The Stafford Family: 2009

~Two Weeks and Four Days~

And we SOLD OUR HOUSE!!!!!!!!! We are so thrilled and excited. We have a contract on a really nice 4 bedroom 3 1/2 bathroom house in Harper's Landing. Our tentative move date is April 28th, but we are going to try and move it up if everyone is agreeable. It is going to be so nice for the boys to have their own room and a huge game room for lots of Rockband and Guitar Hero play. The best deal of all is our new house is one street over from Nana! We will keep you posted on the move. I will post pics of everything along the way and hopefully a big party once we get moved and settled.

Happy Birthday Caleb!

On March 4th, our little man celebrated his 5th birthday. He has grown so much over the last year. Caleb is enjoying preschool and is looking forward to kindergarten this fall and riding the bus to school. He is playing k-ball at Orwall and has the best imagination of any kid I have ever seen. We had a really great party at The Little Gym to celebrate his birthday. More pics to come...

Opening presents on the big day

The one thing he really wanted...a tent for his bed

Happy Birthday Caleb! We love you so much and you bring so much joy into our lives every minute!

Best Friends

After a few moments of silence, I decided to see what Avery and Lily were up to. This is what I found! Too cute.

Hello!

Avery telling Lily all about the front yard

Giving Lily a kiss

Lileeeeeee!!

We finally got our puppy! She is a cavachon and we have decided to name her Lily. Her mom is a Bichon Frise and her dad is a Caviler King Charles Spaniel. She weighs 2 lbs now at 6 weeks and should be around 10 lbs full grown. We are all in love, especially Avery. She goes around calling "Lileeeeeee" and making kissing sounds. Dawson and Caleb are learning all about taking care of a new puppy.

Our first night home and Lily has found her a new spot on David's feet.

The purse at the bottom of this pic is a fur real friends purse that came with a toy dog. I have to keep an eye on Avery because she keeps trying to put Lily in the purse!

Puppy kisses

I promise I am not putting her in the purse!

Playing fetch

Celebrating a Decade

On January 10th, we celebrated a milestone in our house. Dawson turned 10! It is hard to believe my baby is now a decade old and about an inch taller than I am. He is such a great kid and a joy to all of us. We are always so proud of him and everything he does. Happy Birthday Dawson! You are loved more than you will ever know!

Dawson asked to go to The Melting Pot for his birthday dinner. Nana was nice enough to keep Caleb and Avery. We enjoyed a nice dinner with just the three of us.

The fun continues with a party at Incredible Pizza. Notice in the pics Dawson invited all boys...ten of them. The kids had a lot of fun, but it was wild!

Spinning the wheel for a birthday prize

Dancing to the birthday song

Hula Hoops

Not sure why, but I decided I would join in on the fun

Making a wish and blowing out the candles

Lots of cool presents

Caleb and Avery playing in the little kids area

Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas this year. Dawson was extra excited this year and began waking me up around 3 Am to see if Santa came. We finally all got up at 6. It is so much fun to relive the excitement of Christmas with your kids. We traveled to Louisiana after Christmas to spend time with David's family and have Christmas with them. It was a lot of fun.

Santa left lots of goodies!

I am sure Avery wondered why we were getting up so early!

Dawson inspecting his Biggio rookie card. I think it was his favorite present.

Avery got the hang of it pretty quick

Caleb with his V smile motion. Every time he opened a gift he would say "Now that's what I'm talking about" It was so funny!

Uncle Layton and Avery opening gifts

Parker slept through all of the excitement. Avery and Caleb were happy to help open his presents

Christmas at Maw Faye's house in Louisiana

The Stafford clan waiting patiently as David hands out presents.

Happy New Year!

Things have been a little crazy around our house (what's new?) since the holidays. We had a great Christmas, a trip to LA to visit the fam, Dawson is a decade old (I still don't believe it), we got a new puppy, a new semester for me (yuck), and to top it off we are putting our house on the market pretty soon....I have spent the last two weeks boxing and donating nine years worth of goodies! We hope to find something in the spring or summer with four bedrooms so everyone has their own space. I will post pics of all the fun soon...especially our new puppy, she is adorable!