June Photoshoot

On Tuesday, Amy and I decided to take the kids up to Greenville for Tyler's 6 month pictures and to try and get a good family portrait taken as well. We scheduled an appointment at Portrait Innovations since our previous experience there had been so wonderful.

We arrived and were able to head in immediately for our shoot. This time instead of having two people working with the kids we had our lone photographer. Couple that with Abby being full-fledged in the terrible twos and it's amazing we got any pictures that were worth purchasing. Below is an album of some of the pictures from the shoot. Hope you enjoy them!

June Portrait Innovations

Easter 2009

Here are some pictures of our sweet babies over Easter weekend. We've had an Easter egg hunt at Mema & Aunt Nan's, an Easter egg hunt at Shallow Well, and a chilly but beautiful Easter Sunday at Shallow Well. Thanks to Todd for the beautiful pictures of Abby at the very end...she looks gorgeous. The reason she's by herself in those last couple of pictures is our Tyler-man decided to play roly-poly and did a face plant in the dirt :) He's okay, just has a bruised ego...if someone four months old can have a bruised ego.

Speaking of Tyler, he had his four month check-up on Friday. He now weighs 16 pounds, 11 ounces (good for 95th percentile) and is 25.25 inches tall (around 60th percentile). He still has a little head, according to people who measure head size, only in the 25th percentile. Apparently he's a big boy with a little head. He's been eating rice cereal for about a week and we just introduced prunes today (not Dad's first choice for foods, but oh well, spaghetti and chili will have to come later).

We also have some pictures of Cowgirl Abby from earlier today at Union Point Park. The pony she's riding is named "Beauty" and she also enjoyed the swings, bounce house, and getting her "purple king hat" temporary tattoo.

Enjoy the pics!

Easter 2009

Union Point Kids Day and Tyler Prunes

Beautiful Weekend!

We decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather today and get the kids out and about. We started mid-morning at the train show set up at New Bern High (go Bears!). There were gobs of model trains set up in the gym at eye level and some even set up on the floor. Abby loved walking around and watching all the trains. Tyler tolerated it just fine until we got close to feeding time. Before we left, Abby just had to ride the big bear in the front patio of the school. We must have a future Bear on our hands! We left the train show and took Abby to Union Point Park to feed the ducks. Abby had a good time looking at the ducks and birds and playing on the swings. We finished up the day with a good nap (both kids actually slept at the same time...wow) and then pizza for dinner at Nana's.

March 2009 Train Show

Superstar Children

On Saturday while we were visiting Todd's parents we rode up to Cary and let Tyler make his superstar debut. Abby got into the mix as well and the two of them together were just over the top amazing (if I do say so myself)! We had their pictures taken at Portrait Innovations and the people there were very good about keeping things moving for little kids. Thought you might like to see the session photographs, they're low-resolution, but you'll get the idea of how awesome they were!

Portrait Innovations Sessions

Welcome to the World Tyler!

Tyler Leaton Williamson was born at 7:37 AM at Craven Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and is 21.5 inches long! Our little guy has a head full of hair and looks a lot like his sister! Will update this post with pictures once they are on a computer somewhere!

Tyler is Born!

'Twas the Night Before Baby

And Todd's poetic skills failed him, so he'll just type up a quick update :) It's almost 10 pm on Amy's birthday and we're gearing up for Tyler's arrival. Todd's mom is in town to help out with Abby and we all went out for a birthday dinner at Outback. We dropped off Miss Abigail for a sleepover at the babysitter's house tonight. We're heading off at about 5:30 in the morning to go the hospital and pick out a baby!  Oh, Amy just told me we don't get to choose, that we've already signed a long term lease on Tyler...guess we'll take him then :) Here's a final belly shot of Mommy...and a shot of the insane number of diapers we have stockpiled (Thanks to our folks who passed along quickly outgrown diapers!) We'll update you on Tyler's arrival tomorrow when we get a chance (sooner rather than later if the hospital has Wifi)

Woah BABY!

Well it officially appears that Amy is about to pop! We're t-minus 1 week from delivery and we're both ready to meet our little guy. Tyler Leaton is scheduled to arrive at 7:30 AM on December 17th, unless he's impatient of course. At Amy's final checkup prior to the big day everything looks good with Mommy and baby! Dr. Joyner is estimating he will be between 7.5 and 8 pounds. Here's the belly in it's current state...and a picture of Abby with Santa Claus earlier this weekend for good measure :)

Abby Turns Two!!

This has been a long time coming, but Abby has turned two!! We had a small party here at the house with my family and Todd's parents. Abby got a new doll house (you should hear Todd talk about all the accessories...) which she has really enjoyed so far. She also got a lot of other fun toys and now Mommy and Daddy don't know where they are going to fit Christmas!! Here are a few pictures of the day...Enjoy![gallery link="file" columns="2"]

Pumpkin Carving 2008

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...the only problem with the cover picture of the album below is that many of the 1,000 words Amy was probably thinking are unprintable :) While over at Nana and Granddaddy's the Wednesday before Halloween we had a little fun while carving the pumpkin. It started with a bit of joking about whether the pumpkin or Mommy's belly was larger. While Abby helped to get all the "leafs" (and you thought they were seeds...) out of the pumpkin, Daddy decided it would be a great idea to dress the new baby up in his first Halloween costume. Amy was a good sport through it all and endure much laughter and a lengthy photo shoot. Enjoy and Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving 2008

Mum Fest 2008

We took Abby to the Mum Fest this year on Sunday. The weather was beautiful! Abby had not had a nap that day, so she was a little tired, but she really enjoyed the John Deere display. She calls anything that resembles heavy machinery "tractors" and is pretty fascinated by them. She also enjoyed getting her stylish hat from Liberty Tax Service and wore it with pride until she pulled it off and broke the foam. Oh well, there's always next year! The Mum Fest topped off a very exciting weekend for Miss Abigail since she got to visit with Granny on Saturday while Daddy and Papa went to see the Tarheels beat Notre Dame in football. Mommy got in a little shopping and relaxation!

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Visiting Kyle & Jack

Recently Abby, Mommy, and Nana went to visit cousins Kyle and Jack, and of course Jodi and Paul too!  Abby had pink eye that weekend AND didn't sleep any on the car ride up to Virginia Beach, so it made for an interesting ride up!  While we were there, we went to the Neptune Festival on the oceanfront (where they have the ginormous sand castle competition).  The sand castles were awesome, but of course I missed getting pictures of them and only have pictures of the kids playing on the beach!  Kyle and Jack are growing up so quickly.  Kyle is now 5 and in kindergarten and Jack is 3.  After the Neptune Festival, we went out for yummy Mexican food.  Well, to continue her trend, Abby chose not to sleep all night that night (literally) so we had a very long night.  But, it was still worth the trip to visit our sweet boys!
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Trying not to get behind...

Hey guys! We are trying very hard to keep our blog updated more often than we have done in the past. Here are a couple pictures of our family walk tonight with Miss Abby. Sadly, she did not get to see the neighborhood "dog-dogs" she is always excited about, but we still enjoyed our time outdoors. Also, we have an updated belly picture. I am now about 23 1/2 weeks along. Little Man (yes, still the best we can do on a name) is kicking up a storm and generally making mommy pretty tired. But everything is going really well with the pregnancy. I don't know if I look any bigger than the last picture, but I certainly feel bigger!
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Photo Shoot

If you needed further evidence that Miss Abigail really is THE most beautiful little girl on the planet, these photos should prove that :) We're not the slightest bit biased, of course. Huge thanks to Kara and Christopher for the impromptu photo shoots while feeding the ducks at Union Point, swimming at the YMCA, and in the evening at Creekside Park. Enjoy!!

Abby August 2008

Growing, growing, growing!

I talked to my good friend Heather on the phone tonight and she asked me if I was starting to show with this pregnancy yet.  So, here is a side-view of Baby Boy Williamson (no, he doesn't have a name yet).  He is definately out there.  Tomorrow I will be 20 weeks along-exactly halfway.  I pray I won't get twice as big in that time, but I'm not holding my breath!  Also included is a picture of Miss Abigail Carol in her "cab" pool.  That's a crab pool if you haven't been exposed to Abby-speak lately!

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It's A....

BOY if you can't tell from the pictures below!!! He's healthy and everything looks good to this point! He is a very busy boy and changed positions three times during the ultrasound. He is as yet unnamed, but Todd and I are working on it...well, I am more seriously than Todd, but he'll come around :) We're excited to have a little brother for Miss Abigail!!
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Ocracoke Family Fun

Sorry this is so late, but we wanted to let you know about our trip to Ocracoke in June. We were blessed to be able to spend an entire week enjoying the island and extended family. My cousin Susan has two homes in Ocracoke that she rents out, and she allowed our family to use both of them for a reunion. We had family from North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, and Alabama represented. Abby was able to ride on her very first ferry, play in the ocean, see several lighthouses, and of course enjoy all of the extra attention. Here are some pictures of our cutie enjoying our vacation!

Ocracoke Vacation

Baby Williamson Update

Amy and the new baby had a checkup today. Everything looks good. The official due date is December 25th, 2008, although the c-section will be done a few days prior. Amy officially heard the heartbeat for the first time today. Here's a picture of our little butterbean. If you look closely you can see his/her profile, the head is towards the top right and the torso is at the bottom. It's not quite a Magic Eye puzzle, but close :)

Here We Grow Again!

The Williamson family is expecting a new addition this December! Abby is already practicing to be the best possible big sister ever!

Into the Great Wide Open...

Abigail had her first experience roughing it over the weekend. Nana and Grandaddy took her to Cliffs of the Neuse State Park for a camp-out Saturday night. Abby loved every minute of the outdoors on Saturday. She rode in her wagon, looked for turtles, cooked s'mores, and even found time to zonk out for a short nap in the car. Abby also caught two caterpillars that kept her well entertained! Sunday morning a thunderstorm rolled in turning the camp-out into a water park adventure. Click the link below for photos of her adventure.

Into the Great Wide Open...

Hoppy Easter!

The Easter season has sure been busy for the three Williamsons!  Mommy and Daddy have been busy working on our National Boards (thank goodness they are in the mail on their way), while Abby has been enjoying the festivities.  She has visited the Easter bunny, had 3 egg hunts, and of course dressed up on Easter Sunday!  Although a little chilly, Easter was a beautiful day to Praise the Lord!
All Dressed Up!
Abby riding the rocking horse her Pop made her for Easter