Happy Thanksgiving!

In the midst of giving thanks today, I am also pondering the following question: Where has time gone??? I mean, it was just Halloween! And beyond that: Ian was just born last week, right? Not to mention Zach who is very much a 2-year-old right now! And didn't we just get married? It's crazy to think how much has happened and changed in our lives over the past seven years! We have so much to be grateful for, so it's important to have days like today where we can really focus on how much we have been blessed with.

Below are some pics from our fall trip to Atlanta a couple weekends ago. We celebrated Cari's birthday, had some fall fun at a beautiful park, and saw the Wiggles Live show (awesome 7th row seats--our early Christmas present from Cari & Dan!) As you can see, we had a lot of fun!



Fun on the slides!


Giggly Zach!


The happy family



Zachy and Daddy enjoy nature


The boys model their "My Aunt Rocks" shirts.
(Their 'cousin' Darren also had a "My Uncle Rocks" shirt!)

This was an "I want the Wiggles" tantrum while we waited for the show to start

There they are!

That's better!

Fun with Jeff Wiggle, Wags the Dog, Anthony Wiggle, Captain Feathersword, Dorothy the Dinosaur, and Sam Wiggle

Ian was lulled to sleep by the soothing sounds of the Wiggles!

Halloween Fun!

We had a super-fun Halloween this year. We celebrated lots of firsts: Ian's very first Halloween, Zach's first time truly understanding Halloween, and the first time in 12 years that Brian and I have both donned costumes. We were able to go to two Halloween parties--one for the whole family at Amanda & Darrell's, and another just for the grown-ups at Lisa & Jason's. I'm sad to say this was this first time since April that Brian and I have gotten out together without the kids, and we had a blast!

See below for some pictures from our fun week!

Ian's our very own bouncy kangaroo!

Lord Brian Lucifer & Devil-Angel Caron

Spider-Zach (his daytime costume)

Daddy & Ian share male bonding time

Disco Man Zach & Kangaroo Ian size each other up

Doin' the strut (his best John Travolta impression)

Zach patiently waits to say "Trick or Treat"

So sweet!

The happiest pumpkin in town!

Picture Time!

I guess it has been a while since I posted pictures of my babies. Better late than never, right?!?! I can't seem to get the layout right, so I'm not adding any labels to the photos.

I'm Alive!

Yes, I am alive. And no, I haven't forgotten about this blog! :)

I promise to get some pictures posted this weekend! It's been so crazy around here--my typical day consists of getting up at 5-5:30 am, getting myself ready, getting the boys up and ready, taking them to daycare, going to work until 6:00, get home close to 7:00, eat dinner, get the boys bathed and put to bed, then we're ready for bed! Brian has to be at work by 5:30 am, and usually goes in even earlier than that so we're both exhausted by the evening. I've also been working overtime on Saturdays from 6:00-12:00. Pretty soon I should be done with overtime for the most part so I'll be out of work by 4:30-5:00, and off on Saturdays, so that will help!

Oh, and I came down with bronchitis this week, so that is making it even more fun!

I know, I know....this is parenthood. Busy, tired, stressed; but I honestly wouldn't have it any other way! As much as I can complain about being tired, etc. I know I am blessed and truly happy and that's all that matters!

So, on that note...look for some pictures of the 2 little munchkins soon!

I'm A Big Kid Now!

Look at my sweet Ian, sitting up like a big boy! This is one of his newest accomplishments. You may recall in a previous blog I mentioned that he was getting close to crawling. Well, he's still close, but he's found another method of getting around...rolling. He doesn't let the lack of crawling/scooting knowledge get him down; nope, he just rolls to what he wants! He's quick and speedy too. Brian and I have both noticed that he can get across a room without us ever noticing him move. I think the baby-proofing will be more difficult this time, since Zach loves to leave small items wherever he feels like it.

Tidbits

Wow! It's been a while since I've been on here, huh?!? It's been a busy couple of weeks! I am working a lot of overtime this month, so this week I worked over 50 hours (plus 8-9 hours in the car commuting). One of our managers had an appropriate quote displayed this week: "Every year it takes less time to cross the Atlantic and more time to drive to work!" How true!

Let's see, what's new in Buckley-land?

Well, for starters Ian is getting really close to crawling. I was starting to think he would be one of those babies who would bypass crawling altogether and go straight to walking since he hasn't even really been scooting; but yesterday out of the blue he started scooting himself around the room & pushing up into the crawling position. He can't move and hold his mid-section up at the same time yet, but he is soooooo close! I need to get the video camera out and capture this!

Zach is getting smarter and more grown-up by the minute. He has some really diverse interests, such as Superman, Spiderman, The Wiggles, Baby Einstein, Elmo, Pee Wee Herman, KISS, Weird Al, puppies, Jimi Hendrix, Shrek, Monsters Inc, Star Wars, Happy Feet, dinosaurs, Nemo....the list could go on and on and on. But those of you who know Brian well can probably tell which ones he's played a part in turning Zach on to!

Last night I was driving with the boys and out of nowhere Zach said "Church?" I'm assuming it might be because we were driving in the general direction of our church, but we were miles away. Then he follows it up with "Weird Al?" Now he seems to have somehow combined the two, because today he has been saying "Church Weird Al?"Not sure where that combo comes from but it's an interesting thought! :)

Not much else new to write about. I'll try to be better about keeping this updated!

Buckley. Out. (Did all you American Idol fans catch that Ryan Seacrest reference?) :)

Clean & Sleepy Boys!

Aren't they just too cute? This was their first time taking a bath together last week!

This was taken in the morning...
Zach tried to get out of bed but
he didn't make it too far before
falling asleep again!











Ian played himself to sleep in
his exer-saucer!
















Aunt Cari tried to pack Ian up
in her bag and take him home...
nice try Auntie!!!













Zach gets silly with his
Spiderman Bath Bubbles!