Liza and Joel's Wedding

Liza and Joel got married on Saturday Dec 10.  It was a beautiful ceremony followed by an awesome reception.  Here are some pics of their special day.  Congrats Liza and Joel!!!

Here Comes the Bride...

So beautiful

Quick pitstop on our way to the reception.

Liza, I know your eyes are closed, but this was just such an awesome shot of your dress and beautiful cake (oh and your husband looks good too!)

 Kiss!

What a perfect couple

Emily and Alex...they're next!!

Party Time!

The boys

Jess, Emily, and I

Mike and I

God Bless William Edward!

We finally got our beautiful day to celebrate our precious little boy.  William was baptized this morning and our family and friends filled up almost half of the church.  We are really lucky to have so many people who support and love us.  Thank you so much to everyone who made this such a special day for our family.  Also a big Thank You to Tom for taking most of the pictures today.  Also, anyone else who has pictures please send them our way, we didn't end up with too many of our own.  It's tough to throw a party, keep track of 2 kids, and take pictures too!!! 

Before the service

Daddy and Will

He looks calm in the picture, but William was not too fond of the water.

William Edward being baptized

Jesse, Cristin, Me, William, & Mike

William fell asleep right after he was baptized, so he slept through pictures!

And Emily too!

Our family

With Grandparents and the Nana

With Ed & Carrie

Nana and William

William with his Godmother, Cristin

The babies!  (and three beautiful ladies too!)

Big Boy Tyler

William with his Godfather, Jesse

Checking out the view

Us with Great Grandpa and Great Grandma

Us with Gia, Pepa, and Great Grandma

Ed, Carrie, Grammie, Pop Pop, and us!

Week 32 and Week 145

William is 32 Weeks old.  He is on the move!  Still just rolling, but he is getting into everything.  He's pulled his legs up a couple of times also, so crawling may not be too far away.  Not sure I'm ready for that one!!!  William is definitely becoming more aware of his surroundings and there are things he doesn't like!  He met Millie the dog this weekend and was not a fan!  She greeted him with a big lick in the face and then any time he saw her he had the saddest look and would just cry.  Poor boy, hopefully he's not scarred for life!!  Emily and Millie had a similar start and are now best buds, so hopefully William will be the same way.  We celebrated his baptism on Sunday.  All in all a great start to December!!

It's Christmastime!

A fun day at the park!

Look what I found.

He made it under the coffee table and kept reaching up.  He can almost reach the table.  Watch out Mommy!!!

Crazy Girl

She dressed herself

Big Boy Jammies

Ooooh...what's this?

Emily and Aunt Carrie dressing my American Girl doll.

32 Weeks Old

God Bless Natalie Elizabeth!

Today was Natalie's baptism.  It was a beautiful service and a wonderful day. Congratulations to Wendy and Joe!  Here are some pics of the fun.

Natalie slept through the whole thing!

 

Proud Daddy

I love Natalie's little smile

Parents and Godparents

Liz, Wendy, & Natalie

Check out that crew!  That's the best we could do.  Almost everyone is looking.

Week 31 and Week 144

William is 31 weeks old.  We had a fun week and William celebrated his first Thanksgiving!!  We had a great day at Aunt Natalie's and Uncle Bud's.  William ate sweet potatoes with us and Gia even gave him a bite of pumpkin pie!  Of course he loved it.  Next year he'll get to eat all the other fun stuff with us!!  He's starting to pick up puffs and try to feed himself, but with a Mommy, Daddy, and especially a big sister around it's really easy to just eat them baby bird style!!!  Emily loves feeding her baby brother, and he likes sharing his food with her too, so she says.  William has added a new sound to his vocabulary this week...he now says "BaBaBa".

Emily is 144 weeks old and her favorite words are "Why?" and "How come?"  It's all we hear about everything over and over and over and over again.  It's really challenging me to think about things we see/do/say and how to explain the same thing in different words 300 times!

Here are some pics of our fun...

My little man

Upside down

Mmmmmm...pumpkin pancakes on Thanksgiving!

Look at my crazy straw!

William's First Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

Concentration

Look at Will standing.  Fun for everyone!

And now its time for...Christmas Jammies!

Cute boy!

CHALLENGE:  Find a picture of Emily in this exact pose with the same face!

Last pile of leaves of the season...and a little girl too!

31 Weeks Old

Now this is what I call a Saturday morning!  Love the snuggles!!

Emily at Natalie's Baptism.  

More pics to follow in a new post!