Happy Birthday to my Pop-pop!

Then and Now

1 day old- 7 lbs 13oz 21 1/2 inches long

9 months old- 21lbs 1oz (75th%) 29 inches (75th%)

Wow. What a big boy we have.

Happy Birthday

Saturday we traveled to Raleigh to eat at Ryan's favorite place, Fat Daddy's! He was very excited to share the experience with Samuel.

Today I took on the challenge to make Ryan a hamburger birthday cake. I think it turned out pretty neat!

Never has a burger looked soooo good!

Happy Birthday to a wonderful husband and wonderful dad!

Lydia is here!

Lydia Grace was born at 3:02 am on August 15th, weighing a whopping 5lbs 7oz.

She is beautiful!

Check out her gorgeous head of hair. We think she already has blond highlights!

Sylvie has been in the hospital since Monday on bed rest. Lydia came 4 weeks early and both mom and baby are doing great!

Sylvie is such a trooper....our hero!

Ryan was really hoping Lydia would hold out one more day so he could share his birthday. Close enough.

Samuel did not get to meet his new cousin. He played downstairs in the lobby. But I just had to snap a picture of him on the way home. He was pooped from all the excitement!

9 months

Samuel is turning 9 months tomorrow! Here are some things he is doing:

- Yes, our son is that kid who goes to bed at 6:30pm and wakes up at 7am. We LOVE it! Although it doesn't do a whole lot for our social calender.

- Still takes a morning and afternoon nap. Usually 1 1/2- 2 hours.

- Has 3 teeth. 1 bottom and 2 top. Sometimes I believe the teething stage is worse than the newborn stage..... sometimes.....

- Eats a lot! The kid can put food away. So far, there is not one thing he will not eat.

- Crawling everywhere. You can not contain him!

- LOVES Elliot. He will just sit and laugh at Elliot.... too cute!

- Waves bye-bye. (Only when he wants to... just like his mommy!)

- Can say Mama and Dada. Not too sure if he is making any connections. But loves to talk!

- Is a climber. Climbs everything! Most of the time he is standing in the crib waiting for us to come get him.

- Does not like cuddling =(

-Is such a happy baby. Smiles all the time and loves flirting with the ladies.

- Hates his car seat. Cries (or screams) when he has to be in it longer than 10 mins. We hope this is a phase.....

- Is a drooler. For anyone who has been around Samuel knows this guy should be dehydrated! We change him A LOT throughout the day.

- Is a joy. Ryan and I can't wait to see how God uses him.

True fat kid

5 years!

Ryan and I can't believe we celebrated our 5 year anniversary on Friday. We were able to get away for a full 24 hours! We stayed at a great B&B in downtown Raleigh, had a wonderful dinner and best of all..... slept in! (Well, not really....our biologically clocks woke us up at 7am, but we didn't have to get up and go feed a baby... so that was exciting!)

It seems Samuel is doing something new everyday. Last week, we walked in and found him standing up in his crib. Now, all he wants to do is climb up on things. I guess I can expect him to have at least one bruise on his forehead at ALL times!

What a cutie! He has even now learned to scale up the pack-n-play!

The children waiting for daddy to come home.