Happy 3rd Anniversary Ryan & Dee!!

Hope you guys have a great day!

Happy Mother's Day Dee

Well kids as you know next Sunday is Mother's Day!  I know you are going to think I am crazy but I think Mother's Day is the best holiday of the year!  It is amazing to me how Mom's can put up with as much as they do and still love their kids/husbands unconditional!  It takes someone special and we should all be thankful for our mothers...spend some quality time talking or spending time together so you don't regret it 30 years from now!

I thought since there are so many in our lives I would honor one a day this week and what better way to start then with the newest Mom...Dee!

Happy Mother's Day Dee...year one!

Baby Stephanie

Grandma Clark was here for Stephanie's birth and stayed to help for a couple weeks then Grandma Hagadorn came down!  Your Grandparent Clark's were living in Africa at the time so Grandpa Clark didn't make the trip until Christmas.

 

But first a couple pictures of Griffin!

 

Auntie Stephanie or Mimi??

 

This is the room that Dee had and now you stay in here from start to finish including the baby!  It is huge and very nice (includes a Jacuzzi) but I am sure Dee was ready to go home!

Grandma and Nana?

 

 

Stephanie was born November 23, 1985 so I was 25 and your mother was 27.

 

 

The next generation and the tradition continues!

Well kids as you know yesterday January 28, 2013 Ryan and Dee welcomed their baby to the world!  Henry Griffin Hagadorn was born at 9:45am at 6lbs 10oz and 191/2" long.  Both mom and baby are doing well and even Ryan survived the birth!  Your mother was a wreck because she didn't make it to the hospital on time but she sure tried.  I am sure there will be lots more pictures and stories each day but for now I will leave it at this.

 

As you know we can never remember if I am Henry the 8th or if Ryan is Henry the 8th but either way we all have different middle names so we truly are not the 8th...but it is fun to talk about it.  I really think it's me because everyone always sang that song to me when I was growing up...I am Henry the 8th I am...

Your mother and I even went one step further by calling Ryan by his middle name instead of Henry.  Well Ryan and Dee have kept up the new tradition and will call their son Griffin.  BTW in case some of you that read the blog didn't know Griffin is Dee's maiden name.

The picture below is when Ryan was born...4 Henry's were alive then as they are today...Henry D (your grandfather), Henry S (your great grandfather), Henry A (me) and Henry R (Ryan).

 

Congrats Ryan and Dee!  Enjoy everyday as you show and teach Griffin the world...there is no better feeling!  Oh yea and take plenty of pictures so you can embarrass him with a POD of your own in 25 years!!

Baby Shower

Well kids as you know (since you all showed up) yesterday was Ryan & Dee's baby shower.  Although I gave them a hard time because I think this is a girly thing and I didn't know why I had to go...it turned out very nice and Cynthia did an excellent job putting it together!

There were some baby games, lots of food and a ton of gifts!! 

 

After the shower we had several of the out of town and local folks over for a fire, hot dogs and a few cocktails...which I will share with you in another POD.  It ended up being a long day for everyone and by the end of the night Dee was wore out and to be honest it is after 10pm and so am I so I will populate some pictures and keep it short.  There are over 300 pictures so I tried to picked some of the best ones...hopefully.

 

Fun time, great guest and spoiled soon to be parents!!