Wearing my Daddy's hat

Me & my Daddy

Cute Kids

Austin's Wedding Debut

Austin was in my friend Josh's wedding this weekend. He was the ring bearer and the hit of the party, everyone thought that he was so cute, even though he fell twice walking down the aisle! Oh well, everyone got a chuckle out of it!

The big walk down the aisle! Isn't he handsome in his tux!

Austin and Uncle Aaron!

Austin & Mommy, it was the end of the night for Austin, he wasn't really liking the whole picture taking thing at this point in time!

Jamie, Stephanie, Josh, Andrea & Aaron. All grown up!

The Great Zoo Boo

Me and Dylan, sitting on the hay with the pumpkins!

Me and Grandma!

Me, Mommy, Kami & Dylan, sitting on the hay couch!

I think I like this Halloween thing!

Fun at the Pumpkin Patch

Austin picked out his own Pumpkin, then decided that he needed to pull the wagon that had Mommy & Uncle Aaron's pumpkins in it too.

Hmmmm...which bowling ball should I use? 

Here he goes, bowling like a big boy! 

Having fun bowling with Mommy 

Yee Haw!

Austin rode a real pony for the first time on Saturday night at the Hillsdale fair! He loved it! It's kind of hard to see because I scanned the original picture, which is a polaroid! He still looks cute, especially in his Michigan sweatshirt...

Helping Grandpa in the Pond

Austin thought he needed to help Grandpa in the pond! He's becoming quite the copy cat lately!

Going for a ride

Austin and Jackson went for a ride, courtesy of me, in my new bicycle cart! Michael got it for me for my birthday! They loved it, not to mention that it gave me a great work out!

Austin's Mohawk

I gave Austin a Mohawk when he was in the bathtub tonight! Doesn't he look cute!

Family Pictures

Here's our pictures we had taken while Michael was home! They turned out really good!

Fun at Grand Haven

Since we got to Grand Haven on Sunday night before Austin's surgery, we did a little sight seeing! We discovered that Austin does not like the lake yet, it was a little chilly, and that he really likes to watch the boats! Here's some pictures of our afternoon:


Austin standing next to the lighthouse:

Austin and Mommy at the lighthouse:

Sitting on the steps with the pier and lighthouse in the background:

Sitting on the rocks with Lake Michigan in the background:

Testing the waters of Lake Michigan and clearly not liking it!

Austin's Surgery

Austin had his ear tube and adenoidectomy surgery today. Everything went great and he is now home resting in his own environment! He did great, he's such a trooper! I'm looking forward to the future hoping that this solves all of his problems he's had lately with ear infections and everything else! Here's some pictures of my great little guy!

Here's the little guy after just arriving at the hospital. He was in his sweats getting ready to change into his little hospital gown!

All changed into his gown and ready for surgery! This is the point where Mommy started to get really nervous! I knew he was in good hands and that everything was going to be fine! He was so brave, even when they wheeled him back to the operating room! He must get his braveness from his Daddy!

Taking a nap post surgery! It took me about an hour to finally get him settled down! He freaked out a little when he was coming out of anesthesia! We couldn't see him until he was up in his room, which meant that he had to spend 15-30 minutes in recovery by himself! He was so tired!

Eating jello! His meals consisted of jello and popsicles for the day!

Didn't you know that eating jello poops you out! He was so funny, he just fell back onto the bed when he'd had enough!

Austin got to come home tonight instead of staying at the hospital because he was doing so well! A bonus for me because I really didn't feel like staying the night at the hospital either! We'll see what tomorrow brings!

Oh, the facts on the surgery! His ears were full of puss: meaning that he had ear infections in both ears. And his adenoid was 75% blocked. Allowing him only 25% space to breath! Now that it's gone I hope it will help him to not only breath a little better, but help his taste buds! He definitely got his pickiness for food from me! Thanks for everyone's support!

Austin's trip to the zoo

We went to Binder Park Zoo for Grandma Richards company picnic. We had so much fun! Here's some pictures from our day there!