Weston Michael

Weston Michael Spiers

 9 pounds 3 ounces and 21 inches long

He is the perfect baby and we feel blessed to have him as the newest member of our family.

When Megan was pregnant, the doctor didn't think he would make it past the first trimester and the first time

 we heard that heart beat it meant the world to us.  We know he is an extra special little guy.  Shortly after

being born the doctor referred us to a pediatric cardiologist because she heard a heart murmur during his

first checkup.  We got right in with the most amazing cardiologist who told us he has an  "innocent pulmonary

ejection murmur" that shouldn't effect him in the long term.  We will be taking Weston back in to see the

Cardiologist in 2 months.  We truly feel the Lord has blessed us with this sweet tough baby boy!

Addison loves her little brother and has been so tender with him.  I am seriously

lucky to have two really good kids.  Addison got to share a picture of  her

brother with her preschool class and bonded with all the other little girls who

have baby brothers and they love to talk about the things their brothers do.  She

also got a pair of black sparkle Toms shoes from her baby brother and her

favorite movie 'Despicable me', so that wasn't too shabby either.

Weston was over due 3 days and luckily Megan

was induced and was only in labor for 7 hours and

was up and moving around by that afternoon.  The

recovery this time around has been much easier.

Grandma Linda came and stayed with Addison

while Megan and Ryan were in the hospital with

Weston and Addison was in heaven.

We are now just trying to settle and get through the busy holiday schedule!

Addie part 2

After over hearing me talking about all the things I am currently stressed out about Addie says to me.....

A: "Mom, I am going to glue all the pieces of your heart back together and here's some water for the fire in your soul. Now you'll never be sad again!"

I honestly don't know where she comes up with these things.

Favorite Addie quotes

singing on her microphone while the cleaners were at the house "this one is for the cleaners" proceeding to makeup a song and sing it over the mic to the cleaners who don't speak a word of English

Doing cannonballs in the pool "Mom, watch my bowling ball"

cleaners are back and A is outside swimming "Hey, The Cleaners, watch my trick"

me: Addie, I can't understand you
Addie: sigh "I can't understand myself"

Talking to a girl her same age at Target
" I love your cute little voice"

Grandma driving Addie to dance and misses the turn
"Grandma, you are not a very good getter"

Uncle McKay threatens to shoot all the bunnies he sees in the backyard to tease Addie. We come home one day and see a bunny hop across the front yard

Me: Tell KK you saw a rabbit in the front yard

A: No, it was a deer not a rabbit

Me: what are you talking about? It was a rabbit

A: No, no, no, no it was a deer (trying to throw Mckay off, so he wouldn't hurt the bunny)

Mckay threatens again to shoot the bunnies in the yard

A: That bunny has sharp teeth and will bite you

I can't believe my little girl will be 4 next week! She is a crack up and is so quick witted, she always has us rolling. I would like to be better at recording all the cute and funny things she says, so I can always enjoy this time in our life.

It's a boy!

We are so exciting that we will be expecting a new little BOY to join our family the end of November! Addison guessed she would be having a brother, so she was really excited and said she can't wait to teach him how to "dance like a robot". I am sure it will be awesome.

I am excited for something completely different but currently everything we own is purple and sparkly, so we will have to work on that!

So excited!

Mother's Day

i am so incredibly fortunate to have megan in my life. when it comes right down to it, in addies day to day life, i play a supporting role at most. i come home at the end of the day and everyone is excited to see me and i gget to hear the highlights of the day. we play for a little while and i read bedtime stories. i come out relatively unscathed from the daily battles in the trenches of toddler warfare. over the past few days, however, i have been fortunate to have some extra time at home, and to get a better glimpse of what life at home is like. here is what i have learned. 1. all the little things that lead me to believe we have a gifted little girl, are due in substantial part to the dutiful cultivation of an amazing mother. 2. toddlers are exhausting in every possible way and it takes a saintly disposition to survive day to day. meg will dispute this one, but she has just such a disposition. 3. the traits i most admire and love about megan, addie is taking on, and i somehow admire and love them more in the process. 4. mothers deserve to be treated better, by children and spuses alike. 5. i love megan more now than i ever have in the past, and i never thought that was possible.

happy mothers day sweetheart.

Happy 5 Year Anniversary to Ry.

We have lived in 3 states 3 countries and driven across the country 4 times, drove from California to Alaska and back and seen Visited 11 (maybe more) different countries. And added our little Addie to our life. We really have enjoyed the last 5 years to the fullest and can't believe that we are about to start the next big phase of our life with so many crazy changes on the way, I am sure it will be just as exciting. I love you and couldn't imagine even one day without you in it.

Our Roman Holiday: Day two

Vatican City


































The second day we decided to dedicate the whole day to the Vatican and St. Peters Basilica, totally worth it! I had found this incredible guide to the Vatican City that even had insiders tips of how to get there via the train and what to say or what to do to make sure you see everything and skip pointless lines and re-entries so may I suggest Ron in Rome if you are ever coming to Rome. http://www.roninrome.com/

As we were walking down one of the numerous halls lined with statues of mostly naked men Addie said "Mom, ask me about these statues" I said Okay tell me about these statues to which she responded "I think they forgot to put pants on". We got such a great laugh out of that. Her commentary was honestly the best part. She also said while looking around at all the crosses "Mommy, Jesus has the bleeds" it was very tender.

Highlights:

Sistine Chapel, its a much smaller room and much different than expected but really amazing wants you sit down and just look at the ceiling in order, really incredible.

The spiral staircase just so cool!

The hall of Constantine, it was really incredible. The whole vibe of the room was just so interesting especially after all the research we did on Roman history.

However the Gallery of Maps was by far one of my favorite rooms, it was almost too overwhelming to take it all in.

But being surrounded by amazing works of art Michelangelo, DaVinci and Raphael, it was just amazing.

St. Peters Basilica was so big and gold and on display is the famous statue of Mary holding Jesus, Pieta by Michelangelo really was beautiful.

We really enjoyed the whole experience and I was so excited to acutally be there surrounded by so much history.