Big News....My first Blog and More

Stacey and I will have a new addition to our family in March 2009. She is 12 weeks pregnant! We are very excited!

We decided that we were going to have Drea tell everyone that she was going to be a big sister. We sat her down and told her she was going to be a big sister. When we were finished we asked her if she understood what that meant. She informed us that it means, "You love me very much." Which is true, of course, but the reaction made us giggle. Stacey and I then asked her to tell my mom who was in town for the week. She said "no". We again encouraged her to tell my mom, again responding with a no. Finally, like any good parent we said will you do it for a popsicle. With that she ran out of the room.

Stacey and I have already had our first appointment and we were able to see the little peanut. The baby or as Uncle Ben nicknamed her/him "Mountie" has a very good heartbeat. For now we are not going to find out what we are having, however, that may change. We will keep you updated periodically thoughout our (Stacey's) pregancy.

Garden goodness

Yeah! My first garden has been producing many vegetables! I was concerned because I planted rather late but below is a picture of some stuff we picked last week. (Romaine lettuce, zucchini, cucumbers, green peppers, hot peppers and green beans.) And I finally had some red tomatoes the other day.

I wanted to try my hand at a garden because my grandma always had a garden in the back yard and I thought it must be good ground. And I thought it would be something fun for Drea to learn. She has been very excited about picking the veggies. (Even though I don't think she actually eats any of it.)

Washers

Cutest thing ever...
I walked outside the other day to see what Andy and Drea were playing and saw Daddy teaching Drea how to play washers. I loved it and had to grab the camera. Seems like he is getting pretty excited about the upcoming football season - this is the game we play all morning while tailgating (and at other various events.) Drea loved that he let her in on the fun!

*Now the real fun will come when Daddy and the big kids are trying to play before the Mountaineer games and Drea thinks she can get in on the action.

Game with Daddy

Kareen and I have been trying to take Dad to a Pirates game every year for Fathers Day. It always ends up being in July rather than June but I think Dad loves it either way. Getting to spend the day with just his girls and talk to us in the car on the way there and home is really great! Above are a couple pictures from our adventure this year. We get excited every year about what we are going to eat. And then we only had sandwiches from Primanti Brothers and nachos - can you believe it! The Pirates have been doing great this year but, of course, they lost when we went. But we don't care - it's just so much fun!

I hope we get to continue doing this with him. It's just as special to us to get our Dad all to ourselves as I'm sure it is to him.