More AJ & Evie

I thought you might enjoy some pics of our family in the hospital (taken by lovely mom-in-law Colleen, of course)... especially of me in the sexy pink smock they gave me to wear. HOT!



We took about five pics with our cellphone, because we left in such a hurry to go to the hospital we forgot the camera. Of course, they turned out terrible. But I'm including this one with my mom, Evie and AJ just so you can see the priceless stunned look on Evie's face. I promise we tried to warn her ahead of time! :)

After getting her and AJ home, she began to get used to the idea--however, I think AJ was terrified. :)

AJ

This is Andrew Joseph (AJ) Riggs. He was born at 12:11am May 23, 2009--38 weeks along--7 lbs, 8 oz and 20 1/4 inches tall. We have enjoyed our first full day at home with AJ and Evelyn, although I think Evie wishes this was a temporary situation. They will be best friends soon, I'm sure. :)

Here he is in the hospital (pic taken by Grandma Riggs)



He is especially cute with his daddy... :)

Late Mothers Day

Last Sunday I received a plain white plaster heart from Justin and Evelyn, and a note suggesting I spend some quality time with Evelyn painting it. Which is exactly what we set out to do with a lazy Saturday at home yesterday. As you can see, Evie liked painting a lot once we got into it. We got her and Mom's handprints on the heart, plus a few little artistic touches and then we really let her go crazy on our newspapers.

She probably spent two hours total painting. What a little artist! At one point, she lifted the jar where we were rinsing our brushes to take a little drink. I could hear her thoughts: "This looks just like the grape juice Mommy gave me this morning. I think I'll taste it." Luckily, Mom stopped her in time, but not before she ended up with purple lips. I laughingly related the tale to Justin, who just agreed, "Yes, that's funny... in a Poison Control kind of way." Snide remarks like these are what Justin refers to as his sense of humor.

Anyways, my daughter's cute and the heart turned out great! We took a picture of the finished product. Justin said, "Yup. That's exactly how I wanted it to look." Harhar.

Matching Summer Wear for Tots

I need to take these two kids and submit them to a magazine. They are pretty cute by themselves, but together, who would not pay me a million dollars to help them advertise? Here Nathan and Evie are modelling summer wear for tots. Knowing they were doing something that amused their parents, they seemed game to let us play dress up. Sooo cute!