Still here:)

I know it has been awhile...just been busy around here!!! We had family in town for the 4th, and getting the July Kits for KGK packed and shipped, plus the 2 kiddos...the days are flying by and I just haven't had time to post to my blog! Anyways, here are some pictures from the last week. My sister took this picture of the 4 of us:Here is Uncle Phillip with Kieran: Josh and Kieran:Just within the past week, Kieran has started smiling at us, it is seriously the cutest thing:) He was handing out smiles left and right until Shaun tried to catch it on camera, lol!

The hair on the top of his head is falling out, but not on the sides or back...my little old man:)
Kieran LOVES this play gym:) He loves looking at everything, and he bats around the elephant and the hippo (the purple thing at the top right).
He does like th emat, I promise:) I just opened the curtains to use natural light, so he was checking out the window then:)
Can you believe he is 6 weeks old? Time is going by so fast!!!

Some of his nicknames at 6 weeks: Mister Man, Little Mister, Baby Bobo, Baby Bongo, Handsome Man, Mister Wide Awake, and Baby Brother:) Aislynn has been saying he is "morning cute." Not sure why she says it, but it is funny!

Here's a little smile:)

This has got to be one of my favorite pictures ever...love the way he is looking at her:
Here are a few scrappy pages I have managed to get done, this one is with the July kit from KGK:
This one is Kieran's first scrapbook page:) The journaling is basically my blog post with his birth story, one reason I love this blog is that I can look back and see what I wrote about the pictures that day:)
Took this picture tonight before we put Aislynn to bed. They were all sitting in the rocker so I had to snap a picture...this one was by far the best, so that should tell you what the other ones looked like, lol!

Well, I should go get some chores done so I can get some sleep! I can't promise to post more next week, but I will certainly try! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

July Kit...

I dug into the July Kit from Kraft Girl Kits and made these projects:

Here is just a detail shot. I used my fingernails to fold of the scallops on the strip of blue paper and I didn't press the letter stickers all the way down so that there would be some dimension on the layout.
A little card:

Love this picture of Shaun:)

After taking pictures of those layouts, Aislynn and I took a few pics of ourselves. This one was with the remote...
And this was the good old stick your arm in front of you method:)
My friend Louisa is posting 10 things about herself on her blog everyday for 10 days, so I thought I would *try* to play along. I think I will do it in a list format, so for the first day I will do my top 10 baby-related products:)

1) Bravado Nursing Tanktop-I actually feel cute when I wear this:) And talk about support!! I love it!

2) Bravado Nursing Bra-I have never found a bra that I just love...until now. I read all kinds of reviews on nursing bras, and this was one of the top ones, and I am SO happy with it! All I have to sy is thank goodness for ebay...the Bravado products are $$$ from their web-site!

3) Tiny Love Gymini Musical Kick and Discover Play Mat-Kieran LOVES this! (Actually, Aislynn does too!) He is content to lay and look at himself in the mirror and he bats around the little animals hanging down. I think we will get so much use out of this as he grows.

4) Kiddopotamus SwaddleME wraps-Shaun calls these Kieran's straight jackets, but he sleeps SO good in them! So good that I only put him in them at night because he was sleeping too much in the day wearing them, lol!

5) Lanolin-Kieran's butt was turning red because he poops so much, so the lactation consultant at the hospital suggested I use that everytime I change him. I was using diaper rash cream, but this stuff works WAAAAAY better and no red booty anymore!

6) Gerber Cloth Diapers-These rock as burp cloths! Also to throw over Kieran during diaper changes, so if he pees...it doesn't go everywhere:)

7) Onesies-It is so hot outside and these are easy for diaper changes, so Kieran is wearing a lot of these right now!

8) Gerber Thermal Blankets-These are light and a little bigger then receiving blankets, so we have been using these during the day to swaddle.

9) Our rocker-I love rocking him in this, and Aislynn loves to climb in my lap while I am feeding him. It is such a sweet moment to have both kids in my lap:)

10) These stamps...I can't wait to use them on a layout:) Come on, you knew there had to be something scrappy on here, lol!

Wow, that was tough...I don't know how many days I will be able to do this Louisa!!!

One Month...

Here is my big boy, a month old already!!! I can't believe it!!!Some things about Kieran at one month old:

• he has such a laid back, sweet demeanor...he hardly ever cries, and when he does-he is so easy to calm down:)
• he is starting to be awake and alert a lot more, and he likes to be talked to and he is content to lay on his little play may and look at himself in the mirror:)
• wakes up twice a night to eat and goes right back to sleep
• he has really good neck strength for his age, I think, especially when he is chest to chest with Shaun or I
• starting to follow things with his eyes, and he turns his head when he hears familiar voices
• has the SWEETEST smile ever...can't wait until we can make him smile all the time:)
• has us all totally smitten with him...even though the month has gone by fast, it seems like he has always been a part of our family!!!What a happy boy!!!Kieran looked like a little peanut, taking a nap next to Shaun and when I went to take a picture, Aislynn had to be in it:)
  Aislynn and I made these puppets today out of brown bags. The one of the left was supposed to be a cow, but I had no idea how to make a cow face, so he ended up looking like a dog, lol! Aislynn insisted that it was still a cow though:)

Hope everyone had a great weekend:)

Look alikes...and some sneak peeks!

Last night, after we got home from dinner (pizza-yum!), Kieran was sitting in his seat on the floor, and we were looking at him and I thought, man, that looks familiar!!!Then I searched for this picture of Aislynn at almost the same age!!! She had more hair, and her eyebrows and eyelashes were darker, but the resemblance is there!!! Hard to believe she is so grown up now!!!Being pregnant must have sucked the creative juices right out of me, because I hardly ever felt like scrapping. Now I am feeling the urge again, but having trouble finding the time:) I did scrap the other night using the July kit from Kraft Girl Kits. Here are some sneak peeks of the kit:)
Candi-When are you going to pull out your sewing machine:D
I feel awesome today!!! I went to bed right after the kiddos and actually got some sleep-yay! It is hard for me to go to bed early, b/c before Kieran was born, I would go to sleep around 1 or 2 a.m. I also feel like I should use the time they are asleep to get things done, but feeling well rested is worth the floor being messy and the bathrooms not being up to my standards:) Anyways, I cannot believe Kieran will be a month old tomorrow!!! More on that tomorrow...hopefully, hard to get much computer time these days;)

Hello there!

It has been awhile!! We have been hanging in there, just busy:) Aislynn was up and down last week...some days she was really really good and others...not so much. Hoping for more good days this week:) She LOVES Mister Baby (his newest name to add to the list!) though. So much that she ALWAYS wants him to be awake so she can see his eyes and kiss on him! He really doesn't seem to mind how in his face she gets too, so that's good!

Here is a picture I took of him some day last week...what a sweet guy:)Here is a layout that I had started before Kieran arrived and I finished it up last week:Just some detail shots...

I used the June Kit from Kraft Girl Kits!

Yesterday we were playing a game on www.pbskids.org and after Aislynn finished, we printed out the crown and she after she put it on she went to get some accessories, lol. I was feeding Kieran while I took this...whenever I feed him in the rocker in his room, she like to sit on the ottoman part and hang out. Sometimes we have "tea" or read, but yesterday I was a horse and she was sitting on my legs riding the horse. Then she called me "horsie" for the rest of the night.
Yesterday for Father's Day, Aislynn made Shaun the CUTEST card ever:) I should take a picture of it. She actually made it Saturday and gave it to him then because she was so excited. I asked her what she wanted it to say, and this is what she said:

Dear Dad,
I love you.

Playing is fun.

You're so funny Dad.

I love to be happy.

I like nice things Dad.

Dad, when you tickle me, I like it.

The end.

Love, Aislynn

She cracks me up! We also made him a little canvas with both of the kids footprints made into hearts and their pictures. I will try and get a picture of that too. Anyways, Aislynn did start gymnastics last week and she LOVES it! She won't stop doing somersaults at home now, lol! She loves that Lillian is taking it with her too! Sometime I will bring my camera to get some pictures. It has been miserably hot here, so we have pulled out Aislynn's little inflatable pool we got last year. She spent the night with Mimi and Aunt Ashley one night last week and had a blast, and Aunt Brynne came over and snuggled Kieran so I could clean up a little! If the house is somewhat clean and my legs are shaved, I am feeling pretty caught up, lol! Okay...enough babbling!!!

While Kieran did this...

Aislynn was making a big mud mess...

At first, I was irritated that I would have to clean her up, but then I thought, well...kids are supposed to play in the mud, and she was entertaining herself for about 45 minutes, so I decided not to care. She did have fun after all:)

I took these pictures below today...this one will be the perfect picture to scrap about his nicknames...I call him Mister Man, and Aislynn calls him Little Mister:)
This girl gets in his face SO much, but he doesn't care at all:) Just wait until he can pull hair though;)
I had her little dinosaur sitting on top of my lens, and I was making her tell Aislynn jokes for this picture:)

Hope everyone had a good weekend! Aislynn is starting gymnastics class with her friend, Lillian this Wednesday, so that should be fun!

2 weeks...

have gone by soooo fast! It seems like this little guy has just seamlessly entered our lives. He fits so well, like he has always been here:) At his doctor's appt. yesterday, he weighed 8 lbs 3 oz and was 20.75 inches long, so he is growing good:) I can tell his little cheekies are getting fuller!I got some pictures of Miss A today, there are a lot, but I couldn't leave any of these out:) This first one is a teeny bit out of focus, but I love it:)

This one below is my fave I think...I LOVE her new haircut:)

And the obligatory cheese ball smile:

And some pictures of the little man...

I kinda got a smile here:)

And here:

Sweet:)

Sweeter...
She is lovin' being a big sister. She hears what I say to him, and I have been calling him Mister Man, and she has started calling him Little Mister:) She also says "Hi Handsome" to him, after hearing me say it to him. She always wants to kiss his head and see his eyes open, and when he is awake she wants to "tell him stuff." Whether it's about her friend, Lillian, or movies she likes, she likes talking to him and that makes me happy:)