Ethan's Birthday

Today is Ethan's official birthday but we told him it was yesterday because Charlie is out of town today and we did not want him to miss it. We let Ethan choose what he wanted to do so below are some pictures of his fun day!
We started with a trip to Dunkin Donuts which Ethan calls, "The Donut Store". The kids stuffed their faces with donuts and got good and loaded up on sugar as all kids should on their birthday.
We then went bowling and miniature golfing. Ethan is actually REALLY good at bowling and he loves to play.
When the kids play mini golf they start and are finished in about 8 minutes. It hardly seems worth the money. They pretty much pick up their ball put it next to the hole, hit it in and then run as fast as they can to the next hole. They have a blast though so I guess it is worth it.
We then went home and opened presents and ate cake. I again tried my hand at a new cake and it was quite the hit. It made it all worth it when Ethan was eating his cake and said, "This is the best cake in the whole world!". I thought it turned out pretty cool.
Ethan has been LOVING playing baseball lately so we got him a ton of baseball stuff. So after cake Charlie and Ethan went out to play ball in the yard for a bit. The kids all then slept in Abby's room for a sleepover and stayed up way too late. I think he had a great day and the month of birthday's is finally over!

Happy Birthday Buddy!!!!!!

Father's Day

Need I say more???? I think Charlie enjoyed his day!

My Birthday

For my birthday Charlie made the kids these adorable shirts. He made them the night before my birthday and put them on the kids when they were sleeping. They all woke up that morning wondering why they were wearing "funny shirts". They each had something different written on them but Samuel's shirt was the funniest. It had a picture of me when I was pregnant and on the bottom it said, "Great job pushing". My husband still manages to surprise me with his creative ability.

The night ended with a get together at my good friends house. It was so nice to spend the evening with girlfriends eating brownies and ice cream and feeling somewhat like a "normal" person again. I also had the chance to see my friends baby who was born 6 days before Samuel. I can't wait to see them grow up together and hopefully be good friends. Yet another great birthday!!!!

Soccer Anyone?

I've hijacked Brook's blog for a noble cause

To the Wives in Midland.

Please make your husbands aware of this and pass it on to them. I'm trying to arrange a Men's soccer game for July 4th in the morning.

http://fathercarnage.blogspot.com/2008/06/soccer-anyone.html

Chuck

You be the judge

Everyone keeps asking who I think the baby looks like and I am not quite sure. You be the judge and let me know what you think!



Abby/ Ethan



Morgan/ Samuel

Samuel James

I thought I would add a few new pictures of the baby as well as announce that yes he finally has a name!
He has been an AMAZING baby so far. I feel so blessed to have my mother in law here helping. It is so nice to have an extra set of hands to worry about cooking and cleaning and keeping the kids entertained so I can spend time with little Sam.

How did I forget how much I LOVE this tiny baby stage????? I love holding him and feeling his little body just melt into mine.

Baby Boy* - To be named later

5 AM before the baby came after solid contractions from 12:15 AM to 2:15 AM and then again from 3:00 AM to 4:30 AM.

10 minutes after the baby was born. He arrived at 2:41 PM on 6/3/08. He was 6 lbs, 14.6 OZ and 19" long. 10 fingers and toes and all of his parts functioning as far as we know. We feel very blessed and lucky to have another healthy baby.

The whole family at 5 PM now one member bigger and everyone prouder to be a new DAD, MOM, Big Brother and Big Sister.

Name and more pictures and video to come. Just not tonight. We are tired and are going to try to get some sleep!

7 years ago

7 years ago this little princess entered my life! What a great gift she has been.

I am amazed that I have a 7 year old!!!! Up until now I have been ok with all of my kids birthdays, but I remember being 7. I remember being in second grade...I remember a lot of it and it scares me that I now have a child that is old enough to remember things happening now far into her adult life.

We celebrated her birthday yesterday and what a day it was. We started the morning at the McDonalds play place for breakfast. The day was then filled with mini golf, roller skating, a special birthday cake, presents, treats and a sleepover with brother and sister that included way too many sweets! I can honestly say that yesterday was a great family day that the kids will remember for a long time. Abby even filled out invitations to give to all of us for her party. The kids LOVED the invites and have carried them around all week feeling so proud that they got an official invite to the party!

Abby had a special cake request. She wanted a purple and pink butterfly cake. So I thought I would give it a try and I was so impressed with how it turned out. Yes, I MADE this cake. No store was involved this was all me and although it was quite a bit of work I had fun making it and hope to do more fun cakes in the future.

This is the kids at their sleepover. They watched Alvin and the Chipmunks and loved it. It was so fun to watch them giggle and have fun together. I love days like these where you can see the brother sister bonds growing stronger.

Happy Birthday to my Little Princess!