Yes we're going to a garden party.

Let's go ahead and clear this up for anyone wondering: Yes, every post I ever do about one of our children's birthdays will indeed feature a line from "Birthday" by The Beatles as the title. Deal with it.

Now that that is out of the way, let's blow out the candle! Three times!

With the rituals out of the way it is time to party!

If this doesn't look like fun, I don't know what does.

Oh wait, yes I do. It's this:

Big thanks to everyone who came out to Topher's birthday party. He loved all of the presents. We didn't get any video from his party, so here is some footage of him opening presents from us (his parents) later in the day:

Overall Topher seemed to have a great time on his birthday. Unfortunately, he has already started telling us what he wants for his next birthday (hint: it's trains again). It's going to be a long year.

Topher's super excited to be two. He is also super excited to have a butt-load of trains. In case you don't believe me, here is proof of both:

Drumroll Please!

We're a little slow at getting this up here (hopefully many of you saw Megan's post on facebook), but we are happy to announce that Topher has a baby brother on the way. We'd post photographic evidence of the fact, but we are not sure of the intricacies of child pornography laws, so you'll have to take our word for it. Here are some of the highlights:

This one's a little harder to make out. It is a straight on shot. He looks like skeletor, but the thing to notice is that he is sucking on his pinky. Cute, huh?

If he is anything like Topher, he will come out of the womb and immediately ask to look at these pictures of himself.

Another tricky one - This is his little mouth and nose. He is yawning in the right one.

And last but not least, high fives for babies:

He does, in fact, have a thumb, it is just not in view here.

Moving Day

Hello everyone, I'm writing to you from out brand spanking new apartment. Moving in has made for quite the weekend.

Things started off well when we first checked out the new place. Things turned a little dicey, though, when we found this critter in our kitchen:



Apparently, he was warning us about the gangs of buzzed college students that wander the streets during the weekend. Nothing that Fred, our maintenance guy, can't handle though.

From there it was time to move our stuff. Topher was a big help.

We're really thankful for those who came out to help us move. When it was all over, it was time to relax with a well deserved donut.



Now that we're settling in a little, Topher has been getting more comfortable and making some new friends. Most notably, he's really taken to "pumpkin guy," whom we met at Wal-Mart:



BFFs

Prediction time

Our ultrasound is next week. Topher's made his picks. Leave a comment with what you think (it will be about a year before we find out the eye color, though).

A day in the life...

I'm pretty sure I've used that title before, but I'm going to run with it. Today I wanted to share the average day with Topher. First off in the morning it is time to brush his teeth:


Don't forget to spit!

From there it is time to hop on his bike an ride to work:






Pay no mind to the pink handles. It's a loaner while his Harley is in the shop.

Then it is time to get to work. What is he so busy with you ask? Prepping for the NBA, of course:

Football was going to be his game, but then he got depressed about the Cougars and Huskies yesterday.

After finishing up at the office it is time to party. We don't have any video of this ourselves, but we did see this on NBC 30:

We and the accused have no comment.

Quick one.

Hello all,

Got a quick update for you all. I got myself a new toy (iPod Touch) and have been taking it out for a spin, and here are the fruits of my labor:




What could Megan and Toph be looking for? Here is your answer:

He is quite the connoisseur. Fortunately, he has been working off the sour cream calories with a little football:




Excessive celebration calls are common around these parts.

And last, but not least, we bring you a dramatic representation of a deep sea diver.



Titanic, here we come.

A glimpse into the future...

As is apparently becoming a tradition, we decided to turn to the internet to tell us what the baby on the way is going to look like. The site we used before is now a paid service, so we gave a different one a go. Let's take a look:


Apparently we are having a girl, and we didn't do too bad, if you consider what Topher was supposed to look like. She does look a little like an extra from The Planet of the Apes. Unfortunately, then we got greedy. Here is a projection of what she will look like when older:



AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


From there it was pretty much anything goes. So, here is what it would look like if Megan had a baby with Harry Potter:

She did apparently come out of the womb with spectacles and all.

And last, but definitely not least, here is what it would look like if me and Mr. Bean had a baby:

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you George W. Bush. That explains it.