Welcome to the Family Mr. Grant

Grant Foster Ogden finally came. Born at Lincoln County Medical Center on October 14, 2010 his weight was 6 lbs. 12.9 ounces and he was 19 1/2 inches long. Healthy and whole, he is a mellow fellow despite his red hair. Both Mac and Isaak are delighted by his every move and new accomplishment.

getting ready to leave the hospital

Now at 2 months old we are adjusting to life with a baby again. It's easy to forget that babies require a lot of equipment and it's never a good idea to leave home without the diaper bag. It's also easy to forget how magical the first smiles are and how fun it is to have tiny clothes  mixed in with the laundry.

Grant has inherited his Grandfathers eye brow agility.

At his last Dr.'s appt Doodlebug had doubled birth weight and grown five inches. (no wonder he's always so tired). Right now he busy wrapping us around his fingers whilst growing stronger and more alert every moment.

isn't being naked hilarious.

It's been awhile.

 Mac's 1st meet Nov 09

The new house during construction we moved in at the end of Feb

South Padre Island April 2010

can it be that Pickle is 6 ?

Finally updating the blog, it's been almost a year. What can I say it's been a busy year. We built and moved into a new house, completed first grade and kindergarten, made our way through the majority of a pregnancy with boy #3, had hernia surgery (with a trip to South Padre to aid in the recovery), and 3 birthdays, some swim meets, a little baseball a little soccer, and lots of laughs. There. now you know what we've been doing.

Mac turned "7" years old and he is pretty excitted to be that old, because that is almost 8 you know.

Trick or Treating on mid town is always fun, and this year was especially fun!

Mac "Mario" and Isaak "Pumpkin"

Not sure what kind of face the boys are pulling here.

This past week has been a hum dinger. It started out last Sunday night when Isaak came down with a high fever. Monday after a trip to the doctor who diagnosed him with swine flu the sanitzing commenced. I should have just saved my energy because by the next morning I had been tagged as the next victim. Mac joined the fun on Wednesday. We all proceeded to wallow in misery until that night, when we rallied to welcome Grandma and Grandpa to the party. We enjoyed a quick visit and pray they don't get sick. Saturday we all piled in the car to head to Albuquerque to pick up doors for the house. We being the home improvement stores junkies that we are hit 2 Lowe's and 3 Home Depots. Pathetic isn't it. Mac took a nap in the shopping cart in Costco using my purse as a pillow. (the guilt I felt as a Mom for dragging my sick child around all day store after store knows no bounds) Half way home we realized we forgot a key item on the list and I headed to Alamogordo this morning to pick it up. Tonight as we get into bed I can only hope for peaceful, quiet day at home tomorrow with the boys.

Mac and his kindergarten teacher Mrs. Blank. Jeanna shed a few tears along with about 40 other mothers in the croud. Congrats Mac!

Mac graduated from Kindergarten today and he is in the class of 2021. Man that seems like forever away!

Isaak here with Mac showing off his graduation certificate.

Isaak and his two teachers at graduation ceremony.

Isaak at his Montessori Graduation along with some friends.

Our favorite part of our trip to Las Vegas was spending time with Kate and Jer and Madison and Crew. The boys loved spending time with their cousins.

Bilagio Hotel in Las Vegas at the fountain show. This was very fun! You can tell Isaak is particularly having a good time!

Spring Preserve in Las Vegas Nevada in March 2009

Another fun thing to do at the Discovery Museum was this wind tube. Mac, Ike, and the cousins didn't want to get out.

Madison and Mac in Las Vegas. They had a great time hanging out together.

Isaak with cousin Crew at the Bilagio Hotel in Las Vegas

Isaak dressed up like a fireman at . The fire hose was kinda heavy, but in every other way he was a natural.

Jeanna and Isaak shopping at the Discovery Museum. Jeanna is already an expert at this and Isaak is learning fast!