Happy 2nd Birthday Justin!!!

We cannot believe our little Justin is two years old today - the time has flown by!  He is such a sweet, snuggly, energetic and loving boy.  He loves dancing, playing with balls, going to various classes, playing with his friends and family.  Above all, he loves his big brother Seth!  We have had such a blast watching and helping Justin grow and learn over the last two years - and we are looking forward to what is ahead.  We love you Justin!!!

Grandma's Surprise 60th Birthday Dinner

 Surprise!!!  My Mom (aka Grandma to the boys) - is turning 60 in one week.  Due to the uncertainty of "no-name's" arrival and Justin's second birthday Grandma did not know how or when to celebrate her big birthday.  So she is having little celebrations here and there and hopefully a big one sometime soon!  In the meantime, Pa had the great idea of throwing her a little celebration dinner at our house.  We invited her brother Uncle Ken and his wife Aunt Lauren.  We were thrilled they could join us - it made the whole night so much more special!!!

 Grandma - words cannot express what you mean to us.  You are the one who has taught us all what it means to be in this great family of which we are a part.  You are always there when any of us needs you.  You take care of us, make us laugh, support us and most of all love us.  We love you with all our hearts!  Happy 60th Birthday - and many more!!!

38 Weeks!!!

 

Justin's Pizza Party Playgroup Birthday Party

Let the celebrations begin...  tonight we celebrated part 1 of Justin's 2nd Birthday with our weekly pizza party playgroup.  But tonight we got to have everyone over to the new house and celebrated with pizza and cupcakes!

 It was so nice to have some of our old friends who don't get to come to playgroup often come for the party.  Valerie and I are actually both due on December 3rd with our third babies.  Everyone bets I am going to go first.  

 We were so happy that Daddy was even able to make it home in time for singing and cupcakes!

Happy Birthday Justin - we love you!!!

Seth, Justin & Nana dancing

Nana, Seth, Justin & Mommy at Music Class!

 Seth had no school today, because of teacher conferences... Nana to the rescue!  Nana came over to watch the boys and Jerald and I got great reviews from Seth's teacher.  Back at home, Nana, the boys and I headed to JP to have fun at Justin's music class together.  Thanks Nana!!!

Nana's 60th Birthday Party Weekend

I (Jerald) and my siblings have been planning a big 60th birthday blowout for Nana for months and the weekend is finally upon us.  We tried our best to make sure that Nana had to do as little as possible for the weekend, and I think we succeeded.  The whole weekend was a lot of fun with a lot of kids! 


Seth and Justin shared a room with Becca on Friday night, which again meant staying up late talking, but they eventually all went to sleep.  Somehow the next morning, around 6:30 AM, I found all three of them in my bed.
  

On Saturday night, we hosted everyone at our house for dinner.  It was really nice to be able to show our house to my whole family.  A big thank you to Lauren for getting the whole house (and dinner) ready for everyone (despite being 8+ months pregnant).

On Sunday, Great-Gram, Great Aunt Helen, Great Uncle Les, 2 of my cousins with spouses, and 7 of Seth and Justin's second-cousins joined in the festivities (unfortunately, one of my cousins and her family couldn't make it because they recently had their third - Mazel Tov!).  We also got Nana a professional photographer as a birthday present, so better pictures to come.  Everyone brought poems for Nana (a family tradition) and it was great hanging out with the larger crew.  Seth read this poem to Nana: 

"I love seeing Nana every week,

Watching movies and playing hide-and-seek.

Happy Birthday to my Nana

I love you more than a banana!"

   

  

Happy Birthday again Nana!  We all love you and appreciate everything that you do for us!

Silliness at School

Brian visits!!!

Our great friend Brian has landed an awesome new job and with it comes visiting Boston once a month - yea!!!  This was Brian's first visit and we were so happy to show him the new house, eat a quick bite with him and the boys were all about playing and reading books with him.  Thanks for taking the time to stop by and we can't wait to see more of you!

Seth at School...

 Baby Barnyard animals came to visit school.  Apparently Seth was a big hit with the pig - go figure!

Not sure what this is teaching - but it looks fun!

36 Weeks!

Gamal - visit #1

Gamal is the stuffed camel sitting on the table - she is Seth's class pet.  Each day a lucky student gets to take her home for the night and then they have to record in her diary about what she did with the student.  Today was Seth's lucky day - and Gamal made her first visit to our house.  Gamal was busy eating lunch, playing in the basement, sleeping in Seth's bed - we had a great time with Gamal and can't wait to have her back soon!

Halloween 2010

Halloween was a little rushed and unplanned this year due to our move and our trip to NY.  But we made it home to dig out the costumes - Seth was a pirate and Justin was a vampire (although he refused to wear the cape - just like when Seth wore this costume).  We took some pictures, ate some pizza dinner, and then went trick-or-treating in our new neighborhood.  It was nice to meet some of our neighbors face to face and we did get a lot of yummy candy.  

Jerald was not officially anything - just being silly with the blue hair from last years halloween.  

Happy 60th Birthday Nana

Nana hosted a little birthday brunch today to celebrate her big birthday.  The big party is two weeks away....  We just wanted to wish a very happy birthday to Nana ~  We are all so blessed to have you in our lives.  Your love and caring for us is never ending.  Your warm smile, hugs and kisses make us all feel better.  You have set an amazing example for all about how to lead a happy and healthy family.  We can never thank you for all that you do for us - so we will just say thank you and happy birthday!  We are really excited to celebrate in two weeks