Sunday, November 28, 2010

Baby Girl Update

No pics, just a quick update. Even though we have had contractions off and on for more than the past 4 weeks, looks like she's waiting until her scheduled delivery date to make her Grand Entrance. We are about 16 hours away from being wheeled down to the OR (around 7:30am). And the best news is that we think we have a name! But we will go ahead and keep it a secret since we are so close.

Keep an eye on your email, cells, the blog etc. Mike will be able to start spreading the word hopefully sometime mid to late morning!

Wish Us Luck!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Last Soccer Game

On Saturday, Christopher had his last soccer game. He was very excited to get his very own trophey afterwards. Stephen just had fun hamming it up for the camera!

And for those keeping track... We are down to 22 days until Baby Girl arrives!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Soccer & Count Down

This fall Christopher started his first organized "sport". He is playing for Green Hornets Athletics; and his team's name is the Green Dragons. It is a clinic for 5 & 6 year olds. We have practice once a week and games on Saturday. The games are on smaller fields, with only 3 players from each team on at a time. It is also coed. Christopher hasn't let that stop him from playing hard, whether its a boy or a girl. He really enjoys it.




And for those keeping track...
Baby Girl is set to arrive 49 days from tomorrow. :)

Sunday, August 29, 2010

End of Summer


The boys ended the summer on a high note with a camping trip with Daddy to Deep Creek Lake. They went with some friends of ours, Jason and his daughter Maggie. The two Moms thought it best to stay home. :)
Christopher has learned to ride a two wheeler, gotten ready to start Kindergarten, and gotten a little braver when playing in the water.
Stephen has made some great improvements in his potty training (we are so close...), he has learned to ride a two wheeler with training wheels, and as of this weekend... He is Pacey Free!
Hopefully our Fall will be a calm and relaxing one. Baby Girl is due in about 3 months.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Beach Vacation - Ocean and Pool - Surfside, SC

The boys had a lot of fun this year at the beach. They weren't too nervous about getting into the water even though the surf was a little rougher than we were used to. The waves weren't very high, but there was a lot of undertow.

Stephen had a lot of fun in the waves, but wasn't quite ready to let go of your hand. (He's smiling, but look at that little fist clenched tight!)

Both boys had a lot of fun "surfing" on the inflatable raft. Christopher and Daddy actually rode some waves in from the deeper water.

After a few hours at the beach, we would be ready to come back and cool off in the pool at the rental house. Stephen really seemed like he wanted to swim, kicking his legs and getting his arms moving. Christopher waited until the last day to remember that he actually LIKED jumping in the water and going under.

Both Boys ended on a high note jumping off the side to Daddy and Pop-pop.

Beach Vacation - Water Park - Surfside, SC

Here are some shots from the "water cameras" we took with us to the water park. I have a ton of other digital pictures to sort through too so there may be another post later.

Daddy got to ride the Lazy River with Stephen, and the white water express with Christopher.

This year Christopher was tall enough to ride most of the rides, and he showed no fear. He wanted to ride the super fast slides (he rode both of the green tubes in the top picture) and he rode the H2O racers with Daddy and Uncle Alan (bottom picture, Chris is in far left lane.) Christopher really wanted to ride the two tall slides that didn't even fit in the top picture but he wasn't quite tall enough yet for those.