Father-Son Camping Trip

What does a seven year old boy look like when he returns from a weekend camping trip with his dad? Well, you can see for yourself that he looks like boy who had a great time in the sand, water and grass, a great time roasting sticky marshmallows, a great time sword fighting, and last but not least, a great time trying to pick out his only clean shirt left in his bag to wear with his least-dirty pair of pants to mass on Sunday. If the amount of sand on the bottom of the tub was any indication of how much fun he had, than I can tell you he had the time of his life!!!

For the full effect of this plaid on plaid outfit that Aidan was wearing upon his return, click on the photo




This scrap under Aidan's eye was an accidental stick swinging injury, bound to happen with several boys in the same campsite...thankfully, his eye is fine.

The Merchant of Venice

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Be sure to try and make this!; It's sure to be a fun show!

(Moira, Emmett and many other local homeschoolers are in this production)

Guess Who Had an Excellent Heart Check-Up??

Yes, our Erin did! We went for a visit to see Dr. S, her cardiologist. While we didn't expect anything to be different, it always does our hearts good to hear that her heart is good! The medical staff tend to remember their heart babies and they all loved seeing Erin. Dr. S even cancelled her echocardiogram this visit because her heart sounded so good and her EKG was perfect. We do not go back for one full year.....yippee!


Moira was there to snap some photos...
She was a bit leary about some of the procedures....
The pulse-oxygen monitor tickled her toes.
This is the EKG procedure which had a funny ending. When we put the EKG monitors on, we called them "stickers". I was trying to make it positive, saying, "Oh, Erin, look, you're getting lots of stickers today!". After we were all done the nurse brought the box of real stickers over to her, offering her one as a reward. Erin signed "No". I think she thought she was going to have to have another EKG! I have not seen her turn down stickers before.
Afterwards we met up with some friends at a park...



(To see more pictures from Erin's park date, check out Logan's blog!)

After Baptism Pictures

The cake...

Little cherubs, Ana Maria, Maria, Molly Grace and Margaret waiting for the cake....
Father Eric holding Seamus
The whole gang (except Erin who was napping)
"The Boys" (Mike, Father Eric, Aidan, Seamus and Grandpa D)

Seamus' Baptism

Seamus had a beautiful baptism on Sunday! We felt so honored that our friend, Father Eric, a wonderful priest who has blessed so many lives, including our own, was Seamus' Godfather. Moira was thrilled to be Seamus' Godmother and was just glowing. We had the baptism at our parish, Sts. Peter and Paul, with our Pastor Monsignor Klister officiating.






Father Eric and Monsignor Klister


Our Godparents, Father Eric...

......and Moira







A blessing for Mike and me










We had a nice celebration afterwards with family and friends. More pictures to come...

Seamus Meets His Cousins

These pictures were taken the day after Seamus' birth, in the hospital. He already loves his cousins!

Owen

Conal
Margaret and Kelly
Emmett
Colleen

Seamus - 2.5 week update

For those who like the details (and so I don't forget myself!), here is a quick update from Seamus' 2 week check up. His weight is up to 8 lbs 11 oz, which means he gained a pound in the past 10 days, the little lunker! He is also 21.5 inches (80%), which I think makes him our tallest newborn. He is sleeping great; at night he has a five or six hour sleep stretch. All of his newborn screenings came back without any concerns. So, in general, he's a happy little guy who is doing great!

Happy Birthday Hugadaboos!

Teresa is into the double digits! Ten years old. We had a nice birthday celebration yesterday with her favorites, plain cheesecake and Chinese food, along with some fun presents. Although Teresa is just getting over Fifths Disease (which is a common, mild, childhood virus which causes a rash that resembles a "slapped cheek" look on the face), she was really feeling fine. You can hardly notice the rash in some of the pics, which is almost gone now.

You are such a joy to us, Teresa! We all love you so much!!!


Trying on new flip-flops
A new webkins and...
... new jean shorts
And some fun new art supplies
Blowing out candles
Whew! No boyfriends. Although I think that was rigged, cause she only had two candles instead of ten! (With a newborn in the house, we count ourselves lucky to have ANY candles in the house, let alone ten LOL)

I think She Likes Him....

...just a little. This is how Erin likes to spend her time lately. What a great big sis!






And when we ask her to smile, we get her big cheesy grin. What a joy she is!

Happy Father's Day Times Eight!

We had a low-key Father's Day celebration here on Sunday. I wish I would have gotten a picture of Mike with all the kids, but at least we have these of him holding Seamus. The kids picked out some snazzy new ties and a couple shirts. And of course the homeade cards are always a nice treat. Happy Father's Day to an awesome dad!!!