Family Gathering in San Diego

Love and Family

Nephews

All of our nephews--along with my parents, three of my brothers, and two of my sisters-in-law--got together in San Diego this past week. Here are some pictures of the cuteness. When J and I looked at them this morning we really really wished we could have been there, too.

This is G (almost 2.5) meeting Li'l Tyke (9 months) for the first time.

Is this not the cutest ringbearer (and family) ever? A&M travelled out to San Diego for a wedding, and G was the ringbearer. I can't get over how adorable he is in his tux!

In this picture of Li'l Tyke (who is getting so big!), J and I think he really looks a lot like Cali's dad.

Love this huge smile!!

Here's 4-month-old Trucker chatting it up with Li'l Tyke.

Trucker always has the cutest little baby expressions. I just love this photo!

M's face in this picture is classic.

Looks like the water was cold!

I love my sisters-in-law!!

And, not to be outdone, here's one of my brothers--Geg, Surf, and A:

Name Paintings

So we've ordered a painting for each of our nephews-- G, Li'l Tyke, and now Trucker. Here's a link to a picture of the painting we had done for Trucker. It's totally cute and we just heard from A&M that they really love it. I can't wait to get to see it in person! Check it out here.

p.s. We've now ordered three paintings, plus I won one in a contest, and these paintings are so cute and really reasonably-priced for custom-made artwork, so if you're interested, check out Penny Pickles Art (there's also a link to her blog on the side of this blog).

Nephew updates!

G got a new hair cut, courtesy of M-- who did an amazing job. It's sad to see his curls go. Boy, doesn't he look all grown up all of a sudden?
Li'l Tyke is 5 months old and doing all kinds of acrobatics now, we hear. Check out that push up in the first picture!and Trucker is now a week old. Here's a tiny little baby picture. Isn't he adorable? (and how many of us can remember when our babies were that tiny? I swear, every time I say, "I'll never forget..." a few months later, I'm like, "ooh, I've already forgotten what it was like when...")

Introducing Trucker!

As promised, here are some photos of Trucker from the day he was born. Everyone says he's the spitting image of A as a baby, down to the cleft in his teeny little chin!
Is this not the cutest pregnant lady you've ever seen? Obviously she was all belly!The happy family-- G, M, Trucker, & A.
G meeting Trucker. I love the happiness radiating from M's face in this photo.

Annnnnd....

it's a BOY!

He arrived around 2:30 p.m., according to my mom, and was 7 lbs 9 oz.

We'll call him Trucker. Photos to be added once they start coming in.

Congratulations, A&M! Well done!