Fishing

The boys have been begging us to go fishing all summer with their new fishing rods. We went to great-grandmother and great-grandfathers pond and with a little help from Uncle Mark, the kids caught a ton of fish and they were all so proud of themselves!

HoCo Fair 2011

The HoCo fair is always an annual hit with kids. Madi and Ave entered in the pumpkin contest and won 1st and 2nd place! Uncle Mark also participated in the tractor contest. The kids enjoyed all the rides and I think it was sensory overload for baby Corynne.

B&O Railroad Museum

There aren't too many places we could take Corynne at 2 weeks old in the middle of the summer, but we had to get out of the house and took the family to the B&O Railroad Museum. We went on a train ride and luckily Corynne was an angel and slept the whole time.

Hayne's Boat

Mr. Haynes invited everybody to a day on his boat. The boys and John had a fabulous time and were exhausted when they got home and a little sun burnt!

2 Weeks

8lbs .6ounces (50th percentile)
21 inches (85th percentile)

The Day You Were Born

Corynne Daly Spitz
July 21, 2011 @ 8:12pm
7lbs. 8oz, 20.5 inches

A recap of the day our sweet baby girl was born. I had gone to work on Thursday (July 21) and my due date was July 22. I called the Dr. around 10am because I thought my water might have been breaking. She suggested I come to the office so she could confirm. Although my water had not broken, she suggested I go to the hospital because I was already 4cm's dilated and she would meet me over there later. I went home to pack my things and John and I headed to the hospital. I was not having contractions at this point. L&D at the hospital was very busy and they wanted to send me home b/c I wasn't haven't contractions, but they had strict orders from my Dr. to stay. John and I sat in the Triage room most of the day watching TV and we were finally moved to a room around 5pm. Dr. came in at 6pm to break my water and I immediately started feeling contractions. I asked for the epidural during the nurse shift change and suffered through contractions until about 8pm when the anestigiolist came. At that point, I told the nurses, the baby was ready to come NOW and I had a choice to push or get the epidural. Naturally, I chose the epidural. John had been sent out of the room and told to sit in the waiting room for 20mins. As soon as I got the epidural, Corynne was ready..., but John was nowhere to be found. They paged him and a stranger found him in the cafeteria waiting for a slice of pizza. As soon as he walked in the room, my doctor told me to push and baby Corynne was born! It was fast, just like with Colin and Carson.

9 Months Pregnant

This is probably one of the only pictures of me pregnant. This is the day Corynne was born before heading to the hospital. I gained a good 25lbs and had a lot of swelling in my feet. The pregnancy overall was a lot harder than with Colin & Carson, but well worth it for our sweet baby girl!

Corynne's Room

Corynne's Bedroom! John did a great job painting Corynne's room and putting it together. We compromised on the shade of purple and it turned out great. Courtney and Madi helped put her clothes together in the closet. She has more clothes than I do before she was even born!

OBX 2011

Our 5th annual trip to the Outer Banks was again a memorable one and sad it is over. We had so much fun with cousins from Colorado, The Ueltschy's (x3 families) and Babs and John. The kids all got along great and it's always amazing to see how much they have grown from the previous year. Baby Corynne wasn't born at the OBX and we are still anxiously awaiting her arrival. So many pictures to post from the OBX that I will make them into a picture book.

Colin's Pre-school Graduation

Colin actually missed his official pre-school graduation because we were at the beach, so John and I attended the rehearsal. It was so cute and brought tears to my eyes. It will be sad at the end of the summer when all his freinds will be split up and going to different Kindergarten's. He has made some great friends and has grown along the way. Mr. Matt and Ms. Sandra have been great teacher's this past year and we can't thank them enough for everything they have done.

The Krauszer's Visit

Yeah!, the Krauszer's came to Maryland to visit! It had been too long, but the kids got along great. We spent one day in Annapolis and went to the Baltimore Aquarium. We had great food, laughs and a great time catching up. We are hoping the Krauszer's move back to the northeast, but will visit them next in Florida.

Hershey Park

Our 2nd annual Memorial Day weekend trip to Hershey Park this year was a little different than last year. I was 7 months pregnant walking around in the hot heat all day and couldn't ride any rides :-( I don't think I could do that again even if I tried. Carson was good with riding the little rides, but some of the bigger ones scared him. Colin on the other hand, rode upside down roller coasters and didn't want to leave!

Dog Days of Summer!

Writer of the Week

Colin - Writer of the week - May 2011
Bowman and I went to the forest.
We had a camp fire.
We rode a horse.
Colin Spitz

Colin turns 5!!!

Colin turned 5 in April. I can't believe how fast time flies. We celebrated with a joint birthday party at the Jump Zone with his friend Jake. Their friends from pre-school came along with family, friends and neighbors.

Bermuda 2011

Wow, it's been quite awhile since I posted anything. The below pictures are a preview of our trip to Bermuda in April. We had an unforgettable time and the boys still talk about our trip. We were quite busy and spent a lot of time with Cousin Candice and kids, Carl, Sandra, Cameron, Mark, Sue and Barry. The boys loved riding the bus, swimming at the Elbow pool, flying kites,riding the ferry, going to the aquarium, hanging out at the beach and participating in the Easter Egg hunt with the Easter Bunny. We had perfect weather and hope to visit again soon.

It's a GIRL!!!!!!

We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited that we will be having a GIRL in July! I'm still in shock and I think we found out about 1 month ago. The boys are so excited to welcome a baby sister. Aunt Courtney has overloaded us with bins of girl clothes and I have thoroughly enjoyed going through all the cute pink clothes and dresses. I'm actually somewhat nervous about having a girl as I'm so used to having boys.. I guess I need to learn how to french braid hair. We decided on a name awhile ago. Colin and Carson both have names that begin with the letter "C", so we decided to stick with that. Her name will be Corynne Daly(Grandparent's name) Spitz! We are working on a purple and green nursery.. Pics to come.

Potty Training in Progress

We are super excited that Carson is trying to use the potty. We struggled with Colin and he wasn't potty trained until he was 3.5, but Carson has been really good about telling us when he has to go potty and loves his treats when he goes. Let's hope he is potty trained before baby #3 arrives.

Dr. Scholl's

We have been calling Carson Dr. Scholl's for the last month as he has established a fasanation with feet. He will be walking down the steps and stop half way to take off his socks and examine his feet. He doesn't like if anything is in between his toes. Watch out because he likes looking at other people's feet too!