Making memories...

August started out exciting with another trip planned up north to visit the Brown side of the family. Two days before we were scheduled to leave we got a very sad phone call telling us that Danny's Mammy had passed. We expected that trip to be our last visit with her, but never thought she would go before we got there. Needless to say, the start of our trip was heartbreaking.

Keith and Heather (brother & sis-in-law) had a great idea to visit Mammy and Granddad's cottage in Port Hope, MI on Lake Huron where we got to talk about fun times with Mammy and just had a blast and made new memories! Granddad even came up and joined us for a couple of days, I think it was a much needed visit for us all. We look forward to many more trips up to the cottage in the future.

June & July 2009 update

As you can see we've had another wild and crazy month...We got to take a vacation with my side of the family at the end of June into the first part of July. We all drove in a caravan over to Destin, FL and stayed a week. It was tons of fun and we made memories we'll never forget! We were so blessed to get to vacation with both sides of our family this year, being with family makes it more special.

Aiden is a typical 3 year old these days. We are learning that 3 is not as pleasant as 2 was! He is still a great kid, got to give him that. He is still obsessed with his super heroes and keeps us laughing on a daily basis. He adores his little sister more and more everyday.

Alina is changing so much everyday. She loves to play peek-a-boo now, although I have to say that usually one hand is over her face with the other on top of her head...it's too cute to watch. She is getting such a cute personality, I love it! She is starting to try to stand without holding on...she'll use something to pull herself up and then let go and try to balance on her own. She doesn't have great balance so it doesn't last long but it is a good start to the next step. We recently had to take the bumper out of her crib due to her using it to climb. She actually fell completely out of the crib onto the floor. Like I said, so much so fast!

Danny and I are doing great. I recently went back to work, not really what we wanted but it is what we needed. I had just started looking and got a phone call from a staffing company looking for someone with my qualifications to fill a part-time position at a small CPA firm. It just kind of fell in my lap and has thus far as been a true blessing for us. It took Aiden some time to get adjusted to me being gone several hours a day and in some ways he is still adjusting. I have to make sure to give him special time and attention when I am home. Alina has adjusted with no problems.

Anyway, hope you enjoy the photos from this past month. You can view them all by clicking on the link below:

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Alina is 9 months old!

We seriously don't know where the time goes! Our "babies" are growing up too fast, sometimes I just wish we could freeze time or even slow down and enjoy them more. This month Alina started crawling, she is now also pulling herself up and cruising around furniture and today has started using her walker to get around a little... she has been one busy girl!

You can see all the pictures from the past month if you click on the below link:

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Aiden's 3rd Birthday!

Aiden turned three this month, he is such a big boy now! He didn't really seem to be into the whole birthday party idea so we just celebrated a little here and there. He got to celebrate for about a week. His Grandparents from Ohio came down to play for his birthday, then he got to celebrate with his Grandparents here and his Aunts, Uncles and cousins. A few of his friends stopped by to see him and wish him a Happy Birthday as well. He enjoyed getting to blow out his candles... his favorite part of his birthday.

A few May pics...

Alina is 8 months old! Time to slow things down a bit....

A few April pics....

April & May update

These past couple of months have been super busy, which seems to be the normal around here these days! April was filled with the best of times with the Brown side of the family. We were blessed enough to get to take a wonderful beach vacation with them, we met in North Carolina Easter weekend and stayed in the most amazing house right on the beach....oh to be back there now! Aiden & Alina got to have some serious playtime with the cousins and the adults got to catch up, play games, throw back a few cold ones and hang out on the beach. It was one of the best weeks we've had! The trip ended with Alina turning 7 months old, boy is she growing up fast!
Although our trip was amazing and filled with happy times but, we returned to a sad home. We got home to find Katy, our oldest cat had passed away. It was unexpected, but the Vet seems to think that he went quickly and did not suffer much if at all. Katy will be missed to much.

May has been filled with happiness, with the warmer days here and the flowers blooming and summer in the air....many more good times to come and great memories to be made.

I apologize for being so late with our updates, but like I said...busy, busy, busy! There are A LOT of pictures this time due to me having to play catch up and including two months of pictures...Sorry! The link is below:
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