A year in review...

11 1/2 months old we LOVED to eat!

11 months old we got to see snow for the first time

10 months old we met our cousin, Oliver

We have the best Santa ever!

9 months old we're ready for Christmas!

8 months old...we're the wonder twins!

7 months old

6 months old at our first UGA game

Five months old and ready to go to church for the first time since our baptism

Four Months old at Cousin Carrie's wedding in N.C.

Three months old showing off our wash board chests ;-)

Two Months old

One month old...Happy Easter!

Our first visit with the Easter Bunny March 28, 2009

3 days old

Hayden and Bryce less than 2 hours old

Mommy is SO ready to meet her babies right now...

Hayden with about a month until his debute

Vacation

Bryce exhausted from his vacation

Hayden and daddy looking at the sharks

Shamu!
Daddy and the boys ready to take on the day at Busch Gardens

Hayden and Mommy on the carousel at Busch Gardens

Bryce checking out the elephants with Daddy at Busch Gardens

The O'Rear and Young Families

L to R: Hayden, Bryce, Christie, Brad, Cade, Melinda, Ritchey, Chase

Checking out the fish in the aquarium at Sea World

Us at Sea World...end of the day

I had a few furlough days coming to me and Brad had a week of vacation, so what did we do? We decided to take the boys on vacation for their birthday week. So, we headed to sunny Florida on Saturday to visit Brad's cousin, Ritchey and his family in Tampa. Sunday we went to Busch Gardens, Monday hung out in Tampa and Tuesday went to Sea World. Wednesday we were at home resting with Brad sick and Thursday we got our first haircut. The boys LOVED the animals at Busch Gardens and Sea World. They especially loved it when Shamu was jumping out of the water. So...a few more days of vacation here at home, ending with their birthday Friday and birthday party on Saturday.

A Day of Mixed Emotions

Well, this afternoon has been a rough one. I have been contemplating for sometime getting rid of my dog, River. Ever since the boys were born poor River has been sort of tossed to the side, he was an only child and suddenly he had two brothers. River is a super sweet dog, but needs a lot of time and attention...more than we are able to give him. So...River has gone to live in St. George with Karen and Tim on their farm. I know he will be happy there and it will ease my life of a lot of stress, but it was sad to see him go. Even now I still find myself crying, but I know he will be ok and we can go visit him whenever we want. We'll miss you River dog!

working hard

Sometimes I get the distinct honor to go to other schools to serve on committees. Here is a picture of one of those times. I was invited to Knightsville Elementary by my friend and colleague, Wally Baird to serve on the teacher of the year committee. What a wonderful panel of teachers we interviewed and how nice to keep in touch with the elementary schools still.

Wally Baird, Jennifer Sauer (BHES), Jay Byars, Me

11 months old now!

River loved running in the snow
Feb. 13, we woke up to a winterwonderland in Summerville...6 inches of snow at our house!

Bryce and Hayden were not too sure about the snow...guess they are truly southern boys

However, Bryce did like walking in it.

Bryce makes dinner time an adventure

Hayden loves mac and cheese and black eyed peas!

Bryce loves to dance to the music on the sit and spin

Hayden getting into things again

Hayden and Bryce

Lots going on in our lives these days...the boys love feeding themselves, drink from a sippy cup only, they dance, clap their hands, make indian noises with their hand on their mouth, wave hi and bye, open cabinet doors, Hayden chatters "dada" all the time, Bryce says "hi!", they can crawl up the stairs, dance, pat their head when you say where's your head, wrestle with each other, still love to snuggle when they get sleepy and Hayden started walking Feb. 2, but Bryce thinks crawling gets you there quicker still. The boys went to their first college basketball game to see Ms. Julie's lady Bucs play Liberty. We even had our first snow on Feb. 12/13!

And...we'll be celebrating our first birthday in less than a month!

First Visit With Santa

The boys went to First National Bank on Main Street (Mr. Ron's bank) to visit Santa and Moola yesterday. They were not scared of Santa...I think since Grandpa looks a lot like Santa that helped. They also enjoyed spending time with Aunt Kim, Cousin Zach and Drew. The funniest was that the boys were more intrigued with Moola than with Santa...go figure...I wonder if it's because they recognized Mr. Ron's voice inside of Moola? :-)

Christmas Countdown

The Christmas countdown is upon us! We put our tree up Thanksgiving weekend, have been diligently Christmas shopping (only a few more presents to buy and we are finished!), have wrapped presents and have them under the tree, bought the boys some new Christmas oufits at the Rosalina sale, and now have taken pictures for our Christmas cards. Still lots more to do before Christmas arrives, but I am sure it will get done in due time. It's still hard to believe that the boys are almost nine months old and already getting ready to celebrate their first Christmas. Where does the time go?!?

Catching Up On A Month

Things have been very busy here and lots going on, the boys are now 8 months old, they stand up, crawl everywhere(one goes in one direction and the other goes in the other) and have two top teeth that are peeking through. We have gone to football games, birthday parties, shopping, out to dinner (they love the fire at the Japenese Restaurant) and just all over the place.
Here are some pictures of some of our adventures over the past month....

Super Twins!

Superman, Hayden and Batman, Bryce

Nov. 22, 2009

Look, we can stand up!

Nov. 22, 2009
My cousin, Matthew with his new son, Oliver
Born Nov. 21, 2009
7lbs 13 oz.
19.5 inches long
2:06am
It seems like such a long time ago when my little guys were this tiny
...yes, there is already a rivalry in the making can you tell?

Cullen's one!

Nov. 6, 2009

The boys celebrating Cullen's first birthday (Hayden(L) and Bryce (R))

Nov. 8, 2009
Bryce, Hayden, Grady and Cullen playing at Cullen's birthday party

Nov. 8, 2009
Cullen is one, Grady is 10 months and Hayden and Bryce are 8 months old...

can you imagine the mischief they will get into together when they are older?

Bryce playing with Aunt Donna and Hannah

Nov.1, 2009

Uncle Myles and Bryce, Hayden and Mommy at

Wilmington Island Methodist's Trunk or Treat in Savannah Oct. 30, 2009

Hudson and Henry came over to play one day

(Try getting FOUR 8 month olds to sit still for a picture...NOT easy)