Poppy's Birthday!

Poppy,
I've watched Mommy and Daddy put pictures on the internet, so I hope I'm doing this right. I just wanted to send you a message on your birthday, and say hi. Also, I heard you stick out your tongue when you're concentrating on something. It looks like I do too! I'm looking forward to seeing you in a few weeks. Tell Nanna that she can squeeze my cheeks when I see her.
Love
Lily

Welcome to the world Elliot!

Glad to hear Mom and baby boy are doing well. Just wanted to say "Welcome" from down in Virginia to the newest addition to the family. I hope I spelt his name right. Elliot, your cousin Lily blows up a birthday kiss with her soggy hand. Love everyone.
Jason

Oliver is 5!

We hope you have a wonderful birthday today Oliver. We are sure you had a great time apple picking yesterday. We bet there will be lots of apple pies in your future! Sorry we could not celebrate with you, but we look forward to seeing you at Thanksgiving.

Nanna's Visit

After a long delay Nanna finally got here and was so excited to see Lily.

She exercised with her in the mornings

read to her in the afternoons

and loved on her the whole time she was here.

Thanks for coming to visit! We had a great time. It was wonderful to see you and we look forward to seeing everyone at Thanksgiving.

The Vineyard

Kate, Lily, and I spent the afternoon remembering our wedding 2 years ago. A lot more grapes and lots of tiki torches seemed to be the latest at Valhalla Vineyard. We also took the opportunity to sample some Maggie Moo's ice cream in honor of our wedding ice cream peanut butter cake, which still lingers in our memories. Finally, out for dinner in Roanoke (after dessert), and Lily seemed to have a good time even though she was probably sick of the car seat by now. Thanks again for everyone who came from New York for that special weekend. We definitely have good memories (although the memory of picking up Chris & Jane at the airport around 2ish in the morning is a bit hazy). Hope all are well.
Jason

Wedding Weekend

We had a great time at Cyndy and Paul's Wedding!

Happy Birthday Kate!

Lily decided to pick a flower for your birthday present and sends lots of hugs and kisses to you on your first birthday as an Aunt and your last birthday as a mother of two.

We hope you are feeling well. We can't wait to see the next Brownsey Boy!

The Roanoke Airport is not intended to be visited for 6+ hours...


...But the trip was totally worth it!

Baby Meyer at 40 weeks

Ultrasound this morning and here's the baby's face. We still can't wait to see this baby's lips as soon as he/she makes their appearance because this picture shows very big lips.
We'll send an e-mail after our 3:30pm doctor appointment to let everyone know the scoop.

Essential BabyWearing Stash Contest

Hey Kate...I thought you might be interested in checking this out!

Win the Essential Babywearing Stash from Along for the Ride (one Beco Butterfly, one Hotsling baby pouch, one BabyHawk Mei Tai, one Zolowear Ring Sling, and one Gypsy Mama Wrap)

39 Weeks

Just posting an update on Kate. Thirty-nine weeks starting today and it's still hard to believe. Also some pictures of the room downstairs, before and after. Thanks for your hard work Dad.

35 1/2 week belly

This is Kate with no make-up and a 35 1/2 week pregnant belly. We have a Dr. appointment tomorrow and will let everyone know how it goes.

Just like in the story...

New Toy

He's really enjoying it and his name is actually still on it. He's in need of a haircut, that's why his paws look like a bear's. Thanks again, Chris and Jane.

Latest pictures of Kate (almost 31 weeks pregnant) and Gizmo (already gave birth to 6 plastic balls that he protects very well).

Tulips

Just wanted to post some pictures of the tulips Mom got us last year. Out of the 40 bulbs it looks like at least 10 have started to open up for the sun and rain. We'll plant them in the ground in the fall.

Sage Room

Up-to-date pics of the evolution of the room downstairs.

The paint in the room is Sage Tint, but in the picture it looks white. It's really a light greenish.

Thanks Dad.

If you get a chance, any pictures of the tiles in the bathroom?

It only took about 1.5 years, but we think we picked a good one.
2007 Toyota Highlander, from Bristol, Tenn.
Now we get to see what life is like with 2 vehicles, or at least until the Elantra really does explode.
Kate and I took turns driving it back from the dealer and it's great so far.
We still don't know what Gizmo will think of all the extra room in the back, so we'll see.

Turning the Big 03

Today was Gizmo's last birthday as an only child. As the three amigos slowly grows into 4, Gizmo reports that he is looking forward to 2 things: (1)eating whatever the baby drops on the floor and (2) licking the baby's face. To celebrate his monumental achievement to becoming 3 years old, we are planning on relocating his cage so he stops stinking up the baby's room.