Happy Birthday, BZ!

My brother-n-law turns 30 today...happy birthday to you, Brian! And what a birthday he's had...a new baby a little over a week ago - Princess Presley! We're all thankful you're part of the family! Have a great day!

Labor Day Weekend

Have a wonderful & safe Labor day weekend! I am heading back home to visit family and love on my new niece and Andon. Andon's having a bit of a hard time adjusting to the fact that mommy's lap is available for someone else, so hopefully having us there will help keep his mind off of it. Cameron won't be coming until Sunday morning as he's going to watch his precious Cubbies on Saturday. I hope you all have a relaxing weekend with family!

Another One!

Our friends Emily & Adam welcomed their first child yesterday. Well after 30 hours of labor...their doctor decided it was time to do a "C" section. Emily gave birth to Connor Martin Kamps at 5:34 p.m. - 8 pounds, 5 ounces and 22 1/2 inches long. Congratulations Kamps family on the latest addition! Hope to see you all soon!

I think that is it for a while...I can't think of any other friends that are due in the upcoming months. We may just be the next ones in line! I hope we don't have to go through 30 hours of labor, but whatever will be will be - we're just happy to be in this amazing situation!

Congratulations Kopala Family!

Congratulations to our dear friends Brooke & Steve on their newest addition - Sawyer Stanley Kopala! Sawyer arrived yesterday to join big sis Madelyn to bless their home! Congratulations to all of you...can't wait to meet him! As you can tell by the picture above from June, Brooke was uber preggers when we went to the Cubs game.

Eddie Vedder Concert

Cameron went to see Eddie Vedder in concert on Friday night. The show was full of surprises...from the cast of stars that attended the small show to the songs themselves. Chris Chelios was in attendance and brought stanley cup with him. John Cusack and several cubs players were there, also. The set list consisted of several Pearl Jam songs...several of Eddie's solo songs (most off of the Into the Wild soundtrack)...and several great covers of the Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and several others. The two highlights of the night were a new song written by Eddie about the cubs called "We'll go all the way", and the Encore song "Hard Sun" with Sean Penn singing backups.

For Those Still Waiting...

We have several friends currently struggling to get pregnant and I feel maybe that is the reason we had to endure it, so we could be a help to them. To those going down that path - hang in there...miracles do happen! I've posted this video before but wanted to share it again since we finally got our ++++ results! Never give up hope!

I would also like to mention our blog background...we were playing with several different backgrounds over the last few days, but this is the one we're sticking with. Hope you like the new look! :)

Welcome Baby Zehring!

Baby Zehring finally decided to make HER appearance! Although Janel wasn't technically due until this Sunday, she's been pretty miserable and ready to meet the newest addition.

Presley Marie was born at 2:02pm today weighing in at 6 lbs, 9 oz and 19 3/4 inches long. We are so excited to meet this little bundle next weekend! For those of you that knew Presley was a name I had picked out for a girl, Janel & I both loved it and agreed it should go to the first born girl. I'm very excited the name has been used and that my adorable little niece will be tattooed with that great name for the rest of her life! Congratulations to the Zehring family on the little princess, looking forward to squeezing her next weekend! Love you all!

Whitewater Weekend

We spent last weekend up at Tim & Teresa's lakehouse with Teresa's extended family from southern IL. The weather was perfect and it was a nice, relaxing weekend to be there. Thank you Gerards for making the long drive up - it was great to see you all again. See below for pics...