Virgina 2010 Vacation

We timed our trip to Virginia perfectly this year. We went back to meet our new niece Olivia and new nephew Peyton and to give Kris' extended family a chance to meet Tucker. Luckily for us, the babies made it home from the hospital about one week before we arrived so we were able to hug and dote on them all week long.

Highlights from our trip:

• Crisp sunny fall days with beautiful fall foilage surrounding us everywhere we went
• Giant piles of leaves for the boys to play in for hours at a time
• a big family party at Great Grandma's which included a full afternoon of trampoline jumping with cousins, petting goats, looking at the beautiful horses, a ride in the back of a pick up truck, almost petting a buffalo and a cow, and yummy food and great company.
• Owen and Tucker playing with Jenkins and Onyx
• a trip to Build a Bear with Auntie Kyndal
• a trip to the toy store with Nana
• a visit with Robert & Jenny and their sweet baby Abby
• a delicious Thanksgiving feast with Robert and his pals at his Smith Mountain Lake cabin
• first park trip with Auntie Kyndal and her beautiful babies
• a family photo shoot
• lots of relaxing and watching movies in the evenings
• yummy meals at home with the family
• Aunt Jackie's AWESOME sugar cookies

can you believe this color on the maple tree?

could they be any sweeter?

And the winner is...

A few posts back, I shared some photos of the boys that my brother-n-law, Ryan, shot. His instructor liked one of the photos he used so much (above) that he suggested that Ryan enter one of the school's photo contests. We just found out that he won. Congrats Ryan!

Wiseley Boys @ ~5 weeks

We're corny. We decided to try to replicate one of Owen's photo shoots with Tucker at the same age in the same clothes. Because they are different kids and because Owen was involved in Tucker's photo shoot, we didn't get exact photo matches. Some of the more similar shots come when they are wearing different outfits, but I still think it is fun comparison. Both times we did this with Kris' parents and most photos were taken by Granddaddy. Of course the boys aren't identical, but I think you may get a kick out of how similar they look- I know we sure do.

Tucker

Owen

Tucker

Owen

Tucker

Owen

Tucker

Owen

And Owen 2+ years after the original shoot:

Tucker's Announcement Photo

Tucker just turned 3 months. I have been feeling guilty because I never mailed out a birth announcement for Tucker. And now that we're heading towards his fourth month, I'm not going to, but this is the photo I would have chosen had I been on top of it. We took the photo the day before his 1 month birthday. I just love it. I have already printed it out, so at least he'll have this photo in his baby book (which I also haven't started). Geez.

I would have also included a photo of both boys together. This is another favorite- even though Owen's diaper is showing:

Ryan's Photo Shoot- March 2010

We spent a week down in OC in late March to visit with family. We had a wonderful time. I will try to post a blog about the trip, but until then...

Ryan, my bro-n-law, graciously agreed to a photo shoot. Luckily for me, his assignment for the next week was a portrait - so he was more than happy to head over to the park to snap away. I really wanted to try to get a great picture of both the boys together. It was a great shoot - despite issue #1- Owen only wanted to play on the playground and issue #2 - I completely forgot about the photo shoot possibility when I packed the boys clothes so we were without great clothing options for Owen. We had Owen wear one of his shirts backwards so that the picture wouldn't distract from the photo, but you'll see this didn't really work. Next time I head home, I will definitely plan better. Ryan is fantastic. There are so many amazing shots, but I'll just post a few of my favorites:

And the photo shoot continued when we were back at Grandma's and Grandpa's house: Dylan - just about 7 months kissing his baby cousin Tucker:

Age update: Tucker's 8 1/2 weeks old, Dylan's just shy of 7 months, and Owen's 2 1/2 (and a few weeks).

Thanksgiving Family Photo Shoot

Here are a few of our favorite pictures from the family photo shoot. Thank you Ryan & Jamie!