Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! It was a chilly Easter in Atlanta. I guess with Easter being so early, it was unlikely that we would be able to wear our cute Easter dresses. Ansley and Sully had some really cute clothes to wear, but it was way too cold! It is going to warm up here towards the end of the week, so we are hoping the warm weather will be here to stay. We are ready for Spring!

We had a wonderful Easter. Sully and Ansley must of been good this year because the Easter bunny came to our house and hid lots of eggs and brought some fun Easter basket goodies! Sully had many Easter egg hunts last week. We had one at church, he had one at school, we had one in our neighborhood, at our house on Easter morning, and even at Grancie's house last night. Sully and Ansley were lucky--the Easter bunny came to both our house and Grancie's house yesterday...double the goodies!

Here are some pictures of Sully hunting for Easter eggs in our neighborhood this past weekend. Enjoy!

Mommy, let's go find those eggs!

Go, Sully, Go! Sully and Malley...always together!

Ansley and the Easter Bunny!

Sully is still scared of the Easter Bunny, so Ansley had to sit all by herself...she didn't care...she is very brave! haha

So sweet!

Chrissie and Bob from PA were in town for Easter to visit Grancie, Gramps, and Lindsay and to, of course, see Sully and meet Baby Ansley for the first time. Here are some pictures from their visit and from some activities throughout the weekend.

Mommy, Daddy, and Ansley!

Aunt Chrissie, Grancie and Sully at Jason's Deli!


Zizzie and Sully on Easter


Sully being silly in his playroom with Grancie and Chrissie while Mommy was getting a much needed haircut!


Whole group after a yummy Easter dinner!


Hope everyone had a great Easter. Have a great week!

xxoo Tracy, Brett, Sullivan, and Ansley xxoo

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Love, Sully and Ansley

xxoo

Ansley looks very sweet in her St. Patrick's Day dress!

Sully and Ansley update!

Hello from beautiful, sunny Atlanta! We are having the best weather right now! Today is in the mid 70's and sunny! This is my favorite kind of weather! The buds are starting to come out and soon everything will be covered in yellow...yeah for the start of Spring! We took advantage of the day and went to the zoo with Malley and Laine. It was the PERFECT day--probably one of the nicest days we have ever had at the zoo! Sully, of course, had a fabulous time and Ansely was the perfect little angel. She was awake for some of our visit and enjoyed looking around with those big blue eyes. Here are some pictures from the zoo.

Sully saw the gorillas today and even saw the baby gorillas! They were SO cute!

Sully and Malley were really into the statues today, for some reason. All of the pictures from today are with the statues. Figured we always get pictures of the real animals. Malley and Sully had fun sitting on the lion before we left.

Another shot with another one of Sully's favorite statues!

Ansley's Tummy Time!

Ansley spends a little time each morning and afternoon doing her "tummy time" She doesn't always like it, but it is good for her to work on her neck muscles. She is starting to get pretty good at lifting her head, which is good exercise for a little baby. Here are some shots of Ansley's tummy time.

Ansley had had about enough...but when she gets mad, it makes her lift her head more, so mean Mommy lets her get mad so she will work that neck---otherwise she will just lay there with her head to the side! :)

On this day, she was quite interested in who that was looking at her in the mirror---it kept her entertained for about 10 minutes!

Hey, who is that looking at me, Mommy?

Chubby Ansley!

Ansley is still a VERY good eater and it shows in these pictures. She will be 3 months in about 2 weeks, but is already wearing 3-6 month clothes! Her chubby cheeks are very squeezable! :)

Bath time! Ansley LOVES her baths. Maybe a future swimming superstar? :)

Look at those sweet cheeks? Don't you think they are squeezable? haha

A happy Ansley after a feeding!

Enjoy the pictures and have a great rest of your week! Hope you all are enjoying some nice weather!

xxoo Tracy, Brett, Sullivan, and Ansley xxoo

Ansley is 2 months!

Hey! If you can believe it, Ansley turned 2 months last week! She is growing like crazy and we feel like time is just flying by! She weighed 12 lbs. 10 oz. and was 23 inches long! The doctor said she was very healthy and growing quite nicely! She is now sleeping well from 10 to 5 and some days she sleeps till 6! Yeah for more sleep! She takes 2 really good naps during the day. The first from 10-12:30/1 and another from about 2 to 330 or 4! I am just glad that I was able to get her to nap for a little while when Sully is napping so I get at least an hour to myself to get things done around the house! She is not great with her afternoon nap everyday, but she is almost 100% of the time asleep for her morning nap which is great for me and Sully. We still get time to spend together and time to get out of the house to do fun activities. Ansley just sleeps in the car seat or the stroller. Here are some pictures of Ansley at 2 months.

Ansley's serious look!

Here are some pictures of Ansley playing on her mat. She is starting to really enjoy looking at the little animals and rattles hanging down. She kicks her legs and moves her arms around with excitement! She makes some pretty funny faces!

Ansley's excited face!

Happy Ansley!

Sully and the potty!

We have started working with Sully on the potty. He does really well going pee pee when you put him on the potty, but he is not great at telling you has to go and telling you he had an accident. After trying for about 3 straight days, we came to the conclusion that he is not quite ready for full potty training, but I do put him on the potty whenever I think he needs to go and we still talk about the potty a lot. He gets a sticker each time he does something on the potty, which is a good motivator for him. We are going to try again with full potty training in April or May. Here are some cute pictures of Sully and the potty.

Sully is SO proud of his big boy underpants. Hey guys, I am going pee pee!

Sully looked so sweet just sitting on his little potty!

Lindsay's 25th birthday!

What could be a better birthday present than a Sully?

Sully at the park!

Monday was sunny and in the 70's so Sully, Ansley and I were at the park all morning and even had a picnic lunch with Molly, Jack and the twins!

Sully was running towards the duck pond to feed the ducks and the fish! He LOVES to bring bread to the park!

Slide time!

The Palmers were in town this past weekend to visit Sully and Ansley. Here is a picture from one of our adventures at the park.

Mommy, Daddy, and Sully on the tire swing!

Enjoy the pictures!

xxoo Tracy, Brett, Sullivan, and Ansley xxoo

What's new with the Palmers?

Hey everyone! We have been quite busy over the past few weeks. We have had many visits to the park,a visit from Auntie Kelli, a big trip down to the Georgia Aquarium, and Brett and I even had an afternoon out while Lindsay and Grancie and Pip played with the kids! Ansley is growing like crazy and is showing more of her personality every day. She is 8 weeks old today! She is now smiling a lot and enjoying more awake time so we can play with her on her mat or make silly faces. Sully loves to make her smile! She is still a very good eater and is gaining weight steadily...she has some nice rolls on her arms and legs and chubby cheeks! Here are some cute pictures of Ansley...

Smiley Ansley!
Sully was dangling a toy over Ansley's head...she thought it was super fun!
When Ansley is not smiling or crying, this is usually the face Ansley is making...look at those chubby cheeks!
Sully at the Park
Sully loves a fun day at the park!

Picture time!
Trip to the Georgia Aquarium
Sully was checking out the jellyfish...what a cool display!
One of Sully's favorite parts was when he touched a stingray. There was an area where they had many sharks and stingrays that you could touch. Sully was too scared to touch the shark, and he finally got up enough courage to touch the stingray by the end. He was SO proud of himself! Sully was just checking things out
Getting closer...
He got it!
Sully loved this room...we went back several times. Maybe it was because when you were in the room, everyone looked a light shade of blue!
Even Ansley liked the room...
Mommy and Sully
Ansley is looking up at Sully probably wondering who that crazy kid is...haha

Enjoy the pictures!
xxoo Tracy, Brett, Sullivan, and Ansley xxoo

Ansley's first smiles!

Hey! Ansley is now 6 weeks old and has started to smile! I think one more week or so and it will be more frequent, but she does smile a few times a day---she still is trying to focus on things, so I think when she has a few more weeks on her, she will be focusing better and smiling all the time! They are different smiles than her gas smiles, so it was so exciting to see her smile at me for the first time! I remember exactly where and when Sully smiled at me, so it was exciting to have our first milestone with little Ansley---well, not so little--she is around 11lbs now and still eating very well--she has some attractive rolls on her thighs! She is one chunky monkey! haha

Here are some pictures of Ansley...I tried to get her smiling, but it is hard to capture because she doesn't do it for very long. This was the best I could do for now.

Great smile, but a little weird with the eyes! haha See what I mean about her focusing? She still gets a little cross eyed!

She is trying to smile---she was a happy baby moving her arms and legs and just looking all around!

Check out those rolls!

I took a few sweet pics of Ansley taking a nap the other day...babies are so peaceful when they sleep!

So cuddly!

After Sully's nap, we play with Ansley on the mat for a little bit--if she is in a happy mood--Sully loves to try to get her to hit the toys with her arm---he is so sweet and loving with her! He always asks where she is when he wakes up and says, "I want to see baby Ansley! I want to kiss her!" It is so sweet! He always holds her right before he goes to bed and while we say our prayers...he always tells me and Brett to "Go!" Fat chance, Sully, no slumber parties together yet! haha

Playtime! What a great big brother!

Enjoy the pictures. We have a fun weekend ahead. Kelli is coming in town from NYC! A weekend with Kelli is always super fun! Sully is really excited!

xxoo Tracy, Brett, Sullivan, and Ansley xxoo