Fall

Sammy and Ben were excited to meet their #6 cousin, Charlie! Aunt Kristen had him on September 17th - cutest little guy! Here are some other pictures from the past few weeks. Went to Young's Dairy with Great Grandma Smith last weekend - boys made friends with the goats as you can see. Sammy is loving school now - yells "yes!" every time we tell him it's a school day. Ben is getting so big - 17 months now. He is our little wild man! He likes to play race n chase around the house with Sammy now!

First Day of School

Sammy just started preschool at Liberty Heights Preschool (and church) which is a just a few minutes from our house. He's going Monday/Wednesday mornings. Here are pictures of him on his first day, along with his proud little brother. Sammy did great all morning, was happy walking in and then we got to the room and he definitely got a little scared. The tears started flowing and he kept saying "You'll be right back? Why are you leaving me?" It was definitely hard leaving that room, but his teachers Ms. Maria and Ms. Debbie were awesome and we knew he was in good hands. When we picked him up, he came marching out with a sucker in his mouth, happy as can be. Sammy is such a sensitive little dude and just seems to get scared/upset in new situations. We have now completed week 2 and this evening he told me, "Mom, I really like school and am a really good listener." He seems to really enjoy it, which we knew he would. It's just hard to believe our little Whammers is already starting school!

More End of Summer Pictures

Here are the rest of the pictures I tried to download last weekend. Fun visit with Cousin Keelie! Trip to Kings Island - Ben's first time on the lady bugs - he loved it! Sam doing is new favorite slide at the waterpark. And picture of Sam's neighborhood buddies - Addy, Sidney and Hudson.

July/August Update

We've had such a fun summer and are sad that it's coming to an end! Here are some pictures from end of July and August. I also have pictures from this weekend that I tried to upload but am having problems with them for some reason (I'm ready to scream!) so I'll try to put those on as soon as I can. The boys and I went on a road trip the end of July down to Knoxville to stay the weekend with our buddies, The Hulen's. We had a blast going to the Zoo, downtown Knoxville park and Safety City - going to make it an annual event! Got to stop and see our friends, The Karsner's on the way home in KY. Kel, Teddy and the kids came home early August and we celebrated Emie's 1st birthday. That same weekend we had a fun baby shower for Kristen and baby Charlie on the way! We had our friends the Troiano's come down from Columbus to play one day in August and Kel and the kids came up for a fun, unexpected sleepover! And to top off a great month, we celebrated Pappaw and Uncle Dave's birthday this weekend! Throw in some visits to Kings Island, the Waterpark, park time, t-ball, driving range and putt-putt, swim lessons and lots of playing with our neighbor friends...we had a busy fun-filled summer!

Family Pictures

Here are some family pictures we had taken in June. We wanted professional pictures of the boys when they turned 1 and 3!

June/beginning of July Pics

I'm a little behind, but here are some cute pictures from the last month or so. Ben is turning into a toddler before our eyes - he's climbing up/down on everything and walking/running like a little man. He really likes playing outside in the jump house, playing with the water table, swinging, pushing Mater and his mower and doing the slide. And he loves to dance...does the cutest head shake thing. Sam loves to play with his buddy Addi next door, t-ball and swim lessons, has loved going to the Zoo and Kings Island and even went to his first movie last weekend. He and I went and saw Monsters University - he liked it ok and we made it through about 1/2 of the movie before he lost interest (in the movie and the bucket of popcorn). He is doing great with books - can read (or rather recite) "Hop on Pop" which is so cute (and amazing to us). He has started singing a little bit - songs from his favorite video "Baby Animals" and Joe has him singing the main chorus of "The Boys Round Here" which is funny - he says, "turn it up Dad, that's my favorite song". Had a great 4th - saw fireworks with the Borgerding cousins (Ben stayed at home this year) and saw a parade in our neighborhood (pouring down rain - thank goodness for the wagon). Having a great summer...still lots to go!