Christmas in our neighborhood

We had a fun night the first Saturday in December going to our neighborhood Christmas festival.
It was complete with bounce houses, a feaux snow hill with sleds, music, hot cocoa, and lights galore! We walked around in the freezing cold and greeted neighbors, watched Reid bounce, and finished out the night watching the beautiful tree get lit!
LOVE, love, LOVE this time of year!

The boys before we ventured out into the cold night!

My little Santa man. :)




Merry Christmas everyone!

Brotherly love

This is my new favorite pic of little Riley.
I could just kiss this boy to pieces!


Sweet kisses from big brother Reid.


Riley learning how to hold his (Reid's old) toys.


Sweet smiles.


I'm loving these days with both of my boys. Riley is becoming so much more animated and smiles all the time now! Reid loves "playing" with his little brother and showing him all the toys he used to play with when he was a baby. It is fun to watch Reid interact with him and to see little Riley's face light up when his big brother talks to him. Riley is really reacting to the faces he recognizes now and gets kinda grumpy when it's a face he doesn't really know. :)
Mommy loves her sweet boys!

Thanksgiving 2010

Little Riley's 1st Thanksgiving!

Dad, Rod, Reid, and Nana hanging out after
the big turkey feast!

Mimi and her prince #2. :)



Mema and big Reid man.

Mema, Reid, Me, Mom, & little Riley

The grandparents & their grandbabies. :)




Sweet Nana and Riley



Papa & his grandboy



We had a great Thanksgiving in our home this year. It was nice to have everyone here and have an old fashioned turkey dinner complete with Nana's stuffing and sweet potato casserole, Mom's potato salad and deviled eggs, and Mema's to die for coconut & lemon pies. It was crazy with 2 kiddos, but so fun to have our family altogether! Thank you Lord for our bountiful blessings, for 2 healthy children, and for a family filled with love.

Monday cookin' fun

Reid had a little fun pretending he was cookin' in the kitchen this morning.
He got this chef's hat at Sunday School yesterday and as soon as the pretend cooking
started, I grabbed the chef's hat before he could say no.
He thought it was hilarious and had a ball!
I love this stage and Reid is so good at pretend play. :)
Can't wait for you to join in the fun next year Riley!

Sunday night s'mores

Last night we decided to start a new Lindsay family tradition.
Roasting s'mores in the chimnea. After we put Riley to bed,
(You can roast a s'more next year little Riley man)
we went out on our back patio and Rod lit up some pinion wood.
Oh the smell was divine and the s'mores were even better!
Reid seemed to enjoy roasting his marshmellow, but he could
hardly wait for mommy to show him how to make his s'more so
he could put it in his mouth! It was love at first bite!


Reid roasting his first marshmellow in our chimnea.
(notice Rod with the video camera.... too cute Daddy!)

The roasting is done. Time to make a s'more!


Mommy & Reid enjoying our s'mores. Yummmm.... :)

I think Reid is diggin' s'mores.
Who doesn't love chocolate, marshmellows,
and graham cracker sandwiches?
I think this new tradition was a hit!

4 months & rice cereal

The first bite....

Not so sure about this new cereal thing.



This is pretty yummy!

Now I'm a happy guy! I think I'm gonna
like this new cereal stuff!


I can hardly believe our little Riley is 4 months old already!
Seems like yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital
and we were all acclimating to life as a family of 4. Now he is a
permanent fixture in our lives and it seems like he's been here
forever. You are precious little man and we are SO in love
with you & your big brother! Thank you for increasing the
love in our hearts and for blessing our family with your
sweet spirit and precious smiles!
We love you Reid & Riley!

Exersaucer Fun!

Riley feelin' "not so sure" about this new toy!

Reid showing his little brother the ins & outs of an exersaucer!


Little man hangin'.


My sweet boys "playing" together!


Reid in the exersaucer about this age...
LOVE seeing the difference in their little faces!
They look so different!


I pulled out the exersaucer the other day and thought maybe it was
time for Riley to try to sit in it. Of course he has no idea how to play with the
toys on it or push the buttons, but it's so stinkin' cute to see his little body
sitting in it! He is so little compared to how big Reid was at this stage.
They are both precious and I love discovering these ages & stages all
over again with little Riley.