4th of July

We started our celebration a week early with the fireworks at our church. Lucky for us our Sunday school teacher is the one who shoots the fireworks. So our class got a front row seat for the action! We all went early and tailgated and had plenty to eat. The kids played and we had a blast. The fireworks were fantastic! I was worried about how the girls would do with the noise but it didn't bother them at all. Everyone loved them!
Everyone getting ready to go see the fireworks. Tanner just loves taking pictures these days :)

The sweet babies hanging out

The kids eating

The fireworks were awesome!



The following Saturday we packed up and went to Oak Mountain "beach". It started off a little rocky but we ended up having a great time. Hayes swam all over that lake and the girls floated around and loved it. Tanner wasn't too sure about the lake but he got used to it and had fun.








We spent the 4th living it up in our redneck pool :) and had a ball!


Hayes loves going under with daddy




We had a great time celebrating and we are so thankful for all the men and women who have served our country.
Happy 4th everyone!

4 months in a nutshell

I am so behind on our blog. I like to think it is because I don't have time but I seem to have plenty of time to stalk facebook for good deals on clothes for the girls so that obviously isn't the problem :) I am going to try and catch up here instead of spend money! The last post I made was when the girls were 4 months old and now they are over 8 months so lots has happened. They are getting so big and full of personality. They are just so much fun. Delaney got her first 2 teeth a few weeks ago and is pulling up on everything. Baby sister Hadley still doesn't have any teeth and is quite content to just sit and play. She is not interested in crawling or pulling up which is just fine with me! I think Delaney is going to give me a heart attack. She pushes poor Hadley over and pulls her hair and gets on top of her. And she squeals the whole time. She is rotten! We put a pool in the backyard (yes I know it is redneck but we had to do something to beat the heat) and the boys are having a great time swimming. Hayes can go under and get his dive sticks and is actually swimming now. I am so proud of him! Tanner doesn't quite share his love for the water but he will jump off the ladder if I catch him and just likes to walk around the pool with his cars. Hadley also loves the water and loves to be in her float splashing around. Delaney isn't quite as sure about it but she likes to play if I hold her. I am going to try to do much better with the blog after today. So here is a condensed version of the last 4 months in pictures:

My beautiful children on Easter


My little Easter bunnies


7 months old!


Terrorizing her little sister, as usual


My 3 favorite boys


My girls and I before church


A tub full!


Ready to go swimming!


My little fish...

Just Another Day

With 4 kids there is almost always something crazy going on at our house. Today was just another day in the life of the Paganelli household. I brought the easel outside so the boys could paint and be messy. The girls were playing in the bouncers outside and Hadley started to get fussy. I ran in to get her paci so I could try and put her to sleep. Tanner was innocently painting when I ran inside.

I was probably inside for 30 seconds or less and this is what I found when I came back out.

Poor Delaney didn't seem to mind being painted but I was not so happy. Here are some more pics from today.

Captain America was in mid temper tamptrum but the camera distracted him


3 of my 4 playing together (and yes it is perfectly normal for my kids to be in costume on any given day)

This and That

First of all, Happy 5 Months to my sweet girls! Time is flying!


I am starting to get a little more comfortable going places by myself with all 4 kiddos. A new friend from our Sunday School class, Jen, invited us to the zoo last week. She has a little boy that is 4 and one that is a few weeks younger than the girls. She was meeting some other moms from her son Mack's class at school. I was very nervous but she assured me there would be plenty of other moms there to help. So I decided to tough it out and try it. The kids actually were better than expected and we had a great time. Here are a few pics from the day.



Thank goodness the splash pad was open! It was so hot and the boys loved playing in the water.

Saturday we took advantage of the warm weather and spent the morning at the park. We even took a blanket and picnic lunch. I am so glad spring is here!







We are so glad it is finally warm outside. Our days go much faster! Can't wait for summer!

4 Months!

I can't believe my babies are already 4 months old! Delaney finally passed her sister in weight. She now weighs 13 lbs 5 oz and Hadley is 13 lbs even. Hadley is still longer but just by a touch. They both have colds and poor Hadley has her first ear infection but other than that they are perfect! Hadley is doing much better with her reflux since we started her new medicine and she goes for an upper GI on Wednesday. Hopefully everything will be normal. Life here is still crazy but it is starting to get a little easier. I still can't believe we have 2 girls!

They're Here!

Our beautiful angels have finally arrived! I was scheduled for a c-section on Wednesday, October 27 but apparently the girls had other ideas. My mom had been here for awhile and decided to go home for one last weekend on Friday before the planned c-section. She had been home about an hour or two when I called her with the news that I thought my water had broken and to head back to Birmingham. After I got Joey home from work and a quick trip through the drive-thru at McDonald's (no I am not kidding, Joey insisted on stopping to get himself dinner) we arrived at the hospital. We had about an hour and a half to prepare ourselves for the big arrival and then it was off to surgery. Delaney Rae Paganelli was born at 8:15 pm and was 6 lbs even and 18 3/4 inches long. Hadley Elizabeth Paganelli was born at 8:16 and was 6 lbs 3 ounces and 19 3/4 inches long. Hadley had a low temperature so she was sent to NICU but was reunited with us by Sunday. We all came home together and they are just wonderful. They are great sleepers and the boys have adjusted well to having little sisters. We are one big happy family of 6!


What a surreal feeling to be handed two bundles of joy at the same time!


Hadley loves to snuggle with her big sister


Delaney checking out Hadley. I think she likes her!


Hadley is already trying to talk to Delaney. These two are going to have lots of fun together!

Movin' On Up

I haven't posted in a while because we have had a lot going on. I think we are settled in now but in the span of a week we went from this

to this

and a few days later we went from this

to this


We absolutely love our new house. It has so much more space for the kids to play. The best part about it is this

The boys have a huge playroom upstairs which means there are zero toys downstairs. My dream come true! All the kids rooms are upstairs too so the downstairs is truly an adult space. We spend all day upstairs and once the kids are in bed, Joey and I come downstairs and relax...

We absolutely love our new house. We are so happy to have more space and thankful the boys adjusted so well. And as much as I hate to admit it, I actually really like the mini-van too!