Hi!

Theo has started waving his sweet little hands when you say Hi to him. It's perhaps one of the sweetest things I've seen him do! He was a waving fool at the picnic!!

Church picnic

The Missions committee I'm on at church hosted a church picnic today. Dave brought the boys by for some fun. Jack had a blast getting his face painted (he he), petting animals, eating a snoball, and eating lots of good food! Theo also ate lots of good food too and pretty much hung out in the stroller the entire time. We headed over to The Heraty's house after the picnic for Aidan's christening celebration. Jack got to bounce again with his best friend and all of her cousins. What a fun day!

Gary is home!

Our friends, Clay and Christine, have been waiting over a year to adopt a baby from Korea. They had two children, but always felt the urge to adopt from a foreign country. Well, little Gary was born on my birthday (in July) and now he's finally here! Clay flew out to San Francisco on Friday and the nuns from Korea flew with Gary and 3 other children. Carter and Avi are in love with their baby brother. Little Theo is excited to have a playmate for the beach next year! Welcome home Gary!!!

The artiste

Jack has recently started drawing people, complete with facial parts, fingers, hair, etc. It's really neat to see his creations turn from scribbles to recognizable drawings! He is also really into playing games now. He busted out with a game of hide/seek yesterday to my surprise. He really likes to pretend play going to the grocery store and "purchasing" items for me from my list. Theo has been lurching forward now vs. just rocking on his hands and knees. Won't be long before this pose will be history...... :(

Cousin Katie

Cousin Katie is due to have her baby girl in 3 weeks or less, so the boys and I headed over to visit today. Jack loved playing with Bella the dog (we found out that Jack had more energy than Bella did!!) and Theo loved testing out the jumperoo for the baby. Thanks for having us over Katie!! We can't wait to have a new cousin close by.

It's been kinda quiet........

Better check on Jack........ hmmmmm. Looks like he got into the markers and went crazy. Thank goodness for washable markers!

Corinne's blood drive

I flew into Houston on Friday for Corinne's replacement blood drive. Jen's friend Kerry organized the drive and Uncle Scott made signs and banners for publicity. It worked like a charm b/c there were 28 walk-ins offer to donate blood! All in all, we had 40 people actually donate blood (it's tough standards these days!) and got 3 platelet donations. So many more people came out just to support Corinne and the family! Please be sure to check out Corinne's caring bridge site (linked from this blog) for tons more pictures and updates on her. Thanks to daddy for keeping Jack and Theo all weekend so I could be there for it all!!