Party Time!

Abby's birthday party was lots of fun! She got lots of clothes, books and fun toys to keep us busy through the winter months.

Abby helps Mommy make her birthday cake...


..and follows Mom's lead with the tasty batter


Birthday cutie


Papa with his two grandsons

James at 6 weeks

Our little guy is growing fast! Here are some of his newest expressions...

Birthday Girl!

She's 2! We can hardly believe it.

Modeling her fairy costume


Waving her magic wand. If only there were sound to accompany this picture--you would hear her shouting "bibbity bobbity boo!"


Playing in her new kitchen--what fun!


Enjoying her Happy Birthday song....


..and her yummy cupcake

More introductions

James got to meet his Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Mruczkowski in Cleveland last Sunday...

The Pumpkin Patch

This past Saturday we took a little family excursion to Shenot's Farm Market to pick out some pumpkins. We got to take a hayride out to the pumpkin patch and Abby got to pick her favorite one to take home (with a little help from Dad). James seemed to enjoy the outing too, although he didn't really get to see much :)

playtime

Meeting the family

Aunt Kara, Aunt Kelly and Great-Grandma Rizzi were all in town this past weekend for a family wedding, and they got to meet James for the first time. He slept through it all, of course!

Bed Head

Here is a sweet shot of our girl looking her best in the morning.

Our first week with James...

It's been a busy week! Abby is getting used to her little brother slowly but surely. We discovered that James really is not a big fan of bathtime...we're hoping that will change with time and that he will like it as much as his big sister does! He is, however, a fan of sleeping--even up to 3 1/2 hours at a stretch--which makes Mom very happy :)

New Baby Brother!

On Monday Sept 17th 2007 we welcomed into our family James Francis Brocklehurst. He was born at 10:40am and was 6lbs 11oz & 20.5in. Both James and Mom are doing great and excited to come home. Abby was very excited to meet James and give him a kiss before she made mom show her his "piggies"

Here come the Browns!

Wouldn't it be awesome if we crushed the Steelers today?? It would be especially nice for those of us Browns fans who live in this city with the most unforgiving fans ever!

39 1/2 weeks

Katie is hanging in there, but we are hoping this little guy will be making his grand entrance into the world very soon!

Enjoying a swim with Uncle Tim

Lollipop

Abby enjoys her first Ring Pop at the first annual Village Drive Block Party. What a treat!

Go Irish!!

Getting ready for the game


Abby hangs with Mom and checks a text message from Nana


Touchdown! (unfortunately it was a GT score). We hope she'll get to do this to celebrate an Irish TD this season.

Hey mon

Abby sports her cute dress from Jamaica. Thanks to Aunt Kelly and Uncle Brian!

Abby is a Big Girl

Here are some shots of Abby hanging out in her Big Girl Bed (which she now sleeps in every night-yay!)....and demonstrating one of her newest Big Girl skills--walking down the stairs by herself with a mean face.

36 weeks

Here is mommy at 36 weeks--in the home stretch!