diaper....

and swaddle a baby....

She even had a graduation ceremony. McKenzie learned a lot and keeps reminding me of things as we go. She keeps telling me about Heidi (her baby doll) using a bottle to eat and needing a blanket to wrap up in. She even has a car seat for Heidi that looks like a baby carseat (I knew picking that up at a yard sale last year would come in handy).

I have been worried that McKenzie would be jealous of Reagan or think we don't love her as much any more. I know that there will be jealous times and what not but I think McKenzie is going to be my little helper. She even refers to herself as Mommy most of the time. Its very cute and I'm very interested to see how my girls interact with one another!

May and June

I promise to start being better about posting. I keep saying this but I actually am going to keep my word. There are so many changes coming that I'm going to have to post so I can remember everything. So, let's start with May.

May
Jason turned 28 on the 1st. We had a great day hanging out as a family and celebrating the best husband/daddy! That was the day I also found out I'm changing schools next year. I'll be teaching at PB Ritch Middle School - more to come on that one in another post. The weekend after Jason's birthday we went to Leesburg for a joint bday party for Jason, his mom and McKenzie. Everyone had a blast! A few days later we found out we're adding another little girl to our family. Here is how we told everyone....

Later on in the month McKenzie went to Mason's bday party at Jump Its. She loved the bouncy slides and obstacle courses as did her daddy.

School ended and I packed all my stuff up to no longer be an Eagle. Its kind of bittersweet. I had a really nice shower for Reagan during post planning. It made me realize how much I'm going to miss these people.

June
June has been SUPER busy. I went on a trip with my grant (more later), McKenzie stayed a week at Nana and Papas, Jason has played softball, cut grass, and participated in Hands of Hope. That was just one week. We've also moved the guest room downstairs and painted Reagan's room.

I think Jason is a little nervous about the pink room but I'm assuring him it won't be too bad once we get everything in there. We are now waiting on carpet so we can put everything else in the room.

That's all for now!

Easter

This year Easter was McKenzie's birthday weekend. I wasn't looking forward to it at all. I'm just being honest. It was also the weekend FSU was playing at Georgia Tech. So somehow we managed to get everything done in one weekend.

Friday we pretty much just hung out and got ready for McKenzie's party.
Saturday was the party which was a blast. After the party Mamma and Daddy took McKenzie for the night while Ashley, Jason, Devan and I went to the FSU -Georgia Tech game. It was so much fun. We won 12 to 7. After the game we went to a place called the Marietta Diner, which was so good! It has pretty much everything you could want to eat. Its crazy because it is a diner but there is a wait to get in. We then went by Krispy Kreme and got doughnuts for Easter morning. Here is the baseball crew. Oh, and I'm not huge, it is just the shirt (I think).

The next day was Easter! McKenzie loved all of her goodies in her Easter basket. We then went to church, came home and had Easter dinner and then an egg hunt. Dinner was so yummy - Honey Baked Ham, deviled eggs, Hawaiian sweet rolls, green bean casserole, potato salad. Here are a few Easter pictures.

With her egg money

 Sunday morning

 Egg hunting with Mommy ~ trying to shake the egg out of the tree

At the church Egg Hunt with Mason (her friend that is a boy, not boyfriend)

After the day and remembering what the whole meaning behind Easter is I was very happy. I am so thankful to have a savior who would sacrifice his life for me. He is so awesome!

My Mckenzie is 3!!

Somehow time has flown by and I now have a 3 year old. I feel like it was just yesterday I looked like this....

And then finally we McKenzie arrived via semi-emergency C-section at 6:45am on April 5, 2009. She was a tiny little thing weighing only 7lbs 1 oz and was only 17 inches long. She has been so loved her whole life. When trying to pick a picture of my sweetie's actual birth day there were so many to choose from but this one is my fave! Jason looks so happy and so in love with her here.

The first year was awesome. McKenzie was such a good baby. We went to Pensacola and Leesburg. She danced with Daddy at her 1st wedding, was a witch for Halloween, and loved Santa Clause. McKenzie also went to her 1st FSU baseball game at 5 weeks old. Then all of a sudden she had teeth and was walking and then we came to this point...

The next year was just as fun. With more weddings and more talking. McKenzie learned animal sounds and started going to Ms. Stacey's house. And then McKenzie turned 2 ...

I had heard 2s are terrible but McKenzie did really well with them, until maybe the last couple of months. She's been more stubborn since then. But she is still a great girl. We went to our 1st game in Tallahassee, learned to draw circles and became potty trained. And now McKenzie is 3!

We  celebrated the day by taking some pictures around Dallas, eating Chicfila with Daddy and then Nana and Papa came for dinner at La Parilla where we had a cupcake and sang happy birthday!

Then Aunt Ashley and Uncle Devan came into town for the birthday/FSU baseball/ Easter weekend. I will only include the birthday party in this post. I know it is long and full of pictures! We had McKenzie's party at Chicfila as that is her favorite place. It is an AWESOME place to have a birthday party! We had a Toy Story Theme and McKenzie was so excited to get Ham, Rex and most importantly Buzz for her birthday. She had a blast playing with her best friend Mason and all her other friends. We all loved the yummy chicken nuggets! The only thing McKenzie wasn't too keen on was the cow. She did NOT get close to her. Here are some pictures from her party.

The Easter blog post will be coming sometime this weekend!



Life in the Past 2 months

I am sorry to say I have neglected this blog. I realized I haven't posted since the end of Janauary. Here is a quick recap of February and March.

1. I am pregnant again! We are having baby number 2 in September. I have the baby blog up and running again so here is the link if you've missed anything .... http://williamsaddition.blogspot.com/ This one I have kept up with.
2. McKenzie got an Alice in Wonderland dress which she wore proudly to church- here she is.
3. We went to Pensacola for winter break and that was fun as always.
4. I turned 29 - last year in the 20s should be a blast!
5. McKenzie loves to play with her tee ball and soccer ball, however she prefers to do so in a dress. She's not a tomboy or a priss.
6. We went to the beach for my PawPaw's 80th birthday. Tons of fun and always awesome to have another year with my PawPaw.

April
McKenzie is 3 today! I can't believe its been 3 years already. I will have a complete birthday/Easter weekend post on Tuesday probably. Sneak peek is that we are having a Toy Story birthday party at Chicfila. Thats all for now!

Beauty and the Beast!

Last year on Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend Ashley came up to visit and she and I went to see Beauty and the Beast the musical at the Fox Theater. This year Ashley came up again and we took McKenzie to see Beauty and the Beast in the movie theater! This was McKenzie's 1st theater experience. I had been hesitant to take her to a movie because I didn't know if she'd sit through one. When I found out Beauty and the Beast was coming out again I decided that had to be her 1st movie. Beast (as she calls Belle) is her favorite princess. Ashley came up and we took her to the 2D showing on Saturday. She loved seeing it on the big screen and the popcorn. She ate at least a 1/3 of the tub! McKenzie was good the whole movie. She sat with Aunt Ashley pretty much the whole time and stood for the parts she wasn't sitting with Ashley. Here are some pictures of my little girl at the movies!

In front of the Big Beast Sign

 McKenzie and Mommy - see the hand in the popcorn

McKenzie and Aunt Ashley