THE ROSS FAMILY: October 2009

Thursday, October 15, 2009

He's FINALLY HERE!!!!!

My nephew is FINALLY here!!! Chuck, Kristin and Nathan welcomed their new addition Cameron Joseph VanAlphen Wednesday October 14th!! He was born via c-section at 830am weighing 7lbs 15oz and 20 inches long! He is just PERFECT!! OMG he has such a head of hair! Liam is for sure jealous!! lol Everyone says he looks just like his BIG BROTHER Nathan!! Here are some pictures we have of the peanut....

Cameron is doing GREAT....nursing like a CHAMP! When he came home from the hospital he went down to 7lbs but is gaining already! At his last doctor appointment he was already up 4oz!! So things are going really well! Mom, Dad and Big Brother are settling in and really enjoying the little guy! There will definitely be more pictures to come!! Nathan LOVES taking them! LOTS of them!! lol.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Henry and his Brothers

My sister in law, Kristi sent me this pic and I thought it was just the cutest picture ever!! The boys....checking out Henry!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

WELCOME Henry!!!!

On Monday my Brother in Law and Sister In Law welcomed their 3rd little boy to the world!!! They named him Henry Lowell Ross (Lowell after his Grandpa LaFountain). He was born at 8:26am via c-section and was 8lbs 2 oz! Congratulations to them all!! Another little boy!! :) Should be fun at Christmas this year!! lol. Here are some pics I have of the little guy!

PROUD DAD!!!

Apple Picking

A whole group of us went Apple and Pumpking Picking last weekend. We had such a GREAT time!! My sister and Chuck came with Nate...it was really Nate's idea!! He wanted to go sooooo bad!! With his birthday being the next day we HAD to do it for him!! We had a BLAST! My friend Manda came with her two girls Gabby and Izzie. Meagan came, Liz came with Brayden and Avery, of course me and Liam...and my Grandma! Here are the pics.....

Manda and Gabby

Liam posing for Nathan...he took this picture! He's a good photographer isn't he!!??

Gabs with her pumpkin!! Isn't she the cutest!! OMG!

Brayden using his muscles to hold up his pumpkin!

Nate explaining to Liam what to look for in a GOOD pumpkin! lol

Liam showing Nana HIS pumpkin!!

THE END!!

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Martin

Our good friend Abbey just got married Friday September 25th. Kristin was actually a bridesmaid in her wedding! We were almost wondering if she'd make it with all her false labor!! She did though and looked absolutely beautiful! Of course as did the BRIDE!!! I didn't get many good pics...I could really use a GOOD camera! Here's what I got though!

The wedding was down at the gazebo in Coxsackie, it thankfully turned out to be a nice day..cool, but sunny!! Liam came to the wedding but not the reception! He just ran around, so that worked out! lol.

Nathan was the ring bearer....he and the flower girl were SOOO cute together! They did a GREAT job!!

My BEAUTIFUL sister!!!

Isn't she just GLOWING!!! Pregnancy definitely does her well!!!

Abbey was just stunning that day!!

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Martin!!!

Kristin's Baby Sprinkle

Kristin's Baby Sprinkle was a SUCCESSFUL SURPRISE!!! It went off with out a clue to my sister! As she showed up an hour late!! lol. We definitely knew when my brother in law, Chuck called at the time she was suppose to be there and said...."she just got out of the shower!" Yup she had NO CLUE!!! It was GREAT!!

Kristin got an abundance of gifts for the baby! We're sooo lucky to have such amazing family and friends!! It was sooo much fun watching her open all the baby clothes and blankets etc. It just makes it soo much more real! I just can't believe this baby is going to be here any day now! It's soo exciting!! I can't WAIT to get that phone call....although I have gotten it twice already!? lol So far still no baby.....

Here are some pics I took of the day........

SURPRISE!!!!!!

The favors I found online...Bavarian White Chocolate Covered Rice Krispie Treats!! They had a picture of the baby's ultrasound on it and also said
"Welcome Baby VanAlphen Sprinkle Date 9-27-09" They were a HUGE hit especially because Kristin's FAVORITE food is Rice Krispie Treats...obviously the reason I got them! ;)

OBVIOUSLY My Aunt Diane made Kristin's cake!! It was DELICIOUS...OF COURSE!!!

I found a picture of this online and of course just had to have it for my sisters Baby Sprinkle...I thought it was absolutely adorable! Well when we got to planning...I had NO time to do it...so my cousin Justin took over and he did an AMAZING job!! It was quite the master piece!!

The baby clothes line and the Mother To Be's (AGAIN) seat!!

The NON Alcoholic punch and my Diaper Cake!!

What do you think? How'd I do??

The Van Alphen FAMILY!!! Patiently awaiting their new addition!!

THE END

North Carolina 2009

So it's been 3 weeks now since our trip to North Carolina...guess I'm a little behind! Since we've been home things have been INSANE! Do things EVER slow down!! It was so nice to get away from WORK mainly! Even just the every day shuffle though...it was nice not to have to be anywhere and just do whatever we wanted all week! The house we had was really nice! We LOVED the layout! There was a nice kitchen and it was all open to the living room! So it worked out perfect that we could always keep an eye on the kids! We also got to visit with my cousins Beau and Lenette!! It was soooo nice to see them and the kids! It just stinks we only get to see them once a year :( Hopefully some day it'll be more!!

Here are some of the pictures I took...yes just some! lol. I took over 300 pics!! he he!