Walking now

Wes started walking on Thursday. He loves to do the 'sideways' walk like a penguin.

All Better Now

Wes and Tucker are doing great! All fevers and illnesses are gone.. only little coughs and runny noses which is no big deal.

We have been healthy now for three days, yay!!

Now we are all ready to meet my niece, Emmie, in a few days. She will be four weeks old on Saturday. I'll be posting pictures soon.

Sick Days..

We (Tucker, Wes and I) are now on Sick Day #11. Someone in the house has been sick now for 11 days in a row, including Tucker, Wes & Andrew. Jenna even threw up a little bit yesterday. Somehow I managed to get lucky. Even though I have wanted to pull my hair out many times, we have still managed to have some fun. Today we got out in the backyard and the kids had a great time getting some fresh air.

Tucker and Wes in thier playhouse having a drink break.

Tucker on look out for a wolf.

Wes in the car. He still has a smile even though he is under the weather.

Eating some food (this was in between his sick days)

And, this is what the boys have been doing for the past week and a half. The couch Grammy bought them for xmas has been one of the favorites.

I had to put this picture in.. they are so cute in their matching t-shirts Gramma CC bought them in Japan!

I am hoping that tomorrow Wes' fever will finally be gone and we can get back to our normal selves.

Welcome 2011

These pictures are day one of our four day hibernation period last week during the 'snow emergency.' It was fun at first, but got old real quick after we ran out of eggs and the snow turned to hard ice. So glad it melted and we were up to a nice sunny 55 degrees today. It was an interesting way to start off the new year. Thank goodness for my OnDemand workouts or I would have gone crazy.

Santa Visit

Our visit with Santa this year.....

It's about time.

Well, looks like I have skipped Thanksgiving and moved right into Christmas.. I figured that a new post was in order since Christmas is a week from tomorrow. holy cow! Andrew and I did a photo shoot for our christmas card and here are some of the pics.. It of course, was a bit of a challenge.

This was after I yelled at Tucker for pulling on Wes' ear.

My picture perfect boys.

Just had to post this

Stuff in the Green Dish

This week I have actually been good about cooking meals for my family every night which rarely happens by this point in the week. I have a recipe book from Andrew's mom that contains some great, midwest family recipes. One of the dishes is literally called 'Stuff in the Green Dish.' It is one of Grandma Emmie's (Andrew's Grandma) recipes and Andrew and Tucker both like it a lot. After coming to visit, Andrew's mom (Carol) decided that I needed a Le Creuset to cook casseroles and things like 'Stuff in the Green Dish' and she sent me a green one! So, now I can truly carry on the tradition.. This will be a great recipe for our family for years to come.

Halloween Fun (2)

We have been busy with Halloween activities the last few weeks. Wanted to share the fun....

Wes saying hello to the Halloween pumpkins in our front yard. he is a frog this year!

We went to 'Boo at the Zoo' last Sunday and had a great time.

Andrew and Tucker riding the train at the zoo. It's Tuck's favorite thing to do there. His 'doggy' had to come to the zoo with us too..

Tuck in his new 'skeleton' glasses from SonicBurger. This is the coolest toy I have ever seen in a kid's happy meal! He loves them.
It was our turn to host the neighborhood get together, so we had a Halloween party last night. Jenna decided that she wanted to be in the picture too. We have Nemo (Bode), a giraffe (Addy), Mickey Mouse (Jensen), a Ninja (Tucker), a lion (Avery), a chicken (Annabelle), a cat (Sophia), SWAT team (Sebastian) and a frog (Wes)!
I had to post this picture. Tucker went 'poo' for the first time in the potty last weekend and he got a set of two matchbox cars. He knew that he would get these cars if he did it, so he was really excited to finally open them. He did it all on his own and showed us afterwards, hooray Tucker!

Crawling

Wes has been doing the 'army crawl' now for about a month. We have been waiting for him to start to crawl with his belly lifted off the ground. Yesterday (Friday) we were in the back yard and he finally did it! Check out this video.. Tucker makes a quick guest appearance too.. ha ha!

Halloween Fun

We are definitely in the 'Halloween' spirit this fall, even if it is still hot here in Atlanta.

I took the kids to Berry Patch Farms to meet my friend Kara and her son, Graham. Tucker had fun driving the tractor..

Tucker and Wes had fun playing in the pumpkins. Even if they aren't smiling in this picture!

Wesley and Graham in the 'baby' pumpkin patch. They were so cute crawling around in the field together.

Today my friend Renee had a Halloween party for all of our friends. It was so much fun and she even set up this fall scene for us to take pictures. I love the way Wes is looking at Tucker in this one.

Another great photo at our house. Wes' beautiful smile.

Matchy Matchy

My friend Jenny and I met for lunch this past week, and to our amusement, we had both dressed our kids in matching Halloween outfits. I can't believe we got all the kids to smile for the camara - Tucker and Wes have 'Trick' and 'Treat' shirts on that my friend Renee made for them. So cute!

Costumes

The boys in their Halloween Costumes. Wes is a dinosaur and Tucker is a ninja!

Lately...

Tucker and Wes have been playing so well together. They make each other laugh and enjoy playing with Tucker's cars.Wes has been pulling himself up to standing on anything that he can find. I swear he will go from the army crawl straight to walking.

Tucker always lines up all his cars in a row. I find rows like this all over the house. He likes to be organized like his daddy!

We went to the zoo last Friday. Tucker loves posing in these 'scenes' at the farm, the zoo..wherever..
This pic is from a previous post when we went the farm.. see what I mean??

Date Night

These pictures are from a few weekends ago, but I thought they would be fun to post. Once the kids and I got back from Ohio, Andrew and I got to go on a date night.

Here we are at the restaurant...

The patio was great and we watched a thunderstorm during dinner.

Anytime my mom comes down to visit, she loves doing yard work. So, not only did she watch the kids so we could go out, but she also planted flowers, mowed the yard and mulched our leaves!!! Love you Mom!

Savannah

We spent this past weekend in Savannah. It was a great family trip with just the four of us which we have never done before. We stayed at the Marriott Courtyard about five blocks from the City Market and River Walk.

When we arrived, we headed straight for the pool to cool off. It was a hot 92 degrees and sunny.. Still summer here!

That night we walked to City Market. It was a cute little historical area with lots of shops and restaurants. Tucker loved the horses and wanted to see them every time we went there. He would 'neigh' to the horses and pet them.

Our first dinner out was at a pizza place called, 'Vinny Van Go Go's'. Of course we had to have pizza! It was really good and had a fun atmosphere.

In true Cullen fashion, Wes tried pizza (crust) for the first time and obviously loved it!!! I never thought I would say he ate pizza at seven months old.

Tucker hung out in his stroller a lot too. He was nice and comfy eating his pizza .

Just wanted to prove that Wes didn't sit in his stroller all weekend...

Day Two: We headed to the oldest coffee shop in Savannah.. it was about five blocks from our hotel. The coffee and quiche were delicious but we had to leave quickly b/c the boys were being loud and all the patrons were quietly reading.

Savannah has a lot of 'squares' with historic monuments. It was fun to learn about the history of the city.

We headed to the River Walk to check out the boats.

That night we went back to City Market and ate at a little tapas restaurant. Pretty typical scene here - I'm trying to feed Wes and keep Tucker happy at the same time. Thank goodness for the iphone!

My friend Renee inspired me to make sure we got a family picture.. This is the best one we could get. At least Tucker is smiling b/c he has an ice cream.

Tucker (and me) eating his ice cream.. it was really good.

Wes was pretty good the entire trip.. not a surprise!!