Richmond Visit

We took the boys to visit family in Richmond last weekend. It was Jackson's first flight and first time meeting his great parents (GG's parent's), Nanny & Papa. It was a great weekend and the boys behaved very well on both flights, except for the small delay on the return that caused us to sit on the runway for a bit, and therefore having to stall food/bottles etc! The culprit, more snow in NY - surprise!
It was so nice to spend time with everyone, including GG, Russell & Michael. Nanny was in great spirits and we send our well wishes that she is feeling good and enjoying her seemingly endless slew of visitors. Papa was a great help with the boys and willingly gave Jackson several bottles.Everyone bonded nicely! Michael is always a huge help with Shane. If only we had an 8 year old neighbor to keep him as preoccupied as Michael can. We were also able to enjoy a basketball game of Michael's and included a short video below for his Dad in Grenada to see.

And a special shout-out to our biggest die-hard blog fan, T. You made the site buddy!!!















Toka Moka (inside joke for Michael #1)


Check out the lay-up


Video:Keep an eye on #1

Gearing up for spring....

Will the snow ever end??? Not soon enough it seems but while passing the time, Jackson has been doing some new fun things. He likes to read the kindle with dad, has really taken a liking to his new shoes, enjoys an occasional stroll indoors in the radio flyer wagon and outdoors in the sled with big bro Shane. And Shane, who has never been a fan of the snow has gotten quite used to spending hours outside watching Mom shovel. He finds this to be quite amusing and serves as a great time-waster after school when we need it most. As a follow-up to our last post, we are not moving!!! Great news for us!!

Video's for the Richmond Grandparents

Warning: If you are not a grandparent, these videos are boring. They contain some of Jackson's major highlights (which GG and Russell don't get to see) such as learning to spit, tummy time. Something only Mom's, Dad's and Grandparent's can appreciate. although the last video might be fun for all, jason and shane dancing.

click arrows on bottom right of video for full screen.

January 2 - learning to spit

Tummy time

Jan 22: boys interacting

Oct 30 - Jason and Shane dancing (shall I mention Shane threw up shortly thereafter). Notice song playing in background.

Has it really been 3 months??

To all our die-hard blogger fans (and we know you are out there) our apologies for having slacked so much over the last several months. Jackson is already over 5 months old and we are having a terrible time keeping up with these posts. Let's be honest, it is me, Michelle, that is having the terrible time with this job I was designated over 3 years ago. So here it is... 3 months and 3 holidays (for those that count Halloween), and in no particular order, the very edited version of what we have been up to. The 2 boys are getting along very nicely. Aside from tons of colds (Jackson) and tons of snow-days (Shane) and lot's of cabin-fever (Mom), Dad has left us for Grenada today to visit Uncle Chad to fish in a Marlin tournament. Wait, I thought he was there to study??? Good luck boys, and take home the pot!!! Oh, and we are moving. Yes, hundreds of boxes to pack up once again. I feel like 14 months had gone sooooo quickly and we had finally just settled in. We don't know when or where yet, but I'm sure the next time you hear from us, we'll be in the new place.