Grandpa Zelly and Baby Alexa

Zelly is Alexa's Great Great Grandpa. This is a nice picture that Joy took of them, the first time that they met.

Isn't He Cute?

Isn't he cute? Here's a nice picture of Jake that Joy took the other day....

Ryan's friends and cousins...

Saturday was Ryan's big birthday party. We all had lots of fun. Ryan was excited to get so many nice gifts. He especially liked his Thomas the Train cake. He's been eating it every morning.... for breakfast! Thanks everyone!!!

Aw.... Pretty Baby

Here's a nice picture of baby Alexa just before being discharged from the hospital. She's wearing a nice pretty pink sweater and bonnet that Nana knitted for her.

Noah Cracks One!

Here's a nice picture that I caught of Noah getting a hit at his last ball game. Way to go Noah!

A Kiss from Noah

Noah gently kisses Lexa as he welcomes her home. (Noah has gently kissed each of his brothers too) when he first meets them.

Hello Nana

Alexa sleeps soundly as Nana gazes at her pretty little face. Mom was so happy to be able to hold her baby grand daughter for the first time since she came home from the hospital.

Home Coming!

Well, today is the big day. Alexa comes home! It's been about 5 weeks since she was born. Tuesday officially makes the 5 week mark. We're all very excited. She's been doing great and the Doctor's say she's ready. Mom and Dad stayed with the 3 boys for us while Joy and I went to pick up our little girl.

Handing Her Off

Well, she's finally getting to come home. Here's a shot of our favorite nurse, Margret handing Lexi to Chris. She officially weighed in at 5lbs. 3oz. for her discharge weight. Our big girl! You're on your way home Lex...

Hey, whose head is that?

Brayden's daddy, Todd takes a couple of rug rats for a trip..... Around the living room that is.

Happy Birthday Ryan!

Today is Ryan's big day. 3 years old! We can't believe how fast the time flies. He's getting so big! We had a great party for him and all his friends and cousins came to the party. Okay Ryan, now...One, two, three... BLOW!

Yay! Happy Birthday

Dragonfly!

We just got Alexa's bedroom painted. (Thanks Dan!). I'm planning on painting a picture of this dragonfly on one of the walls. About 2' wide. She has a whole Butterfly, Flower and Dragonfly theme going on in there.

Ryan turns 3! tomorrow that is....

Tomorrow Ryan is turning 3. I can't believe how fast the time flys. He's so excited. We're having a Thomas the Train themed party for him with balloons, favors and a Thomas cake. I'll upload some pictures after the big day...

Almost 5lbs!

Alexa weighed in today at 4lbs 15oz. So....she should be over 5 lbs. by the time she comes home this weekend! She's doing great and getting bigger and bigger.

Noah Potter - Devil Rays ** ALL STAR **

Here's a picture of Noah's baseball card. He's having a blast playing T-Ball this year. His team is the Devil Rays (sponsored by Greece Ridge Apartments). Next week the whole Greece Little League is appearing on field at Frontier Field just before the Red Wings play the Mud Hens. Noah is so excited. When I first told him about it, he asked "Are we going to be playing on that field?" How cool would that have been!?

Ryan playing around at Noah's T-Ball practice

Here's a nice picture of Ryan laughing and playing around at one of Noah's T-Ball practices this year. Joy and I love this picture.

Daddy's Little Girl

Here's a nice picture of Alexa and Daddy while she was having some "awake" time a few days ago. I made a visit to her last night at 3:00 a.m. She had almost run out of Mommy's milk and I hadn't seen her in a few days. So, I made the trip up to RGH in the middle of the night. just call me "The Milk Man".

StarBurst!

Ryan has been potty training lately. He has some good days and some bad days. We like to reward him on the good days by getting a StarBurst treat. Yesterday while Joy was at Alyssa's dance recital, Ryan asked to go on the potty 3 times and so he got 3 StarBursts!

Super Noah

Here's a nice picture of Noah playing SuperMan. Actually, he might be playing the "air drums". I'm not sure what he was doing anymore.

Stretching Out!

Wow! She officially measures in at 18.5" long. Up 1.5" from when she was born. Keep growing baby girl!

Mommy and Lexa at RGH

Here's a nice picture of Mommy and baby Alexa relaxing after she first arrived at RGH. Aren't they so pretty!

Ryan and his dreamy eyes....

Here's a shot of Ryan having "Nudie Time". We're in the process of potty training him. So far, it's been pretty slow....Luckily this picture has his "parts" strategically covered so we can show it.

Jake's Cast...

Well, it's been over a week now since Jake had his cast put on. They say that it will be off in about 3 weeks. Just a little while longer buddy. It doesn't seem to be slowing him down much. But of course he hasn't really walked since he broke it. He still does that strange crab-like crawl thing to get around.

Baseball Season!

Noah and Joey went to see the Red Wings last night. Noah took his mitt and came home with a ball! He was so excited. He got some Dippin' Dots ice cream and they sat near the dugout. Thanks for taking him Uncle Joey.