New Arrival!!

Jonah Roger Tippetts

He's here!! On July 13 we welcomed Jonah Roger Tippetts into the world. He started this life out winning brownie points with mom for coming two weeks early, yay! He weighed just slightly smaller than his brother, at 9 lbs 3 oz and was 21 1/2 inches long. Labor and delivery went great and we couldn't ask for a more perfect son. He has brought such a sweet spirit into our home and we are loving every minute of it!!

Porter is loving being a big brother. He always makes sure Jonah has his binkie, even if he doesn't want it. I think his only complaint is how much Jonah sleeps. Porter always leans over Jonah's crib and says, "Jonah, uh open a eyes!" I'm sure these two are going to be great friends!

Highlights

It is hard to believe another year has come and gone. We had a great year in 2009. So many wonderful things happened. Here are just a few of the highlights.

1. My baby turned 1!!! (I still can't believe it and now he is closer to 2, crazy!)

2. We bought our first house. Andy did most of the work on the inside (finish work, cabinets, floors, painting, you name it he did it) and it turned out great.

3. Family vacation in Vegas. Porter got to ride his first airplane. It was tons of fun, thanks again mom and dad.

4. Shanae got married to a great guy and the wedding was beautiful.

5. We spent many summer days at the pool. Porter took swimming lessons and loved it so much we did three sessions in a row. Six straight weeks of swimming everyday. It was awesome.

6. We had an adorable little monkey for halloween. I was afraid he wouldn't want to keep his costume on but he did great. I think he kind of enjoyed being dressed up :)

7. We had a great holiday season. Thanksgiving and Christmas were both wonderful!

8. And finally, we found out that baby #2 is on the way and scheduled to arrive in July. We are thrilled!!!

Welsh Family Pictures

It has been a very, very long time since the Welsh's have taken family photos. I think my mom tries to schedule them every year but something always comes up (usually me saying I'm not tan/thin enough, sorry mom) but this year was different. It was mandatory and mom wasn't accepting any excuses. So, here they are in all their glory :) Enjoy!

Our first real family pic, yay!

My adorable little po, cute as can be.

Mom and Pops, 28 years later and still

in love and beautiful as ever!

All the girlies, up close and personal

And finally, the whole bunch!

It actually wasn't as bad as I had anticipated. Porter wasn't really a fan of the whole picture thing but I think we were able to come away with a few good ones, all and all it was a good day!

# 3

Three years ago today I married my best friend and it has been the best three years of my life! I love you Andy!!!

Las Vegas

We went to Las Vegas with my family this past week for a much needed vacation. We went shopping, played at the pool, Porter got to ride an airplane for the first time, we saw Lion King, and just had tons of fun. Here are a few pics from the trip:Porter's favorite day of the trip...playing at F.A.O. Schwartz. It was so funny to watch him when we walked in the store. He got so excited he just started bouncy up and down, so cute!

He loved to sit in this bowl at our hotel-not quite sure why
Porter soakin up the sun at the pool
The fam hanging out in front of our beautiful mint green mini van

Waiting for our food at Cheesecake Factory...Yum!

More good times at F.A.O. Schwartz
Waiting for Lion King to start. It was AMAZING by the way
Porter's face almost the entire trip. He loved all the attention he got :)

Porter's 1 year pictures

We took Porter to get his pictures taken today.  He has mastered the art of walking now and doesn't want to sit still for anything so it was a bit of a challenge but we got some cute ones I think :) I can't believe how fast he is growing up!

Wedding

Shanae and Matt got married last week.  It was so beautiful.  Here are just a few pics from the day. Welcome to the family Matt!!