Hawky Talk

My Little Fish

2009-04-04T08:18:00.010-04:00

Reagan has been taking swim lessons at the YMCA for about 5 weeks. She absolutely LOVES it!! She is such a little fish and is so happy when she's in the water.

Here they are kicking their feet and splashing.

Swimming around the "deep" end with her teacher.

Look how happy she is!!

Waiting her turn to jump in....she was sooo cold!

There she goes!!

Easter Hair Clips!!!

2009-03-13T23:46:00.005-04:00

MY EASTER HAIR CLIP SELECTION HAS ARRIVED!! FOR THOSE OF YOU MOMMIES THAT HAVE ONLY BOYS, PLEASE PASS THIS SITE ALONG TO ALL YOUR MOMMY FRIENDS WHO HAVE GIRLS!! :-)
WWW.WHATSONANAME.ETSY.COM

LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO HAIR CLIP

BUNNY RABBIT HAIR CLIP

EASTER EGG HAIR CLIP

EASTER EGG KORKER HAIR BOWS

GET THEM IN TIME FOR EASTER!!

WWW.WHATSONANAME.ETSY.COM

Karly

2009-03-11T22:07:00.005-04:00

So I FINALLY took Karly to get her 1yr pictures taken (yes, I am 4 months late!!) Anyhow, I just had to share them with all of you. I love how they turned out!!

I had her wear my latest Tutti Frutti Tutu with the matching Tutti Frutti Hair Bows.

You can also check these out at:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22170033

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=22170938

The Things Reagan Says...

2009-01-27T13:35:00.009-05:00

Reagan has been saying quite a few things to make Mommy and Daddy laugh lately.

I (Kristy) had just woken up and Reagan was sitting on my lap. I was getting the sleep out of my eyes but Reagan thought I was picking my nose. She said "Don't pick your nogies Mommy!"

The other day Reagan found a pair of goggles in Grandma's drawer. She put them on and said "I want to go swimming pooling!!"

Last night I was reading Reagan her bedtime stories. The book we were reading was called Bedtime for Kittens and was a lift-the-flap book. I noticed that one of the flaps was ripped (the picture on the flap was of a couch.)

Mommy: "What happened to this Reagan?"

Reagan: "I ripped it!"

Mommy: "I don't like that you did that Reagan"

Reagan: "It's ok Mommy, I'll buy a new couch"

Mommy: "With what money?"

Reagan: "Me!"

Giggles from both Mommy and Reagan!!

Here is an example of Reagan's nighttime prayer:

"Dear Jesus,

Thank you for my Mommy and my Daddy and Reagan and Karly and Gosco (which is supposed to be Rosco) and Bronco and Reagan and Karly and Mommy and Daddy. Dear Jesus, Thank you for my job and my Mommy's job and my Daddy's job. (peeks one eye open and says "What else?" Mommy says "just tell Jesus what you are thankful for.") Dear Jesus, thank you for my Aunt Tina and my Spencer and my Nolan and my Johnny and my Bob and my Lilly and my Grant and my Brian and my Grady Morrison. (Giggles from Mommy) And Dear Jesus, thank you for my Brian Morrison. (more giggles) And Dear Jesus, please let my Karly feel better.

Amen!"

She then told me that Karly was sick with a cough and that she had to take her again to the doctors. We don't have insurance right now so I said "We don't have any insurance though. What will we use?" She replied "I do Mommy. I have insurance."

I love so much hearing the things that come out of that little girl's mouth! She is such a joy and I am so lucky that God gave Derek and me this child to raise!

Sisterly Love

2009-01-12T14:56:00.011-05:00

Mommy and her girlies

Where's Karly?

Awww....sisterly love!

Turning into a wrestling match!!

Daddy's always egging them on saying "Get her Kar. Get her Rea!"

Picture of Daddy taken by Reagan

I'm still alive!! ps...I've been featured again!

2009-01-10T23:00:00.003-05:00

I'm just popping in to say that I am still alive and well! The move went ok. We had lots of help which we were VERY greatful for, but somehow all the boxes/bins that were to come to Derek's parent's house (where we are currently residing) never made it. They got packed away in the storage unit instead!

The day after we moved, Derek and I went through the storage unit rearranging things and looking for our clothes, etc. It took us 6 hours and my storage bin full of all my clothes is still missing!!!

We are going to go back yet again tomorrow and look some more. I really need my clothes!!

Other than THAT, we are so happy to be back in Ohio...."Why-Oh-Why-Oh-Why-Oh Did I Ever Leave Ohio?!" lol for those of you that don't know, that is quoted from one of my favorite movies Back to the Beach. :-)

I'll post some new pics soon. Until then...hop on over to my other blog http://whatsonaname.blogspot.com/ to see that I have been featured on Etsy again!!

Our First Gingerbread House!!

2008-12-16T00:06:00.006-05:00

Let me start out by saying that I cannot remember ever making a gingerbread house. (Sorry mom if that's not true!!)

Mimi (my mom) bought us a gingerbread house kit and we had lots of fun making and eating it!!

All Karly was interested in was eating the candy and licking the icing!!

Reagan liked the icing too!

She really enjoyed decorating the house however she liked.

Karly just really enjoyed the icing!!! They went straight to the bathtub after this!

All finished!

Yeah, I know...it's not the best gingerbread house ever but we had fun making it!! Thanks Mimi!

Sugar Plum Treasures!!!

2008-12-09T08:20:00.002-05:00

My Sugar Plum Fairy Tutu made it to a Treasury List in Etsy!!!!

Check it out and all the other sugary delicious items! ;-)

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=25894

Hurry before it expires on December 11th!!

New Blog!!!

2008-12-04T11:59:00.002-05:00

So I've decided to start a new blog for my What's on a Name items.

http://whatsonaname.blogspot.com

There I will blog about new items I have made or are curently working on and excited about!!

Please check it out :-)

ps...I've added lots of new items to my site so check em out...

www.whatsonaname.etsy.com

Black Friday!!

2008-12-02T00:10:00.010-05:00

It has become a tradition for my mom and I to go shopping on Black Friday. This year, my older sister Elizabeth joined us. She was the brains of the whole operation and found us some awesome deals that we probably wouldn't have found without her!! Thanks Lilly ;-)

Here I am starting off the day right with a hot cup 'o joe!

Here we go!!! 4:30 am

I'd say we look pretty perky for 4:30am!

Laughing at Mom b/c she couldn't get her smile right!!

We went to Toys R Us first, then on to Target, Kohls, Walmart, Bed Bath & Beyond, Flower Factory, Pat Catans and Party Center (Lil was shopping for Grant's 3rd birthday party.)

After ALL of that, we were exhausted!!
Can you tell??

Poor Elizabeth...her ear starting hurting her and she barely had a voice. After all the shopping, she went to the doctors and found out she had a sinus infection, ear infection and pink eye!!!

We ended off the afternoon with some yummy Mexican!!

I had so much fun with my two favorite "adult" girls and got some awesome deals! So glad to say I am done Christmas shopping :-)

Can't wait to do it next year!!!!

Fun in the Leaves!!

2008-11-20T12:55:00.016-05:00

These photos were taken about two weeks ago when all the leaves were falling (and before this cold snow came!!) We had a few days of warm weather so I decided to go out and rake the leaves. Our backyard was covered! It took me about an hour to rake up maybe 5 or 6 huge piles.

I can remember my sister and I jumping and playing in leaves as children and having such a good time! So I let the girls come out and play in the piles of leaves I just raked up. They had soooo much fun and I enjoyed watching them!

This was Karly's first experience playing out in the backyard and she had a blast!

A little wobbly on the grass!

She loved going down the slide and into the leaves!! What fun! :-)

Reagan had fun sliding into the leaves and then throwing them up into the air!

Look at the excitement on Karly's face.

♥Rosco♥
You could never tell from this picture that he can be a big meany! If you look closely at his left eye you can see that it is all red. I took him to the vet and found out that he had pink eye! They gave me medicine to put in it twice a day. It has gotten somewhat better but is still pink. Boy did I have a hard time with him at the vet. He is so protective of me and does not like strangers! I had to put a heavy duty muzzle on him but that hardly contained him. He tried his hardest to pull the muzzle off with his nails so he could get at the vet technician. She was very good with him though and just held on to him, petted him and talked to him in a calming voice. Thankfully we didn't have to be in there long. Just enough for the vet to come in, administer the shots and say that he had pink eye. Next time, Derek will be taking him to the vet!! He is too big and strong for me to control!

We got Rosco when Derek and I lived in Alaska. He was just 6 weeks old and was our baby for the first 4 years of our marriage...until our other babies came along! I was so worried that he wouldn't be good with our girls but thankfully he loves them and is very protective of them too.

New Items!!

2008-11-12T09:29:00.015-05:00

Here are some of the latest items I have made for my http://www.whatsonaname.etsy.com/ site!!

Bi-Color Agate and Black Pearl Earrings

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17039045

Thanksgiving Hair Bow

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=16998085

Fall Princess Headband

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=16998068

Fall Princess Pom Pom Hair Clip

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17213930

Fall Princess Tutu

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16998050

Turkey Hair Clip

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17227503

Christmas Tree Hair Clip

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17156735

Christmas Tulle Pom Poms

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17213886

Christmas Hair Bow

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=17213856

Christmas Tutu

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=17213821

Ps...don't I have a GREAT model?? I don't have to bribe her too much to model for mommy. The promise of a sucker usually does the trick!! ;-)

Look What Karly Is Up To Now!!!

2008-11-05T13:47:00.005-05:00

Last night after Derek got home from work, I left the house for about 1/2 hour to vote. When I got back, Derek told me that I had to look at the pictures he had taken on the camera. He said that they were upstairs playing and that he ran downstairs for all of 15 seconds to get something. When he went back up, this is what he found!!

I just hope she didn't stick that thing in her mouth!!!

Karly's 1st Birthday Party

2008-11-04T09:06:00.017-05:00

Reagan helping Mommy ice the cake

The finished product. I was very proud of my work!! ;-)

The Birthday Princess!!!

Goin for those presents!

Trying her hardest to pick it up.

I saw this babydoll at Hartville Kitchen Collectibles. There was a brunette one and a blonde one. The dolls name is Reagan and I think they look so much like my girls! So Grandma Hawk bought Karly the brunette one for her birthday. Boy does she love it.....and so does her big sister. I'll have to get Reagan the blonde one for Christmas.

Sophia (my best friend Becky's daughter) and Reagan having fun with Karly's music set.

She didn't really care for the singing part!

But she looooved the cake part!!

Yummy!!

Looks like Grady wants some!

We were laughing so hard because Karly kept leaning down and licking the cupcake. Watch her tongue in the first video!

Birthday Girl Licking Her Cupcake!!

Birthday Girl Shoving Her Face With Cake!!

Trick-or-Treat

2008-11-04T08:35:00.013-05:00

We went to Ohio last Friday and had lots of fun trick-or-treating with cousins in Mimi and Papa's neighborhood.

Pink Poodle

Little Bumblebee

Karly and cousin Grady (little zebra)

Reagan and cousin Grant (a frog)

Nolan, Spencer, Reagan, Grant, Karly and Grady all ready to go trick-or-treating!!

Karly couldn't really get the hang of walking up to the door and grabbing a piece of candy. She mostly stayed in the wagon or stroller and watched all the big kids trick-or-treat.

Reagan had so much fun! She had a hard time keeping up with the older boys but tried her best!

After we put the girls to bed, Derek took me out to my favorite restaurant Hibachi Japan for my birthday.....which is today!! Last night the girls were taking a bath and I said "Karly, you are one and Reagan, you are two!" Reagan said "And you're gonna be number six Mommy?" Try 27!

Happy Halloween!!!

2008-10-31T07:03:00.005-04:00

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

We are headed to Ohio today to trick-or-treat with my family and celebrate Karly's birthday. I can't believe my baby is going to be one!!!!!

Here are the latest pics of my girlies. Reagan is modeling a hair bow and tutu I made and Karly is "modeling" a headband I made.

Check Me Out On Etsy!!!

2008-10-25T20:52:00.010-04:00

**Extra, extra, read all about it...Kristy's got a new website and she's gonna shout it!!**

I found this GREAT website called Etsy http://www.etsy.com/ where people can sell their handmade items. I am hooked and have been busy making new bracelets, hair bows and tutus the past few days. Check back soon for earrings and neclaces!!

http://www.whatsonaname.etsy.com/

Check back often as I am adding new items every day!!

Please pass my site on to others that may be interested in buying something! If you are local and would like to buy something from me without having to pay for shipping, contact me at kristy_hawk@yahoo.com

Here are a few new items I have added:

Cheeseman Farm

2008-10-20T11:12:00.008-04:00

Last Saturday we visited Cheeseman Farm in Portersville, PA. We went on a hayride to a pumpkin patch. The girls and I already had our own pumpkins so only Daddy needed to pick one out.

We rode back to the farm and got to pet some baby farm animals! There were baby chickens, a calf and some goats. A few days a week Reagan and I have "school" during Karly's morning nap. I teach her letters of the alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors and a weekly theme. Last week the theme was "Calf." So this was very exciting for Reagan to see one up close and be able to pet it!!

**If you are interested in doing "school" with your toddler you should check out these awesome websites my sister told me about:

http://www.letteroftheweek.com/

http://www.starfall.com/

Here is an example of what we do:

Here are some shots from the farm:

♥Kristy and Derek♥

♥Reagan and Daddy♥

♥Mommy and Karly♥

Ps...At the beginning of the slideshow it says "Greetings From the Jones." I had fixed it to say "Greetings from the Hawks" but for some reason it still says Jones!! I don't feel like fixing it again so please disregard that part! ;-)

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Karly in the Dollhouse!!

2008-10-16T08:43:00.004-04:00

Yesterday the girls and I were upstairs. I was putting laundry away and the girls were busy playing in Reagan's bedroom. All of a sudden, Reagan came running into my room saying "What Karly doing Mommy? What Karly doing? Go get her!" So I went into Reagan's room to see what our ever mischievous Karly-Bear was up to and this is what I found!!

Not the best picture since it was taken very quickly with my cell phone. I did not have an easy time getting her out of this!! I had to pull off the piece that her hand is resting on and move around some of the bedroom that was keeping me from easily pulling her out!!

Hopefully she doesn't try this again!

Off and Walking!!

2008-10-12T08:09:00.012-04:00

Our little Boo-Boo Bear (that is Karly's nickname) has started walking!! She has not perfected it yet but she is constantly wobbling around here like a little penguin! She still falls on her bottom many times a day, though it doesn't seem to phase her. She gets sooo excited when she walks and laughs like crazy. She is very proud of herself. It's so cute!

Here she is walking with a ponytail holder in one hand and a cresent roll in the other!!

Karly's favorite thing to do is climb up onto this chair and look at the computer screen (which has our family picture as the wallpaper.)

What a ham!!

Reagan was watching the Ohio State Buckeyes with her Daddy and kept turning around like this to smile at us. I asked her "Do you want your picture taken?" and she replied with a nod "Uh-huh."

I had to run to the grocery store last night while the Buckeyes were still on. For all of you that do not know Derek, he is a football fanatic! So he put both girls, sippy cups and all, into this chair and turned a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse DVD on the computer for them to watch. I guess he had time to take these pics...probably during a commercial!!

Tongue Tied

2008-10-11T08:22:00.010-04:00

Karly likes to stick her tongue out and kind of twist it to the side. I was browsing through my pictures and noticed that she does it a lot! See for yourself...

Looks like she just had a bottle...her tongue is white!

Lil Kawasaki Fun!!

2008-10-06T13:18:00.008-04:00

A woman from my MOPS group just recently gave us a Lil Kawasaki Power Wheels that her children did not use anymore...(Thank you Libby!!)

Karly was the first to try it out since Reagan was still napping when we got it.

When Reagan woke up she was sooo excited to see it! The battery was not charged yet but she still loved just sitting on it.

Daddy charged up the battery.....and the fun began!!

Reagan pushed the button and 'steered' while Karly was just along for the ride.

Appalachian Trail Hike '08

2008-09-28T19:51:00.004-04:00

Derek, his brother Bobby and Bobby's friend Gary hiked around 65 miles of the Appalachian Trail last month. There were too many pictures so I created a slideshow.

Flashback Friday!!

2008-09-26T16:45:00.007-04:00

It's time for Flashback Friday again!!
Karly's turn!

This picture was taken on 11-26-2007. She was 3 weeks old. The plan was to take a picture of her next to this hippo every month to see how she was growing (I did this with Reagan for a few months)...but unfortunately I haven't taken another one until today!!

Here she is at almost 11 months old!

Pumpkin Patch

2008-09-24T09:31:00.019-04:00

Mimi and Papa surprised me and the girls by taking us to a pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin!!

Reagan was busy eating the candy necklace Mimi and Papa bought her and Karly was very sleepy.

Reagan loved picking out her very own pumpkin!

There were little black kittens hiding in the corner. Reagan loved them!!

Here comes the train!

What a cute little train! Reagan said she wanted to ride it....

She sat on it for about 30 seconds...just long enough for me to snap a couple pics. But when she realized that Mimi and Mommy couldn't ride with her and there were no other children on it she wanted OFF!!! I tried to talk her into riding it but she wouldn't...which really surprised me because she rode almost every ride at the fair. I think it was just because she was the only one on it. At least I got a cute pic!

The girls and our pumpkins riding back to the car in the wheelbarrow! What fun!

While we were loading things into the van, little Miss Reagan took off towards the teepees...

but Papa chased her down!!

Ok, I just have to post this!! While I was doing this blog entry, Karly was sleeping and Reagan was coloring at the table. I gave her markers to color a wooden pumpkin. So I turn around after about 10 minutes to check on her and this is what I found:

I guess I should hold off on the markers for another year or so!! Lol

Beaver Falls Waterfalls and Playground

2008-09-22T10:27:00.021-04:00

One night, we decided to go check out the Beaver waterfalls. We had to hike down through the woods, then walk along the railroad tracks to get there.

Here is Reagan and her baby ready to go!

Reagan was quite excited to see them so close.

She wanted Baby to have her picture taken too.

Daddy was holding Reagan so she could throw rocks in the water. Of course I was on pins and needles the entire time...you can't tell from the pics but we were standing on the edge of a cliff.

Daddy and his girls

Mama and Karly-Bear

Daddy and Reagan skipping on the train tracks

After we got back we decided to walk to the nearby playground.

Here's Karly loving up her baby.

Our little monkey

Riding the turtle...with a little push from Dad

Daddy's turn!

Friday Flashback

2008-09-19T09:21:00.009-04:00

My pretty, pretty princess got this little costume as a big sister gift.
November 7th, 2007

Here she is almost 1 year later....

The Obstacle Course

2008-09-17T21:22:00.003-04:00

The girls and I babysat for a family the past couple days. They have a 4 year old girl and an 18 month old boy. Here is how the girls entertained themselves:

Crazy Girls!!

Karly loved having Autumn walk over her like that! And notice Reagan running circles around us? They did this for a good 20 minutes! Wish I had that kind of energy!!

Go Golden Tornados!!

2008-09-07T19:47:00.021-04:00

Last night we walked up our street to Geneva College's Golden Tornados football game.

"Take that bink out Kar!"

Thank you!

In it goes again...

Uh-oh...not fast enough!!

Sissy got it for a quick suck!!

Reagan spotted an opening on a bench besides some older man. She climbed right up there next to him and sat there for some time. I asked him if he minded and he said "Not at all." :-)

Silly girl

Offering Mommy her binky

She holds her ears like this when she's sleepy

Pretending to sleep

This was when we decided it was time to go home!! Lol

Like Father, Like Daughter

2008-09-03T10:22:00.006-04:00

Derek painted this picture when he was in high school. His parents were very proud of it so they had it matted and framed. It used to hang in their bathroom but now hangs in ours. I wish he would paint more pictures for our house!

It looks like Reagan got some of his talent...

She was coloring while I was sewing some receiving blankets. She ran over to me, held up the picture she had just drawn and said "It's Rea-Rea!" She was very proud of her drawing and when I studied it closer...I was too! You can see a circle for her head, a circle for her eye (she is looking to the left...it's a profile view), hair and a mouth!! I will definitely frame this and hang it on our wall. I love it!

Then I turned the picture over and this is what I found...looks like a tree to me!

Potty Time!!

2008-09-03T09:48:00.008-04:00

We have been potty training Reagan and I must say she is doing a pretty good job. When she has to go she says "I hear tinkles" or "I hear poo-poos" then she sits down and goes! It's pretty funny that she 'hears' it before it comes!! Lol

Look at the concentration...

All done!

Yay!!!

And here is what Karly does when left alone in the bathroom for all of 10 seconds!!

Karly's Turn In The Spotlight

2008-08-28T14:02:00.015-04:00

Karly's turn to play the drums!! Grandma Hawk gave her a saucepan and a spoon and she had a blast!!

Play the drums Karly!

Where's My Bum?

2008-08-06T23:07:00.004-04:00

Where's My Bum?

Always into something....

2008-08-04T09:38:00.007-04:00

Ok, so I know I am a bad mom for buying the sugar cereal but Giant Eagle was having a special where you buy 4 boxes of the bad stuff and you get 20 cents towards your fuel perks! How can you pass that up? Well needless to say, my girls have enjoyed it! This morning I was on the computer and Reagan came running in saying "Oh no, Oh no Mommy! Karly cereal. Go get her Mommy!" This is what I found....

Oops! I've been caught!!

She was very pleased with herself!!

Regatta Time!

2008-08-03T22:54:00.001-04:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Budding Artist

2008-07-31T12:04:00.007-04:00

This is why you don't leave a 2 year old alone with markers!!!

I sat Reagan down this morning to color a picture for her Grandma Humphrey who just had surgery (Get well soon Grandma!!) but soon got a phone call. I forgot that I had given her markers and started walking around the house talking to a friend I hadn't spoken with for awhile. This is what I found when I came back to the dining room.....

She even took the time to color in her belly button!! LOL

What a cute little ham!!

Notice the "tattoos" on her arms

ps...mommy sewed this dress for her :-)

Don't Feed The Animals!

2008-07-31T12:03:00.000-04:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Forever Cousins, Forever Friends

2008-07-28T20:13:00.001-04:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Family Photobook

2008-07-25T09:05:00.002-04:00

Make a Smilebox photobook

My sister Shana and her family recently drove up to Ohio all the way from Texas. We only get to see them about twice a year, if that, so it was really great spending time with them. The kids all got along great. Reagan age 2, Grant age 2 1/2 and Cooper age 3 1/2 sat on Mimi and Papa's back steps and shared watermelon. Cooper was basically feeding Reagan and Grant! Too cute. All the guys enjoyed the basketball court my parent's neighbors recently put in their backyard. We can't wait until our next visit with them. Hopefully it won't be too long! Reagan was looking at this slideshow I made and she said to me "I wanna go home Mommy." I said "We are home honey" and she said "no, I wanna go home." She thinks of Ohio as her home because that's where all her family lives.

Cedar Point '08

2008-07-24T14:18:00.003-04:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Derek and I had not been to Cedar point in 8 years! We were very excited to go and to get some time away by ourselves! We started off with the Raptor then made our way to the Magnum, the Mantis, the Millenium Force and the Maverick. On our way to some of these rides we saw the Top Thrill Dragster. "OH MY GOSH!!!" I think I said that a hundred times. It shoots you off at 120 mph and you go up this 400 something foot hill and spiral downward. The whole ride is only 17 seconds but definitely a THRILL!!! I said "We HAVE to go on that ride otherwise we'll regret it." Derek said to me "I don't have anything to prove to anyone" LOL But I didn't have to twist his arm to get in line later on that day. I was so nervous waiting in the hour 1/2 line. The girl behind us said that it gets stuck at the top about twice a day. Thanks a lot for telling me that!!! Derek kept saying "Are we really doing this?" We got through it alive though and didn't get stuck at the top...thank goodness! My throat hurt so bad from screaming so much. Needless to say, that was our last ride of the day. Can't wait till next time!!!

Thank you to Aunt Julie and Aunt Lilly for keeping our girls while we were gone!!!

Morraine State Park

2008-07-12T15:12:00.010-04:00

Yesterday, we went to Morraine State Park. First, we had a picnic lunch. Then we swam in the lake. Both girls LOVED swimming! Reagan had arm floaties on and held onto a nemo inner tube. She loved not having mommy or daddy hold onto her. She thought she was a big girl swimming around by herself! She especially loved it when daddy would swim underneath her and grab her feet. :-) We put Karly in a baby float and she was in her element too! They both love the water.

Daddy pushing his girls on the swings

4th of July in Ohio!!

2008-07-08T23:42:00.015-04:00

We spent the long weekend of the 4th in Ohio with friends and family. Despite the fact that we were all sick...we all had colds, Karly had croup, Reagan had pink eye and double ear infections and Mommy got pink eye from Reagan...we still had a good time.

We headed out to my sisters house to play at a nearby park. Elizabeth had a cool craft for Grant and Reagan to do. They sponge painted red, gold and silver fireworks onto black paper. Afterwards, we went downtown Akron for fireworks with Mimi, Papa, Aunt Lilly and Grant. Reagan and Grant loved the fireworks! Karly even stayed up for the late show and watched in amazement.

Reagan has nicknamed her Grandma "Hawk" She goes around saying "Hawk...where are you?" :-)) Here is a picture of Reagan finger painting with her cousin Alaina. "Hawk" was babysitting Dylan and Alaina and the two little girls had a blast together. Reagan kept asking Alaina for kisses. So sweet!

Karly, Reagan and Alaina swinging on the 4th of July

Karly and Dylan. He loved holding her :-)

We spent a lot of time at my friend Becky's house. The kids played while Becky highlighted my hair...love it!!! And we also got to swim in their pool!!

Sophia and Reagan are best buds when they're not fighting over babies or stuffed animals!!

Sophia, Hunter, Grant and Reagan

Becky and Me...before the new do

Bleach blond Kristy and my adorable hubby ;-)

Binky Fix

2008-04-24T11:53:00.006-04:00

So as most of you know, Reagan loves her binky. She is only allowed to have it at nap time and bedtime. Lately, I have caught her a couple times sneaking secret sucks of Karly's binky when she thinks I'm not looking!

Well, today I thought she was up in her bedroom playing but things just seemed a little too quiet. I went to check on her and there she was on the bottom step sound asleep with Karly's binky in her mouth!

She woke up about 20 minutes later and came into the dining room where I was (without the bink) and acted as if nothing had happened.

Yummy, Yummy Cereal!!

2008-03-09T23:28:00.009-04:00

Karly got to try baby banana cereal for the first time today! She only made one face but then realized it was yummy and gobbled it all up!!

What did you just put in my mouth?!

Hey, that stuff's pretty good!

More please!

Reagan's First Time In The Snow!

2008-03-09T22:43:00.018-04:00

Here are some pics from Reagan's first time playing in the snow! Derek and I both wanted to play with her but we couldn't just leave Karly in the house all alone so we bundled her all up, put her in her carseat and set her on the front porch. Of course she was asleep within minutes! Oh to be a baby :-)

Helping Daddy shovel

My, what a big snowball you have Reagan!

Reagan's snow angel

Momma's snow angel

Here is the view from our house. This is the Beaver River with train tracks on either side. Right before I took this picture a train had just gone by. Reagan was extremely excited to see that! She screams "choo choo!!" everytime she sees a train. You can't really tell in the pic, but we are standing at the edge of a cliff. It goes straight down (and pretty far down!) to the river. Kinda scary!

After everyone else went inside, Daddy stayed out to finish his snowman! Still a kid at heart :-)

Family Fun Outdoors!

2008-03-06T22:48:00.018-05:00

Swinging with Daddy

Looks like Rosco is saying "Please make her stop!?"

My little snowbunny!

Karly was having fun watching her sissy play on her swingset. She was all bundled up and cozy...so cozy that she fell asleep out there.

Derek was cleaning up all the dog poop that appeared out of nowhere once the snow melted (lol!) and Reagan thought she was helping with the rake! :-)

Reagan...almost 2!!

2008-03-03T10:47:00.013-05:00

Reagan loves to help Mommy, whether it be vacuuming the floor, cooking, or throwing something away for me. Although, one time I asked her to go throw her dirty clothes in the hamper...she acted as though she knew exactly what I was talking about and took the clothes and marched right in her room. But instead of throwing them in the hamper, she threw them in the trash!

So as you all know, we recently moved to Beaver Falls. We found a new church that we really like as it is similar to our old one in Hershey, PA. The second time of Reagan being in the nursery she collided with a little boy and got a black eye! It didn't seem to affect her but we did get her eye checked out for a peace of mind and luckily everything was fine. She has been battling ear infections her whole life though and has had them constantly for a couple months. She has been waking up crying 2, 3 and sometimes 4 times a night. Needless to say, I am exhausted! We take her to the doctor's today to see if this last round of antibiotics has gotten rid of the infection and if not, they are going to put tubes in her ears.

Karly-4 Months

2008-03-03T10:25:00.014-05:00

So we finally get our computer back and I am so happy to be able to take pictures and upload them for all to see.....and then my $200 digital camera that I just got Christmas '06 broke!! :-(

HP said it was an internal hardware malfunction and OF COURSE my one year warranty had just expired. So now I am taking pics with a very old digital we have and the quality is not as good. Oh well, at least I had a back-up!

Karly is just the best baby ever. She is so pleasant and content. She is starting to suck on her middle and ring fingers a lot. I just can't keep them out of her mouth! She loves to watch her big sissy and often laughs at the silly things she does. She also laughs at colors. We discovered this when Mimi (my mom) was saying to her that she thought her eyes were going to be brown. Karly laughed at the color so my mom kept going. Her favorite seemed to be fuschia!!

She loves to bounce in her johnny jumper and has starting rolling over from belly to back and back to belly. She is a wonderful sleeper and a very good eater...as you can see she is a little chunk. She was weighing 15lbs. before she was even 4 months old (big sister Reagan weighed 16lbs. at her 1 year check-up!!) And as you can see, she has the wildest hair ever and it doesn't seem to be lightening up! We love it ;-)

Merry Christmas!!

2007-12-26T10:47:00.000-05:00

Our usb ports stopped working on our computer so until they get fixed we cannot upload any pics :-(
I took these with my cell phone and sent them to my email for you all to see!

Sisters!!

Christmas Cutie!

Here is Karly's 6 week picture! Don't worry...you'll all be getting one soon ;-)

Smile Kar-Kar!!

2007-12-10T16:01:00.000-05:00

I finally got this little stinkpot to smile and then she blinked from the flash!! She still looks adorable though!

Ohio Visit

2007-12-10T14:13:00.000-05:00

ALL DRESSED UP FOR AUNT TINA'S WEDDING

PAPA & KARLY

GRANDMA HAWK AND THE GIRLS

GREAT-GRANDMA PEGGY AND A FUSSY KARLY!

Cousin Grant's Ratatouille-Themed 2nd Birthday Party!

2007-12-10T13:02:00.000-05:00

THE BIRTHDAY BOY!!

CHEF REAGAN

NOLY ROLY POLY------------------ MIMI & REAGAN

We had sooo much fun at my nephew's 2nd birthday party. Good job throwing it Lil! The kids got their faces painted to look like little rats and they each got to be a chef and make a mini pizza. Reagan had lots of fun!

Christmas is coming!!

2007-11-28T11:17:00.001-05:00

Our little gymnast

2007-11-18T19:59:00.000-05:00

One of Reagan's favorite things to do is have "gymnastics class"
We turn on some music and do flips with daddy and practice doing headstands with mommy. She even learned how to do a somersault all by herself in just a few tries! We're thinking of enrolling her in a gymnastics class since she loves it so much! She's just the right size to be a gymnast...a little peanut!

Life in the Hawk household

2007-11-16T16:23:00.000-05:00

Karly is doing well adjusting to life in the Hawk family. She's quite the little piggy and eats every two hours like she hasn't eaten in days!

Reagan still loves her little sissy but sometimes I think she thinks she's just another one of her dolls. She tries to play catch with her and she always tries to cover her up with a blanket...a little too hard and over her face! We just have to watch Reagan very carefully around Karly ;-)
She is quite the "little mommy" though and is very concerned when Karly cries. She comes to me and says "Baby crying" over and over until I tend to Karly.

We can't wait to show Karly off to our families the first weekend in December!!!

One more thing...we might be moving soon! Derek put in for a transfer with his company to New Castle, PA (which is only about an hour from home in Ohio) and we're pretty sure he got the job!!! He tours the water plant November 30th and if all goes well, the position is his! It will be such a blessing to be closer to our family :-)
I'm not really looking forward to moving with a newborn in the middle of winter though!!

Welcome Karly!!!

2007-11-08T11:45:00.000-05:00

Karly Kendall Hawk

November 2, 2007 at 9:28am

7lb 11oz 19.5in

The proud papa

What is this??

Reagan's first time holding her new baby sister.

She was very excited to be burping her baby sister!!

Cuddle time with Grandfather and Mimi

Our little princess playing in a dress up outfit she got as a big sister present.

Reagan's first pumpkin carving

2007-10-31T18:40:00.000-04:00

Oh boy...this looks like it's going to be fun!

Derek had a little trouble getting the top off (he was exaggerating a little!) I told him he looks like Popeye in these pics!

Reagan got a butter knife to carve with. She looooved carving the pumpkin!

All finished!

Trick-or-Treat

2007-10-28T09:43:00.000-04:00

Well, trick-or-treat started off good this year until Reagan decided it was way more fun to pull the wagon than go up to some stranger and grab candy out of a bowl! ;-)
Towards the end she refused to go up to the door because all she wanted to do was push/pull that darn wagon!! There's always next year...

Almost there!!

2007-10-21T16:20:00.001-04:00

38 weeks

National Apple Harvest Festival

2007-10-20T08:31:00.001-04:00

We recently went to the National Apple Harvest Festival which is held every year near Gettysburg, PA. Mimi and Papa were visiting that weekend also! Reagan got her face painted for the first time. Surprisingly, she didn't move a muscle!

She had the most fun playing in a pit of hay with lots of other kids. Of course, she was the only child climbing on the wooden posts around the edge...and got her first splinter that Papa had to pull out :-(

Papa even enjoyed playing in the hay with her!!

Reagan had a lot of fun petting all the animals and even talking to them (like they...or anyone for that matter, knew what she was saying!) ;-)

Riding on the school bus was sooo much fun!!

Say cheese!

2007-10-18T22:00:00.000-04:00

Here are some pics that were taken 2-3 months ago. I just now got my scanner hooked up so that's why some of you haven't seen them yet ;-)

Boo!!

2007-10-18T21:34:00.000-04:00

A Day In The Park

2007-10-11T23:15:00.000-04:00

Taking a little tumble! Don't worry...she's a tough cookie.

She so badly wanted to go swimming!

Wow...that's a big cat!
She had a rough time walking over all the rocks. Her knees have a few bruises to show from it!

Finally, I made it!!

36 1/2 weeks

She did not want to sit still!

While Mommy's Away.....

2007-10-07T20:00:00.000-04:00

UH-OH!!!

While Mommy was out shopping, Reagan had fun with her yogurt! Of course Daddy says he was only out of the room for a minute when this happened...but the Brown's were on tv!!

*I don't know what that white spot is on her eye b/c Derek said none of it got in her eyes. It must have been the camera.

Buzzzzz

2007-10-02T21:18:00.001-04:00

Here's our little bumblebee! She actually wasn't mad about trying on the costume. She was mad because Mommy wouldn't let her hold the camera. When she saw herself in the mirror she got a kick out of it and then kept wanting to kiss herself! ;-)

Plum-tuckered out!!

2007-09-29T21:42:00.001-04:00

Now that's when you know he is EXHAUSTED...he fell asleep watching the Ohio State Buckeyes!

5 weeks to go!!

2007-09-29T21:28:00.001-04:00

Ok, so here is the 35 week big belly!! Although...I have been measuring on the small side, about a week behind at each visit. We are wondering if Karly is going to be a little peanut like her big sis Reagan. Only time will tell.... ;-)

Appalachian Trail Hike '07

2007-09-29T20:17:00.000-04:00

Derek and Bobby made it back safely! They hiked a total of 67 miles!!! WOW!

Day 1 (Wednesday evening 09-26-07)

The first night they hiked about 5 miles (some through the rain and the dark.) They finally made it to their shelter where there were two other hikers staying the night as well. The one guy was sleeping in a hammock and took up a lot of space. He also snored all night long so Derek didn't get much sleep! They came to be friends with this man (who's trail name was "Used To") and hiked some of the trail with him and his dog Jack.

Day 2 (Thursday 09-27-07)

Today they hiked a total of 21 miles. The goal was 25 miles but they didn't quite make it. Derek said his feet started to hurt this day and towards the end he could barely walk.

They came to a town called Boiling Springs and stopped in a gas station for water and a snack. It then started to pour so they decided to stay the night in the middle of town in a gazebo!! They said it rained all night long. Bobby said he slept good that night but poor Derek still didn't.

Day 3 (Friday 09-28-07)

This day they hiked a total of 25 miles. Derek said all he can really remember from this day was pain. They hiked some with "Used To" (and his dog Jack) and he gave Derek his trail name "Chisel." This name was given to him because with every step he took he would tear up the ground with his poles (which was very loud.) And Bobby said also because of Derek's chiseled facial features ;-) When they got to the shelter this night there was a group of four that wanted to sleep together in it. So "Chisel" and "Lark Boy" (we're not sure why this is Bobby's trail name) slept in the grass right next to the shelter while "Used To" and Jack slept down by the spring. Derek said he still did not get a good night's sleep.

Day 4 (Saturday 09-29-07)

The last day of the hike...finally! Today they hiked 16 miles. Derek has a huge blister on the bottom of his foot and he said he sprained and rolled each ankle a couple times. They reached their final destination sometime around 4pm. They treated themselves to Cracker Barrel and stuffed themselves! FINALLY Daddy arrived home to a VERY happy wife and daughter. The guys are very thankful to have made it the whole way with no injuries. I am so glad Derek is back home! And so is Reagan! I am sure Bobby's family will be just as happy to get their Pop back safely ;-) Unfortunately he had a 5 hour drive tonight before he could get to see his family. And Derek still won't get a good night's sleep tonight because the poor guy now has to work 11pm-7am!

Turtle Mountain

2007-09-29T16:58:00.000-04:00

Mommy wouldn't let me play in my sandbox since she forgot to put the lid on last night and it rained :-( So I decided to climb it instead! That turned out to be even more fun!! I liked dancing once I got to the top and then using it as a slide!

Daddy

2007-09-28T20:30:00.001-04:00

Reagan loves it when Daddy pushes her in her swing. He really gets into it and makes her giggle like crazy. Rosco does not like it though. He freaks out anytime she is in the swing or on a slide. He's a worry-wort! But I guess it's a good thing that a big dog like that loves her so much.

And yes...my hanging flowers are dead! ;-)

Ok, so I had to add a picture of just Derek! I think he looks absolutely adorable in this pic ;-)

Right now, Derek and his brother Bob are hiking on the Appalachian Trail. They are going to try and do 60 miles. They left Wednesday evening and should arrive home Saturday evening sometime. Unfortunately it has stormed the first two nights of their trip. I am still waiting to hear from him tonight. (I'm a worry-wort too!!)

Reagan has really missed her daddy. She just doesn't understand where he is. She keeps calling out "Daddy...Daddy?" We'll both be glad when he gets home safely!

Prego!!

2007-09-28T20:24:00.000-04:00

These are the letters I made to hang in Karly's room.

Here I am 28 weeks pregnant. I am now almost 35 weeks pregnant and need to take a different picture. But like most pregnant women I don't feel very pretty right now and have been putting it off! Everything is going very well with this pregnancy...although I am ready to be done! I just can't wait to see what this little girl looks like!!

Playing outside

2007-09-28T20:18:00.000-04:00

Reagan's favorite thing to do is play outside in her backyard. Everytime I let Rosco out to go to the bathroom she comes running at full speed and says "side?" Although when we can't go out (because of the weather) she throws a huge fit on the kitchen floor. I now have to sneak Rosco out in order to avoid one of these fits!

Mommy Reagan

2007-09-28T19:56:00.000-04:00

Here she was playing "dress up" in mommy's pants and feeding her baby a bottle

She also loves to wrap my clothes all around herself and play peek-a-boo!