FFF-I love Dad

This week's theme from Hannah's blog is I love Dad. Since my kids happen to have the best dad in the world, it was an easy one for us!

Daddy can do anything-even manage a 2 year old and a 3 month old on his own once in a while :-)

Daddy is cool with hanging at the park and not afraid to be silly in public if it gets a laugh from the little guys.

Daddy shares his love for reading-even if it is reading a Christmas book in May-the same one he has read at least 100 times!

Daddy even risks his own safety and a whack to the head by helping the little ones hit the birthday pinata. (And yes, Daddy did, indeed, get whacked in the head by one of Ben's little friends this year!)

Thanks for being such a great Daddy! Happy Father's Day, Will.

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Just a reminder of God's Promise....

This is the view from my yard after the storms passed tonight. Breathtaking! Wish I was a better photographer so I could have done this miracle justice!

Precious Baby Boy

My darling Nico, Mommy doesn't get as much time to write about you or for you as I always did for Ben. Please know that it isn't because we love you less or you are less important in any way. It is just because I have a LOT less time to write while taking care of you and your brother.

You came into our lives a bit sooner than we expected to have a second baby, and I am happier about that than you can imagine. You are a ray of sunshine in every day-no matter how gray it might be. You have the sweetest, happiest smile and you smile more than any baby I have ever met. Whenever I'm feeling overwhelmed or sad, I just have to look at you and you flash me that big grin. After that, everything else seems less important. It is impossible to look at you and not be happy. I wondered before you came if I would ever be able to love someone as much as I loved Ben. Now I know that the answer is a resounding YES. You fill a special place in my heart that I didn't even know was empty until you came along.

My second son, you are special, important, and loved beyond measure! I just wanted you to know.
Love,
Mommy

FFF-Summer Fun Kick off

This week's theme is Summer Fun Kick off. We have had a BUSY kick-off to our summer already! Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Ben at one of the two splash parks we've already hit this summer. The boy is a water bug! He LOVES anything that involves water and has no fear of it getting in his face or of putting his head under water. Good for him, but terrifying for me!

This is Nico's opinion on the splash park-he'd rather sleep!

Splash park #2-at the Indy Zoo

Hanging with the Cheetahs

The "official" kick off to summer-my oldest nephew, Tony, is a high school graduate! I am so proud of this kid and the man he is becoming. He has a heart of gold and I have high hopes that he will go far in life.

Ben having fun at the local park with my niece, Belle. These two are like brother and sister. They love each other fiercely and find it their life's mission to see how much they can annoy the other on a daily basis :-)

Nico hanging out at the park. He LOVES being outside!

Nico and Daddy playing at the park.

We're looking forward to so many more fun times at the park, the splash park, the zoo, and lots of other places! I love summer!

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Graduation

I can't believe it, but our oldest nephew graduated this weekend. I am just bursting with pride at the young man he has become and I am so excited to see what this new chapter of his life will hold!

FFF-Laughs and Smiles

This week's FFF is being hosted by Sarah, so you can click on her name to see more FFF pics!

The theme this week is Laughs and Smiles, so I chose a picture of each of my guys with their best smile from this past week. The first is Ben on his highly anticipated and very much wanted new "bike" for the first time at his birthday party last weekend. The second is sweet baby Nico and one of his signature heart-melting grins!

Prom 2010

I don't usually post a lot of pics of our nephews because honestly they don't let me take all that many either! But, Friday night was Tony's Senior Prom so the camera had to come out :-) He took his girlfriend, Bobbie, as his date. I'm not going to post any pictures of the two of them together because I don't know how her parents would feel about that and she's only 17. She looked very pretty in her turquoise dress though!

Here are a few pictures of Tony by himself that I love. The first one is him being his usual goofy self. He did this last year too. Such a dork! The second is just a casual shot of him in our front yard.

I can't believe he is going to graduate in just a few short weeks. He was born when I was in high school! I didn't even have a driver's license yet! And now here we are just weeks from him finishing high school. My, how time flies!