Halloween 07

Here are a few pictures of our Halloween this year, we dressed Natalie as Raggedy Ann (she wouldn't ever wear the hat that had her hair) and Palmer was a Teddy Bear, both Michelle's idea.


These are the pumkins we carved this year, I did the one on the left and Michelle did the one on the right



These two are Natalie in her "pre-game" mode before she went to rake in on her loot





Here's Palmer with my cousin Lindsay, we trick-or-treated at her house in Atlanta along with Stuart's family


Here's Palmer's "post-game" routine


Here's a short video of Natalie and Daniella trick or treating, I love what she says at the end!

my new toy

Okay, so I usually give Michelle a hard time that she spends about $100 every other day on kids clothes (and her own clothes, don't let her fool you!), but I guess since I went out and impulse bought a grand piano I have no room to talk or complain, at least for a short time. I will be back believe you me complaining about Michelle blowing our money! At any rate it should be a fun toy to have for a while!

new pictures

Michelle is still having fun playing with color tinting. Here are a few of the really great pictures she's been taking. The last one of Palmer I think she said was one of her favorite pictures ever.

Palmer loves his big sister

we are starting to see quite a bit of Palmers love for natalie lately, according to him she's got killer material as a comedian.

golf video

this is a good video showing the classic round of gold i now typically play! I am sorry that i haven't posted in like forever, i am going to turn over a new leaf and start posting more regularly again. If anyone is still checking my site PLEASE leave a commment so i know its worth posting and that people are still visiting. Thanks!

Good video

Okay so I know this isn't family related but it never gets old watching it. I couldn't get it to embed on my blog so you just have to hit the link to it below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JkDjYp2Jok

Natalie showing her skills!

This is a great video of Natalie showing how she's mastered the big slide! We felt bad because we laughed so hard watching this thing over and over! She was okay of course, well, we think.

Natalie in the pool

This was a fun video of Natalie doing her pool thing! if you need a babysitter for her just giver her two cups and some water and she's good for four or five hours.

4th of July

Here's a cute picture of Natalie celebrating the 4th of July and demonstrating her patriotism!

ping pong natalie

Here's a short video of Natalie picking up ping-pong, she's definitely good enough to beat Nate already. It's not that Natalie is that good, it's that Nate is just that bad. More videos to come!

Natalie being the big sister

I thought this was a cute example of how Natalie tries to be a big helper! Also I need to say congratulations to our good friends Adam and Jessica Sloan on the birth of their child on July 2nd, they had a boy they named Jackson Sloan! We're so excited for them!

Palmer and Melanie

Last night Palmer got the distinct pleasure to meet for the first time one of our best friends, Melanie Curtis from Chatanooga. She was in town for a teachers conference so we met her at the hotel she was staying at and helped her enjoy their happy hour, at least I did! I promise to put more videos up, I've been having some computer difficulties with my real player, I'll try to get it worked out and get some up over the weekend. Here are a few pictues of us and Melanie.

mommy and Palmer

It's crazy how much he already looks like he's grown up in just 3 weeks!

natalie playing on the couch

I'm sorry I haven't posted recently, I promise to get more stuff up more often, ideally I'd like to get one post up per day, we'll see how that goes. Also, anybody is welcome to come see us or stay with us anytime, we would love the company as it's a little more difficult to get out of town now as often as we did with Natalie when she was born. We have two extra bedrooms we can use, 3 if you ask Natalie to give up her room, just give her a cookie and she'll more than likely make the trade. She thinks short term for sure! So come and see us!! Congratulations also to my cousin Ashley who had her 2nd baby last night Alaina, 9 pounds 3 ounces. I'll put a picture of her up as soon as she has the time to email me one. Way to go Ashley! This is a cute video of Natalie, she's learned the words uh-oh, it's so cute when she says it!

Natalie sliding

I know I haven't posted much lately, in fact this video doesn't have Palmer in it either, I'll try to get going better on that. Also I know there's been some difficulty with some of the videos not playing and saying that they're unavailable. If anyone knows why my this is happening and knows how to fix it I would appreciate the help.

Big shoes to fill

We all realize now what big shoes Natalie has to fill as the big sister! The good thing is that she insists on wearing them! She'll grow into them eventually I guess...well, probably not these ones. I'm uploading some videos now so I should have them up by tonight or tomorrow. Let me know if your still visiting!

Natalie excited about Palmer video

This video is the most recent of Natalie getting excited about having baby Palmer around!

Natalie's roller coaster

Who says having a steep driveway is a bad thing? Oh yeah except when you're trying to get out with a car. But other than that it makes for great ride opportunities for little ones!

Natalie's parenting skills at work

Natalie may need some more practice before she gets to be in charge of Palmer by herself!

Natalie and her makeup

Here's a cute video of Natalie playing in Michelle's makeup trying to figure out which shade looks better on her. I guess she's trying to be all grown up now that she's the big sister!

Natalie at the gardens

Here's a few pictures I liked that we took on our trip to the Botanical gardens just prior to Palmer's arrival. We thought a long walk would help Palmer come faster! (It didn't work, nothing did except good old patossin)

cute picture

I know this isn't Palmer related, but I couldn't resist putting this picture up, it's one of my all time favorites of Natalie

Natalie playing

I thought this was cute of Natalie playing at the gardens here in Birmingham, this video is obviously pre-Palmer, but what the hey.

Natalie meeting Palmer at home

Here is the video of Natalie meeting Palmer when he first got to the house from the hospital, I thought it was sweet!

natalie playing wth Palmer video

I love this video of Natalie trying to share toys she thinks Palmer would like to play with! She's trying to the good big sister!

Natalie dressing Palmer

Here's a cute video of Natalie playing dress up with Palmer!

Homecoming!

Well we finally made it home yesterday, we were so ready to leave the hospital too! Here's the pictures of the whole family all together at the house.

Natalie feeding Palmer video

Here's a cute videdo of Natalie doing her best to take care of her new baby brother!

baby's name

Okay, after much deliberation (including the stress of everyone asking what his name was and not having an answer), we have decided to go with the name Palmer Wesley Hicks. So, here are a few more pictures of Palmer! More videos to come too. Thanks to everyone who has called, prayed, or visited to support us during this time. We are so thankful for all of you! Love Aaron

baby video

Here's a video of natalie meeting her brother for the first time. I will try to put more videos on later, please leave a comment to let me know you were here!

new baby

Well, Michelle manage to push out another one! Our son was born at 12:23, only needed one push to get out too! He weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces, 20.75 inches long, and is completely healthy. Here are the first pictures of (name tbd). I'll put a couple videos up to in a minute.

new videos

I just put three more videos of Natalie that we really liked. She can't get enough of the water park and has found a new love of slides! Michelle has her last doctors appointment tomorrow, depending on how she looks she may go ahead and deliver so we'll let everyone know if that happens.

natalie dancing

natalie at the water park

Natalie at the water park

Patty Cake is back!

Golf video

natalie's golf video

Thought i would post a link to Natalie on the golf course, for some reason it transferred over flipped sideways and I can't figure out how to flip it back.

http://video.google.com/videouploadfinished?docid=-3854342551684684967&cid=76a4bda709da4a3a

Put me down for a 5

Here are a few of the latest we have taken, Michelle bought a new camera and has been going crazy with it, there are already too many to put up! This is Natalie dominating on the golf course, she was able to to throw the ball in on her first try, which is definitely good enough to beat Nate. The other pictures are just ones I threw in for the heck of it. I am wanting to be able to put up video clips that we have, but I think blogger sucks too much to let us do it, so I'll probably have to put it on the Internet and link to it, unless somebody knows another way to do it. I'll put up more photos later.

Blog virginty

I guess they say there's a first time for everything, and that for me was losing my blog virginity. It was a little painful at first, but I hope it gets easier as I do it more often. I said I would never be a blogger but here I am giving in to the peer pressure, mainly because I was hoping to have a better outlet to put pictures of the family so people can see them more easily. So I guess that's it for now, leave a comment to let me know you read this and if you hated it or not.