Life with 2 little ones, family, birthdays, and more

It's been a busy past couple of months, with Brooke and Donovan
both growing like crazy, Donovan turning 2, lots of visits with

family and friends, and the general craziness that comes with

life with a toddler and baby! We're lucky to be blessed with such

great people around us...as you can see in the pics.

As usual, click on the picture above to see the most recent album.

Baby Brooke!

On July 30th, at 7:30pm, beautiful baby Brooke joined
our family! Amber was incredible during her (short) labor,
and we were elated to meet our little girl only an hour
after getting checked into our room. Brooke arrived very
alert and healthy, and all is good in our world. Her big
brother absolutely adores her and loves holding her on his
lap and giving her kisses. She has been wonderful so far,
obviously taking after her big bro. She told us that if you
haven't already met her, she'd love to see you all!

Hope all is well and that we get the chance to see you soon!
As usual, click on the picture above to view an album of
more pics!

Catching Up with Brooke on the Way!

Been too long since we updated the blog. Lots going on
over the last few months as we prepare for the arrival
of our little girl. Donovan continues to grow like crazy
and is learning SO much every single day. He's a very
friendly and smart little dude and makes us laugh
constantly. Amber and I are both great and are enjoying
having some time this summer with both of us off work!
I'm sure our next post will include baby Brooke (less
than a month away now!)....we can't wait!

Love to you all,

J, A, & D


(Click the pic here to view a bit of what we've been up to...)

Donovan is ONE, Halloween, and more...

It's been way too long since we updated the blog. As usual,
we've been busy with the little dude, work, life, etc.
Hard to believe Donovan is already 1!!! We had a great
b-day party with friends and family and got to dress
Donovan up for the first time for Halloween this month.
Good times!

As usual, click on the picture to view an album with plenty more...

July & Aug 09

We're having a great summer. We are enjoying all

of our free days spending time at the beach, we made

a trip to Santa Barbara and have had fun visits with friends

and family. Of course we've also squeezed a few house

projects in. Hope everyone is doing well. Click on the

picture to view a slideshow.

Summertime!

It's been awhile since our last update. Life has been good.
We are in summer mode now since Joey is on break. Donovan
is almost 9 months old and doing new things every day. He does the
commando tummy crawl and is saying "mama". The weather has
been great and we're enjoying the outdoors as much as possible.
Click on the picture above to view photos from May and June.

Back on the charts!!

Time continues to fly...Donovan is now over 6 months old and
still surprises us with new accomplishments every single day.
We've had a busy and fun couple of months. Some highlights
include a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Martin, a trip to
Morro Bay to visit Nana and Papa Paradis, cousin Andrew's
birthday party at Disney, visiting Connie, Kelly, Mike, and
the twins, hiking at Torrey Pines and La Jolla, a visit from
Aunt Julie and cousin Erik...too much fun stuff to remember!
Oh, and Donovan is actually back 'on' the charts for size for
the first time since about 1 month. He's now in the 95th
percentile for both height and weight.
Our big boy is apparently 'stretching' out now. :-)

Enjoy more pics by clicking on the picture above...