The (formerly) 30 Pound Cat

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Kids...

The bib says it all...

Big yawn...

We represent the Lullabye League!

Alex and his "animal shelter"

Checking out a book

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Our little Greer is not so little. Earlier this week, I noticed that the newborn size clothes were getting a little snug. I had to pull all of them out of the dresser and closet, which made me a little sad to think she is already growing and changing. On the bright side, there were not many newborn things to begin with, as we have a tendency to have big babies and know that 0-3 months is the way to go with our newborns!

Friday, May 06, 2011

School goes to the dogs...

Today was Alex's day to bring in something for Show-n-Tell at school. At first, he said he wanted to bring his favorite Transformer in, but the teachers had said no toys. We told him that Otto would be great to take to school instead, and he grudingly agreed. After talking a bit about him, what he likes, what kind of dog he is, and such, we were ready for his big day. Matt practiced some of Otto's tricks, I took him to the groomer so he would look extra spiffy.

He did great...other than some normal puppy excitement and massive shedding, Otto was a hit. The class also got to meet the newest member of our family, Miss Greer, and Alex was very happy. Here is a video of him explaining where German Shepherds are used.

Monday, May 02, 2011

More Greer

Two tired kids...

Bundled up for the park in big brother's bunting

The proud big brother

Footprints at the hospital

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Greer Elizabeth

On Monday April 18 we welcomed our daughter Greer Elizabeth. She was born at 11:57 a.m. and weighed 9 pounds, 7 ounces and was 21 inches long.

Three days later, her new cousin, Zeben James Lumley joined her.

We had a wild, crazy, and fun Easter weekend with lots of kids, candy and family! We are truly blessed and fortunate!

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Tiny Green Hat

There are few things apparently funnier than a person wearing a tiny little hat. When I took a picture of Alex wearing one this morning, I remembered that for his first St. Pat's Day, I put one on him then. Hard to believe how big my little leprechaun is!

2007 - Four Months Old

2011 - Four Years Old

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Soccer Clinic

From Daily photos - 2011

Alex took a 5 week soccer clinic at the Y and had his last class today. He seemed to have much more fun playing with the other kids instead of actually learning how to play the game!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Sunny and Nearly 70...

Friday, February 11, 2011

I'm eatin' mah cookies!

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

The Veggiesaurus

Saturday, February 05, 2011

Love...

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Snow Day 2011

We got a mini-blizzard in Iowa yesterday, not quite as bad as other parts of the country. Schools were shut down and some businesses closed.

But we're doing fine - had some blueberry blizzard pancakes this morning!

Best husband in the world made sure Mom didn't have to go out to get her daily 'Bux fix...

And Otto still likes to dig his nose in the snow!

Saturday, January 15, 2011

365 Day Project

For 2011, one of the things I wanted to do was to take a picture every day of Alex. I started on January 1, and am now over two weeks into it. I may not update the calendar everyday, but the pictures are getting taken!

Today's photo:

Link to the calendar:
Shuttercal Calendar

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Welcome 2011

After the onslaught of posting a picture every day for the 25 days leading up to Christmas, I had to take a little break from blogging. Some highlights from the last few weeks:

Building snow forts on Christmas Eve...