Thursday, June 30, 2011

Summer fun with Cousins

Some cousins came over to hang out a few weeks ago. Piglet had the best time playing with them.
They're Grandfather is a big Seminole fan, so we gave him a few good Gator chomps in a pictures and sent it to him.
Not only did they come over to spend time with us, they fixed us some great food. Its great to be with family.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Rufus on Video

Here are a couple of videos from Rufus' first days with us.

We had a hard time picking his name, but we were able to narrow it down to 4. Here is how the final decision was made.

This video shows Rufus taking his first bath.

Thursday, June 09, 2011

He's Here!!!

Our new bundle of joy arrived Sunday morning at 8:08. Here are his stats:
8 lbs 2 oz
20.5 inches long
bats left, throws left

Papa and Olivia met us at the hospital and waited in the waiting room with Piglet.Here is the obligatory picture of Papa with his mouth open. Piglet is so excited about her new baby brother.
Our sweet niece has already been so good with him, and Piglet.

Papa Jack and Sheila arrived just after he was born. They were also quite excited.


We called him Rufus before we knew his name. Rufus means red headed, so that didn't really fit him. He actually had some dark brown hair.
Sweet big sister couldn't wait to hold her baby brother.
This is what he was like most of the time he was at the hospital. Now that he's home, not so much.


Doctor's hospital gave us a birthday cake to celebrate his arrival.
Cousin Caroline came over later with Aunt Lynn and Uncle Kevin.

Caroline's friend Drew also came for a visit.
Piglet loved checking out her little brother. We're working on not touching his face.



Piglet was so good at the hospital. She spent time watching Strawberry Shortcake on the lap top.

The blog has always been called Piglet's Fan Club. We've now got a new bundle to brag about. I'm thinking Piglet and Rufus' Clubhouse. Any other suggestions?

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

A Graduation and a Party


A couple of weeks ago was Yaya's graduation. Kaitlin was excited to go to a graduation again but was disappointed when we didn't get to ride a school bus like we did at Daddy's graduation. We are so proud of Olivia, I can't believe how much she has gown up since I first met her.
Surprisingly Kaitlin did not make too much noise during the ceremony and was rewarded with Chick-fil-a for lunch.
Later that night Uncle Keith, Aunt Joan and cousin Aidan came for a visit. Katie loves playing with Aidan, she wanted to go with him when he left the next day.
Saturday was Katie's birthday party at her favorite place, Chick-fil-a. She was so excited she couldn't wait for the party to start.

About a week before her party Katie decided that she really wanted a Tinkerbell cake with all the faries. Before that I thought we would be going with a princess or Strawberry Shortcake cake. We found all the faries at Toys'R'Us and added them to the cake.

Katie has been talking about having party hats at her party for at least a month. I think it was due to an episode of Special Agent Oso, but I'm not sure. I was surprised that the kids wanted to wear them as well.





Katie refused to go up to the slide when we first got there. She wanted to go down the slide but she was afraid of the things she had to go up to get to it even though Uncle Big and Daddy tried to go with her. All it took was a few minutes with Yaya and she could't get enough.
After the party she left with Yaya and Papa to go visit her cousins in South Carolina. I cried ( I am a little hormonal you know ) but she left with no problems. I know she's having a great time swimming and seeing the family but I will be excited when she gets back Wednesday.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Piglet's 3rd Birthday!

Thursday was Piglet's 3rd birthday. The day started off going to a checkup for Rufus. All is good and I am dialated to a 3-3 1/2 and am 80% effaced. Piglet loves going to hear Rufus' heartbeat.
After that we saw some friends, went to lunch and then we ran a few errands. I had a return for Babies R Us so we had to look at toys. One of the ladies that worked there found out that it was Piglet's birthday so they gave her a crown and a balloon.
We also had to go to the grocery store to pick up a few things like another balloon and cake. Piglet was so excited about her balloons, she pretended that they were kites and flew them all around the house. We got home just before a bad storm came through that knocked out our power. Thankfully it was nothing too serious and Piglet's room has plenty of natural light.
After playing with the balloons for a while we played big church. Here you can see Piglet leading everyone in singing.
Being Memorial Day weekend there were no small cakes with flowers on them. That was okay with Piglet since she wanted one with an American flag on it. The American flag cake was just a little too small for 5 people so she happily picked one with sprinkles on it instead.
For someone that loves attention she was a little shy when we sang Happy Birthday to her.


Notice the bad lighting. The power came on around 7. Piglet didn't seem to mind since we had presents to play with.

Happy Birthday Piglet!!!!