The Freemans

Baby Henry has entered our lives!
And he decided to come on his own, which was great!

NOTE: Sorry it took me so long to finally update our blog. Life with 2 little ones is going to be challenging, but will love every minute of it!

Quick story:
My water broke at 12:45am Thursday morning. We headed to the hospital and he was born 4 hours later at 4:56am!
Weighing in at 9 lbs, 15 oz and 21 inches long.

He is a joy and adjusting well. Jack and Andrew are loving their new baby brother. Jack is adjusting very well. He is very curious, but careful at the same time.

Please head to this site to see some great newborn pics of Henry:
http://kish.photosbylindsay.com/index2.php?v=v1
Click on "Your Little Miracle" link
Enter "henry" for the password.

One evening I came home from a night out with my girlfriends to find my husband sharing his oreo cookies with Jack. Of course Jared looked at me an asked "It's okay if he has some oreo cookies?" I think it's a little late for that question!
I do want to keep sweets limited to Jack as long as I can, but you can't always control what will happen when you're not there!
So of course, I got the camera out to document this momentous occasion. It was so cute seeing him dunk the cookie in the milk and of course he shared like he always does! What a sweetie.

I can't believe our little baby boy is One. Time certainly flies by when you're having fun.
This past Saturday, May 16th - we celebrated Jack's first birthday. The party was a hit and everyone had a great time. I decided to do the baseball theme with emphasis on our favorite team, the Chicago Cubs. They were even on at noon against the Houston Astros and won (side note: The played the day Jack was born as well and won!).
I had a lot of ball park food including a Hot Dog Bar where you can make your own hot dog or actually follow the right directions and make true Chicago Dog. Everyone loved them!
Jack received a lot of great gifts and was so excited to play with them.

Thank you again to everyone - We Love You!!!!

Some details of the party:
Jack's personalized hat and bib


We had Sweet Dreams provide some cute baseball themed cup cakes and Grandma Kathy made Jack's baseball cake


Uncle Kevin and Aunt Sarah posing with the birthday boy.


Aunt Margy, Halee, Grandma Kris and Kay enjoying lunch.


Ellen, Aunt Kathryn, Uncle Dale and Uncle Brian smiling for the camera.


Big Bro Andrew and Jack


Daddy and Jack Jack getting ready to open gifts.


Jack loved the fire truck Aunt Margy and Uncle Brian got him


Aunt Sarah is already pushing him around in it.


Grandma Kris and Jack Jack


Wasn't sure about the party hat


Here he is about to break into his birthday cake


Not bad!


Sharing with Daddy


In the end, he didn't devour it like we thought he would. I think he is more a meat and potato kind of boy!

Andrew came home with an announcement from school - he received the honor of being STUDENT OF THE MONTH! This is definitely something to be proud of because only 3 kids each month are chosen from 7th grade. Just alone, he has 90+ kids in his group. Jared and I are so excited and proud of him. A few days later, we received a letter in the mail from the school about Andrew's accomplishment and commented on our parenting and how Andrew is a great student, well rounded and liked by everyone.
WE LOVE YOU ANDREW!!!!


(check out the cool tower he built out of some of my clients magnets. So talented!)

Okay! This is the last part of our trip.

After we spent the day at the zoo and lunch downtown, we decided to go the beach one more time. I am really happy we did because they next day ended up being a little colder and overcast.
Of course, Jack loved it!
That evening we went to dinner with my Dad, Maria, Uncle Butch, Aunt Sarah and their son Alex. We haven't seen Butch and Sarah since our wedding, so that was a nice treat.
The next day and our last my Dad came up with a great idea to go whale watching. It was a lot of fun. Jack was a trooper.
Overall, our trip was very busy but I wouldn't change one thing (well, maybe more days!). I am so happy we were able to do much and enjoy ourselves at the same time.

I love this picture of Jack.


Daddy giving loves to Jack Jack.


The tide was so low… they were are pretty far out. Jack loved chasing the seagulls.


Jack pointed at everything!


Mommy and Jack Jack enjoying the moment.


Can I say - Future model???


This picture turned out great. I love how blue the sky is.


Had to have one shot with his tummy showing!


Daddy playing with Jack - he got him pretty high up.


My Dad got this bottle of tequila for Christmas, we thought is funny that Jack was just a little taller.



Grandpa and Jack looking for whales.



Here is the tail fin of a whale. It was a mommy and baby together heading back North.


Daddy finally got Jack to sleep!


This whale came so close to the boat - it was awesome.


Saying hi to the captain.


Our last pics of our trip with the San Diego skyline behind us.

Our trip continues with a trip to the San Diego Zoo. I haven't been in probably 20 years! It was when the pandas first arrived. We couldn't ask for a more gorgeous day. We than headed downtown to the Gas Lamp District for some lunch and ice cream.
To be continued…

Make sure you look closely, the Mother Koala has a baby on her back.


The funny Meerkats


Jack loved watching them. He couldn't get enough!



Hanging out with Daddy


Gorgeous Jaguar prancing up and down the front of his exhibit. It was really cool. The mountain lion was walking around as well and came right up to his fence too.


Thank you, thank you very much! Trying out some fun stuff in the gift shop.


Saw the pandas - so cute!


Here we took the skytram from one end of the park to the other, Jack just LOVED it!


We were pretty high up too.



Smiles for the camera.