5th Annual Topsail Island Beach Week

Fun in Uncle Tim's Guck (truck)

Fun at the Cincinnati Children's Museum

Henry's first professional sports event

Dan, Henry, and Alex with Mr. Red

Hamming it up

Henry has chosen a large bouncy ball for his comedy routine and Cousin Molly an antique necklace is her dressing up accessory of choice.

Captains in training

Two-gether

My cousin Carol is due with her daughter Frances in mid-September and I am due at the end of January - can you see a difference?

Leda 1993 - 2006

Leda

Our sweet dog Leda died this morning. She was thirteen. She had a good life and I am glad that we had her for as long as we did. She was a great companion, friend and altogether quirky dog. I will really miss her.

our news

Just to make it official - we are expecting a new addition to our family in late January - here is one of the first images - looked like a boy to me - but we don't actually know. The baby's hand is in the air - baby power!

Beach bums

Laptime for Henry, Jack and Ella

Dan and Henry at the Lake

Hangin' at Hyco - Rachel, Henry and Aunt Karen

Water fun

We had a great week last week spending Saturday at Hyco Lake celebrating Papa Dennis' birthday and Father's Day, then onto Winston to spend Father's day with Grandaddy Kuhn, then ... on to the beach for a whole week with the Davis clan. We have tons of pictures! It was a great fun filled week and we are just now getting back to "normal". Danny starts his one month rotation at Duke Hospital starting this month, so we are never really at normal I don't think.

Eating floor food

Cousin Molly is ready to paint

Easter egg hunting with Gram

Trademark squint

Henry loves daddy!

Just for the taste of it!

One tired swinger

Good grooming

Hangin' with Papa

Fountain fun

Molly and Henry at play

Henry close-up

blog update

this whole blog thing is getting pretty competitive - so - as not to be out-blogged ... things are going great for us - Danny is on Spring Break and we just went up to DC to hang out with Papa Dennis - lots of fun - though Henry probaby enjoyed getting misted by a fountain on a windy day more than the National Zoo - oh well - maybe next time!
Henry is pulling up and cruising around holding onto things - he has a mouth full of teeth - and is lots of fun

Tub time!

Big cuz

Cake time!

Henry's party

henry's cake

building with blocks

playing with cousin molly

sweet boy

Fast forward

Now we are already into February and we have had a strange couple of months. My grandmother was sick for ten weeks and in the intensive care unit in Winston-Salem, so we were spending lots of time away from home. She passed away two weeks ago. She was 86 and lived a wonderful life so that is our comfort. We are sad she is gone.

On another note, I have changed jobs and am working about 25 hours a week at Nordstrom in the Fashion Jewelry department which is right up my alley. It is fun for me to get out more and make a bit of money for our little family.

We had a great birthday party for Henry yesterday. It is hard to believe a year has gone by and on the other hand - wow - what a year of change it has been. It was fun to celebrate Henry with our friends and family. We have never had that many kids in our house before! I even made him his own cake and a cake for the crowd! Happy Birthday Henry!!
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Supersized grin!

Molly, Alex and Henry

Henry on the move

Christmas past

Well Christmas was a lot of fun - and a complete whirlwind at the same time. We managed to visit all of our immediate families in North Carolina and even snuck Henry into the Cardiac Care unit to see my grandmother Christmas Day. Henry now has more toys and clothes than we can possibly fit in our house.

Now it is on to 2006 - let there be peace on earth and goodwill among all people!

Henry's Xmas photo spread

Henri

On the move

The major news to report at our house is that Henry has learned to crawl or scoot. Whatever you call it he is on the move. We are getting ready for Christmas with almost all of the shopping done. We will be spending the holidays around our fair state from Alamance county to Forsyth and back again. We even attempted a Christmas photo session at home with mixed results. It will be Henry's first and Santa is sure to bring some special treats! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!