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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Family Portraits

This past Sunday after church we took Tyler to get a family portrait taken. I think we got a couple of pretty cute shots even though he really wasn't cooperating since he was tired.







Friday, January 16, 2009

What a comfy pillow

What a comfy pillow

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

I’m a BIG BOY!

Look who thinks they are a BIG BOY in their new seat!


Monday, January 5, 2009

Tyler’s First Day at Daycare

Well I knew the day was coming and this morning we took Tyler to his very first day of daycare. I started off okay, as I was being shown what needs to be done each morning upon dropping him off, but as I was getting ready to take a picture with his teacher holding him my eyes began to fill up with tears. Before I was even able to snap the picture, I had to give him a quick kiss (for the millionth time) and leave before I really broke down. So the picture with his teacher holding him was taken at the end of the day when we went to pick him up. When we picked him up this afternoon he immediately started smiling and cooing at us. I think he was trying to tell us he had a good day.















Friday, January 2, 2009

Happy New Year!!!

This year for New Years Eve, we decided to stay home and invite some friends over for a laid back evening. The kids had a great time and even stayed awake to see their very first New Years! Chrissy, James and Aidan stayed the night so the boys got to play some more the next morning. I think they had a lot of fun!





Monday, December 29, 2008

I LOVE my Jumperoo!

Thank you Uncle Mikey, Aunt Rhonda and Aubrie!



Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas in Dale City

On Christmas morning we said goodbye to Tim’s family and drove to Dale City to celebrate Christmas with my family. Mom made a huge Christmas feast with a turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberries, etc. Of course we stuffed ourselves silly, but it was all so yummy. We also celebrated my sisters birthday which was on the 23rd. The kids had a blast opening all of their gifts, even Tyler was awake to open up some of his gifts.

Tyler received: a Baby Einstein Ocean Wonders tummy time mat (which he absolutely loves!) and some cool baby toys.

Tim and I got some new Pacific Coast pillows that we have wanted for a long time. They are the same pillows they have at the Hilton and they are awesome!













Tyler meets Greg and Adrienne

On Monday, we went to visit Greg and Adrienne who live about 45 minutes away from Hopewell. Tyler was a little fussy, but felt better after a short cat nap on Adrienne while Daddy and Greg played Guitar Hero World Tour.








Tyler’s First Visit to Portsmouth

On Saturday we drove to Portsmouth and Tyler got to meet his Great Grandma Renfrow and some of his Great-aunts and uncles. He really enjoyed meeting everyone. Mike and Cheryl were celebrating their family Christmas a little early so we also got to see some of his 2nd and 3rd cousins too. It was a such a wonderful, memorable visit.















Christmas in Hopewell

I hope it was a wonderful Christmas for all of you. I think this may have been my best yet!

Tyler’s first Christmas started the Friday before, when we packed all our things and headed to Hopewell to visit with Tim's family. While we were there Tyler made some new friends and even traveled to Portsmouth to meet his Great Grandma and some of his Great-aunts and uncles.

On Christmas Eve we went over to Angela’s to have dinner and open presents. There was a ton of delicious food and all of the kids had a great time opening their presents, except Tyler who slept through most of it. He says thank you to his cousin Bryson for letting him use his crib so he could take a nap!

Tyler received: a Coach diaper bag (ok this was more for mommy, but it is holding all his stuff!), some Baby Einstein Discovery Flash cards, a First Christmas photo album, a cool pair of shoes, clothes and a few baby toys. Santa also brought him a Froggy umbrella.

Tim received: a replacement USMC ring (that was lost a few years ago that we have desperately tried to find with no luck), some clothes and Jeep parts.

Kelly received: a new camera, some perfume and spending money to go shopping!



























Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Santa's Cutest Elf





Nap Time



Monday, December 15, 2008

Our Little Monster

Our little monster