Jacob's New Brother

Please join me in welcoming Jacob's new brother to the world. Brayden Patrick was born this morning, weighing 8 pounds 10 ounces. Hopefully I will have a picture of the new little one soon.

I got pictures!!!

(updates on his condition)

Visiting with Mamwa and Cheryl

Andy's Grandma (we call her Mamwa) and Aunt Cheryl were up from Indiana for a few days. We got to visit with them this evening. It was nice catching up and spending some time together. Good to see you Mamwa and Cheryl! Here are some more pictures.

A Kodak Moment

I take so many pictures and I just love it when I get that perfect one.
This is Sam giving Lily (my niece) a kiss.

Daddy Day Care

Andy was on break from school this week, so was home with Sam and they had a ton of fun together! He also took over the picture taking as well for me! Andy and Sam have a whole different routine when they are home together. Here is what they did during the day.

They started the day off with feeding and watching the squirrels...












(Squirrel feeding is a very important part of the day. It takes awhile to get the squirrel's peanuts in just the right places so they will come right up to the doorwall. And if they are lucky their friend the fox will come out as well!) There are some more squirrel feeding pictures here.

Then it is time for breakfast...












Then Daddy gets him dressed for the day...












Of course there is lots of playtime!












And a snack after naptime...













You can see even more pictures here!

I'm a Big Boy Now

Since Sam has recently refused to eat in his highchair (see previous post), today I went and got Sam his new booster seat. And what do you know he ate a great dinner. No complaining, no throwing food, no only wanting to eat my food (even though it's exactly the same stuff he has) he actually just ate! Guess he just wanted to be at the big table with the rest of us. And yes he is using a teaspoon instead of a regular spoon. It works so much better, it's deep and the food actually stays inside without slipping off. Good-bye highchair! More pictures!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Andy, Sam and I had a nice quiet New Year's Eve. Andy grilled (yes grilled, since it was almost 50 degrees on the last day of the year in Michigan!) him and I a nice steak dinner, Sam had some of his Grandma's pot pie. I had some wine, Andy some beer and Sam had some Oreo cookies! We were all asleep before midnight unfortunately.

I hope that everyone has a safe and happy new year and a great 2007!

Making National TV

Being the Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor my brother-in-law, Rob, is on the local news and in the local newspapers quite often. But tonight he will be on A & E's Cold Case Files, featuring a large case he was highly involved with. It is pretty exciting to have a member of the family on National TV! Here is the link to the article in the Detroit Newspaper and the link to the show itself.

I Can Do It Myself!

Sam is getting to be such a big boy. Lately he will not eat breakfast unless he can "do it himself" and be at the "big person table." This is includes cereal with milk and runny oatmeal. So now he will sit at the table like a big boy and attempt to feed himself without any help from Andy or I. More ends up on himself, the table and the floor, then ends up in his mouth. But I guess the more he does it the better he will get at it. It might help too if he had a booster seat (we will be getting one of those in the next couple days). I took some cute pictures and a video too.

Happy Birthday Jeanette

We celebrated Jeanette's birthday on Tuesday, but I still wanted to say "Happy Birthday!" Hope you have a great day! Here are the pictures from dinner.

Christmas with Andy's Family

Christmas afternoon we celebrated Christmas with Andy's family. Sam got his present when we got there (since it was so big). He got a motorized four wheeler!!! At first he was a little scared of it, but once we got it home later that evening he was trying to ride it all over the house. Hopefully he will get some good practice on it during the winter and this spring he will be all over the backyard! THANK YOU Grandpa and Grandpa! We had a very nice dinner and then opened lots of gifts. Ed and Lynda had bought a lot of stuff from their recent trip to Germany, so we got some cool stuff from them. Sam got a cool Tonka Truck from Uncle Matt and Aunt Kim and a personalized robe from Uncle Rob and Aunt Patti. Lily and Sam are starting to play with each other a little bit and of course Kelsey and Lucy loved playing with their younger cousins! Everyone had a great time! Thank you everyone!!! All the pictures are here!