Beautiful Blue Eyed Boys!

I hate to brag , but they are awfully cute! we had the boys pictures taken on saturday morning by Steve Wilson. Steve also took Greg and Jessica's wedding pictures. It any of you are in the Tampa Bay area and tired of spending tons of money on pictures that are unrealistic and staged , please call Steve. He is wonderful with children and is sooooo reasonable in the $ department! www.studiotampa.com

Wii Would Like To Play

Last night Greg and Jessica came over after church and brought their Wii with them. Greg thought maybe Connor would like to try at it since he bought himself a Xbox 360 last week and isn't playing it as much himself these days. As you are about to see , it was NOT just Connor that tried his hand at it... One of the better times I have seen my whole family have in quite a while ! Thanks Greg for bringing it over , and thanks for leaving it for the week. Connor has done EVERYTHING I have asked him to without question in hopes of getting to play for a little while tonight :-)



Baseball , what a Shocker huh ?;-)



Even Mom played tennis for while...and YES the competitive streak made it's appearance!



Yes , even Brent played, and that is when the fun REALLY started. Everyone likes to watch two grown men jumping around acting rediculous... don't they?!



Cute huh !

Michael Phelps ... Who ?

As all of you know Connor is taking swimming lessons and is LOVING them! Not only is he loving them , but is quite gifted Ms. Karen , the instructor , says. ( He must be my child :-D ... Oh wait , I can't swim at all...) He is taking a specialized swimming course called ISR or Infant Swimming Resource. We had heard on the news and from a few fiends about this " Drown Proofing" that you could take your kids to from infancy , but I never gave it much thought. Come on , they really teach babies how not to drown ? Well, am I glad we decided to try it ! Karen is AWESOME!!! There are ISR instructors all over the country , so if you have a child6 months to 6 years , sign them up! Now , after seeing it with my own two eyes, I think it should be a law especially if you live near alot of water like we do. Anyway , enough with that soap box! On with the pictures ... You will see Connor , Ms. Karen and those Magic Toes and Airplane arms I told you about! Oh yeah , and Owen and Noah... We wouldn't want to leave them out just because they aren't swimming yet :-D




Swimming with his new " Free Style" arms




Airplane Arms and Magic Toes .... Look I can Float!!!



This is Karen touching him on the back of neck to help remind him to flip over on his back and get his air. They focus alot on survival skills like this for the majority of the time . So, they learn not to panic because they know how to " Float".




Lets not forget how cute Noah is :-)




And Owen !!!




We had some serious arm and leg action going on today !



He is so proud that he can swim now and Karen says he really has caught on quick for his age . when she opens back up in April we will be starting Owen and Noah with her. Not knowing how to swim well ,myself, I am so thankful for this program and for people like Karen Wilson who dedicate their life to saving other lives ! Especially our Babies !!

I Wanna Lead Singing Just Like You , Uncle Greg!

Owen has always enjoyed watching Pawpa and Uncle Greg lead the song service but last week he started singing in the service wtih them. Monday morning I thought I heard him singing and came around the corner just in time to catch this video. I hope everyone else thinks its as cute as " Mommy" does!!!

Get Fit With Owen

Hey , at least someone is using th treadmill!!!!

It's Rainin.... Baby Stuff ! HALLELUJAH !!!

Tuesday night we " Salem Chicks" threw a shower for our Kelly. Much planning ( and lying... more on that later) went down to get everything just right for our dear friend . I must say , it went off without a hitch and I think everyone had a blast. Well, I had a blast :-) So here are some pictures and I will comment as we go along... I promise I will get to the lie before it's all over!




The cake turned out better than I could have hoped for ! If you live in the Tampa, Lakeland, and Orlando area ... Karen is your gal for cakes! She used to work for Disney and WOW!!! Bonus , it's REALLY yummy!






Thanks to my sweetie pie hubby , I only had one baby to worry about for the evening!




Noah got in some rug time with Aunt Kelly before everyone arrived!



Abby Johnson and Noah


We were so thankful and blessed that Kelly's family could make it to the shower ! A special thanks to Sister Beverly, Kimberly , Brooke , Lindsey , Kerry , Abby and Brady for making the effort to come out and party with us !




Brady Johnson and Noah :-)




Noah and Lindsey Kickin it on the floor while Aunt Kelly opened presents!




OK , I'm not going to post EVERY picture of EVERYTHING she got , but she got some great stuff! Absolutely one of the cutest moments of the evening was when Kelly opened the diaper bag/ Backpack. Brady looks at Aunt Kelly real funny and says " Is that for Jos-u-a when he goes to school ?" SO CUTE !



The turtle hat was priceless ! It also came with a matching set of pj's!





We even had Lindsey model it for us :-D




Mommy even got some gifts for her . I HATED wearing the hospital gown when people came to see me and the boys ! My Mom always bought me some new PJ's for the hospital at my baby showers and they were some of my favorite gifts . So , Kelly HAD to have a few new pair herself. everyone needs to feel pretty after they have been through that mess!





Abby and Brady got the turtle and duck for " Wonder Pets " ! So sweet ! I'm not sure how to type out how the duck says " This is serious!" . Kerry ... HELP please :-)




All of the Miller/Spezzano family bought her highchair! Awesome gift!



I must say all of kids were very well behaved but I was soooooo impressed with Brady! I have three boys of my own that are MADE to mind at all costs but they would have bee miserable having to sit and watch quietly for that length of time! He was SO good! Here's to Brady making it through the " girlie party" with flying colors!






Now to that lie I mentioned earlier! About a month ago 8 of us went in together and bought the stroller/ car seat combo for the " shower" gift. I must confess before you all reading this that I have LIED like a rug for weeks covering our tracks! We kept having these bewildered conversations about who might have bought it and I would throw our different suggestions as to who may have made the purchase. Unfortunately we did not get a picture of the look on her face when we finally brought it out of the back room after all the other gifts were open , but it was great!





There is nobody in the world that deserves all of God's richest blessings as much my friend Kelly ( oh yeah , and Jim ! ) !! She has stood with me through good and bad ... two pregnancies in two years , there was A LOT of good and bad !
So , I publicly praise my Lord for such a wonderful friend , who I know will be a great mother . Come on Joshua we're all waiting for you !!!