Okay - It has been a very long time since I have updated the blog. Things have been very busy at home and at work. Haddie is almost 9 months old. She is crawling everywhere and pulling to a stand. She has two bottom teeth and likes to use them. Her hair is turning a dark red brown and her eyes are now more of a gray blue-like her brother's. She loves to sing. Jerry can sing his ABC's - but I think it is a foreign alphabet. If I try to sing with him - I'm told to "hush, Mama". I called to order pizza one night when Jerry was working late. I was asked to spell our last name...MCQUEEN - then I heard "Q R S T U V" being sung from the Bubbie. No one can make his Sissie laugh like he can - all he has to do is jump up and down and Haddie just giggles.
I just finished up a grant at work and the family was featured in a informational video about being active with your kids. http://www.qd.esc2.net/ There is a Nutrition podcast as well - I was one of the panel members.
In April we walked at the Kingsville/Bishop Relay for Life. It was a great opportunity to try out our new wagon. Lil' Jerry rode as long as he could stand it - 2 miles. Then he hopped out and took off running. Big Jerry just looked at me like - gee thanks. Lil' Jerry ran 2 laps - 1/2 a mile!
In May we took a trip to Rockport for little R&R. We stayed at the Little Bay Club http://www.littlebayclub.com/ and would definitely recommend it to others - very family friendly. We would play and explore all day. At night after the kids went to sleep I would sit on the front porch and watch the boats - Jerry would go fishing off their pier. We went to Big Tree - to see the biggest Live Oak in the U.S.
The little fisherman was tired at the end - he fell asleep holding his lure. The cottage key was on fishing lure and Lil' Jerry thought that he needed to hold it all the time. So, we went to Wal-Mart and bought him is own - of course he picked out the biggest and Dada took the hooks off.For Father's Day Jerry tried to read the paper.