Sunday, August 28, 2011

Recent Trip to Mobile

At the Hangout

Enjoying the beach!

Rae gave all the kids pajamas from Japan!

Here are Kate's Japanese pajamas - love them!

Mimi and Pop with their grandkids

Jackson with a South Alabama football player

Sweet sleeper

At the Blue Gill

Kate and Mimi

Kate and Mayu

Mimi and Tomo dancing at the Blue Gill

Connie and Jimmy dancing at the Blue Gill

Hanging out in the sunroom

Tomo, Mayu, Haruki, and Jackson (they couldn't get enough of those swings!)

Kate and Kayla at Connie's wedding
Kate kept trying to hug Kayla...

...but Kayla was not interested

They looked so cute together in their pretty, white dresses!

Kate and Rae

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Kate's First Birthday Party!

We celebrated Kate's 1st birthday while we were in Mobile last week. Kate's cousin, Christian, will turn 1 exactly 1 month after her, so he had some birthday cake too!
Mommy and the birthday girl
Showing off her walking skills
Wrestling with her brother
Playing with Pop

Already sleepy?

cupcake pinata

The rainbow cupcakes

A look inside

Kate's cake

Here we go!
This is fun!

The one second she had her birthday hat on

Feeding Jackson some of her cake

Mom, Dad, and birthday girl

We think more cake went on the floor than in their bellies :)

Monday, August 08, 2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Monday, July 25, 2011

11 Months

Kate is 11 months old today!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Here She Goes!

Some July Pics

 Showing off his handstand
 Kate in her new shoes
 Getting into everything
A ride with big brother

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Walking!

Kate started walking yesterday! She took about 6 steps yesterday morning. Of course, it happened to be during the 4 hours a week that I am gone for work, but at least Erik got to see it! I did get to see her take some steps when I got home though. I'll try to get a video up once I can catch her on camera.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Off the Market

Well, I guess we just aren't meant to move. We tried for 10 months back in 2007 - 2008 to sell our house - just as the housing market bubble started to burst - and we tried again for 2.5 months this spring with no luck. So, we have officially taken our house off the market for now. With several recent foreclosures in our neighborhood, our house value just keeps dropping further and further. We'll try again when prices are on the upswing, but for now we're still here. We're trying to rearrange our house a little and make some adjustments so that it's more comfortable for our lifestyle since we'll be here for a while longer... hopefully not too many more years. Either way, we're happy to be able to "live" again and not have to keep a perfect house for showings (which I don't recommend doing with 2 kids and a dog, by the way).  As for now, we've almost made it through year number 5 in the same house. Definitely a record!

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

4th of July Weekend








Now, He's a Fish!

What a difference 2 weeks of swim lessons makes! Jackson was in the pool all day Saturday and did not want to get out. As you can tell from this video, he loves his new mask and snorkel, too!

Sunday, July 03, 2011