Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Love, Ryan/Pace, Tiffany, Finn (2 yrs), and Mallory (5 months)

Big Bro & Baby Sis

My mom got these cute shirts for the kiddos that have thier names on them. So cute! Finn loves his baby sis and Mallory loves her big bro!

Turkey Day

We had a great thanksgiving this year. We spent the whole time in Shreveport. No back and forth for the first time and it was nice! However, we were all just getting over a yucky stomach bug that Finn picked up somewhere. No fun! We had the turkey day festivities at Pace's Aunt Judy and Uncle Paul's house. It was nice weather out so Finn, cousin Caroline and the other bigger kiddos spent lots of time running around outside. Finn even jumped in his first mud puddle and had fun getting all muddy (thanks Pawpaw! :)
We have so many things to be thankful for: a healthy family, a wonderful home, great family and friends, and our 2 blessings~ Finn and Mallory. We love them so much! Below are some turkey day pics of the 'lil blessings.

Rewind

3 month pic - even though she's 4 months (today!). I'll do that one in a couple of days.

Squeky Clean!

Checking out his Halloween Costume. Our camera broke so I have some of M on my phone. Hopefully I'll upload those soon!

Watching TV

posing

on the carousel at the zoo

Finn's 2nd Birthday

The Saturday before Finn's birthday we celebrated Elmo style! Finn had a great time and blew out his candle right on cue. We moved the party inside because it rained that day. He had a great time and got some fun toys. He did get a yucky present though - a stomach bug. :( He was up sick all that night and into the next day.

I'm way behind so I'll be updating more soon.

A Little of What We've Been Up To

Here are some catch up photos of what we've been up to.

Finn watching the rain; watching tv with my nursing pillow; Finn & Mallory with "their" pillows

Mallory with her twin friends (they were due at the same time, but the twins were born a month before M); Mallory and Mommy; Finn on the horsie swing at cousin Caroline's house

Finn & Caroline blowing bubbles; eating breakfast; Finn, the twins, and Mall

2 Months

We're a little late on this but here is Miss M's 2 month froggy pic. She's getting bigger. We both feel like her face is starting to fill out but her arms and legs are still long and lean - just like her daddy! Her 2 month dr appt. isn't until after Finn's 2nd birthday because I wanted to get both of their checkups in on the same visit. So, we'll have her actual stats in about a week.

Animal Crackers...for Breakfast?

Tummy Time together

Right after her 1st roll over! And on her 6 week b-day.

Yes, we've been giving Finn animal crackers for breakfast. And they're not the kind that are just the slightest bit sweet. Oh no, they're the full on animal cracker that is basically a cookie. And WHY are they called crackers? Let's just admit it, they're a cookie.
Anyways, they're all he's been asking for the past week. Wakes up in the morning " amul cocker", wakes up from a nap " amul cocker", elmo's over "amul cocker ", playing cars "amul cocker ". So in addition to his waffles, bananas, cereal, etc. - he's getting amul cockers. But, I figure at least we're getting him to eat the other stuff so he can have an animal cracker...i mean cookie every few bites. Such is the life of a picky eating toddler.

Miss M updates:

~I stepped on the scale with her the other day and she was about 8 lbs

~She's getting 1 4 oz formula bottle a day and I nurse her for the other feedings

~She's been sleeping in her carseat (yup, we're doing it again - worked for Finn and he turned out to be just fine a sleeper)

~Because of sleeping in the carseat (as well as her hitting 6 weeks) she's started sleeping for longer stretches at night. She's been having about a 7 hour stretch at night so I typically am feeding her around 4 or 5 a.m. and then back to sleep for about 4 more hours after that.

~She usually eats 6 times a day.

~She rolled over for the first time at 6 weeks.

~She has baby acne :( --hope that's not a foreshaddowing for her teenage years!

~I've gotten several sweet sweet smiles out of her. :) This started at about 7 weeks (maybe a few days before).

1 Month

Here's Baby's 1 month pic with the frog. Yes, we've taken to calling her Baby. Mallory is a mouthfull for Finn so she's mostly called Baby. Pace calls her Monkey though because I said she looked like a spider monkey while we were in the hospital.

Mallory is going through that fussy time. Oh fun! She's also just started spitting up a lot more in the past week or so. I'm constantly changing bibs, onesies, my clothes...you name it.

We just started tummy time which she actually enjoys. She'll move her head from side to side and lift it up a little bit. She also enjoys laying on her back on the playmat. She does not like the papasan or bouncer. Finn loved both of these so she's showing us that she's a different kiddo already.

Big Bro and Lil Sis chillin on the playmat

What a relaxing bath


Finn with my brother Jon and girlfriend Mary Jane during their visit from Austin

Or, as Finn refers to them Bobe and Mermer Zse

2 Weeks/Due Date

Here is Mallory's 2 week picture with the frog. Yes, we're doing that again; the frog now wears a pink bow. This is a bit late since she's now over 3 weeks old, but better late than never!

Finn wanted to get his picture taken too. He LOVES his baby!

First 3 Weeks

First picture with Nana and Pappy - less than 1 hour old

Dressed and ready to go home

So sweet

Finn is sharing his crib and pillow

Snoozing with Daddy

1st doctor's appointment

chairs

Family of Four

Granna & Papa and the cool chair they got Finn

1st time holding baby sister

We're doing good and adjusting to being a family of four. Finn loves his baby sister. He is always wanting to kiss and hug her. He's a great big bro! Mallory is doing a better job at nursing than Finn did but it's still not easy for her and me. She's eating about every 3 hours and will sometimes go longer at night. She was 6 lbs 3 oz at her last doctors appointment so she's gaining weight wonderfully. I'll do my best to post more soon.

Mallory Ryan

Mallory joined us at 8:42 pm on Sunday, July 11, 2010. She was 5 lbs 11 oz and 18.5 inches long. We're all doing great! Finn did a really good job meeting his baby sister & is adjusting really well. We're enjoying our family of 4!

Belly shot the day before she came.