Saturday, July 28, 2007

Nathan's 2nd Birthday Party



Yes it's July, but I am just now downloading pictures from April. Here are a few pictures from Nathan's birthday. We went to Chuck E. Cheese (just our family) and had a great time. Two year olds are so easy to please! He sure has grown a lot this year. He just graduated from Easter Seals and is back up to level with his speech. He has a sweet heart, but being the youngest of 4 he sometimes is a bit violent. But even after he pulls Samantha's hair and bites John and hits Joey, who can resist that impish, dimpled smile and cute little laugh. He has learned to start saying sorry as soon as he gets to time out. So we get to listen to 2 minutes of sorrys before he is allowed off the chair. He is a tough, sweet boy who loves to wrestle with his brothers and do everything they do. He really idolizes the big boys and can hold his own with them on the trampoline and in the sandbox. He also loves all kinds of balls and likes to watch his brothers play at the YMCA. He can't wait to join his own sports team! We love our sweet boy!

MICHELLE ANN ROWBERRY









We are pleased to welcome Michelle Ann Rowberry to our family. She was born on 20 July 2007 at 5:30am!! Labor started at about 4:00 so it was short and painful, but I really can't complain because it was short. Short labors are great because recovery is so much easier. My mom and sister were able to come too. Everything worked out perfectly. Michelle came at the perfect time. Justin was home and Grandpa was able to stay with the other kids. She did great! So far Michellle has been a great baby. She sleeps alot still and tolerates being held by Nathann 24 times a day. He likes to honk her nose and give her lots of high fives. The other kids love to hold her too, but they do a much better job. Joey has started changing diapers all by himself. One day he just decided to change Nathan and proudly showed off his work. It was on backwards, but Nate was clean! He really enjoys helping out with the little kids. John does too. Especially with Michelle. He really enjoys holding her and talking to her if I'm busy when she wakes up.

Thursday, July 05, 2007

4th of July



We had a great 4th despite rain and sleeping kids. We went to a barbque at Kelly and Jared Landin's house in the morning. Despite about 100 people and a complete deluge in the backyard, everyone had a great time. THe kids spent most of their time running, jumping, and wrestling in the mud and rain. They had a GREAT time! We just didn't want to let them back in the house. Luckily Kelly was a great sport and after a good hosing down and drying off they were allowed back inside. There was soo much good food and good company. The Beckham's brought their Karoeke machine and everyone enjoyed making fools of themselves. It was a great party! We also had a bike parade when the rain let up a little. Later on that night we went down to Lackland to watch fireworks. Samantha and Nathan fell asleep and it started raining as soon as we parked to get out, but we braved it anyway, and the rain let up and we enjoyed front row seats to a truly spectacular show. It was a truly fun fourth!

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

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Here are a few random videos we took on the webcam last Sunday. The quality is not very good, but it should work. We are still learning how to do this blogspot thing!