The birth was very easy and he was perfect!
Sunday, January 13, 2013
The birth of our son!
We welcomed Dominic Whitney to our family on September 18th, 2012 at 12:56am weighing 8lbs 2oz!
The birth was very easy and he was perfect!
The birth was very easy and he was perfect!
New Years Resolutions!
I have many resolutions....and one of them was to start blogging again! I want my kiddos to have something they can look back on and see themselves growing up. So here I am...back again! What a better way to start blogging again than to do a photo dump??!!!
Friday, August 3, 2012
Family Reunion and Family Traditions!
Last weekend we packed up the car (I did much better this time with Clare's shoe packing and the packing for myself!) and headed to our annual family reunion! The reunion has been something my family has been attending since I can rememeber and has always been the last event before gearing up for back to school. This time however and last pregnancy it acted as a mark to the final countdown until our son is born (7 weeks and counting).
The reunion has always been about traditions and the fun part is that not everyones traditions are the exact same and they do continue to change from year to year. But there are somethings that do remain the same:
Friday night - head to Ellisnore, MO to stay at my dads cousins house (always a house full!)
Saturday - lunch at the Campbell, MO recreation center - always good food, entertainment for the kids, and good family time
Sunday - head home
Now that I have my own family we have tried making it a point to start our own traditions as well. To start, we ALWAYS stop at McDonalds on our way from Ellisnore to Campbell. WHY? I believe the first year we did it because the food was a little questionable from the year prior but since then we stop even if its for a drink!
After the event on Saturday we go the the Glendale Picnic with the family who likes to let loose and have a few beers. The beers are drank under the same tree every year. After that we have been heading to Poplar Bluff to stay at a hotel then head home on Saturday. Which by the way my husband has managed to leave 2 pairs of sunglasses at that hotel over the years - which add up to about $400 in lost sunglasses - hopefully this will not become a tradition : )
We always talk all the way home about what we did the previous years and what changes we want to make for next year and I think we already have some good ideas!
I didn't take a ton of pictures but what I do have is just a small glimpse into what our traditions are all about. The rest are memories that only our family has : )
The reunion has always been about traditions and the fun part is that not everyones traditions are the exact same and they do continue to change from year to year. But there are somethings that do remain the same:
Friday night - head to Ellisnore, MO to stay at my dads cousins house (always a house full!)
Saturday - lunch at the Campbell, MO recreation center - always good food, entertainment for the kids, and good family time
Sunday - head home
Now that I have my own family we have tried making it a point to start our own traditions as well. To start, we ALWAYS stop at McDonalds on our way from Ellisnore to Campbell. WHY? I believe the first year we did it because the food was a little questionable from the year prior but since then we stop even if its for a drink!
After the event on Saturday we go the the Glendale Picnic with the family who likes to let loose and have a few beers. The beers are drank under the same tree every year. After that we have been heading to Poplar Bluff to stay at a hotel then head home on Saturday. Which by the way my husband has managed to leave 2 pairs of sunglasses at that hotel over the years - which add up to about $400 in lost sunglasses - hopefully this will not become a tradition : )
We always talk all the way home about what we did the previous years and what changes we want to make for next year and I think we already have some good ideas!
I didn't take a ton of pictures but what I do have is just a small glimpse into what our traditions are all about. The rest are memories that only our family has : )
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| Getting a Pedi before heading to the Reunion |
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Clare is so funny becasue she is starting to realize how to be funny....like putting this turtle on her head and saying "daddy look!!"      |
Monday, July 2, 2012
Weekend Inside....
This weekend we tried staying inside as much as possible. With temperatures in the 100+ degree it was an easy decision.
Our weekend started with surprising Daddy as he landed at the airport. He surely was surprised to see us standing at the fence waiting for him! With time to waste before he landed Clare and I tried having lunch...well that didn't go over well with Miss. Clare because I told her we were going to see the airplanes after lunch. She ate about 4 bites and then wouldn't stop talking about the airplanes. Clare's love for airplanes started about a month ago when she saw Daddy land for the first time. Since then she can spot an airplane anywhere in the sky and even reconginzes them by sound (sometimes she thinks a loud motorcycle or car is an airplane too).
After we left the airport we headed to Clare's friends house for his 2nd birthday. Its hard to believe these kiddos will soon be 2!
Sunday we spent the whole day inside and it was much needed because Dominic's room is officially done! With the exception of doing a few more loads of laundry we are pretty much ready for him to arrive...except he needs to stay put for 10 more weeks.
Oddly enough when we were putting the finishing touches on his room Clare was sitting in the the nursery chair playing with my phone. Somehow she was able to slide my phone to unlock it, get into my music app, and shuffle through to find our wedding song (she kept hitting the next button until our song came on then she let it play). It really caught Paul and I off gaurd and it took a few seconds for us to realize what she just did! I know it was just a coincendence but it was so odd! Of course we all started dancing! This little boy doesn't know what he is getting himself into but at least he will be loved : )
Next's weeks agenda is to have Clare's room officially done a photo ready. She has been in her room for over a month but it still needs a few more pictures hung and her window cornice box painted.
Our weekend started with surprising Daddy as he landed at the airport. He surely was surprised to see us standing at the fence waiting for him! With time to waste before he landed Clare and I tried having lunch...well that didn't go over well with Miss. Clare because I told her we were going to see the airplanes after lunch. She ate about 4 bites and then wouldn't stop talking about the airplanes. Clare's love for airplanes started about a month ago when she saw Daddy land for the first time. Since then she can spot an airplane anywhere in the sky and even reconginzes them by sound (sometimes she thinks a loud motorcycle or car is an airplane too).
Clare being silly in the Pilot's office
After we left the airport we headed to Clare's friends house for his 2nd birthday. Its hard to believe these kiddos will soon be 2!
Sunday we spent the whole day inside and it was much needed because Dominic's room is officially done! With the exception of doing a few more loads of laundry we are pretty much ready for him to arrive...except he needs to stay put for 10 more weeks.
Oddly enough when we were putting the finishing touches on his room Clare was sitting in the the nursery chair playing with my phone. Somehow she was able to slide my phone to unlock it, get into my music app, and shuffle through to find our wedding song (she kept hitting the next button until our song came on then she let it play). It really caught Paul and I off gaurd and it took a few seconds for us to realize what she just did! I know it was just a coincendence but it was so odd! Of course we all started dancing! This little boy doesn't know what he is getting himself into but at least he will be loved : )
Next's weeks agenda is to have Clare's room officially done a photo ready. She has been in her room for over a month but it still needs a few more pictures hung and her window cornice box painted.
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