Henry Michael Clinton

Henry arrived Monday January 30, 2012 at 6:28 pm

8 lbs 14 oz and 21.5 inches long

Audrey and Gigi were the first to come visit with Henry at the hospital.

Audrey loves her new baby brother!

We came home Wednesday afternoon and are adjusting slowly.

We could not have made it to this point without the help of my parents! They came 3 weeks before his arrival due to my bed rest from high blood pressure. Unfortunately, my dad got a bad cold right as Henry was born so he didn't even hold him before he headed home on Thursday. We look forward to him rejoining us in March! Get well Grandpa!! Lucky for us my mom is able to stay for quite a while, until April! We really would not be surviving without her here. I can't describe how thankful I am to have such wonderful parents. 

Maybe while mom is here I will be able to add posts more frequently until April :)

Ladybugs

We have a lot of ladybugs in the house this year.  I don't know why but every couple of years we tend to have them come in.  I don't mind them, they are way better then some other bugs.  Audrey loves them!  She found one and named it Pumpkin, because it was more orange then red.  So now she thinks they are all Pumpkins.  She wanted Greg to photograph one the other day and he got a pretty cool shot of her.  I am normally not a fan of Greg's up close shots of bugs, but ladybugs I can handle.

Christmas 2011

We spent Christmas in Knoxville this year.  I hoping this was our last year to travel for Christmas until the kids are older.  It would be nice to start our own traditions at home.  Since Greg's hobby is photography you would think he would take more pictures when the family is together.  I think that should be his new years resolution!  We really did see a lot of other family while we were up there.  Here are a few pictures we did get.

 The kids in their matching Christmas PJs on Christmas Eve. 

 Audrey woke up first Christmas morning.  She found exactly what she had asked for!

My Little Pony remote control car, Santa hat and a bell from Santa's sleigh.  She must have been a good girl this year. 

 Andrew was excited about his first remote control car too!

 All of us with Granny and Papa

Andrew and his friend Bella.  This cat will put up with anything, and Andrew loves her for it!

We had a busy and fun holiday season.  Now we are just gearing up for Baby Henry to arrive, both of the kids are getting excited!  Audrey keeps saying he is taking forever to come, I'm about to the point to agree with her.  Andrew is cute and comes up to my belly and says "Baby Henny."  Unless he decides to come earlier, I am scheduled to go in January 30th!

Santa Party 2011

December 17th we had our annual Santa party.  We have had the same Santa and Mrs. Claus now for 3 years.  They are so sweet with the kids, its fun to watch the kids get to play and interact with them.  Andrew is at that age where he loves "tanta" but wasn't so sure about being close to him.  Audrey was very excited to get her turn to tell him just what she wanted.

The whole group with Santa! We are so lucky to have a wonderful group of friends!  They really are our family here in Atlanta!

Disney World!

In mid November we went to Disney World with Gigi and Grandpa.  Audrey and Andrew had a wonderful time!  Seeing everything through their eyes was just as wonderful for us.  Audrey of course loved meeting all of the Princesses and watching all the live shows, her favorite ride was the People Mover.  Andrew is now obsessed with Hot dog (Mickey, he calls him that from the hot dog song at the end of Mickey Mouse clubhouse) and Minnie.  Below are a few pictures from the trip, you can view the whole album at our share site, the link is to the left.

Pumpkins and Halloween

For Halloween this year we took the kids over to our friends house and let the kids trick-or-treat together. Audrey was a Pirate Princess and Andrew was Elmo. Audrey had so much fun running from house to house with her friend Wyatt (Buzz lightyear). Andrew and Sloane (Snow White) enjoyed the ride in the wagons.

Audrey and Andrew with their pumpkins. Audrey insisted the hers be a happy pumpkin and Andrew's be scary.

The middle of October we took a trip up to Burt's pumpkin farm with our friends the Berryhill's.

Shelley and I with our babies.

Where did summer go??

Well, the summer just flew by! So I figured I would just summarize what we have been up to around here. In between Audrey's summer camps and the kids attending Mother's Morning Out we took a few trips. In June we went up to Knoxville to visit Greg's family.

Andrew and Papa Gary

Audrey picking lavender with Granny from her garden.

We have of course we have spent some time with our friends having dinners and letting the kids play. Here is a picture from one night - Audrey, Owen and Nolan racing and Summer looking on from behind.

4th of July weekend we headed to the Lake with my parents and our friends the Kimel's.

We had a good time swimming, playing and seeing the fireworks.

The kids really enjoyed the "ice cream" play-dough set Lauren brought.

The kids playing at the beach by the lake.

at the Ritz for fireworks.

The kids and I made a trip to Kansas City to visit my brother and his wife the end of July. We had a great visit with them, but those pictures are on a camera somewhere. I will add them later.

August we have been spending time getting ready for Audrey to start 3 year old preschool and she started dance class. Andrew will continue at Mother's Morning Out twice a week. So I get a much needed 3 hour break two mornings a week! I will enjoy this time alone this fall before new baby Boy arrives the end of January!

Last Sunday we went for a walk and to feed the ducks at the Chattahoochee River Park. Here are a couple pictures of the kids feeding the ducks, one of their favorite things to do. Of course Andrew feeds half of his bread to himself ;)