36 weeks

These pictures are from a few weeks ago. Now my due date is eminent and we are waiting and hoping for our little guy to make his entrance into the world any day.

In our bridesmaid dresses at my sister's wedding - my sister-in-law Lisa is 25 weeks pregnant.


With my Corban at Grammy and Grandpa's house

Ohio friends

Traveling from Massachusetts to Kentucky is a very long trip, but the drive gave us the opportunity to visit with friends whom we haven't seen in years. Unfortunately, I didn't do a great job of taking pictures at all of the stops. Pictures or no, we had a sweet time of reconnecting with friends from college. And at every stop, our kids made new friends and had a great time with the kids of our friends. Here are the few pictures I did take...

With friends from Ashland, Charly and Christina in their home in Cincinnati


Our crew with three of C and C's four kids


Kerrie is my best friend from college. I hadn't seen her in 8 years! Our time together was too short, but I'm grateful for the even the little bit we did have.

10

Jack and I are the parents of A 10-YEAR OLD! How can that be?

We celebrated Jakin's big day in Ohio with family and then in again in Kentucky when my family gathered for the wedding.

Thank you, Grandma!






Grammy gets thank you hugs, too.


Our boys

Cousins

In May we spent a few days at Grammy and Grandpa's house en route to my sister's wedding in Kentucky. During our time there, we celebrated Jakin's 10th birthday, Mother's Day, and lots of fun time with cousins, Ethan and Emma.




Grammy's girls




Enjoying a day at the Akron Zoo

What boys do

With the first signs of warm weather, the boys were out with their dad's old BB gun shooting at cans in the woods. Good fun for boys.

5

Going way back.... Annie's 5th birthday. We celebrated with "tea" at our good friends' house during the day, and gifts, cake, and family time in the evening.


Truly a girl with two older brothers. A leotard and soccer socks can be worn simultaneously.


Preparing the flower cupcakes for her flower garden birthday party


One thing I've discovered in planning birthday parties for girls and boys. For boys, they must run and be outside - perfect for our late spring, early summer birthday boys. Girls do crafts - also perfect for our winter/early spring birthday girls. Each of Annie's friends had a wooden flower to paint and take home.


Time to eat those yummy cupcakes!

The Swing

One of the gifts Annie opened on her birthday was a rope. She knew immediately what it was for: "A swing!". Daddy finished making the swings (he ended up making two) yesterday and hung them today. Annie is a very happy girl.





Not to be left out, Lauren got in on the action. She looks so big on the big girl swing.




"How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!"

-Robert Louis Stevenson