Zach's 4th Birthday - June 2009

Blowing out the candles on the yummy chocolate/chocolate icing Iron Man cake.

Riding his cool new "Big Boy" bike!

Opening presents

Zach LOVED the splash pad, especially with the cool goggles he borrowed from Tyler. Ian loved it too, as long as he didn't have to go near the cold water!

Nana gets some cuddle time with her 2 littlest grandbabies

The boys ALWAYS love when Baby Rory visits!

Easter 2009

We had a great & relaxing Easter in TN this year. Sunday morning the boys woke up to LOTS of candy, plus a Leapster and Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. After ingesting ridiculous amounts of chocolate & other treats, we headed to church and out for lunch.

See below for a couple pics of our handsome guys on Easter...

It's Already March???

2009 is flying by - we're already about halfway through March! I promised to post pictures from Ian's birthday, and while I am WAY late - here they are!

February 2009: Ian's 2nd Birthday
Even without a "party" Ian was utterly spoiled! He had a daycare party at Kristie's house - they even woke him up from naptime with a whole bunch of birthday balloons - his favorite!

Then on Saturday (his actual birthday) we had lunch at our house with Nana, Grandma, Grandpa, Cari, DanDan, and Rory (and another balloon extravaganza). Then we went swimming at Cari & Dan's hotel (Ian wasn't so fond of that part). We finished the night with a yummy dinner at Rainforest Cafe and opened presents & had cake at home. We also got to keep Baby Rory at our house that night - the boys were both excited to wake up with their little cousin there!

Sunday we had another yummy meal at Logan's before Cari, Dan, and Rory had to leave. Then we went home and played outside since we had awesome 70-degree weather.
Here are some pics of the weekend:

I'm Two!








The 30-balloon salute for Ian's birthday









Hey - why is my brother green???







Blowin' out the candles with some help from Zachy

"Awwww...he's so cuuuuute!" (Actual quote from Zach)

My Baby is Turning Two!

How is it possible my baby is going to be 2 years old already tomorrow?!?!?! When people tell you time flies more and more the older you get, they are not kidding! I am very excited to celebrate this birthday with Ian - mostly because it's the first time he'll understand that it's all about him! And because he'll have all 3 of his grandparents, plus his Aunt Cari, Uncle Dan-Dan, and cousin Rory on hand to celebrate! We decided not to have the big birthday parties for the boys this year, instead putting our efforts into taking a little family vacation this summer, which I know the boys would love.

I promise to post some pictures after the birthday extravaganza weekend.