NEW YORK YANKEES- World Champions!!

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Halloween

Who is the cutest monkey and banana?  Ari and Noah had a fun Halloween.  We kind of felt silly taking our neighbors candy and saying it was for the kids.  Lauren and I left out a bowl of candy and tested out the old "Honor System" of just take 1.  10 minutes later our candy was gone.  Happy Halloween!!

October Fun

Ari and Noah are getting so big.  They just turned 10 months old.  Ari is crawling all around the ground and getting into all sorts of trouble.  He loves his Daddy's Blackberry and gadgets.  Noah is turning from his back to his belly and he really wants to crawl.  Lauren and I have been taking them to Gymboree and Baby Yoga.  Baby Yoga consists of the lady tickling his toes and chanting the mantra "Ori Totori Hohum".  Weird stuff but it's worth a shot.  The boys are loving all of the October fun.

Buddy Walk - Down Syndrome Organization

Ever since we knew Noah had Down Syndrome, Lauren and I have been trying very hard to educate ourselves and be involved with the Down Syndrome Organization of Southern Nevada.  We have met so many great people and families through the organization.  It's great to see children with Down Syndrome of all ages and it gives Lauren and I much hope for Noah in the future.  I have no doubt that he will be a swimmer just like his daddy.  One of the major fundraising events is the Buddy Walk.  Both Noah and Ari have touched the lives of many of our family and friends, and through very generous donations, we raised $5,000 for the Down Syndrome Organization.  If anyone is still interested in donating, you can go to our First Giving site.

Noah is ready for the Buddy Walk

Noah and me

Us before the race

Noah loves staring

Sammy and Ari

Noah is exhausted after the Buddy Walk

The Carmer Family showing support

Nathalie and D walking with us

Caline and Adam Schwartz showing their support

Schwartz Eyecare donated the shirts for us.  Thanks Adam

Cleveland - October 2009

How cute is Noah?

Max and Sophie were so great with Ari

Sofie was an expert feeder

The best of friends..

Daddy being silly with Ari

Life has been so crazy, and I don't get to blog too much anymore. This is my 3rd year as principal and you would think that the job would get a bit easier. Maybe year 4... I have a whole slew of pictures of Ari and Noah so I want to post some of them. Lauren and I got to go back to Cleveland and see our friend Chris get married. It also gave us a couple of days to hang out with Lauren's family, niece, and nephew. They are so great with the boys. Sometimes I think that I would like to move closer to family but there is no way we would ever move to Cleveland. They have a crappy baseball team and a crappy football team. So we are staying in Vegas for the time being.

The Lost Photos

It's so hard trying to get Noah to smile

Serious Ari

Smilin Ari

When we were in Phoenix this summer, we thought we left our camera at the hotel. Miraculously, we found our camera last week. So here are some photos from the summer.

Summer Vacation

Summer vacation has gone by quickly. I will be back at work on August 1st. Over the summer we went to Phoenix, AZ. It was about 115 degrees everyday. We took tons of pictures of the boys in the pool but we lost our camera. Other than that, my mom came into town for a week to hang out with the boys and I celebrated my 37th birthday. Lauren bought me a Flip video camera, so I have been playing with that. I have posted a couple of videos of the boys.

My new birthday present

Noah swimming in the pool

Spitting Up at the Grondahl's