Happy 2nd Birthday, Andrew!

Happy Birthday Andrew! Yes, on Sunday the 22nd we celebrated number 2 with our big boy! Party complete with Buzz and Woody and the Toy Story gang, his favorite right along with the Sesame Street monsters. He carries Woody around like he's his best friend, it really is pretty cute...kinda like Andy in Toy Story. Although, don't get any ideas. I can't have and Annie and an Andy :) .

He was really oblivious to the fact that Sunday was any different then any other day. He really did have a great day and made it until almost 3 before the nap got the best of him!

The day couldn't have ended without some stormy weather, very fitting for how he joined the world. For those of you who don't remember, Andrew was born on "storm day" of '06. You know the tornado day that left us all without electricity for days! So, appropriately while he sawed logs, oblivious to the weather, we watched from the windows as it hailed. Jackson had a blast standing on the porch with his grandparents and collecting hail in a baggie for the freezer so that he could show Drew when he woke up. What a thrill!!

When he finally did wake up from his slumber - you know, at the convenient hour of 5 pm...great for the bedtime routine... he enjoyed all of his new toys, books and tricycle. He was up shooting hoops with dad and making the fire engine sing pretty late, what privileges you get for being the Birthday Boy!

The Graduation

Congrats to Adam on his "official" graduation from ATI - The Ohio State University. We celebrated his walk through even though he's been graduated and working for quite some time now...and conrats to him again on landing a great new job in Cleveland. He joined the team at Pepper Pike, a private course that he is already really enjoying. Good for you Uncle Beaver!!

The little boys enjoyed the cake...more than the graduation I'm sure!!

Outer Banks, NC

Our first family vacation since we've had kids was a hit! The weather was perfect, the house was fantastic, the ocean was spectacular and I'm pretty sure the kid's would've moved there willingly. Jackson is already asking when we can go back and why we don't live by an ocean and Drew will look for his bucket and flashlight as soon as he sees the crabbing pictures.

We did all sorts of great things, the big boy's ( Grant and Jackson ) climbed a lighthouse with their daddy's, we crabbed nightly on the beach for little sand crabs that are so popular there, we swam, boogie boarded, ran into the waves with the little boy's...you know the two that don't know fear yet? (Freddy and Andrew ) All and all it was wonderful and relaxing... here are a few pic's from the trip.