Another wait is over and our hearts are full!

Silas Nathaniel Gremore Born on November 23rd 2009 at 1:21pm
8lbs 11oz 20 1/4 inches


Proud and thankful mommy and daddy!


Sam and Gretta just love their little brother! I wasn't sure how things would go, especially considering Sammy's latest motto "my momma!". Well, he marched into the hospital room, with that characteristic left arm of his pumping, ready for a mission. "Baby!" he exclaimed and even wanted to take him home! Gretta was such a proud big sister too, showing off her new big sister sticker. She was a little more apprehensive at first, but I'm sure will be a huge helper with Silas.

More to come!!

And the Wait is Over

Here we are at the airport almost 2 hours early. That hardly mattered; we were so excited to reunite with Linds, Josh and the fam...it has been 2 years for all of us except my mom who took a trip to China last year.


Here's Lily; much taller than I remembered :) But as cute and sweet as ever! So good to see everyone again :)


Grets and Cade really hit it off. As everyone else recovered from jet lag, Cade managed to go for a few walks, take a trip to the library, and play in the backyard all in one evening.


Caedmon and Sam riding in style.


Hadassah loving watching her big brother and sister at Bay Beach.


Here is Sam playing in the water in Door County. Tim's Grandma tured 80 in January, so to celebrate, we all took a weekend trip. Sammy loved splashing his feet in the water despite the numbing effects.


Gretta "chipmunk" Gremore enjoying the balcony. She had a blast swimming in the pool, playing in the sand, and especially getting so much attention :)


Not sure if I have ever seen them this close and still on the bench. Must be inthrawled by the papparazi


Sam not so sure at first...


But didn't want to leave in the end.


We went to a kiddie beach with some friends, and ejoyed some DQ after...mmmm...summer!


Annabelle and Gretta at Annabelle's 2nd birthday party. She will be staying with us for the weekend; can't wait to have her!


Can anybody say "Elaine"??? I get such a kick out of this move each time. He he.


Grrrr.

Just playing :)

Mostly Gretta, Sam and Diggs, of Course!

With so many photos and not so much time, here is a recap of a few months ago...with hopes to keep adding as the month continues :)

Our little Gretta giving dominos a shot...not without baby of course!

Sam trying to figure out the sippy cup. He's almost got it, just seems to choke more often than drink.

Diggs and Gretta up North in Florence. We had a great time hiking and watching for bear...

Diggs just digs being in the woods.

My favorite pic of Gretta dangling feet over the bridge.

She loves it up there too!


This water jug occupied Sam for at least an hour...take the top off...put it back on... etc.


Mom...bedtime already?

Sammy just loves cords, knobs, electronic things...anything non-toy. I found him trying to figure out the door knob.


...and later getting into doughnuts :) That's my guy!


Gretta and Daddy playing in the leaves.


Sam too!


Digory- not so much. Just resting.


Or plotting how he can stay up here for the rest of his life :)

"I love sand!" -Gretta


Back at Great Grandma and Grandpa's going for a walk.


The soon to be big brother :)


Always "picking on" Sam. Not so sure he doesn't mind the attention!


Gretta, want to try on Mommies glasses that you broke?


"Wow mom, even better this way!" -Gretta


"Yeah- I'd say so too" -Sam


Before Sam's first professional haircut.

And after- he did so well!

Here Grets and Sam are getting our garden ready. We planted seeds on Memorial Day and the countdown for fresh veggies has begun!


At the zoo with Grandma and Grandpa Gremore.



One...Two...Three...weeeee!!!


Diggs will spend 99% of his time here until the next snowfall.

Easter Part 1

On the Saturday before Easter, we went to GG and Gampy's to celebrate. They put together a special egg hunt for Gretta and Sam, created a crazy race for Uncle Phil, Tim and I (with a reward at the end...but the key was to climb in Jake's dog kennel...Phil won hands down!!), and grilled some really great brats and burgers.


Gampy helping Sam pick out a toy.


Each egg they found meant they could pick a treat from this box. Not sure if they ended up finding all of the eggs, but we came home with the whole box of goodies :)


Gretta and GG picking some connectable bunnies...


Uncle Phil connecting with his "bunny" side... he he... I told him I wouldn't put this on
facebook. This isnt facebook :)


Sam pulls this one off too well. He actually kept these on for a while!


Gretta was hesitant at first, but then wore them almost the whole time!


Sammy and Daddy


Stay tuned...more to come from Easter Sunday and Sammy's first birthday...

Falling in Fargo

We recently spent an extended weekend in Fargo, ND visiting Tim's cousin Amy and her husband David and daughter Allison. Unfortunately, we hardly have any pictures of the trip, but here is one of Sam standing by himself!

"whoa, this balance thing is tricky...."


"crawling might be my thing for a while...." :)


Here is David trying out for the yellow belt in Taekwondo. "The seed is beginning to see the sunlight." He did really well!


Hy-ah!


The week before we left, we had a little visitor, Carly. Here, she is enjoying some bread and pears.


Sam and Carly wanted to go shopping...


While Gretta modeled what they bought :)


Gretta, did you happen to see my stickers?


Learning about shadows.


Gretta feeding Sam. She ate up every moment. Though they are almost the same size, this somehow worked.



One weekend day, Tim and I looked at the clock, and then outside. What should we do all day since we can't go outside and play? So Gretta and Sam got new 'dos.




Playing together so nice...for a while at least.


Clothes from Carly and her Mom for Gretta until Carly is big enough to wear them...the beauty of hand-me-downs! Thank you!

"Moooooommmmm, this doesn't match!"-Gretta


"I think it looks nice" -Sam

"Let me see here..." -G
"This one's my favorite!"-G

Family Life

I hope these will be the last batch of pictures (for a while anyway) with snow in them!! We took the kids to the cabin in Florence for one last winter who rah before the snow melted. Here is great grandpa reading Gretta a story in front of the wood burner.


NORMALLY the rules are always guys against girls when it comes to you name it, any kind of competition. In this case, the numbers were not even, so this is the dazzling duo that beat two guys at Aggravation.


But as you can see, the men took the weekend.


An all time family favorite.


This is where Diggs spends 98% of his time when he is up north.


In the winter, the "driveway" to the cabin gets pretty snowed in; hence the snowmobiles with sleds. Gretta and Sam have probably road on a snowmobile more times than I have in my whole life.


The outhouse.


An abandoned beaver hut we found on a walk.


Tim enjoying the scenery.


Nat enjoying practice with the new camera (above and below :)



Grandma and Gretta eating yogurt.


There's Sammy, upset that this is his first appearance in the blog so far. jk

Sam chews on EVERYTHING. He has 2 teeth on the bottom with 2 coming in, and 4 on the top.



Gretta insisted wearing this "hat" to the mall.


I think she can pull it off!


Sammy probably waiting for something meaty. He's not a big fan of fruit, but give him some turkey or chicken and he'll gobble it up.


We spent one weekend in Stevens Point visiting Uncle Phil. They had the sweetest time playing in the playland and swimming in the toddler pool with GG and Gampy.




Before we left for Point, Gretta wanted to try her suit on... along with Sammy's new hat and mittens. Hey, they were in the same bag! They must go together!


Cheese!

Sam pondering his March Madness picks.

In honor of Valentine's Day...

Gretta giving Sammy a hug and kiss...

"EWWWWWW!"

"I'll get her!"

This is Gretta and Sam's friend Carly...we get together quite a few times a month. "I think she likes my hair...sweet!"-Sam

"She must like the messy look :) " -Sam

"There. That's better." -Carly

Enjoying a beater with cookie dough. One time, I was making mashed potatoes and offered Gretta a beater. The look on her face was priceless after she took her first lick! She handed it right back and said, "chocolate chip??"



Sam Swayze and Mommy...so surprised Sammy sat still long enough for the photo!

New PJs from Lily, Cades and Das....so cute....thank you!



One of Gretta's all time favorite games is hide and seek. Here she is counting to 10. "One...two...free...."

She gets a little bit of nervous excitement as she thinks about where Daddy could be hiding...

She found him behind the chair and ran into his arms. This is after the find, telling Daddy "I find you". She wants to play again!

Grandma Lo reading to Sam Aka Baby Trouble


Sammy riding in his dump truck (instigated by Daddy)

Gretta and her new found friend Stella. The nookie is magnetic; it also sticks to the nails in the coffee table :)
"This isnt so fun any more...get me outa here!" - Sam


Gretta's idea...let's find a new toy! Maybe I can push him!

Grets calls this her "lion burrito"

Sam is always on the move. He just climbed the whole flight of stairs yesterday, a couple of times actually. Gretta just started crawling at ten and a half months, so this is new for us. I thought, well, if he is standing still by the tub, maybe holding a camera case or anything that doesnt resemble a toy, I could try and give his hair a much needed cut....
I think he likes it...crooked angles and all :)

Add a little styling goo and viola!