Easter 2009

We have had a wonderful weekend with Great-Grandparents Don & Dorothy. We arrived Thursday night and flew out Sunday afternoon. Here are some pictures from our trip as well as some videos from Colorado!

Easter 2009

I hope there weren't too many pictures, but we had a really fun trip and so every 5 minutes we were taking more pictures.  Also as you can tell from the one video, Thomas laughing is our new favorite past-time so we are doing that pretty much all the time now.

Laugh Riot

Have I got a treat for you folks today!

This afternoon, Uncle Tony will pick up Jenn, Thomas and I and drop us off at the airport. 

Thomas will have his second airplane trip to go visit my Grandparents (Thomas' Great-Grandparents) in beautiful (and possibly cold) Colorado!

As most of you Christian readers are aware, this Sunday is Easter Sunday, and so we look forward to a very special weekend with Great Grampa Don and Great Gramma Dorothy (yes, that's how Don spells Grampa & Gramma, get used to it).

This video below is a special Easter treat, because over the last few weeks we've been hearing rumors about Thomas laughing (from Gramma Katie, and a lot of big smiles), and so today, I was able to catch the elusive laugh on video.

You Tube Version Here!

If you just watched that video and you don't have a smile on your face then you better report a missing sense of humor, because that video is just great.  I realize it sounds as though I'm ringing my own bell or singing my own praises, but that video was a ton of fun to shoot, and I'm glad I'm able to share it with you all!

Why So Tired?

Is it just me, or does every weekend seem to wear me out!

Friday night was probably the most relaxed, because we stayed home and relaxed.

Saturday we woke up nice and early and headed over to church for a baptism course.  It seems that before you have your child baptised you must listen to church information for 3 hours and have a bunch of things explained to you, so it was kind of a drag, but hey, it's over now!

After class we drove east to help celebrate Gabriel's 3rd birthday.  It was a cool party, they had food and drinks, and ... a moon bounce!  It was amazing, we had some fun times with Gabriel and the rest of the gang.

Saturday night was great because Jenn and I were able to step out for a little date to see a movie, so big thanks to Gramma Katie for watching Thomas!

Sunday was good, we went to church (kinda of crazy [long story]), and had breakfast and relaxed at home.

We are super excited about next Sunday (Easter) because we will be in Colorado visiting Thomas great-grandparents (Don & Dorothy), so we can not wait!

Enjoy the video, it's when we got home Saturday, and Jenn and I were getting ready for bed, and Thomas as you can see was out like a light!

First Word

This morning has been incredible.  Thomas, Jenn and I got in the car and drove Jenn to work, and Thomas was quiet and asleep the whole time.  Then as soon as Jenn shuts her door, I hear Thomas make a noise (kind of an annoyed noise, like, who just woke me).

As we start driving home, I talk to him and say, it's alright, we're almost home, just relax.  And Thomas is making cooing sounds and noises back to me.

Once we walk into the house, I tell Thomas that Daddy loves him, and then he makes a noise that is pretty much his first word.  It was amazing.  So I grabbed the camera, because I know Jenn and everyone would want to see and hear it, so check out this video.

I hope you enjoyed Thomas' first word, and I hope there are many more to come.  Also I thought that this was Guinness record breaking stuff, but turns out it's not that rare.  Oh well!

Welcome Anna!

Well it's another weekend gone by, and another Monday is here, and happily another life on Earth!

The Ash family sends our congratulations to the Wernly family who just grew from 2 to 3!  The newest Wernly is Anna Elizabeth who was born @ 12:37am and weighs in @ 7lbs 12oz (that's more than what Thomas weighed, and born earlier too).

Obviously since the news is so new and breaking, there are photos of Anna in Don's possession, also I do have some photos of the Ash clan and Wernly clan from a couple years ago (Summer 2007) when Don & Jenn drove down to Florida (Jacksonville) to visit Mark & Jenny (please excuse Don's glasses).

Jenn walks and talks with Jenny and Mark.  We strolled around and did some window shopping.

Yeah, this is what I do whenever I see a cannon.  Get used to it, Jenn already has.

Hey, every one's gotta have a nice portrait before the trip ends.  PS - look at how rested we all look before we became parents (those were the days).

Jenn took this picture during our drive back from FL to MD, and as you can see I had these sweet shades to wear under my glasses.  Look people, nobody cool likes glasses, and when you get your eye-sight corrected with lasers you have to wear glasses for a little while, which is tough but I was able to manage!

Again, congrats to Mark and Jenny, the newest Mom & Dad, and if you blog readers are nice, I'll throw some Thomas photos up later this week!