Thursday, February 28, 2008

February 2008



Hi Everyone! February's been a great month here at the Neal House. Summer is around the bend and we got a taste of it during our couple 70+ degree days. Woohoo!! We got to go to the park and Evan got his first slide and swing experience. :) We're having a blast with him. Raimi is an awesome big sister and spends lots of time with her little brother. He's growing like mad, well over 15 lbs now and talking up a storm. Chris is going to get video out soon so you'll be able to hear him. He has all kinds of VERY important things to say. :) He's found his hands and prefers them over a pacifier any day. You can find them dripping with drool anytime he's not asleep. We got some pictures taken and they turned out GREAT. We don't have them quite yet to post but if you wanted to take a look they're at www.hobt.net under Clients. The password is Evan0 (that's a zero).

Raimi makes us laugh all the time with her very grown-up ways. :) She's reading like a fiend and we can't get enough Junie B. Jones. We finally found a Wii and she is a bowling champion. Seriously, she's the only one in the family that's reached professional status. It's very humbling to be schooled by a 5 year old. :) She hangs out with her friends and they are already like a bunch of teenagers, talking about clothes and putting on "make-up". They've even got their own album of all their good times.

Uncle Aaron came down and visited from Carbondale which was AWESOME. Evan definitely likes his Uncle and Raimi thinks he's the coolest. She's very interested in the fact that he "pushes snow" up in Colorado, every time it snows.

Chris's oldest friend in the whole world, Carlos, came up for a day. It was so nice to see him and his wife Catherine and sweet little girl Giselle. Giselle is quite the miracle baby and it was so fun to see her running around, playing, and talking up a storm. :)

Check out the pics for the month and of course there's new additions to Raimi and Evan's albums too! Have fun.

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Still Working On It....

Hi everyone...well...it's begun. I've started on the family blog. I've gone a bit crazy and started backfilling posts and albums so soon I'll have the whole last year properly documented. I'm dabbling in HTML so the posts may get fancier each time. :D We're using Picasa (Google Rocks) so please check out all the albums and links as they all lead to TONS of pics!! WOOHOO. Who knows..you might find a pic of yourself out there! ;)

I'm trying to do this time based and event based so you'll see summary albums and posts for the months but then highlighted events and people. Who knows, I might change my mind 100 times before I settle on a format but this is what I have so far.

Feel free to share and comment! We want to keep in touch with everyone.

Oh and P.S. if you see any pics you particularly like, feel free to download it from Google.

January 2008

Things are starting to look more like "normal life" It's a very different normal than it ever has been. Evan is amazing and growing like mad. He went from 6 lbs 8 oz when he left the hospital to a whopping 13 lbs 4.5 oz in just 2 months!!! Raimi is having a blast being a big sister and doing such a good job at school. She's been reading this semester and it's SO cool to have her read her school books to us. I've been staying super busy just keeping up with Evan and trying to come up with some sort of schedule (yeah right :D ). Chris is doing well at Pegs but has way more fun when he comes home to all of us crazies.

The Evans came to visit so Evan could get some more quality time with his future wife, Mia.

So far 2008 has been amazing and we could not be more blessed!! Make sure to check out all the pics. Let's see what the rest of the year has to bring....