We had a baby! (Last year!)

This is long overdue on the blog, but we wanted to share with you…

Welcome Jude Gerard!

We had our little boy October 19 and it's been a whirlwind ever since. Moving into the new house, having a baby, hosting guests and going back to work has consumed my time. But here's a short recap to let you know we're alive, well and happy!
Jude came into this world via c-section shortly after lunch (no lunch for me!) Monday October 19,  2015.

Big sister wanted to hold him right away!

He finally got a name on day two. Gerard is after my father. Jude was on our short list.

We headed home day 4 and settled in.

He's been growing ever since and is thriving!

He is a great baby(not sleeping though the night yet!) he rarely fusses and is always so smiley. He stared at daycare this week and everyone had fallen in love with him there.
We are beyond blessed.

More to come...

Happy Halloween

We’re off trick-or-treating with our little Elmo!

We hope you all have a safe, fun and candy filled night!

BOO!!

(and no I did not dress like this to go trick or treating with little kids!)

Still here

Yep, it’s been quiet around here, hasn’t it? Well we were on vacation then thrown back into work (busybusy) and now a holiday weekend. So to make up for the silence here are a few of my favorite shots from our trip up north.

Hope you like this one..cause it’s probably going on our christmas card!

Happy Independence day!

P.S. I finally updated our cover photo to include Charlie.

Humpday Photo Dump

Well we did the unimaginable this past weekend…we went on a trip and forgot our cameras! my mom and dad included! uggg luckily we did snap a few phone pics…so here they are:

Having fun with grandma and grandpa on her first overnight away from home and mom and dad!

She is getting sooooo big

Playing with her iPad…and being cute.She gets food off the kids menu now!

Big Beer!!

Enjoying Adam’s Christmas present-Zip lining!

Trying to read and get tan..

Goodbyes are always hard

Charlie’s first painting.

We did a LOT in the last week…just didn’t take that many pictures

Humpday Photo dump

Ten things on Tuesday

1. My shuffle board team won 3 games in one night! We basically doubled our record. It was a big deal for us…and I guess winning is more fun then loosing…who knew!

2. Adam has decided to join Ultimate League this spring after taking a few years off. I’m glad he’s getting out and doing stuff with the guys and getting some exercise.

3. At some point last week Charlie started say uh uh and shaking her head. No idea who at daycare taught her this…but you ask her a question she’ll let you know right away…she doesn’t want to do it! Great.

4. Adam’s Aunt Diane and Uncle Barry stopped by late Friday for a quick visit.  They live in IL and were visiting family…so it was nice they could see us and spend some time with Charlie, who loved Uncle Barry’s beard!

5.  Saturday I got to go on my first Charlie shopping spree! I realized she didn’t have but 2 pairs of shorts and hardly any summer clothes. Since she has gotten so many hand me downs and gifts I haven’t really had a reason to go shopping for her…man it was fun!

6. Charlie loves the alphabet. I found her reading her abc book in her room and you could just tell she was trying to say her alphabet and pointing at the letters. Also if you sing the ABC song she breaks out into smiles and dance! LOVES It! Thank you Ms. Jones!!

7. Charlie's vocabulary is slowly growing. On top of Ball (her 1st real word) she says apple (which doesn’t mean apple, she thinks they’re a ball and will throw them) bru bru for Bruiser the dog. Uh oh if she drops something and most recently bye bye…said to me as I was leaving for work. My heart exploded.

8. My mom and dad arrived Sunday for a 1 week visit. We headed straight to the beach and have been busy everyday since! Charlie loves having them here.

9. Grandpa taught Charlie yes and to nod her head. It’s not as common as uh uh…but it’s a start in the right direction!! Thanks DAD!

10. Last week we found out that Adam was a victim of tax fraud. Somebody tried to file taxes using his info…luckily they IRS flagged it (That’s how we found out…they sent us paper work saying they were reviewing our return…which we hadn’t filed yet!) So while Adam was at work I worked at getting things in order to make sure no more harm would be done…and we could still get our return!  Not fun…but better then finding out too late that someone got our return!

Humpday Photodump

Hey! We just got back from NC yesterday morning-we had a great time-so there aren’t many phone pics to dump…but here’s what we got!

Happy Valentine’s Day from Charlie!

No Pictures mom, it’s too early!

Napping on my lap..she got really heavy!

Ya! North Carolina, we’re here!

Peyson giving her best “Elvis”

Charlie trying out chopsticks

Papa’s Pack…our attempt at getting all five in a picture!

Such a cute girl…and I never get tired of hearing that from strangers

My sweet niece Zoe. She is such a joy!

Charlie LOVED climbing the stairs…and didn’t listen when we said no. She would just burst into tears and try to go up again. By the end of the weekend she was pretty fast!

Her “new” boots from cousin Kylie.

Heading back home…by the time I get my phone out and ready the cute pose she had been holding is gone…typical.

Souvenirs from RDU