Happy Easter!

We took the boys to the annual East Egg Hunt at our church this past weekend! We also went with Maggie!


See the little white dot at the bottom of the hill? That would be Finn! Ha!

Big Hugs for Maggie!

He's on the run!

Ready for Summer

So big boy Riley is sporting his summer clothes! Unfortunately this outfit is a 3-6 month outfit that fits him perfectly, not sure he's going to be able to actually wear it this summer!

I'll have the Three Mile Island pls

Baby Long Johns

Gah! So cute! Someone gave these to us when Finn was born and we never got to wear them, but these are seriously too cute! Riley is like a little lumber jack!

Shake It Off

So whenever Finn falls down, or pinches his finger, or gets any form of "owie", I do what any good mom does, I tell him to Shake It Off.....and he will literally shake his head, hand, arm, leg, body. Cracks me up every time, which then makes him laugh and "owie" is forgotten!

No FUN

So, we've got some technical difficulties that is stopping me from posting pictures....so until then, no FUN for you!

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March Madness Memories

So this time last year, Finn started crawling and subsequently broke his little leg! Here are some pics of him taking the edge off watching a little b-ball

Riley's small screen debut

A Shout Out from Finn

I'm 20 months old and I'm a PC

Its a Zoo up in here

Wordless Wednesday

One Month

Riley is One Month Old today! Seriously, this month was the fastest month of my entire life, I still can't even believe it! So, we took these monthly pictures with Finn for the first year of his life in this same outfit with the basketball.....we're taking a different direction with Riley's monthly pictures (the first one below) but we also took a similar one to compare the boys! I think Riley is gonna be a big boy! I'll post Riley's one month stats when we go to the doctor next week for his appointment.

Snow Part III

When it was snow day, Todd decided now was the perfect time to ride the train so that way they could see the city covered in snow while having FUN riding the train! Also, he had already taken Finn out and frozen him solid playing in the snow so more outside time would be limited.

So as they headed out to the MARTA station (skipping the bus portion of the day) they called our friends Ashley and Santiago and they decided to join them with their son Mateo who just turned 2! I stayed home with the baby so I missed out on the FUN, but these pictures are priceless!

Nice Hat

So I have to tell the story of Finn's hat in this picture, mostly for my own memories. Finn is wearing one of mommy's hats in this picture......a few weeks ago, Finn's hat got left at daycare, so daddy went through mommy's ginormous bag of winter hats/scarves/mittens (one too large for someone living in Hotlanta) and came out with this hat to go hiking in one day. It is now Finn's favorite hat! He wears it around the house and can put it on himself and so when he does it is typically semi-lopsided and too cute for words! I must get a picture of him with it on around the house to share. But here he is going out in the snow with it on....at his own insistence!

Snow Part II

We acquired another new family member this past weekend.....Phil&Ted.....and just to break it in and show it some Lakes FUN, we took it out in the snow!

Snow Day!!!

So it snows in Atlanta at least once a year (or at least it has since I've lilved here) and typically when it does, it is only a little, barely covers the ground and is gone the next day......but of course stops the city in its tracks because Hotlanta is completely not equipped to deal with any kind of snow! But here's some fun pics from the day!

Tummy time

So far I have been blessed with two strong boys who love tummy time! Look at how strong he is!

Ahhhh, the swing

We pulled the swing out of retirement this past weekend.....I think its safe to say that Mr. Riley is a fan!

Bjorn for two?

Do they make Bjorns for two????

My Boys

The first time that Finn met Riley, mommy was unfortunately nursing Riley and this did.not.sit well with Finn! He was flabergasted when he walked into the hospital room to see this tiny baby attached to his momma! The rest of that visit didn't go very well, though Finn was very protective of his baby brother when the nurse started to take Riley's vitals and such.

But ever since we came home from the hospital, Finn has been in love with "his baby". Every day he walks into the house on the hunt for the baby. And when he finds the baby he waves to him, touches and kisses his feet, sometimes brings him toys and on one occasion that brought me to tears......Finn walked into the house, came into the nursery where I was changing a crying Riley, he shook his head and ran into our bedroom looking into the bassinet asking for baby and then when I brought Riley to the living room and sat down and Riley stopped crying, Finn ran over to us and gave Riley a big hug. Sweetest thing e.v.e.r. Every night after bathtime we let Finn hang out and touch and kiss and play with Riley. So Sweet! Here's a couple of pictures of the boys in their coordinating dinosaur jammies!

Bringing Home Baby

Here's just a few pics of Riley getting acclimated to home!

Our latest addition of FUN

Welcome Riley David Lakes, born 2/4/09 (which is also daddy's birthday) at 10:31am, weighing in at 8 pounds 9 ounces and 21 3/4 inches long. He looks just like his daddy and big brother Finn! He has a full head of black hair which also covers the majority of his body, he has a loud set of lungs on him (though thankfully rarely uses them) and so far he is a champion eater, sleeper and pooper! Big brother Finn couldn't be a better big brother and is so in love with "his baby"!

Luvin on Aunt Tay Tay

My BFF Taylor came through town the last couple of weekends and the whole day before Aunt Tay Tay arrived, we talked about her to Finn and even got him to say "Tay Tay", gah so cute! So when Aunt tay Tay walked in the door......he went right to her and hugged her for like a half hour and didn't let go! It was the sweetest thing! We love you Aunt Tay Tay!

Sorry!

So I've been busy trying to not look like this any more....

That I've completely neglected the blog........more updates to come soon!