Baby Pool Update

Whoever had Jenn in the baby pool - it's time to collect your winnings. Yes, the rumors are true (if there are any rumors), Jenn and I are thrilled to announce that we are expecting our first. While we're not planning to find out the sex of the baby, we have seen the little guy/girl and everything is in working order and in the right places. Thankfully, Jenn has been feeling great throughout the pregnancy.

The due date is December 20th. Though I've told Jenn to hold off until Jan 1st so we can secure the first baby of the new year and get some TV time.

Love,
Kevin and Jenn

Another Baby

Maggie and Ryan just had a baby boy a few hours ago. 7 pounds and 6 ounces. The baby is fine but Maggie is vomiting quite a bit. And her stool is.....never mind.

The baby's name is under debate. Leading candidate is "Steele".

Wishing them the best.

Big Girl Pumping!

We were up in Maine, camping last week.

Chrissy's 3rd Birthday

And, here's a pic of Inez after I told her that I might have missed the video footage of the candles being blown out:



She cussed me out in front of 70 guests!

Spring is Sprung

Chrissy The Ballerina

Tim Update

Dan,

If you are hard up for family blog material, here are some pictures from a ski trip that I took with Natalia earlier this week. Originally, our relatives Vassylko and Oksana were going to join me and Natalia for part of the trip, but they were unable to make the trip. Vassylko and Oksana lent us a whole bunch of ski gear, including two sets of skis, plus skiing clothing for me, and provided loads of info on accomodations and restaurants. Bukovel is a brand new ski area that was built just a few years ago...it has amenities that were unimaginable for Ukraine back when I was studying there in 93'-94. It was at once challenging and ultimately fun and rewarding to try after downhill skiing about 20 years after my first and only attempt...I took lessons from an instructor named Yuriy...who was also interested in my joining him on some cellular telecom/Internet business venture...Natalia was also helpful and extraordinarily patient...with advice and the real threat of a ski pole across the #ss for failure to heed said advice...as I advanced from the beginner to the intermediate slope by my second full day on skis. Now I know a lot of skiing terms in Russian that I didn't know before ;-) The picture of me from the top of the slope was taken near an intermediate slope...where we drank some mulled wine ("glintwein"), which gave me the necessary courage to make the descent... (I still fell on the way down...but the pictures of that episode...honest to God...are blurry and I'm too far away.)

On the way back to Lviv, we stopped in Ivano-Frankivsk (it's Polish name is Stanisławów), where I took the attached "Churchill picture." I've asked Mom to show it to Grandpa - I know he will be amused, given his feelings for Churchill's "betrayal" of Eastern Europe at Yalta. You'll have to help Mom viewing the pictures, since she doesn't know how to make them "bigger."

See you all at Easter,

Tim

John At Karate

Family Dinner At Anne & Wayne's

I had to include another similar shot with an agape UJ:



And one with Granda in her new outfit:



What did we have to eat?

Turkey and mashed if memory serves me.

Bowling Buddies

TimL and Barack Hussein Obama....

In the same bowling league!

Here's the refresher.



I'm a bit surprised it stalled at 544 hits. Hmmmm.

Ryan's Chunks

Even a downpour couldn't wash 'em away!

Too Many Mojitos?

Or, as Helena calls them "Mojitas"!

Hairless Wonder

Check that. There's one hair visible!

Who Is This Broad?

Why Limit The Pool Of Potential Partners?

Someone gifted DrMark a book titled "How To Get Married After 35".

Though apparently the book wasn't unisexual.

Jabronis

Boxed Wine In A Champagne Flute?

...For a 2.5 year old?

Call Social Services!

When The Box Of Wine Is Empty...

Bud Light?

Christmas Corpulence

Great Granny Annie!

FIVE GENERATIONS

On December 13th we celebrated Mum's, (Nana, Greatgrandma & Great-greatgrandma's) birthday & Trish's birthday. Trish & Matt brought their beautiful new son to meet the family and we took many pictures.
Worcester had just endured an awful ice storm and we were the only ones with power. Everyone enjoyed the heat, hot coffee and cell phone charging & email checking services that we offer.

Another Addition

Louise is pregnant!

So I hear anyway.

Didn't know they got that much sun up in Canada...

John Turning 4!

Well, we had his Star Wars themed party a little early.

Because Obama Won...

TimL is moving to Ukraine - a less socialist country.

He took at job there and should be off in two weeks or so.

DrMark, Greatest American Hero

We were watching this video and Chrissy kept saying, "I see Mark. I see Mark."

Last time she saw him (probably only the third time ever) had quite a *retro* wig and costume on. That must be the explanation.