and our little family expands.....

Eric came into the world at 2:03am on September 19th. He was 7lbs 15oz and 22 inches. Mark and Jake are VERY excited to have him home to play with.

Here's a brief glimpse of our past few days....

Arrived at the hospital at 7:30pm on 9/18 having contractions every 3-4 mins and 4cm dialated

Getting ready to walk the halls for about an hour

Labor's getting stronger....

and stronger....

and VERY much worth it!!!

Daddy giving Eric his first bath......

Family of FIVE!!!! First family photo!!!

Daddy can I hold him?

and kiss him?

2:03am 9/20 - Eric is ONE DAY OLD!!!

Heading home....

the boys were VERY excited when they saw who was at the door!!

THE LOVES OF MY LIFE!

T-Ball!!!

Here's Mark on his way to T-ball orientation to meet his team!

Marks Birthday!

Birthday afternoon with Daddy!

Birthday dinner at Red Robin

Marks Third Birthday Party

Random pics

K, it's been WAY too long! I wanted to make sure I posted more pics before baby comes and I have a LOT more to sort through! Here's some from the last month (though most are from the past 2 weeks)

Mark giving Jake the "boo boo buddy"

Seaworld!

Mark in the locker after swim class

Cutting Daddy's hair

Horse rides at the races

another butterfly release!

well the butterflies survived our vacation! we left 11 Chrysalides and came home to 9 painted lady butterflies!!!! after letting the boys observe them for a few days, (and of course, after a butterfly gave us a few eggs) we decided it was time to let them go..............

more from Seattle

well, we've been home for a week now and I'm finally finding the time to download the rest of the trip! Here's some more fun ones.............

for daddy's birthday we took papa's canoe out on pine lake. LOTS OF FUN!

Jakes new best friend Maggie