{Samantha: 4 Month Old}

Samantha had her 4 month old check up and here are her stats!

Weight: 13 lbs 10 oz (52%)

Height: 24.25 inces (51%)

Head: 40.5 (38%)

We are still exclusively BFing and you are a growing wonderfully. Go Mommy and Samantha!

It's been a busy month for this lil gal. Lots of developmental milestones and activities for her.

• Samantha's been in daycare for close to a month. She's doing real good and enjoys being around other kids. She has this big smile for her teachers whenever we drop her off. She's already making her circle of friends and she can be found being around Becca, Macy, Emersen and Benjamin a lot.
• Still in size 2 diapers.
• You are getting stronger. You can now "stand" when we hold you.
• You've now mastered rolling over from back to tummy and vice versa. We putyou in your back when sleeping but you always manage to find a way to roll over and sleep on your belly.
• You finally enjoy tummy time. It also helps that your big brother is always cheering you!

• You sleep "through the night". You go to bed around 8pm. Wakes up at 3AM to feed and goes right back to sleep, then wakes up at 6AM to get ready for daycare.
• You like to play. You are now reaching and grabbing for toys...and likes to put them in your mouth.

• You are a smiley lil one and loves to chat.
• You've discovered your feet and is fascinated with it!
• You are becoming a Daddy's girl! You laugh so loud when he's talking to you.

{Curious George}

There seems to be a lot of "monkeying" around this past weekend (LOL!). From Allison's Monkey Joe's party to meeting one of the most famous monkey --- Curious George. Our local Pottery Barn Kids was introducing their new Curious George collection and had him in town for kids to meet. I knew he was popular but didn't realized that he is THAT POPULAR. The line wrapped around the store for eager lil fans to meet him.

We got lucky that we were able to get in line early. It wasn't the plan but hey it worked! We planned on eating lunch at the foodcourt and then head towards PBK. William wasn't ready for lunch so we decided to walk around the mall. We spotted 2 families already in line, so we quickly grabbed the 3rd spot. Wooo hooo!

Here's William waiting in line.

Ed drinking his coffee and entertaining Samantha.Finally the doors opened and it was time to meet Curious George!

High fives for George.

And a big hug too!Family picture with Curious George. George held Samantha and she didn't mind it one bit!

The Lims were also there to meet Curious George. We finally got to meet their beautiful son Isaac. Here are the Dads sporting their cool baby carriers.

{Allison's 3rd Birthday Party}

William's original BFF had a spectacular 3rd birthday party at Monkey Joe's this past weekend. The birthday girl had an Ariel theme party. Her momma made her this special cake. This recipe has been with their family for years and it is their tradition to serve it to family birthdays.
Allison will be a big sister soon and she's so excited!The "R" family is special to us and we are happy to celebrate this big day with them!
Monkey Joe's is perfect for kids! William had so much fun and Samantha really enjoyed watching all the activities.

Happy Birthday Allison!

{Grandaddy's Company Picnic}

My father in law works for this awesome company that offers a lot of activities for their employee's family. This past weekend, the grandkids had a blast at Grandaddy's company picnic. There were a bunch of activities. Of course, miss Samantha was still little to do all of them but was content watching and getting all the hugs and snuggle from her grandparents.Grandaddy teaching William to hit some golf.Bouncies are always a big hit with William!Yummy snow cones to cool off. Sweet baby girl enjoying the sights!

{Willianism}

Despite the occasional meltdowns and tantrums, I think this age is absolutely adorable. So witty and funny!

• William uses his baby sister as an excuse to get more toys. This past weekend, we finally picked up the ever famous Zhu Zhu pet for William. He's been asking for one of them for months! William said this to me the other day, "Mommy, I fink (think) we need to pick up a Zhu Zhu pet for Samantha too but since she's still lil I can play with it". Nice try son!


• William is a puzzle whiz...he is able to put together a 48 piece puzzle all by himself. He really enjoys it and is so proud of himself once he complete it.


• Since starting soccer lessons at school, William can now "drible" the soccer ball from one end to another. He shows us all the new tricks he learns from his lesson every week.


• He loves to sing.

• He's very observant. His school was recently painted. He walked up to the Director and said "Ms. Mary, what happened to our school?"

{Family Pictures}

A couple of favorites from the fabulous Atlanta photographer Alice Park. I've always loved her work and I've shared with Ed, even before kids, that it will be an honor to have her take our pictures. I love Alice's style-beautiful photographs, natural theme and not too much retouching. Pure talent that truly captures the essence of family. This is our family now. Playing with William with Samantha in tow.Ed loves his lil girl...and will always love his big boy!

William is always fond of his baby sister! He loves her to pieces!

{My Bday:2010}

I know I've said it numerous times and you'll hear me say it more. I am blessed to have such a wonderful family and friends. More importantly, I am so lucky and completely grateful to have the best husband. For my birthday this year, I asked Ed for low key celebration. All wanted was to have friends and family over and enjoy an ice cream cake appropriate to serve in this hot Atlanta weather.

Well, my husband did not just get me a regular ice cream cake. He picked up the cutest and most delicious strawberry ice cream cake out there. This man knows me too well and spoils me a bunch!

I'm one lucky gal!

{The Kid's Room}

When Ed and I got married and purchased our loft. We had intentions of selling it once we have kids. Well, that plan didn't pan out on our timeline as the housing market went on a bust. We were initially concerned with having a kid (much less 2 kids) in our unit. You know, the notion that kids are supposed to have their own bedrooms and big backyard :) We live in a 2 bedroom loft. Loft means no doors and open spaces. In the end we decided that having a family is more important to us. Besides, people in NYC and other countries raise kids in small spaces and do just fine. I am so glad we decided to move forward with having kids and live our life and live within our means.

Holding on to our loft, allow us to have the financial freedom to have 2 kids, save money and not be bind with 2 mortgages. The layout of our house really allows us to be close to each other. We hear the kids all the time and the kids hear us. Living in our loft also means, that we are still within the city, less drive time for Ed and I to work. It takes us 15 mins to commute to work (that is unheard off in Atlanta).

The kids also gets to share a room. Surprisingly, we were able to fit in furniture and stuff for both of them. I think the space ended up looking real cute and fun!

Here's a view of William and Samantha's bed.
The changing table. Samantha has too many bows and I found this message board at Target (for $2) and decided to use it as her bow holder.

William's side of the room.
Samantha's side of the room.Cubbies housing tons of books and toys. And notice Samantha's piggie bank with a Tutu and William's blue piggie banks.

There you have it folks...that's Samantha and William's crib! Yes, I watch too much MTV cribs. At least I spared you with showcasing Samantha's shoe collection huh?