Memorial Day Weekend

The loves of my life!

Dane wants to do EVERYTHING with him...mommy barely exists anymore, unless he wakes up in the middle of the night:)


Michael calls her popeye, I call her peanut

all smiles:)

My watermelon lovers

Dane 2 and Lucy 7 months

Love my girl


1st two teeth! First one came up on our anniversary and 2nd one came up a week later

She loves everything, except baby food

Mickey pancakes...minus an ear

First bath together...now that Lucy is sitting well enough

Pals

He wants to do everything daddy does

Love these two boys

She loves blueberries


We had a great Memorial Day weekend. On Thursday we went to Dayton to celebrate with the Deister family as Jake, our brother in law graduated from Wright State Medical School. We are so proud of him! The next three days we spent hanging out together. Whether we were caught inside with thunderstorms, taking walks while feeding the ducks, ordering pizza and watching movies and going to boat church, it was an awesome weekend to say the least! Lucy is 7 months old and has two teeth, is scooting everywhere and wants to stand whenever possible. She is still nursing and loves table food instead of her own baby food. I usually put her down around 8, wakes up twice in the night to eat and is up at 8 to watch Mickey with Dane. Life is good to say the least!

And you shall rejoice in all the good that the Lord your God has given to you and to your house, you and the Levite, and the sojourner who is among you.

Deuteronomy 26:11

A Chapter in our life comes to an end.

Goodbye Lola

They love being outside





Always wanting to stand


Matching camo pjs

He really is an amazing big brother to her

Pretty girl-7 months old
With a lot of sadness and a little bit of relief, a chapter in our lives has come to a surprising end. On Thursday of this past week, we had to make the tough decision of putting Lola our 2nd St. Bernard to sleep. Lola hit a perfect storm on Tuesday afternoon/evening. My girlfriend Brianne Miller and I took our kids for a walk on the Hospital trail. Tuesday happened to be one of our first truly hot and humid days that we are so blessed with in Indiana in both Spring & Summer. With a combination of getting very dehydrated, exhausted, old age (5 yrs old), a flare up of her past Kidney conditions, and possibly a small dose of heat stroke, Lola took a turn for the worse. By Thursday morning Michael and I realized that she wasn't going to rally back and get over her condition, and that her quality of life had become such that it was best that she pass. Michael took her to the vet, and our suspicions were confirmed. Michael left her with the vet for her final arrangements. Having kids truly changes the way we both look at things and different situations. Michael told me how he had made Dane say goodbye to Lola, and how Dane did it with the most carefree yet sincere way imaginable. He said goodbye, and within 2 seconds had already said hi to both of the other doggies that the Vet was boarding. Needless to say, we will miss our two St. Bernards, but are truly blessed to have two amazing kids that we can now spend more time with and do more fun activities with, and not have to worry about the responsbilities that go with having a big dog. They were where we started our lives together, our first babies and the start of a chapter together. That was the hardest part about losing them both within a year but then again, we gained a daughter!