Birthdays Galore!

It seems every weekend Noah has a birthday party to attend. Last weekend was his only girl friend Ella's party. It was at the Kelsey Creek Farm and they got a great tour of the farm and made a craft project and then it was time to eat, have some cake and open presents. It was a little different for Noah to pick out a gift for a girl but he was still very specific. We saw a commercial for some new type of Barbie prior to leaving for Target but since they didn't have that Barbie Noah chose a Polly Pocket instead. It's really cute to watch the kids push and shove their way in front of the birthday kid so that they'll open their gift next. They seem to be proud and maybe even enjoy GIVING now instead of only wanting to recieve. Today we went to Target AGAIN and picked up a gift for this weekend's party. It's for Harrison and since Noah is into Knights now he picked out a Knight outfit for him. Of course he pointed out all of the knights he is expecting for his birthday but I think the fact that he was satisfied with just letting me know means we're moving in the right direction!

Colton is doing well, great in fact. He seems to be getting bigger as we've moved down a drawer to fetch some of the larger outfits and he is sleeping longer stretches at night. In fact last night he slept from 10pm-5am. That was great except that I woke up at 4am and proceeded to toss and turn trying to keep myself from running into his room to make sure he was still breathing! It's so much fun having a little one again...I'll miss this baby stage when it's gone! :-(

Chris has a "little" marathon this Sunday. It's only a 27 miler through the Snoqualmie pass. He's looking forward to it as 2 miles of the race are through a tunnel that runs underground. Hopefully he won't get attacked by bats!! LOL!

Nothing new with me, I spend my days wiping spit up from my shoulders and nursing. I love it though! :-)

Colton is 2 weeks old!

Wow, that went fast!

Happy 4th!

Hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July. Usually Chris and I take Noah to Bainbridge Island for 4th of July festivities including one of the greatest "small town" parades around however this year with the new baby we stuck close to home. My mom and step-dad came over with bags of food to BBQ and our friend Michelle joined us. Later in the evening we made our way nextdoor to Phil and Melissa's where we had more food and the boys (husbands included) set off fire works. This was the first year that Noah seemed to have fun with the noise as opposed to being frightened of it. In this photo you see Sam, Ben and Noah watching the dads light the fire works from the safe distance of Phil's truck. Notice that Noah still has a sensitivity to the noise...Also Colton is gaining weight and looking more like a baby and less like an old man everyday!

Colton David's Arrival

Well Chris and I went to Northwest Hospital on Saturday evening thinking that I was going to be given a dose of medicine to help induce labor and after being monitored for 2 hours we were to be sent home with the hopes that it would bring baby in 24-48 hours. Instead they examined me and found out that I was already in labor! Things went relatively quickly after that and Colton was born the next afternoon at 1:52pm. He weighed 8lbs, 6ozs and was 20 inches long. His head was not as big as Noah's (thank God!) and his hair is lighter and there is a lot less of it! It will be interesting over the next few weeks to watch him grow!! So far he is eating well and I feel great so we are a happy bunch here at the Twardzik Household! I'll be posting new pictures very soon so please check back!

Bridle Trails Party in the Park

Today Chris helped a client keep his pace during a 30K fun run at Bridle Trails in Kirkland. His client is training to qualify for the Boston marathon and has asked Chris to help him by running with him. Chris and Peter finished the race in 2 hours and 40 minutes and were pleased with their time! Noah and I met them after the race for a yummy pancake breakfast and also to see the various other going ons at the park! We got to watch knights joust each other (Noah was so thrilled!) and there were frisbee catching dogs and a couple of rodeo shows too! Noah got to ride a pony and got his face painted! After a such a fun morning we stopped by Costco for hopefully the last stock up before this baby arrives! When we got home I planted myself firmly on the couch because I was EXHAUSTED!

The start of our blog

Well now that we have baby boy #2 coming into the world soon I thought I'd do my best at keeping as many family members up to date to our going ons!

Noah is doing well and is really big for his age, taller than most of the boys in his class. His vocabulary increases every day and he is currently really loving transformers and Spiderman. Once the baby arrives I'll be staying at home with the both of them and Noah will be going to preschool just twice a week for half days. We've met a ton of really great friends here in Snoqualmie where we moved in January and Noah and I both have a great circle of people for fun playdates!

Chris is working HARD at Renew Fitness which is in Bellevue. Some days he leaves the house a little after 5am and returns home right before 9pm. Hopefully we'll be seeing more of him this summer as his schedule becomes a little more bearable! He is doing really exciting things in his industry though and has recently become an ambassador for Lululemon which means that he'll be featured on their website as a local athelete and he gets to try out all their clothes and give feedback! He is still running in crazy races including a 50 MILE race near our house. For this some other companies have been in contact with him regarding sponsorships! He loves pushing himself and Noah and I love to watch!

I am currently finishing up a contract position at Microsoft and am waiting for this little one to join us! We decided on Colton David Twardzik for his name and have almost finished putting together the nursery! I'm really looking forward to a summer with my boys and fun times in and around our neighborhood.

Hope everyone gets a chance to look at this blog every once in awhile to see recent photos and catch up with us! Talk soon!