Daddy At Home Day

Tuesdays will officially be my day "off" from Chick-fil-A so that Emily can go to class. Therefore, I get to be home with the kids all day, enjoying all the wonderful things that come along with parenting a 19-month-old boy and a 3-month-old girl. Hopefully on these days I will have a few minutes to blog a little, especially since our blogging hasn't been quite up to speed recently.

Cole started out today day by eating a great breakfast. A couple hours later, he threw it all up, right onto the Pooh Bear that Stephen and Amy got for Cole when he was still a fetus. We'll throw it into the wash to see if it can be salvaged.

We have all been getting over various illnesses in the past few weeks, most recently a 24-hour bug that spread throughout the family, including Mimi (Emily's mom) who was here for 9 days to help with the kids while I worked and Emily took a 2-week intensive class.

Speaking of class, Emily didn't allow taking 9 credits and having a baby mid-semester deter her from getting a 4.0 this fall. We celebrated with pizza and Emily's favorite candies.

Gwen is 3 months old now and it turning into quite the lovely young lady. She isn't quite sleeping all the way through the night, but she's getting close and takes pretty good naps throughout the day. She is still a little fussy and prefers being held, but we force her to the ground once in a while for some tummy time and to give our arms a break.

Here is a video, taken today, of Gwen playing and smiling.

We are headed to Florida next Wednesday for a fun-filled adventure featuring Stephen & Emily's wedding, Chris & Colleen's Baby Shower, a Trip to Clearwater, a visit from Steve & Lindsay, and showing off Gwen to many people that haven't met her yet, including Grandma Joanne who is flying in from Arizona! I am sure a blog will be in order to summarize the trip once we get back, so check back in a couple of weeks!

Blizzard '09

Well, maybe "blizzard" is blowing it a little out of proportion, but we have had about a foot and a half of snow in the past 24 hours and it is still snowing as we are about to head off to bed. I didn't go in to work and Emily's classes got cancelled today, and the same may happen tomorrow. My parents are supposed to be flying into town tomorrow evening, so hopefully the snow will let up by then and that the runways and roads will be clear.

Cole and I took full advantage of the white out by heading outside to play in the snow. Here are some pictures of us before heading out into the cold.

Cole is intrigued by, and loves to say, "gloves".

Here he is showing off the awesome snowsuit that Uncle Chris & Aunt Colleen got him for his birthday. Thanks guys!!!

We threw some snowballs, ate some snowballs, fell over in the snow, and did some sledding. Here is a video of me pulling Cole and some of the other kids in a sled.

As you may remember from last winter, we have a hill right outside our apartment that is ideal for little kids to sled on. So Cole and I made 6 or 7 trips down the hill until Cole's face was frozen, which was our cue to head inside. Here is some video of one of our runs.


And no blog post is complete without a new picture of Gwen. She's a keeper!

Catching Up - Florida Christmas

We flew to Orlando to spend Christmas with the Roberts side of the family. To see more pictures from our Florida Christmas, visit this photo album on Facebook.

Silly Papa and Aunt Janis flew down from Michigan to hang out for a few days. Here is a video of Silly Papa meeting Cole for the first time.



Four generations of Roberts men.

We went to Rex & Ashley's church on Christmas Eve to see Paige sing.

The whole Roberts family all together for the first time.
Here we are on Christmas morning opening stockings and hanging out.


At one point we had 17 people in the house on Christmas Day. Uncle Scot, Aunt Shari, Derek, and Brendan came by for a couple hours. Joe and Candy (Ashley's parents) drove over from Lutz to have Christmas dinner with us. It was so great seeing everyone.

Here we are enjoying our Christmas Dinner.

Mission Possible: Cal & Erin Hitched

Last weekend I had the honor of officiating a wedding between my cousin, Cal, and his new bride, Erin. It was a great weekend of seeing family and celebrating Cal & Erin's lifelong commitment to one another. I even got a chance to do the Gator Chomp all over the OSU campus. The only bad thing was being away from Emily & Cole for 2 days :(

Rex & Dad at Buca di Beppo for the rehearsal dinner.

Cal & Erin giving out wedding party gifts at the rehearsal dinner.

Rex, Colleen, Mom, Dad, & Chris at a German Restaurant before the wedding.

Cal and Erin Tie the Knot!