Happy 2008!!!

Yes, I have known for quite awhile that Halloween has been over for several months now. To be honest it's like torture every time I open the Internet at home and up pops the blog as our "Home Page". A constant reminder of what a slacker I have been depriving my friends and family of information they are desperately seeking regarding our family. To be honest I have many excuses but I will focus only on the fact that my work has kept me extremely busy the last several months and that I have been waiting for Shannon to take some initiative and update it herself. As you can see, that was a pipe dream!

So here we go...

As many already know, IT'S A GIRL! Yes, we are the proud expectant parents of a baby girl due May 11th. After 3 1/2 years of an extremely valiant effort of adding to our family, the Big Man upstairs finally decided it was time. Unfortunately for Shannon it put a damper on her experience when we went to Disneyland in October. If you go back and look at the blog pictures you will notice she stayed off most of the coasters and fast moving rides. She didn't even complain about it either, as much as I knew she was really wanting to get on a few coasters.


So far things have gone well for the most part. Shannon has been feeling pretty good, except for her recent reality check that her wardrobe is becoming more limited. Over 24 weeks into it... go figure!
We did have somewhat of an alarming experience regarding the baby's health. We got a call in early December from the Genetic Counselor that they found some low AFP levels from Shannon's blood test and the baby had a 33% chance of having Trisomy 21 (more commonly known as Downs Syndrome). Amniocentesis results proved everything normal and gave us the surety that she is a healthy little girl, but it made for an emotional few weeks.


We told the boys about their sister on Christmas Eve, and while they were very excited, the news still ranked behind them getting a Wii the next day.

Christmas was very fun and exciting this year. Most of all we were glad to spend the Holiday Season with both sides of our family, especially those who were visiting the area.

Drew with Santa and Mrs. Clause on Christmas Eve

Cole telling Santa he really wanted a Wii. Little did he know Mom and Dad beat Santa to the punch.

Santa did hook both boys up with some jerseys. Cole got the Peyton Manning jersey he has been dying for and Drew got the D-Will one he has been talking about getting since Cole got the Boozer jersey for his Birthday last year. The biggest problem we have now with Cole is that he would rotate between wearing his Manning, Boozer, and SL Bees jersey's to school every day if we let him. We have no idea where his addiction to sports comes from.

Drew enjoys his Nerf Dart Tag present. He will shoot you from point blank range without batting an eye whether you have the tag vest on or not.

The transition in preparing for a new sister has already started with moving the boys into the same room. Drew likes it because Cole can no longer kick him out of his room, and both boys were hard to contain their first few nights. They think sleeping in bunks is THE STUFF!

I will try and do better in 2008 in my blogging venture. If you notice the blog hasn't been updated in awhile, just make sure to mock Shannon and she will make sure I do it as soon as can.

HERE'S TO 2008!!!