Day 2 of school 8/19/2010

Gunner. So far so good on his second day....



Jude did well on day 2 as well.


Gunner & Ruby


Ruby seems to like school so far!



Gunner


Jude



Gunner


Gunner and classmate-



Grammie and the boys.


Ruby



Saoirse- DID NOT want to have pictures taken this day-


Gunner

1st Day of School- Picture Overload!!!

Jude- SUCH a big boy!!!


Gunner- AKA Curly mop.



Saoirse- Ms. Attitude!


Ruby & Jude- checking out the place~


Ruby- All giggles.


Backpacks & Lunch boxes.... NUTS!

Laura Mercier/ReVive Playdate

Its CRAZY to see how much these kids are changing.... here are a few pictures!

The crew-


Saoirse... and the face.


This kid kills me.


Oh, Saoirse.


Ruby


Jude in full WORLD CUP support gear.


Gunner with his Italy shirt... :(


Diane and Saoirse- I really think I'm going to start using Laura Mercier's Body Bronzer on her!! :)

Swim Meet

Sophia & Sadie have been swimming for the last 8 weeks for the Pineloch Piranhas. This was their last swim meet and my FIRST attempt at using my new IFLIP. As you can tell from the videos, I need some practice.

This was a HUGE meet with over 300 kids participating. We arrived (after a 45 minute drive) at 6:30am and didn't finish until a little after 1pm. LONG day!!

This was Sadie's first year swimming (last year she broke her arm the week before it started). Sophia has been swimming on this team for 3 years now. They love it.

Here is the Medley Relay. Sophia & Sadie both swim freestyle in this and they are the last in the water. Sophia is in the lane closes to the camera and Sadie is in the lane furthest away....



Next is the Back Stroke. Sadie is the first to swim and Sophia is in the second race.

Small Preview... more to come!

Here are a couple of shots from the babies 1st birthday.

Jude.. such a sweet baby.



Gunner... REALLY the spitting image of his father


Ruby


Saoirse


Jude


Gunner


Ruby


Saoirse

Party Preparations

They're in full swing.

This Saturday we will be hosting the babies first birthday party!! 91 people have confirmed- (wow)I must be NUTS!:) The weather for Houston on Saturday says 40% chance of rain- typical. Hopefully the luck of the Irish will turn the forecast around! NO RAIN PLEASE.

I am cooking 45lbs of corned beef and 60 heads of cabbage starting tomorrow. The best man in our wedding, Jerry Maguiness and his soon to be wifeCharlene are flying in from NYC on Thursday to help- Apparently Maguiness is very good at baking irish bread? I never would have guessed! :0

I CAN'T BELIEVE MY BABIES WILL BE ONE in less than a week? Where did the time go?

Well, stay tuned for pictures-

2nd Laura Mercier Play Date~

This past Sunday we had our 2nd play date with the Gurwitch crew!! For everyone who isn't aware, in our VERY small office, 9 babies were born in 2009!! (I did have almost 1/2 of them :)

The first play date was at our house in January- Kaitlin, mom to Ava, hosted February's event. It was a lot of fun to see how much they all change in just 4 weeks- here are some pics of mine and then the 'attempts' at a group photo- THANK GOD FOR THE BUBBLE MACHINE!!!

Ruby and her pigtails!


Saoirse- serious girl!


Jude- big brown eyes....


Gunner- the escape artist!!


Saoirse & Jude chillin in Ava's corral!!


Ruby- PIMP MY RIDE!!!


Saoirse- really needs the thigh master workout!! :)



Christian (Ava's dad) and Jude... snotty nose!!


Here's what you get when you try and take a picture of 9 babies under the age of one:








Then add a $5 bubble machine from HEB and it gets a little better-




From Left to Right

Gunner- 3/23/09
Saoirse- 3/23/09 is behind him but you can't see her! :)
Remy- born in December and our newest addition to the group!
Ruby- 3/23/09
Perrine- 10/14/09 Jack & Perrine were born on the same day!!
Ava- (in red) 8/18/09
Jack- 10/14/09 -Jack & Perrine were born on the same day!!
Amelia- 7/26/09
Jude- 3/23/09





One of my older girls came to the rescue- thank you SADIE for helping!!