Finally, we got our first born back in the house -

Marley is officially depressed.  We brought him home from his almost 6 month stint in NH thinking he was going to be so happy to be reunited with his family.  We were mostly wrong.  Although he was happy to see us in NH, he certainly didn't appreciate us tearing him away from his two very fun cousins (Rooster and Daisy) and making him leave his paradise.  He spent the first week moping around the house.  Depressed dog.  I guess we were kidding ourselves by thinking he missed us all that much.

Don't worry Marley, eventually you'll forget all about your fun and exciting life on the farm and settle into your boring life as a suburban house dog.

Ali's 2 month checkup -

Ali is growing like a weed!

Here are her 2 month stats:
Weight - 12 lbs (66%)
Height - 23 3/4 (94%)
Head - 15 1/2 (83%)

Tall girl! This appointment started all the shots :( poor thing. Didn't get a fever but was fussy for 24 hours or so after.

Here are some recent pics -

Do I look like brother Luke? I think so.....

I met my oldest brother last week as he finally came home from Papas.  He is a good boy!

Daddy is the best for a Sunday afternoon snuggle -

Luke loves to have me close but usually doesn't want to hold me for too long before he is onto the next thing -

But he does love to have me around while he is playing -

Paige also has a baby named Ali.  We hang out a lot -

Sister Paige give me a lot of attention (too much sometimes) -

Watching the super bowl with mommy after everyone else went to bed (and daddy was sick) -

I love bath time!!! -

Holiday celebration in NH -

We FINALLY got up to NH to celebrate Thanksgiving-Christmas with Papa.  Kids always love to go to the farm and having Chase and Madison there made it even more fun. It was a short visit but a good time as always.

Madison spending some QT with Ali -

 ROOOOOO -

 Ali cleaned up this holiday season.  Check out all  her cutie clothes -

 Lots of fun presents from Papa -

Ali Update - 8 Weeks

Just a few pictures of our little girlie at 8 weeks -

Paige Time -

Since Angie has been coming up on Wednesdays, Paige and I have been able to get out together for some lunch dates.  We got our toes done one day and lunch after.

 We walked around the center of town one Wed and found a slushie machine at the cute little candy store -

 Paige started ballet again on Sat mornings.  She loves it.  I think she missed having a dance class -

Luke's 7th Birthday!!

7 years old!!!!

The kids love hearing stories of how they were as babies and the story of them in the hospital so we went through Luke's story the night before his birthday.  Mimi came over to celebrate with us after Luke's basketball.

Here he is the night before, so excited for his birthday. 

Morning pic of the kids.  Paige got dressed up for Luke's birthday and also picked Ali a nice little outfit complete with headband -

Luke was so excited that he got breakfast together for everyone.  Yogurt, an apple and gummies -

Birthday boy with his cake -

Opening his presents, lots of Legos -

  Luke's real present was his fathead for his wall -
 

Saturday fun -

 After ballet on Saturday, Paige and I had a fun at home day while daddy and Luke were in the Southcoast for the day (and Ali slept the day away). 

We got a surprise snow storm with some great packing snow so we made a family of snowpeople. Frank, Snowflake and their son George as Paige named them. Lots of fun playing in the snow -

After we came in from the cold and warmed up a bit, we continued our fun by making Luke his birthday cake -

And finished the day with a nice bubble bath -