Fall 2009

Well this has been a very busy few months. We put our house on the market in September and life never was the same. I will post more on that later, but we managed to fit in all the standard fall events with the kids, visit to the pumpkin patch, carving pumpkins at a friends house and Halloween. Here are a bunch of pictures, enjoy!

My 2nd 1st Haircut Weekend

First, the reason for the title of my post. The McKay boys seem to grow a bunch of hair in the back before they ever get any in the front. So the weekend in May when I fly to Erie for Patty's shower, Kerry took Luke to the barber to get rid of the mullet. But he didn't take any photos or save any hair, so this is the haircut we will record.

As you may be able to tell from the pictures, Luke did not enjoy the experience. He cried from the point the haircut started until it was over. They cut it pretty short, so hopefully we don't have to do this again soon.

That afternoon Luke started to run a fever and just act pretty out of sorts. When he woke from his nap his fever was much higher and I noticed he was breathing really quickly and his chest was heaving in and out. When Hunter had croup he did the same thing and had to have nebulizer treatments to bring his breathing back under control. Since at this point it was 5:30pm on a Saturday the only place I could take him was the ER. So I spent my first evening in the ER as a mom. After a chest xray and a nebulizer treatment we were discharged with the diagnosis of a double ear infection and bronchitis. It was a long night but I felt much better that I didn't wait until Monday to take him to the doctor.

Let the good times roll.....

So in the last few months our lives have gotten considerably easier!

Hunter is really maturing. The tantrums are less in both frequency and duration and he is really behaving in school as well. It has really made such a difference in our lives to parent this child.

Luke is sleeping through the night. He has really developed a predictable schedule. He goes down for the night at 7:45pm with no fuss what so ever. The fact that a child is sleeping through the night at 16 months may not seem like something to be so thankful for, but in the McKay house this is such a surprise and a gift. He is the easiest of kids these days, he eats when he is supposed to and sleeps when he is supposed to THANK YOU!

They both are perfectly content when my parents or my brother watches them. No crying, no clutching to my leg, just happy to be left with them and have some fun.

Now to find a new house to move in to and our life will be bliss!

Summer Fun

It is so nice to have neighbors with kids our age. Hunter and Luke love playing outside after school.

Best Buddies

Erie Summer Vacation 2009

We had such a great vacation up in Erie. Patty and Dave had a beautiful wedding and also managed to host a great reunion. This vacation was perfect for the kids and they had a blast. We went to the zoo, the amusement park, the water park, and had a bunch of picnics on the beach. Here are some highlights:

Hunter, Dom and Luca got to spend a lot of time together being goofy and got along great.

We had a bunch of bonfires and ate yummy smores.

We watched the fireworks from our house

We played at the beach. Something both Hunter and Luke loved. Kerry and I were even able to slip away twice for sometime along, priceless. It was tough to come back to reality.

Hunter's 4th Birthday Party

Hunter had a great birthday at the Softplay room. The kids got their sugar fix in and were able run it off for an hour after. This year the parents got really involved staging a giant ball fight. The kids thought it was a blast. Here are some highlights: