Aidan's 3rd Birthday Party

Little brother Evan is trying to keep his eye on all the preschoolers running around. We had Aidan's party at The Play Place, which is basically a giant toy room.

Aidan's busy opening presents. Some of his daycare pals came as well as children of friends' of mine. He had a great time.

As you can see, his friend Makenzie was helping him blow out his candles. He had an "Incredibles" birthday cake. Apparently, he had brushed up on the candle blowing handbook and told me you have to make a wish first. Then you blow out the candles. Didn't ask what his wish was. Probably more ice cream.

They're all waiting for the festivities to begin. You may ask why one child is dressed as a pink unicorn. I wonder myself.

I Did It!! My 1st 5K

So it wasn't the greatest time in the world but I finished it. It was worse than child birth but it felt just as good when it was over.

Here's my training group and coaches. We met for group runs every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. for 10 weeks and then we had to train on our own three other days during the week. Most of us had never run a day in our lives, unless was from something. We started at 1/2 mile and worked up to 3 miles. I'm trying to maintain the progress.

Here's me with one of my coaches, Lori, who was trying to encourage me to the finish line. She told me that she knew I was barely holding on but "you can throw up later." Nice words of encouragement, huh?

Aidan and Bekah

Aidan is quite the ladies' man. Here he is with friend Bekah after my 5K race. He grabbed a quick hug before running off to get in the "jumpy thing," aka the space jump.

Latest pics of Evan

As you can tell by the picture, it's been a while since we posted. Here's Evan laughing as usual. He's a very happy baby and chunky too.

He's sitting in the Bumbo, which he usually hates, but he was in a extra good mood this day.


His more serious side...

Happy Easter from Aidan and Evan

My friend Jenny took these pics of the boys in their Easter best. Cute, huh? Aidan has really grown fond of his little brother, and he loves to rub his belly and kiss him...almost like a Buddha statue.

Here he is giving him a little peck on the cheek. They're sitting in a giant picnic basket.

We had to work really hard to get Aidan to be still for a moment to get a full shot of him. As you can see, he has grown, but he's a string bean.

Is this the most precious thing you've ever seen? In my humble opinion, it is. Enjoy your Easter holiday everyone. Thanks Jenny for the great pics!!

Dad and the boys

There's been some adjusting to the new baby in Aidan's world. He is no longer called "your baby" but by his name now. Here's a pic of Aidan during his jealous period when he had to sit next to Daddy while he held Evan. He wasn't exactly thrilled about sharing the limelight at first but his attitude has improved over the weeks.


Mike took this pic of Evan during one of his happier moments. You can't tell from the picture but he has big dimples in his cheeks.

Welcome to the family little Evan!

Get a load of that face! Here's our newest addition, Evan William. He was just minutes old when this photo was taken. This explains the reason why I haven't been able to update my blog. He weight 8lbs. 12 oz and was 20.4 in. long.