Spencer's New Shirt!!!

Spencer is SO excited to share this news with everyone!!! Yep, we have a baby on the way!!! :) We are BEYOND thrilled. We have been patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) waiting for this to happen for  FOUR years now. And finally it has! Spencer of course would love a brother, but said a girl would be fine too. We are just praying for a healthy little one to add to our family. 

Baby number 2 is due Aug. 19th. 

If I saw you at Christmas time and didn't tell you, I'm sorry!!!! We wanted to tell everyone, but of course are a little cautious of what was to come. I'm 12 weeks, and doing great. Feeling much better, and able to actually enjoy food again. 

3, 2, 1! Beyblades, Let it rip!!!

One of the highlight toys that the boys got this Christmas was Beyblades!

Spencer and one of his other cousins had some before coming for Christmas and they knew they were going to play with it lots. 

Beyblades are these tops that have different abilities. So they just spin around and kinda fight each other. The boys were all thrilled that they got some on Christmas morning...even the big boys. 

All the cousins playing Beyblades!!

3, 2, 1...Beyblades, Let It Rip!!!

Watching to see who will win. 

Christmas 2011

Christmas Day finally came and we were so excited for the gifts we were all getting each other. I think we all got GREAT gifts this year, and we were all excited about gifts we got others. Our family gets REALLY excited about Christmas...and I mean REALLY excited. Liza usually screams at least once during the day, unfortunately I didn't get a picture of it this year. But it's always fun to see which present she will scream on. :) 

Our Santa gifts, they were few because we got a Disney Cruise from him!!!

The other side of the room. 

Cute Seth. :) We were the picture takers waiting for the kids to come down the stairs. 

Oh how I love those sleepy eyes and smiley face.

Spencer seeing we were going on a cruise!!

Cute happy boy! 

D man got a cute hat and a candy cane...which he did not want to put down. 

Grandma got a GPS unit!!! She's excited!

The kids came over to see what she was screaming about. 

Tyler got some tickets from "Santa" to the Knicks vs. Jazz NBA game.

I think every boy got some kind of Beyblade, so there was lots of looking at each others and figuring out which one was best.

D got a cell phone...no he got two cell phones, so he started to play with it and said "hello?" But the best part was when he put it on his shoulder to hold it up to his ear. 

Had to switch arms.

This is such a cool toy for a little kid!! Simple and so fun. 

After we opened all the Santa gifts and stockings, we all got ready for church and went. 

On the way home though one little boy was tuckered out. 

Then we started with the rest of the gifts. Did you notice that after church we all got BACK into our pjs. Yep even the adults, well except for Liza's family because they had just brought regular clothes. 

The BEST gift of all time?!!?! Seth's! He got a ticket to go to UNC to see a college game!!!!! Dad was taking him and Tyler and W to see the game. This is his all time favorite team and he was SOOOO excited to go. We were all thrilled for him. I believe that both Liza and I screamed with him on that one! 

Christmas is such a special time of the year, a time we remember what is truly important in life. Christ and family. I'm so glad we were able to have my whole family together again to spend so much time together and have a blast with each other. We are pretty awesome. 

Christmas Eve!!

All the kids got new pjs on Christmas Eve, and were very excited about Santa coming that night. 

Cute kids!! I don't know what Spencer is doing, really, he can't just smile for a picture.

We had to get all the cousins together, this is a good looking crew. 

Uh...Did I say good looking? 

We had to do a jump in the air one!!! AH, I love this!

Aunt Liza was helping us get all of our presents around the tree before Santa came, yes those are just our presents, but remember we had 3 families presents under there! 

The kids fast asleep, right....

...nope! 

They are too excited! I love that they all have fun together and love each other so much. There were many tears from these kids when they had to say goodbye to each other. 

A little baseball

All the cousins wanted to play some baseball so they headed outside to get down to business. Grandpa went out with them to help out some. 

Grandpa taught C-man how to hit the dirt off his shoes. It was really cute to watch.

Hitting the ball...with eyes closed. He still hit it! 

A-man watched for a little while to see how things went. Or maybe he was the sideline umpire?

Spencer hitting the ball!!

Run, Spencer, RUN!!! And yes I do realize that he is running with his arms in the air. 

"C'mon pitcher!!!!"

Oops, not that way pitcher. 

D was figuring out how to play with the older kids.

Watch out C-man!!! 

Go D, go!!! 

Ouch! But C-man loves his brother so much that he didn't get mad. 

I'm not sure if A hit the ball or missed it. But good form!

The kids and Grandpa. They had so much fun!!!

Supermodel

Seeing as how we have only one niece on my side of the family, we always try to do fun things with her. She is a fashionista, so I thought we should have a photo shoot. She was timid about it at first, but then totally got into it. Okay so maybe not that timid, because this was her first pose!

A natural!

Her American Girl doll. 

This was the fun shot. 

Along with this one. Perfect timing. :) 

Such a beautiful niece I have!! :) 

A niece who is growing up too fast too. 

Thanks M for letting me practice taking pictures, you are perfect!!!