Well It's A Good Thing...

We sucked it up and bought this last summer.

because we are now expecting one of these!

Baby Z #3 is expected to arrive December 20-23, 2008!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Today is Ben and I's 8th Wedding Anniversary (holy camoly!).

Our beautiful flower girl Rachel was 4 years old.
(she is 12 now!!! - and our chief babysitter)

[these are just a few of the pictures I have scanned to the computer - our wedding was way back in the dark ages before photographers were really using digital cameras - :P]

Pirate Day!

Today was Pirate Day at school (which Mommy forgot about and scrambled before we left for school to put something together). I was NOT happy about my pirate bandana. I finally agreed to wear it to school but I wouldn't let Mrs. Vicky take my picture and I wouldn't smile for Mommy.

Unusual Day!

This week my class was studying the letter 'U' - so today was 'Unusual" day. We had to come to school wearing something unusual. I wanted to either wear my clothes inside out or backwards...inside out won. Everyone looked very silly in their 'unusual' clothes.

So Tired!...take 2

Don't really think a caption is necessary...lol

That must be a comfy couch!

Aunt Mandy and Baby Clare come to visit!

Aunt Amanda and baby Clare came to visit!

It was so much fun to have them here. Both Abby and I really liked to hold her and she liked to smile at me!

For some reason we don't have very many pictures (just this one of Maria and Clare) but don't worry they are coming back (and bringing Uncle Josh) in May for the baptism (mommy and daddy are the godparents).

So Tired!

Yeah...so I got a little tired and fell asleep in the playroom.
Good news is that I'm styling in the new gardening gloves my mommy got me.

Race Car Fun!

Daddy got us this cool race track (Darda Twisting Towers) - it is SO MUCH FUN!

Helping Daddy

Daddy's back was hurting so we helped him out by walking on his back...it was WAY fun.

HAPPY EASTER!

Here we are watching a movie at Grandma and Grandpa's - we were waiting for the Easter Egg hunt. It is so wet here in the spring that we like to have our hunt inside.
Every year one of the teacher's Grandma's used to work with delivers a hand painted Easter egg. For many years we didn't know who was delivering them until one year Grandpa woke up very very very early in the morning and caught our "Easter Bunny" making her delivery. Here is this year's Egg.

Abby insisted on carrying her Easter purse AND her Easter basket to find eggs.

Katie and Maria were very good at helping Sara, Michael and Abby find the eggs.

**Aunt Kelly, Uncle Ray and Joe and Rachel were in Washington DC for Easter. So Katie, Maria and Sara were staying with Grandma and Grandpa.

Thank You Penny and Josh!

My good friend (and womb buddy) Penny and her little brother Josh sent me a super cool Dora bathing suit and cover up! I will be SO styling this summer at Warners and Nana and Dziadzias. We particularly liked the color your own Dora birthday card. I wish they could live by us but stupid jobs keep them in Ohio!

Perhaps not the best idea...

So I needed a hair cut and Mommy kept saying "We'll do it soon"...well I got tired of waiting and decided to do a little trim myself...that got her moving!

Here is Baby Clare!

Hi! My name is Clare Noelani.

I was born on February 18, 2008 at 10:47pm. I was 7lbs 11oz and 21 inches long.

My entrance was quick and uneventful. Mommy's labor was smooth and "easy." I am a very good little baby and I like to "kick it" - as my Uncle Paul would say.

Coolest Table EVER!

Grandma and Grandpa got me (and Michael) this really cool table for my birthday. It is the perfect size for little people like us!

Abby's Birthday Party...

Today was my birthday party. Mommy found it very challenging to get pictures of me opening up my presents because all the kids were crowding around. I want to thank Austin, Jacob, Garrett, Landon, Olivia, Sara, Maria and of course Michael for coming to my birthday and making my party extra special!

Garrett really liked the elephant hat I got...hee hee!

Once upon a time...11 years ago...

on February 8, 1997, a girl walked into a party in Flanner Hall at Notre Dame. Immediately she noticed a boy with an amazing smile. She really didn't want to meet anyone that night and sat herself on the couch. The boy noticed the girl sitting there and got a little offended that she was at his party and not having a good time. So he made it his mission that night to make her laugh...and the rest, as they say, is history....This is the first picture taken of Mommy (18) and Daddy (19). It was taken in late February 1997, before the Saint Mary's College All School Formal. Mommy had originally been set up on a blind date with another boy. She was able to set that boy up with her roommate (thanks Elisha!) and asked Daddy to go to the dance with her.

Oh...and yes...mommy had blond hair.

Happy Birthday Abby & Papa!

Abby and Papa turned 3 and 64 (respecively). We had a fun birthday dinner for both of them at Grandma and Papa's house. Abby really REALLY liked her doll house from Mommy and Daddy (thanks Melissa for all the doll house advice!).

Birthday Girl!

"I sure like the movie AristoCats!"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBY!

Abigail Terese

February 7, 2005 at 2:11pm

8lbs 8.6oz - 21in

*we also want to wish Grandpa a big happy birthday today too!


**Mommy knows she is a little behind. Look for new posts soon!

Snow Days!

We don't get much snow around here. So we were so excited when it snowed a lot this month. We even got a few of days off school...mostly because there are so many steep hills around here that make it dangerous for the school buses. Mom would bundle us up and we would tromp outside...then I'd get cold and want to come back in. Daddy showed us how to make snowballs and we thought that ruled!