Kinley Reese!!

Our dear friends David and Kailee just welcomed their beautiful baby girl into the world this morning!! I couldn't wait to get up to the hospital this morning to meet Kinley, she is adorable and Kailee did an awesome job!!! We are so excited and look forward to watching her grow up with big sister Avery!
We love you guys!!!

Kinley Reese
8lbs

As snuggly as a Teddy Bear

Last night we went to the Fall Festival at church...we all had a great time! I realized last night that it is almost impossible for us to socialize at an event like this because we spend a majority of the time chasing after the little monkey, (or in the case of last night, bear!). I'm really not quite sure where he gets all the energy ( too bad there isn't a way to transfer some of that energy my way LOL). Needless to say we have a very active child, we are always saying how he will probably have to be involved in a sport all year round (which is exciting ...I love going to sporting events)! As much energy as he takes from us we wouldn't want it any other way...we love it and he's so entertaining!!

He did sit for about 45 seconds while playing w/the crayons!

He won a prize at the coin toss...such good aim!

Earlier this week we went to the pumpkin patch, Gabe was very excited over all these pumpkins. He was trying to pick them all up ( I was surprised at some of the ones he did pick up) It was a great activity for us to do after dinner so he could get out all that energy!

Gabe and Addie

The finished product!!!!

Well I finally finished my first sewing project.....a grocery cart cover. Every time we went to the store I would complain about how it didn't really cover the cart so I thought maybe I'll make one. Lauren and myself who knew nothing about sewing ( which is really sad since my mom is so great at it....too bad she's not here to teach us) deciding to take on the task. We probably should have started w/something a little easier but I'm glad we didn't because I love it and we had fun!! I got to use it today and it worked great, it has two pockets and a tote to carry it in.

I went in to check on Gabe the other night and I thought he looked too precious sleeping on his pillow so I had to take a picture

I only hope he is able to get this comfortable tonight....the poor thing is sick. He hasn't slept all day, he tried but just as he would nod off he'd wake up coughing or sneezing. Hopefully tonight goes better

Just a few pics!

Gabe decided to help me pick out meals this week!

Gabe with one of his best friends Avery!! Gabe loves her (he gave her several hugs that day) and she is very good with him. She'll be a great big sister!

Labor Day

Today we went over to our friends Lauren and Krayton's for a cookout.....I love cookouts!! We are waiting on a part for our grill so we haven't been able to grill out in a month or so and we were used to doing it once a week so it was nice eating grilled food today :-) Here are a couple pics. Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend!!

To our wonderful friends Lauren and Krayton......we Love you guys!!!!


and I thought you'd appreciate this one Lauren....he still won't let me brush them though

One step forward...two steps back...

It could be worse.....that is what I was telling myself on Saturday. This New Yorker has not endured too many tropical storms......snow storms yes, but the snow never came in the house, and that is what the rain did on Saturday. As most of you may know we have this wonderful master suite that we basically designed when purchasing our new house, we hadn't yet moved into it (we've been using the closet and bathroom but we're not sleeping in it) because we still had some things that needed to be done first that were expensive so we were waiting (we have the old master that we've been staying in so we weren't really in a rush). Anyways EJ had plans Saturday morning so he was up bright and early only to discover that our closet was soaked...no biggie we just pulled up the carpet, pulled out the shop vac and sucked up the water. I thought that was the end of it until I went to do laundry and saw two inches of water in the laundry room which was then running under the wall into the bathroom. Once again we just sucked it up, but the rain didn't stop, it kept pouring in. The real trouble started when the power went out because then we couldn't use the shop vac so we were manually scooping up water, we were filling a 5 gallon bucket in less than 5 minutes, this went on for several hours. Luckily EJ didn't give up because I definitely did a few times. What we are even more grateful for is the great friends that God has surrounded us with: David was running all over town (in the storm) looking for a generator and water pump, Mark and Carl were helping EJ scoop water and Kim was watching Gabe so I could help clean up and Kailee cooked for us on Sunday. It was a hectic weekend and we never would have been able to do it on our own. So needless to say we have a little more work to do now before we can move into the master suite.

I don't have pictures of our flooding incident but I do have this picture of Gabe eating one of his new fav's!



I've been wanting to be more crafty so while I was in NY my mom and I went to Jo Anns and I found this fabric that I loved so decided to make some pillows with it, well actually my mom made these pillows, which doesn't make me very crafty if my mom does it :-) I really wanted to do it but I ran out to time up there. So for my first real project I want to make a shower curtain....should be easy I just have to find some fabric that I like!

We're Back

We're back in Tally. EJ joined us the last 5 days and the week seemed to fly by, I didn't really get to do all that I wanted while he was there but nonetheless we had a good time. We had a EJ and Shannon day which was fun, we went to the zoo walked around downtown and enjoyed some very yummy restaraunts, if you are ever in the Syracuse area, Bangkok Thai is delicious (I've been craving it ever since we ate there) I either forgot or just never realized how many restaraunts are in the Syracuse area and such a variety...I think we could eat at a different place every day for 3 or 4 yrs. Our last day we took EJ blueberry picking, he had never been and I wanted some blueberries to bring home w/us, I think EJ was a fan.....I'm not sure who ate more while we were there Gabe or EJ.

We also were able to spend a little time w/EJ's dad and Katherine who were in the area for a reunion. We had breakfast then walked along the beach and watched Gabe chase the birds, it was a nice visit.

I also was able to see Audrey and meet her little bundle of joy Zachary....he was so tiny and cute! It will be fun watching the two of them play together when Zachary is older

Audrey, Rich and the little man

Gabe wasn't cooperating for the family pic, this was the best of the bunch

Tractors and Blueberries!

What a busy day for the little man, we started off the morning blueberry picking which I was very excited about and Gabe loved running all over the place! Then me, my mom and Gabe went to the beach for a little bit...he didn't go in far but he had fun in the water. I think Gabes favorite part of the day might have been going to visit Papa at work because he got to ride in the big tractor and if there is one thing I have learned from this trip it is that Gabe loves the big trucks, tractors and the golf cart!! Every morning when we go outside he runs right to the golf cart, not sure what I'm going to do when we get home...we might have to invest in one :-) Well I just thought I would share some of the cute pics I got from the day!!

On his way out to pick those blueberries!

I emptied his bucket into the larger bucket we had...he's wondering where they all went :-)

He was hired for the day...we're just waiting on his paycheck!

This picture didn't come out so good because of the reflectors on my dads vest but I love the look on Gabe's face (very excited to be in the truck)

Week One

We have already been in NY a week, time has gone by fast but we have really enjoyed our visit so far! The weather has been great....Gabe can't get enough, I swear he would live outside if I'd let him. He's probably not going to be too happy w/me when we get back to FL because it's too hot to be outside as much. Here are a couple pictures from last week

Leavin on a jet plane........

Well tomorrow morning Gabe and I head up to NY, today I have been driving myself crazy packing. I always tell myself that I'm not going to wait until the last minute but I ALWAYS do! Hopefully I'll get some sleep tonight because it will be an early morning.

Last night was Jessica's wedding and we had alot of fun...Gabe did so much better than I thought especially considering he didn't get a nap all day. He was on the dance floor w/all the girls!! I'm sure the photographer snapped some cute pictures.

Congrats again Sam and Jessica!!!

Mommy's little helper

Gabe really enjoys helping me vacuum and sweep....I have a feeling this won't last as long as I'd like :-) but I'll definitely take the help for now!




We're not big on letting Gabe watch too much TV but there are a couple shows that if he's interested we let him watch and his favorite would have to be Curious George. It's on in the morning right after breakfast and he likes to sit on Kai while he watches.....it's amazing she just lays there as if he wasn't sitting on her.

Fun in the Sprinkler!!

Since it has been so HOT (of course being from NY I get uncomfortable once it hits 86) I've been filling Gabe's kiddie pool up a couple times a week so we can play outside and be cool, today EJ and I decided to get out the sprinkler. He loved it!! Here are a few pics:

Getting sprayed in the face.....he thought it was funny!

In two weeks Gabe and I head up to NY for a couple weeks and EJ will join us the last 5 days. We are very excited and I'm looking forward to some cooler weather (hopefully that works in my favor and NY doesn't go through a heatwave while I'm there). In these next two weeks before we leave we have two weddings to go to....which I'm looking forward to, I love weddings!! Now all I have to do is find something to wear for myself and Gabe.

Feeding the Ducks!!

EJ and I took Gabe to feed the ducks at Lake Ella, he loved throwing the bread (the only problem is now he thinks it's okay to throw his food!). Gabe did end up scaring them away because when we ran out of bread.....he started throwing little pebbles at them, I guess he thought they would eat anything he threw at them :-)

Congratulations Rich and Audrey!!!

Last night one of my oldest and dearest friends Audrey gave birth to a healthy baby boy Zachary Jason, he was 6lbs 14oz. They weren't expecting him for 2 more weeks but are very excited he's finally here! Congrats again guys, I can't wait to meet him next month.

He seems so teeny tiny but I guess compared to Gabe's 8lbs 2oz he is LOL!

Happy Birthday Papa!!

Happy Birthday!! We miss you and can't wait to see you next month.