First Football Game of the Season

Gary has been very excited about the first football game of the season. Well, he's been excited about the entire football season, but we have seriously been on a countdown for the first game of the season for a few months. In preparation, Gary ordered some Gators cheerleading outfits for the girls and a Tim Tebow football jersey for Henry. (By the way, I saw how much those things cost and I'm sure that I won't hear any more complaining about any children's trunk show I may attend.)

So, in preparation for the big day, Gary also started planning the photos that he wanted me to take for his blog. . . .

Gary: So, I thought we'd get a picture of me with one of the kids watching the game.
Me: Okay.
Gary: And also a picture of them all together.
Me: Uhm . . . okay.
Gary: I thought we could sit them all in the chairs . . .
Me: [Looking at Gary like he may be crazy.]
Gary: . . . and take a picture of them watching the game.
Me: [Laughing way too hard to talk.]

It wasn't completely insane to get a picture of Gary with one of the kids watching the game. However, the kids were pretty riled up for the game on Saturday and weren't so into sitting still.





Then -- we got to the part where Gary was ready to "sit them all in chairs and take pictures of them watching the game." I just told Gary to put them in their chairs and I'd take the pictures. . . .
















Afterwards, Gary said that he has no idea how Heather Swanner gets any pictures of the kids at all. I have to agree.

I Don't Really Understand It Either.

The babies were a little bored this past weekend, so we decided to let them loose in our bedroom. I don't know why we did that, but the babies liked it.







Eventually they migrated toward our bathroom. I think maybe Gary is the one who said, "Let's put them in the bathtub!" and then for some reason I thought that was a great idea. Again, I don't really know why. And I also don't understand how that kept them occupied for a good 30 minutes. . . .

Rosemary Loves Pickles

On the Mend. . . .

I haven't updated the blog in over a week. That is about the longest I've ever gone without updating the blog. . . . All of us have been sick, including Brooke. (It was NOT swine flu, though our pediatrician says that just about everyone around here has it.) We've had antibiotics, shots, prescription diaper cream, you name it. But (knock on wood), we all appear to be on the mend and returning to normalcy. . . . I'll try to make up for the lack of pictures and blog posts this week!

Photo Session and Peach Milkshakes

The babies had a photo session with our photographer, Heather Swanner, last Thursday. The babies did such a great job that Brooke and I decided to reward them with a peach milkshake from Chick-Fil-A afterwards. The babies loved it!

Here's Piper drinking her milkshake:



Here's Rosemary really sucking it down:



Here's the Hammer patiently (not) waiting his turn:



Then drinking milkshake from the straw:



But Henry much preferred drinking the milkshake from the cup instead of the straw. When he was drinking you could hear the gulps:



And the most exciting part of this post is that you can click HERE to see the slideshow of photos from the photo session. I am so excited about the pictures I can barely stand it! I think this is my favorite session yet. . . .

First Happy Meals!!

We (okay, mostly me) decided that it is time for the kids to have their first Happy Meal. So, after our trip to Aldridge Gardens this past Saturday, we ran through the drive-through at McDonald's and picked up three cheeseburger Happy Meals.

Piper was definitely impressed:






Henry thoroughly enjoyed his Happy Meal. He really cracked me up because he ate the burger and fries about the way I'd imagine a teenage boy would eat it, burger in one hand, other hand shoveling fries in his mouth. . . .






Rosemary was very happy with her Happy Meal, and especially loved the pickles!!






We had to get the babies chocolate milkshakes with their Happy Meals. Piper, a great lover of chocolate, was very happy with her milkshake:



Henry loved his milkshake, too!



Henry preferred to drink his chocolate milkshake directly out of the cup rather than through the straw.



At some point, Gary tried to pull the milkshake away from Henry, and had a really hard time getting it away!!




Rosemary got hold of her milkshake and was not going to let go for anything:



Unfortunately, Piper dropped her milkshake onto the floor.



Even though Rosemary was sitting sideways while Gary was cleaning up Piper's spilled chocolate milkshake, she never stopped sucking down her own chocolate milkshake.



And this is Piper's reaction to dropping her chocolate milkshake:



Poor Piper! Maybe her daddy will let her have another one sometime soon.