Christmas 2005

Christmas was pretty much like any other year. Wait, no it wasn't, we have Sam now! Christmas Eve Sam and Pam went to Becky and Jeanette's for dinner and gift giving. Sam really liked the pretty bows the most. He tried to open a few things, but liked them once they were out of the paper. Pam and her family went to the midnight church service like every year. Christmas morning was quiet since Sam is not at the age yet to have any idea of who Santa Claus is. We went to pick up Jacob and then off the Dad and Mom Moran's for dinner and more (lots more - with two kids now) gift giving. Early in the evening we went back home to celebrate with just us four and open the gifts Santa left. Matt and Kim came over later and extended the Christmas day with us. You can see all the Christmas pics here.

Darth Vader and A Frog

Jacob was Darth Vader for Halloween this year. And Sam (who’s costume was bought before he was even born) was a green frog. Jacob went trick-or-treating for about two hours and got a ton of candy. Sam went for a ride in his stroller for about twenty minutes wondering what in the world we were doing (he was probably thinking, "we don’t normally go for walks at night"). We had great weather – Jacob didn’t even have to put a coat over his costume! More pics of the boys can be seen here.

More Pictures???

Every fall I love to take pictures of the family. Normally we would go to a park with lots of colors on the trees. But this year we have a five month old and I don’t think he would last too long – it takes me an hour or so to get the “perfect” pictures I want. So this year I just took the boys out in the backyard and did pictures there. They turned out pretty good, I think - check them out here.

Labor Day Weekend 2005

Samuel Robert

It was a Sunday night and I was watching TV eating some chips and salsa. The baby must of not liked the salsa because it was sure kicking and moving around a lot! Two hours later I could not sleep; the first stages of labor had kicked in. After thirteen hours of labor and almost an additional three hours of pushing our new son was born. Samuel Robert was born Monday, May 23, 2005 at 3:28pm. He was a big boy (two pounds bigger then the doctor thought he would be!) weighing nine pounds seven ounces and twenty two inches long.

Here are some pictures at the hospital and a few days later.

Also, here is the link to Sam's own Blog.

Andy's Baptism

Andy was baptized at the Easter Vigil service this evening. Pictures are here.