our weekend.

1) Brody lost his crocs between the Strasburg park and here.  Two tone blued with a Mickey Mouse and Percy Jibbitz in them.  We will pay a reward for anyone that finds them.  They easily could be in one of his secret hiding spots for all we know. 

2) We finally have all recovered from the stomach bug we had last week.  It took until today for me to really have a normal appetite though.  Avoid whatever found us like the plague!

3) The main event of our whole weekend:  Courtney's (keke's) WEDDING!

She asked all the boys to be her ring bearers!  You are looking at a group of boys that had either completely skipped napping OR didn't nap long enough.  For instance, Brody.  He was still sleepy so he was crabby, nervous (hence the fingers in his mouth) and didn't really know what to think of his KeKe in a BIG white puffy dress.  They all made it down the aisle though and were somewhat quiet during the service....although Brody really wanted to go stand with Garett.

There seems to be lots of pictures on the camera to look at so we'll be back to share more later.   

riley's 1st birthday.

the joy of being boy.

peeing by the tree.  whatever gets him out of diapers, works for me!

brody's ear.

brody and i spent the morning at the doctor.  he is having an allergic reaction to a bug/spider bite of some kind.  his left ear is HUGE!  it doesn't hurt from what we can tell, but obviously feels wierd.  he had to bring along all his bedtime stuff to make the trip.  we had to have ice cream too.  hopefully the prednisone will knock down the swelling by morning. 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

On Monday, he ate through one apple, but he was still hungry.
On Tuesday, he ate through two pears, but he was still hungry.
On Wednesday, he ate through three plums, but he was still hungry
On Thursday, he ate through four strawberries, but he was still hungry.
On Friday, he ate through five oranges, but he was still hungry.

So, on Saturday, he ate through one slice of salami, a slice of cheese, one pickle, one sausage

 one slice of watermelon

 one lollipop

 one cupcake.

and one slice of chocolate cake.  kurt's aunt jody created the cake.  you rock jody!

there were definitely plenty of helpers on hand when it came to present time, which was perfectly fine because riley really wasn't into the whole gift thing.

the server of the cake wore a hat...she might have not had a choice though.

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brody did his fair share of helping prepare for the party, including making handprint hungry

caterpillars.

.dear riley was a pretty neat eater 

 we even had some specials guests...noah

maggie

 drew

and gabby.

Thanks to all who helped Riley celebrate turning ONE!  

each year on brody's birthday, he has had his picture taken in this tie of kurt's, so we started the same tradition for riley this evening.  this is the best picture we got...even with the sun glaring in on his face.  we might have to try again tomorrow!

Riley is ONE!

One year ago today, Riley William was born!

I ran across the journal Kurt had kept from the time I woke him up around 1:30 a.m. with contractions that were 5-7 minutes apart. I was in NO hurry to get to the hospital...Kurt was ready to leave the moment I woke him up. I took a shower, folded the last load of laundry and made sure I had everything in my bag I would need. My water broke around 3:20 a.m., according to Kurt, and he had my parents here and me to the hospital within 20 minutes. By 5:00 I signed myself up for an epidural and had the thermostat turned down. Kurt wrote in bold caps letters that I FROZE HIM OUT!!! I remember still being HOT! Anywho during the whole epidural ordeal, Kurt about passed out...he was light headed, sweating, etc...and he thought that room was cold? By 6:15, we were both just trying to rest a wee bit...I think this was short lived though. My epidural took care of the pain but not the pressure. The nurses called Dr. Haller before 8:00. She barely got to the room in time and simply slipped on a gown over her street clothes and after just a few minutes of pushing, Riley was born at 8:28 a.m.

And now he is ONE!



Happy Birthday Riley!

Meet William Ross

This little man arrived 6.July.2011 to proud parents Brittney (my cousin) and Zach! 

He is quite the handsome little man with a perfect head of blonde hair.

I could have held him all night...such a content little guy.

Congrats to the new little family of three and Happy Anniversary Brittney and Zach!

Brody completed his week of swimming lessons on Friday.  He wasn't sure what to think of Rachel, his instructor, on day one.  However, by the end of the week, Kurt didn't have to be in the pool with him.  He learned some basics and told Rachel he would see her next summer!

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