William at Two Weeks Old

William is such a wonderful little baby, we are so enjoying having him at home. After two weeks he is working on his cute little "double chins", looking more like his big brother every day, of course sleeping a lot, and finally has a belly button! It's tub bath time!

Just Like Mommy!

Ellie has had a fascination with me nursing William and today she decided to creatively recreate the "look" with leftover plastic Easter eggs.

Finally, a baby who likes the car seat!!

Little William spent the better part of the afternoon in his car seat taking Nick to and from school and running some errands. He seemed to actually enjoy it! He fell asleep instantly and stayed asleep the whole time. I took him out to feed and change him and then back in he went for the next errand and he fell asleep again... Hopefully this trend continues, it will definitely make life easier!

Our Three Babies

We finally caught our daughter in a cooperative mood for a photo session. At last a picture of all three of our children! William did really well, stayed alert for the whole time and didn't look too worried that his siblings were holding him!

Look, No Training Wheels!!!!!

Nick woke up this morning and announced he didn't want training wheels on his bike anymore. So Daddy removed them and off he went! A few minor tumbles and that was it. He is so proud of himself, and we are too! Great job Nick!

Baby Hands, Baby Feet

Brotherly Love

Nick just loves his new baby brother. He would kiss and hold him all day long if William would let him! Ellie thinks he is cute too, but she is far too busy to sit around holding babies all day. We tried to take a picture of the big sister with baby William, but she wasn't terribly cooperative and she had also stripped herself naked. Oh well, we'll try again tomorrow...

Sunday Photos

Baby William's first round of "Sunday Photos" by Mom. Lots of sleeping going on today!

Coming Home

All three children passed out in the car for the ride home from the hospital. Hopefully this will be a trend for all road trips in the future?!

Meeting the Family

Happy Birthday William Joseph!

Introducing William Joseph Grisdale, born April 20, 2007 at 2:08pm. He is 7 pounds, 2 ounces and 20 inches long with a head of platinum blonde hair. We all think he is just darling, and looks like a "mini-Nick". Ellie walks around saying "Oh, he's soooo cute", and Nick just wants to help with everything baby related. Welcome to the family!!

Spring comes to Colorado!

We had a great time this weekend enjoying the beautiful spring weather- 75 and sunny! The kids played in the sandbox, rode bikes, went for walks, and explored a new park up in Golden. (Ellie squeezed herself into a bucket for fun, we aren't sure why, but she seemed to enjoy it.) It's soooo much fun when Nonie and Grande are here- constant playmates! We're having such fun waiting for that baby brother to arrive later this week!

Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny was very kind to Nick and Ellie this year! They found lots of Easter eggs, candy, and other goodies. No one wanted their photos taken in their Easter best though. Ellie cried all the way to church, and then Nick jumped in a mud puddle so that was the end of the church outfits. Oh well, maybe next year!

Ready for Easter!

A Sunny Sunday Afternoon

The weather was gorgeous today, 72 degrees and sunny. Both kids loved playing outside; Nick on his bike and Ellie playing her new favorite game- "ring the doorbell". Luckily we were all out in the fresh air so none of us had to endure the endless ding-dong from inside the house! Nick was trying to learn some "dirt bike" tricks from the big kids, hence the knee pads.

My Crazy Kids

The computer is finally working (temporarily I'm sure) and I can download photos to our blog at last! My two little subjects are a little spring crazy now though..... Nick is just as silly as can be, making faces and joking around constantly and Ellie is a princess 24-7. She must be wearing a pink dress at all times with sparkly shoes and have ribbons in her hair. It certainly is a challenge to come up with suitable outfits on a daily basis! And trying to convince her that she cannot take a bath in or go to the park in a fluffy, pink, tulle dress precipitates a 30 minute tantrum. Aaahh, the life of a diva...

Our Little Fairy

All in a Day for a Princess

Don't you hate when you just don't feel that your tights "go" with your beautiful, pink skirt?! Poor Ellie was having a tough day, she just didn't feel that her outfit was "pretty" and the tights had to go! And to make matters worse, her mother found the entire scene amusing and took pictures!!! The indignity of it all.