Chris, Stacey and our boys

It's almost Spring!

2010-03-11T19:27:00.000-08:00

We have not sent pictures in months!! We've been super busy, so I've included a few pictures of Christmas since the last time we sent pictures was before Christmas....sorry!!

Updates - Adam and Hunter are growing by the minute. Hunter only has one year left of elementary school after this year. Adam has started karate and he loves it. Caiden is a little boy now - he talks up a storm and puts 3 words together - such as "bye bye big truck." His favorite words to say in sign lanuage are please and thank you. He had his 18 month check up...and is still super tall like his daddy - the 90th percentile, but has droppped a huge percentage in weight!!!! Only the 18th percentile in weight...he and his cousin Dagny are now close in that category. He loves his friends at daycare and literally will shed tears if the teacher says one of them will not be coming that day. He loves to give kisses and hugs and loves to give huge puppy dog eyes when he is mad at you. And he is starting to potty train..fun fun.
Our dear friend Elaine is on the road to recovery at Craig Rehab. We have been able to see her each week and she is getting stronger each day!!
Happy birthday to the following over the past few months: our nieces Hannah and Brooke and our brother Dave. And happy birthday to our brothers Karl, and Jeff and my mom.
Chris and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary as a couple last month. :)
Hope you are all well. It's almost Spring - we hate the snow so we can't wait ;)

Play date! Jude, Dillon and Caiden at Chuckee Cheese!

We took the kids to Monkey Bizness. We are frequent visitors of that place along with our friends Laura and Josh. This place is a life saver. Caiden on the slide

Laura and Jen....we were given about 10 minutes to chat while the boys took over with the kids..

Brooke and I :)

My happy baby!!

Caiden and I at his favorite place - the aquarium. He runs up to each tank and yells "fishy" and growls at the sharks.

Caiden and his cousins Ainsley and Dagny at the aquarium. They love their times together. Ainsley wants to dress her baby Caiden up in a dress though...

Chique and Popeye and their grandkids

Karl and his snuggie....he may deny he wanted one, but he invented his own snuggie when we were in North Carolina last summer ;) We have it on video Karl....lol

Me and all my boys on Christmas Eve

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-12-12T17:23:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays! It has been a busy month. Kristin and Koehn came to visit from Virginia. It was great to see you guys!! We were also lucky enough to spend Thanksgiving on the beach in Long Boat Key, FL. It was a beautiful week on the beach and we were so fortunate that all of my cousins and aunts and uncles, grandparents, on my moms side got to meet our baby boy. The kids are getting excited for Christmas as well as no school for 2 weeks. Caiden is such a little boy now. He has a mouth full of teeth and says more words and signs each day. His new favorite word is "no"...lucky us....and his new favoite sign is "please." He is still active as always and loves to dance. His favorite song is Beyonce's "Single Ladies." They are all growing up so fast.

Chris and Caiden and I at night on the beach

Caiden analyzing how his toes felt in the sand....he loved it. He loved the water, the sand, the sea shells...however he did try to eat the shells.

Caiden and I trying to be patient while we waited for daddy to walk out to the beach...neither Caiden nor I are very patient people...:)

Sunset view from our house

Popeye walking the girls out to the beach :)

Chris, Caiden and I at out favorite diner on the beach

The kids, and the big kids enjoying the Gulf of Mexico

The view from our bedroom

Our family owned a beach house for over 30 years and all my cousins and my sister and I had been going there since we were babies. It is located 3 houses down from the beach house we were in this trip. So we had to take a trip down memory lane and go see the house and peek in the windows ;)

The whole group. Happy Thanksgiving!

My sisters beautiful family, Melissa, Karl, Ainsley and Dagny, in the spot where they got married 5 years ago.

Chris and Caiden and I in the spot where Chris proposed to me 5 years ago. We were happy to share that with Caiden :)

Mom and Aunt Cheri having too much fun

We went to the Seafood Shack, a resturant on the water that we have been going to since we were little. We went to take a picture on this dock because we have many pictures on this very dock of my sister and cousins and I throughout the years.

Chris, Karl, Melissa and Jennifer going for a swim

Kristin and KC..we miss you!!

Kristin, Laura, me, Brooke and Lisa.

Happy Halloween and Happy Fall

2009-11-07T14:37:00.001-08:00

Happy Fall! Halloween is done and Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and we've already had a couple of snow storms.....so luckily we get to spend it by the beach! :) Hunter finished lacrosse and did great. All 3 boys are growing up quickly. Caiden is on milk now, but getting him to drink milk out of a sippy cup seems impossible. He is saying yet more words and has added a couple signs as well, including "friends." Everyone is well. We love and miss you all.

Hunter playing lacrosse just like dad :)

Caiden went to his first pumpkin patch and he found a little one that he carried around everywhere.

Caiden posing by the pumpkins

Daddy and Caiden

Mommy and Caiden

Here is a pic just for Aunt Nomie and Uncle Jeff. Caiden in his Harley shirt from them...and of course he had to have the hair and glasses to match

Caiden, Trey and Dillon wanting to see the dog at Treys house. Happy 1st birthday Trey. We love you!

Caiden loves to take daddys hat and wear it

All bundled up for the first snow of the year

Daddy and Caiden posing as husband and wife. Chris made Caiden be the girl

Caiden's first petting zoo.....although he loves animals, he seemed to be more interested in playing with the straw and leaves on the ground

Happy Halloween and Happy birthday to Dillon. We love you! All the babies are now a year old. Here are Caiden and Dillon checking each other out in their costumes.

Jamie, Laura and I :)

Caiden was still not too sure about his costume

Trick or treating. Caiden loved it...all the kiddos walked to door and grabbed candy.

And Caiden managed to get a lick off of a sucker

All the kids dressed up. We were shocked they sat still long enough to get a picture

2009-09-26T20:28:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone! Sorry we haven't sent pics in a while. A lot going on...the boys are back in school, Hunter had a birthday and baby Caiden turned ONE!! The boys are all grown up... 3rd and 4th grade. Hunter is now 10 and started lacrosse..just like his dad. Caiden is now running everywhere and can be hard to catch up with. He is talking a lot - he says dadda, mama, bottle, diaper, dog, puppy, all done, hi, bye bye....the list goes on. In sign language, he still says "more," and now says "milk, daddy, and sing." He also sometimes signs "all done." He is so funny and has such a personality. He will make animal noises now and loves to laugh. He loves to give hugs now too, and will give kisses on occasion. Chris and I will be celebrating our 4year wedding anniversary this weekm and so will our brother and sister in law Jeff and Nomie. Congrats guys. And happy birthday to my amazing sister. We love you! Hope everyone is well! We love and miss you all.

Daddy and baby hanging out

and mommy..

Caiden got his first hair cut last month. He loved it. He drove the car the whole time and flirted with the girl :)

Caiden all done with his hair cut.

Playing with toilet paper while he waits for his bath

Caiden's first birthday!! He got a cake early in North Carolina, so this was his second cake and he loved it....it also kept him up all night.

Family came over to celebrate his big day

And afterwards, he was all worn out.

We've been lucky to be able to hang out with several friends and babies this past month. Here is Caiden, Dillon and Jude, hanging out.

Laura, Josh and Dillon

Caiden and Dillon ;)

It was so good to see everyone

Brooke and Trey practicing to walk

Caiden giving his puppy hugs

HUnter turned 10 this month. Happy Birthday Hunter!

A busy summer! North Carolina & Random pictures

2009-07-29T17:45:00.000-07:00

We have been busy since our last blog. Chris and I both had a birthday! We've gone through the 4th of July and took a vacation to North Carolina. Hunter and Adam are back in school in a couple weeks...the 3rd and 4th grade. They are growing so fast. Caiden is growing like a weed. He will be ONE in a couple weeks!! August 19th. We can't believe it has already been a year. At 10 months he started walking. Ever since North Carolina last week, he is now practically running. He says several words including mommy or mama when he wants to, daddy, bye bye, hi, baby, and uh oh. He likes to call his best friend Dillon "baby" even though they are only a couple months apart. However, his cousin Dagny who is also only a couple months older than him likes to call Caiden "baby" as well. Sign language, he understands several words, but is really only doing the sign for "more" and "daddy." He has 6 teeth and he is so funny. He makes us laugh every day. His expressions are endless, and well as his babble. He carries on long conversations with us as if we understand it. We hope you all have had a good summer so far. Here are a bunch of pictures! xoxoxoxo

Dillon, Trey and Caiden had a play date! The boys had a blast and Caiden and Dillon pushed each other over trying to get to Trey's dog. :)

Dillon and Caiden playing ball

Caiden has started to cross his little fingers this month..he does it randomly, not sure why, but it's very cute.

Happy 4th of July!!! Hunter and Adam getting ready to see the fireworks

Caiden watching his frist fireworks with grandma. He wasn't scared at all. He watched them until the end!

Cousin Brooke playing with Caiden

Caiden with grandma on Fathers Day

Cousin Hannah playing with Caiden. He loves the girls!

Caiden and I getting ready for the 4th of July. He was prepped in his jammies

Jeff and Nomie came to town to visit. It was so great to see them and they got to meet their nephew Caiden for the first time. We love you guys!

Caiden adored Nomie!

We went to North Carolina last week. This was Caiden's second trip on a plane and this time he was old enough to look out the window.

Caiden loving his daddy on the airplane

My family threw Caiden an early birthday party in North Carolina so that they could celebrate with him. Here are Caiden and his cousins Ainsley and Dagny patiently waiting for cake.

Happy early birthday to my baby boy! Here is Caiden waiting to open presents

Aunt Missy with Caiden.

Aunt Missy, Aunt Cheri and the kids in North Carolina

Chris and Caiden and I on a hike in North Carolina.

Caiden all worn out after swimming.

Nanny and I and her 3 great grandkids. :)

My Aunt Cheri and I

We spent the day at Grandfather Mountain. It's beautiful there and the kids walked across the high bridge

The boys with the babies

Chris and I and Caiden on the porch in NC with the fireplace...we spent many nights out there....:)

Chique and Popeye with their grandkids going on a golf cart ride. The kids loved taking golf cart rides and we had to go at least once a day. We tried to race with Karl and Melissa but Karl is a maniac driver ;)

Caiden is his new birthday outfit

Caiden and his cousin Dagny. They were inseperable all week

The 3 muskateers at the pool ;)

Popeye, Chris and Karl with the kiddos

4 Generations together!

Me and my precious nieces

2009-05-24T15:21:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I can't believe it is already summer time. The boys are out of school for the summer and Adam just completed tennis. He did great. He is a natural. Caiden is doing great....he was very sick for a while, and had to get his first - and hopefully last, IV. I thank all of you for the support you gave us during that time. He is over 9 months now and is crawling, can stand up on his own for about 5 seconds before falling over, can crawl up stairs and pull himself up to standing position no matter where he is and is attempting to start walking. He is getting taller every day. He is so funny right now. He loves to crawl up to you and blow zerberts on you, and his dad taught him to growl when he was a few months old, and now he growls all the time...funny, however, he was growling at the other babies at Monkey Business...not so funny :) He is not doing sign language yet, but he understands many signs. Especially the sign for milk. He also thinks it's very funny when you tell him "no." He laughs and laughs. Punishing him will be difficult. :) We have a lot of birthdays this months, so happy birthday to:

Our neices Dangy and Ainsley
Kurt
Marlene
Our friend Jamie
our friends Brooke and Jeff
And to my hubby. Love you Chris!

Chris, Caiden and I hanging out :)

"Look how tall I am mommy"

Laura, Josh and little Dillon ;) Dillon is just over 6 months now

Sam, Mark and Rylee

Laura and I with our little men.

Happy Birthday Becky!

All my boys on Easter morning. Caiden loved his little bunny hat

Caiden with his grandma on Easter.

Happy Birthday Adam! Adam turned 8 in April. The boys are getting so old!

The family, celebrating Adam

Cousin Hannah with our baby boy. She is so great with kids!!

Here is our happy little man.

Mommy and baby on Mothers Day. Happy Mothers Day to all the moms.

We took Caiden to the pool this weekend! I think the water was a little cold for him, however he did great..he lasted over 30 minutes. Here he is on the grass....however, he loves to pull out the grass and try to eat it.....he's not safe anywhere!

Look at his chubby tummy. He loves to rest in the sun

Daddy and Caiden swimming away. He loved the baby pool slide...he actually likes any slide. He giggles the whole way down.

Caiden drying off in mommy's t-shirt after working hard in the pool

A busy couple of months!

2009-03-31T17:53:00.000-07:00

We have been very busy the past couple months, and have been able to see many of our friends and family, which has been nice! Caiden is still growing like a weed. He is on baby food now and loves veggies, but really doesn't care for fruit. He is just about crawling. He scoots on his knees to his tummy and is pretty quick. He also just got two teeth. His two bottom front ones. They are so cute. We can't believe he is almost 8 months old. He just started watching his sign language videos and really loves Baby Einstein signs video. He can watch it and giggle for about 15 minutes a day. Time goes by fast. The rest of our family is happy and well.

Here is our happy little boy...he is always so happy and smiling away.

We had a play date for the babies and parents. Here is Caiden waiting for his friends to come.

Aunt Laura with Dillon and us :)

Crystal with her little Lila. She will be a year old this month.

The 3 boys playing: Trey, Caiden and Dillon

Jude and Dillon sleeping away...they can still sleep through noise..

Jeff and Trey, waiting to eat

Grandma Marlene and Papa Howard came to visit. Adam was running in circles entertaining his little brother.

Chris and Hunter, happy to be at Dave and Busters

Chique and Popeye came for a visit. Here is Chique entertaining the wild one

Chique and Popeye listening to Caiden talk and yell

Big hugs for Popeye

We were able to go to Black Hawk to visit our friends Jason and Aspen, and their little one Lincoln. They have such a gorgeous house in the middle of the mountains! Here is Jason and Lincoln riding bikes....Jason rode the trike more than Lincoln... :)

Aspen playing with Caiden

Chris and Caiden enjoying the mountains

Lincoln so nicely sharing his toys with Caiden.

We took Caiden to the park...we were on the teeter - totter, however, he seemed to be more interested in his thumb..

Daddy and Caiden on the slide

Caiden swinging

Caiden loving the swing!!

Kristin came to town! Here are Chris and I and Caiden at Laura's, waiting to go out.

Jamie, Laura, Kristin and I..back together again :)

Laura, Josh and little Dillon

Aunt Jamie getting Caiden to crawl

We took Caiden to Romp and Roll. Here he is on daddy's lap during singing time..however he seemed to be more interested in watching his toes wiggle

Caiden and I at Romp and Roll

Caiden had a long bath after Romp and Roll...it wore him out!

Jamie and Ryan at Casa Bonita.....now I remember why I haven't been there in years! haha :)

Kristin and Koehn at Casa Bonita. Koehn had a great time!!

Chris and Caiden and I

Brooke, Jeff and Trey at Casa Bonita...and Aunt Laura and Dillon enjoyed CB with us...but their pic didn't turn out. :(

The kiddos are growing....

2009-02-22T13:56:00.000-08:00

It has been a busy couple of months. Caiden is now over 6 months old, and growing like a weed. He has another Dr. apt next week and more shots. :( He has accomplished so many things over the past couple months. He now sits up on his own, and rolls over regularly, both directions if he is in the mood. He has started to eat solid food - he is now on carrots and loves to eat. He gets so excited. He giggles all the time now, and likes to growl at daddy when he growls at him. He develops more of a personality every day and we just adore him. He has become a mommy's boy at night, and he loveeessss the water. Bath time is his favorite time of day. He splashes, plays with his rubber ducky and sucks on the washcloths. He will start Romp and Roll soon where he will pratice tumbling, yoga and sign language. Hunter and Adam are now so big. They are on their last couple months of the 2nd and 3rd grade, and Adam starts tennis next week.
Happy Birthday to our neice Brooke!! :) We love you

Caiden in his rubber ducky for a bath. He'd stay in there all night if he could.

Chris and Caiden playing. Caiden laughs at daddy all the time

Caiden and I at the aquarium. His favorite were the jelly fish. It was the only thing that he reached for..several times....not good.. :)

Caiden and mommy on Valentines Day

Chique and her 3 grandsons

Dinner with friends. It was so good to see everyone! Chris and Brin ;)

Baby swap - Jamie holding Caiden, Laura holding Trey and Leslie holding Dillon

Laura and I with our two little men. They are the best of friends already

All the girls :)

Caiden having tummy time

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

2009-01-06T19:17:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays! We have a lot of pictures since the last time we posted. Caiden is getting huge! He is in the 96th percentile in height and is at such a cute age. He loves to talk and giggle all the time...we never get a break! He will be 5 months old in a couple weeks. We went back East for Christmas this year and Caiden took his first plane ride and did great!! He didn't cry once.

The 3 cousins on Christmas Day. Ainsley, Dagny and Caiden. Caiden hates being dressed up....if you can't tell by Caiden's grumpy face.

Aunt Missy, Uncle Karl and the girls

We were able to spend Christmas with our good friends Kristin, KC and Koehn. Koehn and Ainsley played all day

Kristin and Stace..just like old times ;)

Chris, Caiden and I in front of my moms tree

The 3 cousins on Christmas Eve..waiting for Santa to come

Chique and Popeye playing with Caiden and Dagny

Aunt Kristin and Caiden at PF Changs

Uncle Chris and Ainsley bonded all week! It's about time :)

Chris and KC at PF Changs

Caidens first visit on Santas lap. He didn't seem to mind this year...I guess we'll have to see how he is next year.

Caiden playing in his bouncy seat. He loves the thing and bounces so high! He really gets a workout.

Christmas at our house. Hunter and Adam tearing open the gifts that Santa brought

Caiden and I in front of our tree.

Grandma and Papa with their grandkids, Hannah, Brooke, Hunter, Adam and Caiden

Uncle David and Caiden playing. Caiden loved playing with Dave's face!

Caiden with his puppy hat

In the past week, Caiden has finally been able to grab his toes, and he tries his hardest to put them in his mouth. He gets them there and then lets go, and his foot goes flying. He hasn't mastered leaving his foot there yet.

Happy New Year!! We had a great New Years Eve at Laura and Josh's house. We have all had such a great year and it was awesome to celebrate that!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-29T17:23:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Things are well with us. Caiden has more problems each day with his acid reflux, but besides that, he is doing great. Last time he went to the Dr, he was in the 96th percentile in height. He's a tall one! The boys are excited for Christmas, and we will be taking Caiden on his first plane ride to DC to visit family in a few weeks. Hope you all have a wonderful Holiday. We'll post more pictures after Christmas.

"I'm all dressed up for my first Thanksgiving!"

Grandma, Papa and their five grandkids enjoying Turkey Day!

This was Caiden's first big snow storm...

....and although he looks grumpy, he actually likes the cold. (unlike mommy)

"I like to practice sitting up, although I often fall over."

Here is Caiden enjoying his fist. He LOVES to suck on his fist right now and would take that over his pacifier any day.

Babies, more babies, and our friends

2008-11-15T16:17:00.000-08:00

Jen came to town for a visit, so we had brunch at Laura's house. It was great to see Jen!

The men and their boys. Josh and Dillon, Jeff and Trey and Chris and Caiden.

Our friend Stacey bought the boys matching onesies. They are adorable! Here is:
Dillon - 2 weeks
Trey - 5 weeks
Caiden - 12 weeks

We added little Sophia to the mix. She is 8 weeks old, and better watch out for all those boys!!

Leslie with Caiden

Nick, Jenny and Sophia

Stacey and Dillon

Dana and Conner. He is walking now!

Our little boy practicing to stand...

He even tries to hold his own bottle

11 weeks old and counting..

2008-11-08T19:40:00.000-08:00

We've had a busy month. I went back to work, which has been torture for me. Caiden seems to be enjoying daycare, it is mommy that is having a hard time with it. He will be 12 weeks old on Tuesday. He is growing so fast. He has also gotten his first ear infection, which has been painful for him, and so sad for us. But he smiles and talks more and more each day, and it's so fun to listen to him. Caiden's baptism was on Oct. 26th at the church that Chris grew up in, and of course, Halloween has passed. Caiden also got to hang out with his new friends, Trey and Dillon.

Our wonderful family...full of boys..:)

Popeye and chique with their grandsons

Caiden at his baptism. He wore the same gown that Chris wore when he was baptised

Chris loves to make Caiden hold things. So, here he is sleeping, holding his turtle

Popeye with his grandson

Congrats to Laura and Josh on the birth of their precious son Dillon. We are so happy for them and he is adorable!

Caiden and Dillon, best buds! They are 10 weeks apart.

Caiden also got to hang our with Trey again. These boys are all going to be trouble together.

Caiden's first Halloween. This was the first night of his ear infection, so he was grumpy, and this was all we could get out of him..his little Monster shirt and BOO socks and hat.

The boys before trick-or-treating. Adam was Harry Potter and Hunter was a Ninja. This was the first year they were able to go trick-or-treating without coats!

Baby pictures and updates

2008-10-21T10:27:00.000-07:00

Caiden is 9 weeks old today. He has his first cold which is just horrible...especially because I'm going back to work this week. He had his 2 month appointment last week with his first shots....I cried. I may have to send Chris alone from now on. Caiden is in the 91st percentile in height...thanks to his tall daddy, and in the 55th percen. for weight. But when the Dr. compared his weight to height ratio, he is on the thin side. He talks sooo much these days and smiles all the time. He is getting baptised this weekend and starts daycare, so it will be a big week for him. The rest of the family is fine and the boys are looking forward to Halloween.

Caiden sleeping away...

...and sleeping on daddy..

Congratulations to Brooke and Jeff on the birth of their son Trey two weeks ago.

Caiden and Trey - exactly 7 weeks apart.

Caiden gets more kisses than he probably wants from Chris and I

He loves to be naked...all the time

Caiden is all ready to go with his hat and shoes

Baby Caiden

2008-09-19T14:03:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone. Caiden is a month old this week. Time is going by so fast. Sorry it has taken so long to get more pictures out. He is so precious and we adore the new things he does every day. He is starting to "coo" and make more sounds and is finally gaining weight. He is up to 9 pounds now. He smiles more, and laughs when he is sleeping, and has the biggest pouty lip when he is sad. He does have a bad case of acid reflux and the medicine won't kick in for a while, so his crying is heartbreaking. We just adore our little man. Thank you so much to all of you that have come to see him over the past month. I'm sorry, we don't have pictures of everyone, but we thank you all so much.

Caiden at 3 weeks

Daddy with his baby

Caiden loves to sprawl out in our bed

He loves his daddy. He always falls asleep on his tummy

Mommy and her baby. I can't get enough of him

Caidens pouty face. He is so dramatic

Popeye came to visit his grandson

And so did Chiqui. She's been out a few times

All my girls came to see him...including more that I don't have pics of

Grandpa Joe and Grandma Norma came out from California

Aunt Missy, Uncle Karl, Ainsley, Dagny and Karl's family all got to see him

Aunt Missy with her new little man

And last but not least, Papa Howard.....

And Grandma Marlene live here, so they have seen him often.

Thanks to all of our family and friends for visiting!! (thanks also to Melissa, Janalee, Dave, Andrea, Hannah and Brooke and Mike)

Baby Updates and Vacations

2008-07-27T10:14:00.001-07:00

Sorry it has been so long since we've sent out a blog!!! We were having camera issues. We've had a busy summer getting ready for the baby, traveling to Florida, and my brother and sister in law, Jeff and Nomie came for a visit. It was so good to see them! Plus we had our baby shower. Thank you all for that!
Baby update - We are due in 3 weeks!! We are getting very anxious and I am so ready to be done. The end of pregnancy has not been fun. I'm hoping he will come early, but he has been stubborn this entire pregnancy. But the Dr. has informed us that he is doing great, and the exact size that he needs to be at 37 weeks. I'm sure the next blog we send out will be of pictures of our new little man. Here is a picture of mom and baby at 36 weeks.

This is our trip to Seaside, Florida in June. It was our first time meeting our second baby niece, Dagny. She was 7 weeks old at the time. We all had a great time...however, I do not recommend flying when you are 7 months pregnant.

Our house in Seaside

Boys and Ains on the beach

Our view..

Missy and our niece Dagny swimming. This was her first time in the pool!

Our niece Ainsley eating salsa...who knew she'd like salsa..

Chiqui and Ainsley at the beach

Popeye and 3 of his grandkids..

View from Popeye and Chiqui's place

Chris and I on our way to the beach

Chris and the boys went deep sea fishing...

...and caught tons of fish

Our family

Missy and Karl, AInsley and Dagny

My family. Thanks for a great trip!

Baby updates!

2008-05-29T18:39:00.000-07:00

Well, our baby boy is doing well. We are almost at 29 weeks and growing rapidly. He is kicking stronger every day and daddy can often feel him kick after we play music for him. 11 weeks to go!! We'll send more pictures of mom and baby soon.

First of all, I have to congratulate all of our friends and family in baby land right now. Congratulations to our sister and brother in law, Melissa and Karl, on their second baby girl. Here is our niece, Dagny Lynn, born on May 5th.

Congratulations to my brother Steve and his wife Joanna on their second baby girl.
Congratulations to Laura and Josh - baby due in October
Congratulations to Brooke and Jeff - baby boy due in October
Congratulations to Sam and Mark - baby girl Rylee born on May 23
Congratulations to Scott and Crystal - baby girl Lila born in April
Congratulations to Nick and Jenny - baby girl due in Sept.
And a huge Congratulations to Lauren and Josh who just got married in Mexico in May!
I greatly apologize if I've forgotten anyone, or have any dates wrong!!

Memorial Day Weekend BBQ! Jamie came in from Texas!

Adam's 7th birthday party. He had a blast and they are growing so fast.
Our family at Brunswick Zone

Phase 2 and 3 of the boat. Chris is almost done!! It is his birthday on Saturday and it will be our first day taking the boat out!
Phase 2....

Phase 3!!

It's a BOY!

2008-04-10T18:39:00.001-07:00

It is a boy! I had a feeling it would be! We are very excited and have had a few ultrasounds in the past couple weeks. Our 20 week ultrasound went great. We got the results back, and the baby is healthy and developing perfectly. The blood tests came back normal, so everything is good!! He has a fast heart rate and is very long. We had a second ultrasound. That is the picture below. It is more vivid than what you'd see at the Dr.'s office. We got this one taken at the place where you get a 3D ultrasound...however, we cannot get a 3D one until we are about 26 weeks along. So, here's our little man at 21 weeks. He is very active and likes to suck his thumb a lot. My due date is still confirmed at about August 18th.

Here is mommy and baby at 21 weeks. I suddenly popped out at about 19-20 weeks, and now am growing quickly. 4 more months at this rate and I'll be huge! :)I'm finally feeling good though..minus my constant back aches.

We bought a boat. Chris found it and is working on repainting and refinishing the entire thing. He can't wait to take it out this summer. Here is the before shot..

This is the end of phase one. He has scraped all the paint away and removed the chairs. Next he'll have to sand and paint it. He's doing such a great job! His boat is his new pride and joy.

Happy Easter!! Hunter and Adam on Easter morning.

It's been a busy month!

2008-03-08T07:54:00.000-08:00

Pregnancy Update!!!
We are now 17 weeks along and things are getting better. My sickness is slowly going away, along with feeling tired. We heard the babies heartbeat again this week and it is strong..156 bpm. We find out the sex in 3 weeks and are very excited. My tummy is slowly growing and I assume I'll be in maternity clothes in a few weeks. We'll send more updates as they come!

We've had a busy month....First, Judi and Kurt came for a visit. It was great to see them and the boys miss them terribly.

Kristin and Koehn came to town for a visit. Koehn became Chris's new best friend.

Laura, Stace and Kristin at Old C's

Jamie and Kristin at Old C's...it was so nice to have the group back together.

Koehn is getting so big!

Jamie and Bryan are moving to Texas. We are so sad to see them go but excited for them. This was Jamie and Bryan's going away party.

We love you Jamie and Bryan. We'll see you soon!

WE'RE PREGNANT!

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For those of you who haven't heard yet, we are pregnant! We are 14 weeks along and so excited. It has been a long haul trying to keep it a secret from everyone and trying to pretend that everything was normal. I've had a tough pregnancy and have been sick about 13 out of the 14 weeks so far...and am waiting patiently for that part to be over with. I'm no longer as tired, which is great. Here is a pitcure of our third ultrasound. You don't normally have 3 by the time you are 14 weeks, however, we've had to go back numerous times because the Doctor first thought she spotted twins!! But, whew...what a relief..only one is to be found. We are currently due on August 18th and can't wait for more details to come. We will keep you all posted!!

The boys at the Butterfly Pavillion..we all had a blast

They made me hold the spider..

But I made Chris hold it as well

New Years Eve 2008!! The girls..havin too much fun with our noise makers..and annoying everyone

Chris and I celebrating the new year

The girls..

The boys in the kitchen....

Christmas 2007 - Our family

Everyone opening presents at Grandma and Papa's - Christmas Eve

A WEEK IN PARADISE

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Cancun, Mexico

A perfect wedding! Congratulations to Laura and Josh!

Mr. and Mrs. St. Romain

The Royal Cancun

The boys went fishing..

Jamie & Bryan at Margaritaville

Chris and I at the hotel

The boys, all dressed up

Brooke and Jeff at Margaritaville

My girls

Thanksgiving in Maryland...and we got to see Kristin, KC and Koehn

Our family

Our niece can say "bye bye" now as well as do signs....especially for the swing.

Beautiful Fall

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Hunter's 4th year of soccer and first as a goaly. He did great!

We took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch...they of course wanted the largest ones...

The boys all dressed up for Halloween

Chris and I celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary! We can't believe it's been two years!

Laura's wedding shower....14 days until they say "I do!"

Summer is ending.....

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The boys go back to school

Family reunion in North Carolina

The whole group

Ainsley & her pirate swords

Fishing on the lake...they caught tiny fish

Hiking at Grandfather Mountain

Mis, Karl and Ainsley on the swinging bridge

It's been a busy summer!

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Vegas baby!

Jamie and Bryan in Vegas, Voodoo Lounge

Jamie and Stace at Luxor

Trip to the sanddunes with the boys

Sanddunes...

Maryland to see our family and friends
Our niece Ainsley and mommy watching the ducks

Ainsley and daddy dancing

Kristin, KC and Koehn came to visit us in Maryland

She's getting so big

Mom,Kurt and Ainsley....boy does she love them

Weekend of wine - Mumms in Napa with Dad and Norma

Wine blending at Con Creek

The view from Sonoma

Spring 2007 Updates

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We bought our first house!!

Sam is getting married!

Adam started basketball...he's getting sooo big

Jamie moved to a beautiful new house and the girls celebrated

Chris and I are heading towards 2 years of being married!

Christmas and New Years Eve 2006

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Christmas Eve in Maryland with Koehn, Kristin and KC

Christmas Eve

Baby Ainsley eating her foot

Our niece Ainsley at Rockfeller Center. She loves NY

The tree at Rock. Center, NY 2006

Statue of Liberty

Ainsley's first Christmas

Hunter and Adam, Blizzard # 2, 2006

New Years Eve with Jamie, Bryan, Laura and Josh

Chris and Stacey New Years Eve

Judi comes to Colorado to see Hunter and Adam