Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day!!

To all of the wonderful daddy's out there! We are sure that we have the best of the bunch...but I am sure that we know some that can rival our best of the best!!!

I have been terrible about taking pictures this summer....between feeling very large and running after two toddlers, carrying the camera has taken a back seat! So these are all of the pictures that I have from the day.

Our daddy got to play golf with papa and uncles Chad and Chris on Saturday. Sunday we went swimming at our neighborhood pool and then over to Nana and Papas for dinner and celebrating all of the daddies! 

Medical News

Some of you may have known about our latest medical drama, but for those that didn't here it is...in a nut shell.

Ella has been having days where she is really tired, laying around, not wanting to play since around Christmas. We chalked it up to a bunch of different things including her just being drama, growing, not sleeping well, bordum, etc. Our babysitter finally said she was noticing it a lot and was concerned. That prompted us to talk to the doctor. After the doctor confirming our concerns that she was pale and had dark circles under her eyes, swollen lymph nodes and had dropped growth percentiles again...off to get some blood work! There were some of her tests that came back abnormal, nothing specific, but concerned our doctor. They scheduled us an appointment with Riley Cardiology to rule out a missed congenital defect or infection in her heart, and ordered more labs to rule out a blood issue. Needless to say, we were a little concerned. The results of the second set of labs gave a little more clarity. They finally diagnosed her with Mono and cancelled her Cardiology appointment! Yea!!!! We are relieved that there is a reason she has been tired and one that is not very serious. So...thats it...in a nutshell!!!

Chip

So...I have a TON to update on here but this one just sort of sums up what has been going on around here it feels like!

Ella and Cole were in the shower and apparently Cole threw a baby brush at her and hit her in just the right way and...

CHIPPED HER TOOTH!!!

Thank goodness it isn't that bad, I guess, and we have a dentist appointment on monday to even it up. 

Seriously though...who gets a tooth chipped from their little brother and a baby brush!!

Oh, well!!!

COLE IS 2!!!!

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY COLE!!!!!!

I can't believe that he is two already! He still seems like my little baby. Well, maybe not so little!!! He is just the best little guy! 

Cole's Loves...

-His mommy (a total momma's boy!)

-Balls...any/all of them

-Bulldogs

-Jumping

-Piggy back rides

-Bubbles

-Balloons

He is talking more and more everyday. I couldn't possibly count his words, but his favorites are mine, me, no, ball, big...go figure! He is still a super picky eater, very cuddly, slow to warm up to new things and new people, in love with all things sports! 

His stats:

Weight: 28lbs (50%)

Height: 34in (36%)

In comparison Ella at 2 years old:

Weight: 24lbs (14%)

Height: 32 3/4in (18%)

Ella at 3 years old:

Weight: 27lbs (12%)

Height: 35.5in (10%)

We had a small family birthday party at our house. Cole's favorite part was opening gifts, which surprised us because it would usually be eating cake. (The next day he had a fever and was diagnosed with Hand, Foot, and Mouth-that probably had something to do with not being super into his cake!)

Cole's Playgroup Birthday Party

Thank you so much to all of our playgroup friends that were able to come to our party!!! Cole had a great time playing with all of his friends and, of course, EATING CAKE AND ICE CREAM!!!

Kamp's 4th Birthday

We headed to Greentown, IN to visit family and celebrate Ella and Cole's cousin Kamp's 4th Birthday. We gave him a blow-up pool with a slide...and it was a HIT!!! The kids had a blast playing in the water and splashing around. The bottom picture is an attempt at all of the cousins together...

from left to right...

Kamp, Korbin, Kreed, Ella, Cole, Bailey (Not pictured is Baileys new baby sister who is just a week old, Briar)

A week late!

Happy Easter

only a week behind!!!

We are getting better...considering we celebrated Christmas on Valentine's Day, celebrating Easter only a week behind isn't so bad. There was no way that the Easter Bunny was going to visit if Papa couldn't be around to celebrate too, and since the Bulldogs were having such an awesome run in the Final Four, we took the day to relax and prepare our nerves for the championship game instead to tracking down the Easter eggs. So this Sunday, we got all dressed-up and went to Church and then to the McGraths for family, food and fun!!! It was really fun to watch the kids see their Easter baskets, search for Easter eggs and play outside in the beautiful weather! Better late then never!!

Final Four Weekend!!!

What a truly awesome weekend!!! We couldn't feel more blessed to have such an amazing team and organization to root for. We spent a few long cold minutes in the rain on our way to the free concerts before the first game, but thankfully the weather pulled thru and it turned out to be a great day for a Darius Rucker and Daughtry concerts. It was a great way to start the festivities. You really couldn't beat the ending though!!! Beating Michigan State to head to the Championship Game was GREAT!!!! The game against Duke, I went into it just hoping that we would make it a game. I had no doubt that the team would play their hearts out, I just didn't know if we could handle them size wise. At half time, I knew we could take them on and make it a game...and maybe even win! We came up on the wrong side of winning, but you can't call them losers! They played a hell of a game and we are SO PROUD!!! Not that we don't always wait with baited breath for the start of the Bulldog season...but we are so excited to see what next season will hold for out beloved Bulldogs!!!!