Garrett Smiles

These are the best I've been able to capture so far...

First Day of work

Today is Theron's first day of work!! I had to take a few momentous, yet unexciting photos this morning...
Eating Breakfast. His last meal before he starts his first real job. Isn't that exciting : )
Off he goes! (boo hoo for us..we've enjoyed having him around all month!!!)

We love you Theron and hope all this training has been worth it! Hope your first day is great!

IT'S OFFICIAL!

ODE to Theron...

Theron has officially graduated from Residency!! I am so proud of his huge accomplishment!! He graduated the last weekend in June and has the month of July "off". He starts working in his practice on August 1st so we have been enjoying having him around and exploring everything amoungst the cornfields that surround us :)

Here are a few pictures from Graduation weekend. We were lucky to have Theron's dad and brother with us. (And THANK YOU to 1) my parents for watching Karsten and Morgan for the weekend AND 2) to the Gibson's for allowing us to camp out at their place!)

And a cute photo of the kids the week after graduation

Motorhome Mania

Karsten has been quite interested in Motorhomes and Campers lately. Mimi, Papa and Ashley took him and Morgan to a dealership to check out the Motorhomes. They were given a specific list of poses that they needed to come home with since I was not going along. They did pretty good thanks to Aunt Ashley's photography skills. Here are a few to share-->

Catch of the Day

We finally moved into our new place in Illinois. Aunt Ashley and Mimi came for a visit and we took them fishing at our neighborhood lake. Check out the last picture. Karsten caught his first fish!!

After Ash came to Illinois, we went down to St. Louis. Here the kids were posing with Aunt Ashley at the park.

Karsten graduates from Preschool!

Sister Bryner taught Karsten in preschool for two years. She was amazing and Karsten loved her. These are all the kids in his class the second year. From Left to Right

Back: Sister Colleen Bryner. Middle: Karsten, Julie, Kylie, Max, Tabitha. Front: Shelby, Miriam, Morgan, Nick

GARRETT DEAN

Welcome baby Garrett! Garrett was born April 29th at 5:11pm. He weighed 8lbs and was 20 1/4 inches long. He has been such a good little baby. Karsten and Morgan adore him and have been big helpers. They love to hold him. Karsten in constantly telling him how much he loves him. Here are some pictures from his first 2 weeks.

Karsten loves to hold him... Thanks Aunt Jon & Julia for the package of fun toys!! This has kept them occupied all week!

They love to watch Garrett sleep...

...And he does love to sleep...

The kids meet Garrett for the first time. It went WAY better than expected :)

An hour old (or so)

Yeah! He's here (and my epidural worked!)

Proud dad!