Did someone say cheese?

Sorry it is sideways. But you get the point. His love of cheese must be from all the queso I loved when I was pregnant ;)

Ryan sure thinks his big brother is funny.

Matthew's Christmas Program

Nadalie's fashion show

Nadalie was so cute at her fashion show. She sure reminded me of myself and when I first started doing modeling. It was really cute.

Nadalie's modeling video

2008

Matthew age 9, Nadalie age 9, Rachel age 6, Collin age 13 months, Ryan age 2 months, and I am choosing to exclude Paul's and my ages for obvious reasons. ;)

Ryan's baptism

Ryan smiled the entire time that he got baptised. It was soooo cute.

2 months

2 months

12 Months


4th grade

Nice!

What in the world????

Happy Thanksgiving 2008

We are all so thankful!

Rachel's Thanksgiving Story

This is Rachel's version of what Thanksgiving is all about. She is too funny. I think she is going to be some kind of politician or something when she grows up. She is always bringing home books are the presidents and American history. Rachel is extremely smart.

Nadalie's Violin Concert

I wish I had an arrow to point where she is at. She is almost directly in the middle. Second row heading to the left and in the middle. See if you can pick her out. One day I will have a better camcorder :)

The Meltdown

See Uncle Bill, Collin really does have meltdowns :)

Tunnel Vision

Listen for the thump. hehe We should put this on America's Funniest Home Videos.

Another smiling baby

Look it looks like Ryan is talking to E.T. (hehe)

Happy Halloween 2008

Nadalie, Matthew, Steph, Rachel and Paul.

Notice that all three children had to take turns holding the baby. That was their request of course. They sure love the boys.

Collin's Vote

I am one

Before

After (hehe)

Collin turned one over the weekend. I can't belive my son (oh my goodness) is already one. Where did the time go? Hard to believe that it went that fast. I have a feeling the next 17 years are going to fly by as well :( We had a huge party planned at the house, halloween themed. But due to some sick bugs running around here we decided it would be best to go out to eat and to put off his party until December. So we headed to Marion's pizza for dinner and cake. I thought that would save us on cleaning our house but as you can tell we had alot of cleaning to do there

too. Really, we had a bunch of germs floating around our home. Fun times!

Rachel played soccer this fall. This was her first season. She did pretty well for her first time. I would have to say that she does well at defense and goalie. I could kick myself for not getting her involved in it younger. It is a pretty competitive sport. I think she wants to try it again so maybe we will. I still see this little girl as some kind of theatrical star or dancer.

Say MAMA!

Everytime we ask Collin to say MAMA he says DADA! Just figures! I am already trying to teach Ryan to say MAMA.

Rachel and Ryan

Mommy's helper

Collin just loves Ryan so much. He loves to push him in the swing. I just love watching them together. And everytime Collin sees Ryan he giggles! Check out this video of the boys. If you listen closely you can hear Collin saying "weeee weeee". So cute!

Yes, that is a piece of food on CBoy's head. :)

Got Milk?

First Smile

Today I got my first smile (real smile) from Ryan. It just melted my heart. He is sooooo cute. I can't believe how fast time is flying. Hopefully I can catch a picture or video of him soon.

Life with two babies

This was my first week at home alone with two babies. I just have to say that we are going to be busy. We had our first outing yesterday (just me and the boys) and I had to make three trips to the van. Trip 1- diaperbags, trip 2- CBoy, and trip 3- Ryan. At one point, I think both boys were crying at the same time. But other than that, we are managing pretty well. Ryan sleeps all the time, a little different than his brother. He seems to be a very good baby. He is very alert when he is awake and knows mommy and daddy's voice pretty well.

The other day we had Ryan in his bouncy seat and Collin crawled on top of him so yes we really need to watch the two of them more closely. Collin is sweet to Ryan, he loves to give him "huggies" and rests his head on his baby brother's head. Today he was pushing him in his swing and found his paci and tried to put it into baby Ryan's mouth. Too cute! I just love these boys to pieces.

Best Buds

Ryan's pictures

Sucking his fingers already

These are all pictures that we took from my camera. I will post more from Paul's camera later.

More pictures of baby Ryan

Looks just like his dad on grouchy days

Hospital pictures

Just before the most painful labor in my life!