Monday, May 28, 2012

We're back!

After months of being offline, we're back! We're getting settled into our new home and have a lot to share!
We will try to post some of the major events that you may have 'missed'!!

The most important event is that we've moved! Here we are in front of our new home that we just love!



A week after we moved in, Eric took his training wheels off!
He also celebrated his 5th birthday at Super Games with a few of his closest friends!
Perhaps the biggest change came the day of the move when Julia decided to start walking! She is all over the place!

Now that we're getting a little settled in, we're starting to get back to "normal", at least as much as we can until Tim takes his test. A few weeks ago we visited COSI where Julia loved the water table
 Eric & Julia at COSI

 Happy Mother's Day! SO many blessings...


At the strawberry patch - notice the red faces...
 This was at Eric's last field trip as a pre-schooler. Believe it or not, when he first got this t-shirt it was too big on him!
:(  Where did our little boy go?

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

November

In November, Julia started eating more finger foods and standing by herself. We went to Charleston for Thanksgiving, but also to say goodbye to our beloved Mama Jean.


Yummy cracker!
Look at me standing!
Hangin' with Uncle Ryan With Papa Boo
My 1st Thanksgiving
I am thankful for...my brother/sister

The four "cousins" - Julia, Eric, Britton and Ashton

Two peas in a pod
They were very excited that they got their own kids table this year! Eric plays football with Uncle Chris and Uncle Dave

Peekaboo!

Monday, January 9, 2012

What Happened to 2011?

OK, so I cannot believe it's been 3 MONTHS since I last posted! I'm so sorry! We've been so busy but had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! I'll try to post some of the best pictures of the last few months, starting with October. Enjoy!


October was such a fun month for us! In addition to Julia being baptised, we also took a trip to Snowshoe and enjoyed a gorgeous long weekend full of colorful foliage, warm weather and fun activity. We took a ride on the train at Cass, rode on the chairlift to the lake at the bottom of the mountain, went paddleboating, played on the pirate ship playground and watched a lot of bikers.



Julia loved her first train ride - she was asleep by the end!

Eric still talks about taking the train - I'm sure we'll be riding it much more!




At 7 months, Julia was learning more about her surroundings and was becoming especially fond of Bailey!

We were outside a lot, going on hikes and enjoying the cool sunshine
Such a happy girl!

At Halloween, we had lots of parties and lots of dressing up.. Here is Tinkerbell! And our handsome Captain Hook


Peekaboo!



One of the best days was when we went to Leeds Farm. Here, Eric rides on the banana bus. He also rode the kids zip line, jumped on the giant pumpkin and rode the tractor bike (below). We (Marisa & Tim) got to go on the big zip line - such a fun fun day!
Julia's camoflauged!
Eric on the zip line - this was probably the 15th time he went

Giant orange jumpy thing
How cool are these?! Eric did great! Kept up with the big kids! Baby pumpkin

Happy Halloween!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Julia's Baptism

We got some sad news a few weeks ago that our beloved pastor is retiring, so it was such a blessing and a joy to have her baptize Julia before she leaves. Just 4 years ago, she baptized Eric as well, and it brought back so many memories. Where does time go?!












4 Years Ago! Baby Eric...

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Baby Bliss!



Wow, as I go through these I'm having such a hard time deciding which pictures to post - they're all so good! What a special time! This stage for Julia is baby bliss - she's sitting by herself, rolling all over the place and eating solid foods. What a busy and fun time! Meanwhile, Eric has been busy starting his 3rd year of preschool! He's been very busy with swimming lessons, playgroups and music class as well. Such a great start to the new school year!


This seat is about to be outgrown...you can see how crazy J sits in it now!

Eric and I tried to pick raspberries this year but only got 12 - literally. I guess this season was a bad one. Oh well, we still had fun!

Such an angel

In mid August, Julia started eating solid foods and took to it right away. She is a great eater!
Hey, this is pretty good!

Eric is a great helper and loves to feed his sister :) (And don't worry, she doesn't sit like this on the table anymore - it was only the first few times we fed her!! And she was ALWAYS closely supervised!!)

So happy together!

Julia spends lots of time bouncing - here, on laps, on the floor.....

Eric's first day of school!! Such a big 4 year old!



Eric talking to one of his teachers, Miss Becky


At the end of August, Julia moved to fruits and veggies, starting with potatoes and carrots. At first, it was a very messy process!!

Our good friend Keith got to visit!

Such a happy baby!


Julia was sitting so well that we started taking her outside to watch while we played with Eric. This was her first time touching grass!

We went to a new apple orchard this year and had a ball! Eric LOVES apples so had a blast.


We even found some honeycrisp apples that they said were almost gone - I think Eric sniffed them out

It was such a beautiful day!



Later that week, Eric's class had a field trip to a different apple orchard where Julia and I got to tag along!


Eric in "apple class"

We all had fun!



Julia loves bath time!
She is starting to get up on her hands and knees!

Here was the first time that she tried finger foods ("puffs")

During an especially cold fall morning, we went with Grandma and Grandpa to the pumpkin patch to get some donuts, cider and of course pumpkins! We all bundled up and had a great morning!




Professional Photos

Courtesy of Kiddie Kandids and Tammy Dean

Watch us grow!
We're just too proud not to share...

Julia Newborn

Julia Newborn
Our sweet princess

Eric 2 months old

Eric 2 months old
Eric & Teddy

Daddy's Little Man

Julia 3 months old

Julia 3 months old

Eric 4 months old

Eric 4 months old

Eric 6 months old

Eric 6 months old

Julia 6 Months Old

Julia 6 Months Old



Eric 8 months old

Merry Christmas!


Julia 9 Months Old

Julia 9 Months Old

Eric 10 months old

Eric 10 months old

Eric 1 Year Old!

Eric 1 Year Old!

Eric 18 months old

Eric 18 months old

Eric 3 Years Old

Eric 3 Years Old

Eric 4 Years Old

Eric 4 Years Old