Grace

Grace is 1 month old and I'm finally getting around to posting photos from her birth. She is happy baby who still likes to eat about every 3 hours so we are quite tired! Her big brother and sister love to kiss her. John Paul calls her either "Gracie" or "Vegetable Grace"...who know where that came from!

John Paul's birthday

My boy is 3! Seems like only yesterday that we brought you home from the hospital. You are a sweet boy with lots of energy and enthusiasm. We love to hear your stories and watch you play with your sister and friends. I asked you the other day about a few of your favorite things. Here's what you said:
Favorite color: blue
Favorite food: bread
Favorite movie : Peter Pan (you love anything with swords)
Best friend: Griffin

We love you John Paul!

Grace Nicole Cherry

John Paul and Kate want to introduce their baby sister, Grace Nicole, who came into the world yesterday at 1:55pm. Grace is 7lb 10 oz and 21 inches long. We are so blessed!

Pregnancy Update

Unless this baby girl decides to come on her own, she will be born on February 4th (next Thursday). I'm still praying that she comes before then but at least I can see the end! For those interested in this sort of thing, I was 4 cm today. I've never been more ready for anything in my life!!

December 2009

What a busy time of year! We started the month off with the Chuy's parade downtown then the North Pole flyer train ride with John Paul. I think the kids really enjoyed both and it was a great way to get into the holiday spirit.



We spent Christmas Eve here in Austin with the Cherry family then had Christmas morning at our house before heading to Waco. John Paul wanted a "glow in the dark sword" from Santa this year after seeing one at Sea World back in October. He now says that it is his favorite toy. Kate got a shopping cart from Santa and seems to enjoy pushing it around the house. We had a great Christmas and look forward to next year with another kiddo!

Kids say the funniest things...

Since I'm so far behind on posting photos and the task of catching up seems overwhelming at the moment, I thought I'd write a few of the things John Paul has said lately that we don't ever want to forget.

1. This morning he came into our room at 6:30am and we didn't want to get up so Paul asked John Paul to go fix our breakfast (joking of course) and his very quick response was "I'm not a chef".

2. To avoid naptime today, he called me into room:
JP: My tummy hurts.
Me: Why?
JP: Because I have feelings.
Me: Rest is best for a hurt tummy.
JP: I'm all better.

3. A few weeks ago, Kate pooped in the bathtub so we hurriedly got JP out so to not re bathe him. As Paul carried him out of the room he said: "Kate, Santa Claus saw that!". Not 2 nights later, he pooped in the tub and asked everyone if they wanted to see it!


Not to leave Kate out, I'll just give an update on her development. She started walking at about 13 months (about 3 months ago!) and now tries to do EVERYTHING her brother does! She has lots of words including: baby, mama, dada, apple, thank you, please, bye bye, night night, cracker, juice, church, go, up, eat, cheese. She is a sweet but stubborn girl who will make a great big sister in a few months!

Fall 2009

Fall is my favorite time of year! I love the colors, smells, crisp cool air..well, sometimes. Anyway, here are few pictures of what we have been up to lately. The first 2 photos my sister took while the kids were in Waco visiting the grandparents. She's a great aunt and a great photographer!





The slideshow is from our trip out to Sweet Berry Farms in Marble Falls this past Saturday. It was a perfect morning:cool, not too crowded, and loads of fun. If you've never been, we recommend it! They have face painting, horse rides, hay rides, flower picking, and more varieties of pumpkins than I'd ever seen!