a visit from the back road

Donal's brother Nick, wife Aine and their kids Dan and Aoife came for a visit -all the way from Carlow, Ireland. Declan was over the moon and enjoyed his cousins immensly and Rory reveled in the extra attention too! We hope they make it an annual trip!!

I captured some moments on video and will be posting more pics as soon as I get my hands on the camera cord.

Nick and Rory on the Commercial Pier, Ft. Laud, FL

Lots of fun in the pool...

Some slip and slide action...

A beautiful day at the beach...

Dan pouring his first Guinness at McSorley's Pub... and rightfully serving his sister...

One day of rain, but that didn't stop the fun...

Sending off the family.... Declan is calling the planes Harold (I guess from Thomas the Train) and rooted them on!

  

Hoppy Easter

Some Bunny Loves You

Coloring eggs with Coleman and Haylyn

more eggs please

Royal Easter Egg Hunt at Pop Travers Field...

oooh prizes

Egg Hunt at Colemans

Opening Easter Baskets....

Easter Walk at Snyder Park

Hanging out at Snyder Park Playground

Rory turns 1

The Big ONE!!

Rory turn 1 on Thursday the 10th. We had our well visit at the doctor, he checked out great. He weighed in at 25 1/2 pounds (95 percentile) - no wonder why my wrist and arms are hurting all the time, and is 33 inches tall, which is off the charts. I get a lot of "Wow's" when people ask how old he is. He is "talking" up a storm these days and it's sounds like he knows what he talking about but is still gibberish to us. Although he has managed to sneak in a couple of words. Still saying bird, but also said balloon twice at Declan's birthday party and now says bye bye. Too darn cute, hopefully he keeps it up and is an early talker like Declan was, it definitely will make things easier. He is still taking  a lot of steps, but not officially walking as of yet, probably a couple more weeks. He enjoys throwing the ball and getting chased by his big brother.

I took him to get his first hair cut on his birthday and he did great. He enjoyed driving the car and then popping the bubbles. In the early evening we went to the park to romp around. When we got home we celebrated with daddy and ate cupcakes.

Cheese, its my birthday!

 My first hair cut....

are you done yet lady?

yay, bubbles

"Happy Birthday to you"

Love ya big guy!

everything is awesome

my first selfie

More Steps

Rory will be walking soon!

"Super Declan's" 3rd Birthday Party

It's a bird.... It's a plane...It's Superman!

Declan celebrated his 3rd birthday and we snuck a birthday wish in for Rory too!! Declan chose the '"Superman" theme. Declan, a few months back, comes home form school one day saying Anthony (one of his best school buddies) is "Anthony Batman" and I am "Superman Declan." And we would hear this all the time. So we got him of course some superman apparel, action figure and other things and it has stuck with him for quite some time. He had been nonstop about his birthday party since his good friend's Ethan's in January. We had the party at Plantation Woods Park, the same park we celebrated his 1st birthday at. He had 15 friends to party with. I ordered the kids red superman capes personalized with their first initial and it was a big hit.

I love blue frosting

"Happy Birthday to you...."

make a wish

Happy Birthday Superman

Fantastic Four- Declan, Haylyn, Ethan, Coleman

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cake and cupcake time!

Macy and Declan

Declan and Filip

that's right Rory, your turning 1

enjoying the pizza

Super dad, mom and baby!

Superman Declan with Anthony Batman

Fun on the splash pad

Best Day of my Life

Race Track from Filip

Swords from Alexander

Will walk for ice cream

Some of Rory's first steps caught on video!

Last week, Rory, a few times would take just one step and then he did do a couple more. And then when we were at the park on Declan's Birthday, he was eager to get some of the boys ice cream. So Rory was standing as he often does so I put the ice cream in front of him and sure enough he took 4 steps. Callie then grabbed her phone and we were able to catch a few more.

Bird is the Word

Rory has always loved bird watching. My mom often sits with him poolside and they see and hear lots of birds. The back neighbors have a huge avocado tree with a bare branches on the very top making a nice perch for the birds.  Well a couple of weeks ago Rory starting saying "bird' his first word after mama and dada. We recently put a fence around the deck that leads out to the pool and I sit with him in the mornings with the sliders open and listen and watch the birds he loves it. When he hears them he perks up, points and sometimes says bird.

I actually caught it on video unexpectedly, I thought he was just being cute in the tent, lol...