May 2009

Hi,

It's been a little while since my last post. Sorry!!! We have had a very busy May.

The first week of May brought almost 11 inches of rain in a very short time. Wayne & Rhonda's house had about 6+ inches of water in it. We were very lucky. We had about 1/8 of an inch before our house we have started flooding. Several of our neighbors were not so lucky. You can see some great flood shots at www.wsfa.com and then click on the my12 photos. These are the photo's Patrick took when he came home to check on the house and Rocky.



The boys had a great time making gifts for Mimi and Nana. They painted birdhouses and made some bookmarks. I think Ryan ended up with more paint on him than his birdhouse...lol



Last week was fun week at Alan's school. Monday was PJ day.. boy, that made Monday easy. Tuesday was letter day. Alan chose the letter C and dressed up as a Cowboy. Wednesday was wear your favorite character shirt. Alan wore his Lightening McQueen shirt, Lightening McQueen crocs and took his Lightening McQueen blanket. Thursday was hat and sunglasses day. He had to wear his cowboy hat again because he had outgrown all his other hats. Friday was wheels day. Bad mommy grabbed the little tricycle rather than the big one... Ooops!!



I had my monthly doctor's appointment on Thursday. I have lost 3 pounds (not trying, but I will take it ;) ) and we heard the baby's heartbeat. I go back on June 22nd for my labwork and schedule the big ultrasound. As with Alan and Ryan, I will be having the ultrasound done in Bham to check to make sure that there are no heart valve problems and make sure that the baby also doesn't have the sagittal craniostenosis, which is what Alan was born with and had surgery to correct at 5 1/2 months old.

We went to the lake again this weekend (We went the weekend before) and it rained all weekend. Patrick did manage to get a new ceiling fan up, but the rest of the to do list was outside related, so I guess they will have to wait for another weekend. The sun came out once we came home, however, we did still have the occasional shower/downpour.

Alan "graduated" K3 today. He was soooo excited to wear his "church" clothes with his tie. The had a short program where the kids showed off what they learned. They all did such a good job. Here's the "diplomas" that he received:





Here's the graduation program:





Here's some photo's and videos from the ceremony. I apologize for the videos being a little shaky at times, Ryan was having a good time climbing up and down from my lap:




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Hopefully June will be a little better month with a few more posts. You can also keep up with us on Facebook - Debbie O'Connor Stevenson, Patrick Stevenson.. even the grandpa's have facebook: Walter Stevenson or Mark OConnor

Hope everyone is doing well!

We love ya!
Deb

Long time no post.....

Hi,

Sorry, it's been a couple of weeks since the last post. We have been busy with T-Ball, which is winding down. We only have 2 more games. Alan is finally starting to get into the game and ask to practice, etc.

The boys are good, getting big and amazing us everyday with the new stuff they are learning. Alan is graduating K-3 at Lighthouse at the end of May. They will be having a graduation ceremony on the 26th at 10:00 am showing everything they have learned plus some new stuff in the past week. Alan has been learning to count to 10 in Spanish, some sign language and of course, some new bible verses.

Here's some photo's from the "fishing trip" at Mimi's this past weekend. Alan caught a few fish sticks and Ryan kept trying to see how close he could get to the edge without falling in. Enjoy:



I swear they get cuter everyday.

Now, let's check to see who really reads our blog....

There will be an early Christmas present for us this year:



We found out today I am due on 12/12. For once, we are not due on anyone's birthday or anniversary. The heartbeat was 160 and then 154. I will be having a repeat c/section along with a tubal this time...lol

We hope everyone is doing well!

Love,
Debbie & the "Growing Co"

Happy Easter!!

Hi,

We hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed Easter! We did. We got up with barely an hour to get to church..lol We went to the 8:00 am service and then the boys hunted Easter Eggs right after church. After they had found all the eggs they wanted to find, we headed in to eat some of the wonderful breakfast that had been prepared during church. They had to close the sanctuary doors because it smelled so wonderful!

We went home after church to get a little down time. Saturday was pretty busy with t-ball and an Easter egg hunt at AUM. The boys had a lot of fun at that one also. They came home with 28 candy filled eggs. The boys got their train table (thanks FREECYCLE!) and loved it. They played with it a little while while watching Cars.
Then it was off to Lisa and Joe's for Easter lunch.

Poor Ryan fell asleep about 3 minutes after we left the house. Of course, he woke up when we got out of the truck at Lisa's. Once he saw his cousins, that was the end of any chance of a nap. Since it was such a beautiful day and actually dry, everyone was outside. So, we visited and let the kids play outside for a little while.

Then it was time for a yummy Easter dinner. Honey Baked Ham, Pineapple casserole, Sweet potato souffle, potato salad, deviled eggs, pickles and wickles. Alan ate pretty good, Ryan was too grumpy to eat and got mad because he couldn't sit at the bar and eat his dinner.

After lunch, back outside to run off some of the boys energy. Then, Rhys thought he heard the ice cream truck and got soooo excited. Alas, we guess he was hearing things since we never saw one. Darn, I wanted that ice cream also...lol

Mimi had put together an Easter Egg pinata. All the kids had a fun time swinging at it. Ryan decided the bat was too short, so he went into the garage and got out something a little longer...lol Rhys was the one to finally bust it. Ryan was real happy....Finally.. candy! Poor thing, when he looked for eggs in Lisa's beautiful backyard, he got upset because most of them were empty...little stinker. He wanted chocolate. Ryan has a sweet tooth, chocolate, fruit, syrup, he doesn't care...lol

We really figured both boys would fall asleep on the way home, but only Alan did. Alan fell asleep one block away from home. We woke him up when we got home and sent him outside to play so he would be good and ready for bed. It worked! The boys ate a great dinner and both were asleep by 7:45! WOO HOO!

Here's some pictures from today's activities:

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Hope everyone had a great day with family and friends.

Christ is Risen! Alleluia!

Love,
Debbie & Co.

Misc March and April Photo's

Hi,

Here are some a couple of pix of the boy's playing in the empty garbage cabinet at Looney's skating rink:

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The boys having a great time on Nana's birthday:

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A few pictures before the Easter Egg Hunt at Aldersgate UMC and then Alan's t-ball game:

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Love,
Debbie & CO

Alan's 1st T-Ball Game

Hi,

Alan had his first t-ball game yesterday. He hit really well, the 2 times he actually went up to bat. He played "pitcher" our last time in the field and he stopped the ball and threw it to first base! Our games last about 30 mins, enough to have fun, but not enough that the kids (or parents) get bored...lol. Alan is number 7 and Ryan is number 1.

Alan had a big cheering section.. Mommy, Daddy, Ryan, Nana, Poppy, Sheila, Shelby and Nanny Pat. Sheila and family decided to suprise us and both boys were so happy to see them, especially Shelby since they hadn't seen her in several weeks.

After the game, we went to Chappy's for lunch. Alan was pretty much asleep when we got home and Ryan was very shortly after we got home. They slept until about 5 pm. Alan got up in one of the best moods...he hasn't been in that good of a mood in about a week... maybe he has finally kicked whatever little bug he had picked up.

I hope you enjoy the little picture slideshow of Tuesday's 1st indoor practice and Alan's first game. I have thrown in a couple of other cute shots of the boys. One is them eating popcorn and watching Cars in my bed. The other is both of them all tuckered out after the game.



Hope everyone has a great week!

Love,
Deb

I finally caught this on video... Ryan responding to "Who let the "dogs" out...


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Our 2nd tball practice went really well. When we got there, Alan told me he wanted to play and not sit on the bench! WOO HOO!! I only got 3 pictures this time. I helped with the fielding until Daddy got there. Then I started helping Mimi chase Ryan!! Oh, the updated schedule is on the left sidebar of the blog.

Tonight, we packed up some sandwiches and headed to the park. It was beautiful. The kids had a great time. They were too excited to eat, but made up for it later...lol

Here's some pictures from the tball practice and park. Also, a video from the park.



Video of kids not staying on one thing at the park:


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Hope everyone has a great week!

Hello everyone!

Alan had his first t-ball practice on Friday. I picked him up from school then we ran by Nana's to get Ryan. I took them to Ida Belle Park first hoping to run off some extra energy before the practice. Note to self, don't take 2 rambunctious boys to the park by yourself...lol Actually they did really well until Alan fell flat on his back and knocked the wind out....that really scared him and me. We had forgot the backpack!! We never go anywhere without the backpack!!! I was beginning to panic thinking he needed his inhaler and we didn't have it with us. But once he calmed down, I could tell he wasn't having an asthma attack after all.

I was soooo excited to see that practice was just that. They separated into groups and practiced throwing (we need to work on this skill!), batting and fielding. Alan did really well at batting (see video's below)and enjoyed hunching down like a crab to field the ball.

We will practice every Tuesday night from 5 to about 6 pm. We are the Yellow team. Our first game will be March 21st at noon....so hurry out and get your yellow t-shirts to support the team!!

Here's some pictures from the park and t-ball practice. I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted since it took Patrick awhile to get there and my hands were full trying to keep Ryan from running on the field.

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Enjoy!

Love,
Debbie & Co