Turkey Day Program

Today Jake and his class had a short Turkey Day Program. As you can see Jake is beaming from ear to ear. He is sitting next to his best buddy Kyle and sporting a Pilgrim hat that he made in class.

 K4 Class.

This is when Jake spotted Mom, Dad & Emma.

The class is singing a Turkey Day song.

 Jake's buddies Kyle and Jayden.




The short video....

Mom & Dad enjoyed seeing all of the kids sing. Jake had a blast! And Emma tried to stay awake but all that noise caused her to dose off a few times in Dad's arms. Too funny.

Our Visit with Cousin Willa

Cousin Willa at 1.5 years old is so independent. She insists on feeding herself.

Look at this sassy little lady. Willa is far from sassy though. She is so quiet and sweet. Her smile is infectious and her laugh is hilarious. We miss you already, Willa!

DC Trip

Shawn ran the Army 10-miler this year in Washington DC. We made a family vacation out of it. We shared this experience with our closest friends. Gram and Pap came down from PA and we all had a blast.

We took in the sites....

We traveled on the Metro. This is Jake's friend Carlie. As the Metro pulled into the station we were greeted with a nice brisk breeze. This picture is too funny, not only because of the "gust of wind" but because Carlie is sucking her finger.... she is not allowed to such her thumb. Clever girl!

After our day of site seeing.
Good thing we brought the stroller. Jake will be disappointed when he finds out that he slept through the train (metro) ride home. You all know how he loves trains.

 Jake clings to Pap every chance he gets.

 Gram soaking up some Emma.

 Emma is almost 3 months old here.

On our last night in DC, the 9 of us had dinner together. 6 adults and 3 kids. It went surprisingly well! Thanks to Shannon and Robbie's iPad. Jake & Carlie watched a movie while the adults talked about the race and had a lovely relaxing dinner. Shawn ran the race with Mark and Robbie and they plan to do it again next year! I can't wait for another fun family outing, just like this!

Handmade Pumpkin Tees

 Jake and Carlie Rose after a morning playdate.

The Moms, Shannon and Steph, spent the morning decorating onesies and t-shirts. Shawn was in charge of the crew. And he did a great job. Thanks babe!!

Emma 8 weeks

 Just a sweet little card to welcome home baby!

 The Zerbe Family Snuggle

More Pictures of Little Emma....

What a beautiful little girl!!!!!

THE STORY OF EMMA'S ARRIVAL.

What we thought was going to happen:

Stephany was going to have a scheduled C-section on Tuesday the 19th of July, about 3 weeks early of the normal 40 weeks. No labor involved, just show up at the hospital and get a spinal, then have a beautiful little baby pain free.


What really happened:

Friday the 15th, Stephany starts having, what we think are false labor pains in the morning. By dinner time they are becoming increasingly more painful. At 10pm she has to take a warm shower to deal with the pain, followed by a walk and then a soak in the tub. All the while I (The Husband) can hear her trying to deal with the pain. At 1:30am Saturday, I can hear her not doing so well and look in on her. She is in tears and still thinks she is still having false labor pains. We decide I should call the hospital, and of course I am totally prepared (as I search frantically for any type of number or idea of what I am to do). I get Labor and Delivery and they tell me to bring her in. We then wake Jake and jump into the car driving rather aggressively toward the hospital. As I come in on 2 wheels with my now rather sailor like wife (her potty mouth was something to hear), we rush through the door, greeted by one of Sanford's finest (random chain smoking woman standing outside, no affiliation with the hospital), helps us inside and starts fanning Steph with a clipboard for 10 minutes while L&D takes their time coming to get Steph. Then I remember Jake is still sitting in the running car outside (better go back out and get him). Once I retrieve my son, we are taken upstairs to L&D and the nurses start to work with my now fire breathing wife, they ask me to take Jake outside into the waiting room. Not wanting to get in any one's way and staying one arms reach away from Steph I go with Jake to the waiting room. I then make some early morning phone calls and find some terrific friends to come get Jake for the night. I walk Jake downstairs to hand him off (and he is more than happy to go get away from this place), and I rush back upstairs to see how my wife is doing. I am figuring it should just be in time to start what ever it is we are going to do. As I get to the 2nd floor I pass the nursery and see one lone newborn laying in a warming bed. The nurse inside then notices me and waves me into the nursery. You can guess what is coming next....... She then introduces me to my brand new, really beautiful baby girl. It all happen within a 30 minute window. I walked downstairs and missed the action and Steph was put under general anesthesia, so she slept through the whole thing. What a way to have a kid (No parents needed).
Stephany showed to the hospital fully dilated, and so the midwife says, the only thing holding the kid in was the fact her water had not broken and Emma was sideways in the uterus. What a Friday night at the Zerbe house....

Well enough talk here she is......

Our week with Carlie

 Jake and Carlie got to spend quality time together. We babysat Carlie while her grandparents went on a well deserved cruise. 

 Jake would get up on his own really early because he was so excited for Carlie to arrive.

Traintastic!

 Nap time in Jake's crib. Jake has graduated to a big boy bed.

 Morning cartoons!!

Carlie had a fever on this day and crashed in the chair.

 Craft hour!!

They were both very serious and paid close attention.

No paint anywhere but their hands. WOW!

It's not easy getting them to take good pictures.

 But they are still cute.

 Carlie made her Folks a butterfly picture and

Jake made one for his sissy. Aka: baby dragon.

"See Ma, no paint!"