A few pics

My last Preggie pic! SOOOOOOOO ready to pop, and I DID, the next day in the middle of "the snow storm of the century!" That will be one for the books! We ended up getting about 10-ish inches, but Philly got 24" and DC got slammed with reports of up to 3 feet!


Welcome Bryce Douglas! 7lbs, 3oz, 20.5" born @ 10:11PM Saturday, Dec 19th, 2009


Proud Papa!


Daddy and Bryce (I L-O-V-E the dark hair! hehe)


Mimi with her 2 favorite grandsons! ;)


Mimi & Bryce cuddling

Bringing home Bryce

Here is a video of moments just after we brought home the baby. Brayden reacted quite positively, with giggles and kisses- and hasn't stopped loving his little brother since! Brayden likes to point out Bryce's nose & eyes and really gets a kick out of his tiny hands. He pretty much tackles Bryce in the swing or in our lap just to give very dramatic "Muuuuuuuuah!" kisses- it's adorable! We couldn't ask for a better transition!


pics to come soon!

Thanksgiving to present day!

Haha, Peak-a-boo! This is all I see of Brayden when he wants me to pick him up or he gets too close... LOL, I need side mirrors for this wide load!

WOW! It's been entirely too long since my last update on our family. There has been so much going on, so I'll keep it short and just show pictures!

We spent Thanksgiving with the Millers in Lancaster...


Cole supervises Dad basting the TWO turkeys


The Sibs... it was SOOOOOOO nice to have Cole home for a few days! We cherish every hour we get to spend with him these days! He will be shipping out in early January (site unknown) so we'll get to see him once more around the christmas holiday.


The baby bumps


The Ladies (how stinkin adorable are we?? I mean, SERIOUSLY!! )


Brayden & mommy


The new Parents-to-be (Natalie & Todd)


Baking cookies with Mimi... we ended up baking 24 dozen cookies the day after Thanksgiving as part of our annual Christmas cookie bakeoff. My portion was gone 7 days later (during the move).


We moved the weekend after Thanksgiving with MAJOR help from both sets of parents, my Uncle Craig and My pop-pop Miller (move day lunch was of course provided by grandma Miller- Chicken corn soup with ham & cheese sammies). We are all moved and unpacked AND decorated for christmas!! We love it here already! We made the move because its MUCH closer to Derek's office and we have so much more space for Brayden (and our junk...).

Our addy, incase you were wondering, is:
552 W Swamp Rd
Doylestown, PA 18901

Here is our New house! (2 bedrooms, hardwood floors, 2car garage, HUGE yard, brand new kitchen, basement- with laundry! etc.)


The Kitchen:


Part of Brayden & Baby's room:


Derek hanging the star


The Christmas Tree (and one corner of our living room) + Baby bump picture from week 37


If you're on Facebook, you know that i've been doing EVERYthing possible to "go." Its coming to the end of 37 weeks (when I delievered Brayden) and I'm VERY uncomfortable. Hopefully I'll be updating the blog this weekend with pictures of Baby #2! Check back frequently! ;)

sorry for the Delay!

Things have been getting pretty nuts with the Gearhart Gang... We are getting ready to move the weekend after Thanksgiving (YES, moving AGAIN while in the midst of "baby-ness!")

Anyway, not many pictures to post for now. Just wanted to remind everyone that if you're in the Lancaster area today (WEDNESDAY, NOV 18th) stop by Franklin and Marshall College's holiday craft show from 4-7PM. Mom and I are showing all our new things (bags/totes, cards, notepads, jewelry, etc.). If you want a sneak peak, check out our other blog: www.debandleslie.blogspot.com

Hope to get you all up today after Thanksgiving and the big move!!
Take care for now.

2 new videos...

Fall leaves (sorry about the sound on this one- someone was having their carpets cleaned and the generator is really loud...)



balloons!!

Way to go Derek!

Just a quick announcement to anyone who may not have heard:

Derek ran the 40th Annual ING New York City Marathon on Sunday. To those who may not know, a marathon is 26.2 miles... (wow!) He has been training for the marathon since January when he found out his name was chosen from a lottery. He was hoping to run with cousin Josh and out of the 5-6 guys to enter the lottery in their group of friends, ONLY Derek was picked! Hundreds of people overall enter the lottery, and Derek was told, your chances are very low to actually get chosen for the few lottery slots! HA!

He started the race off without a hitch. At the 1/2 (about 12 miles) he was on course to finish in his goal time: 3 hours and 10 minutes (the magic time needed to qualify for the Boston marathon) For those who don't do the math quickly, he essentially needed to run a 7:15 minute mile for 26 straight miles!! He ended up averaging a 7:45 minute mile to finish in 3 hours and 22 minutes!! YAY!

Although the original plan was for me to join a friend from church & take a limo to the race, we decided with all the germs out there right now, maybe it was better for me to stay home. It was unfortunate, but I think I was able to track him better from home on the computer!

Anyway, we're waiting on the professional photos to be posted since I wasn't able to catch him. I'll post those when they come. Here are the pictures of his support from home!




Congrats Babe! We're ALL very proud of you!

Our Trip to the Pumpkin Farm

This weekend, Dane and Sam came to visit! It rained ALLLLLLLL day Saturday, so unfortunately, we were FORCED to play Wii... hahaha!

On Sunday, after Derek made us a big breakfast of pancakes and bacon, we went to None Such Farm for some fall fun! We took a ride around the farm on a hay wagon, ate some apple cider donuts (YUM-O), and Brayden tried the hay maze!



Daddy leading from the inside, and Dane & Sam directing from outside!



Derek & Pumpkin Mario


Dane & Brayden w/ pumpkin Michael Jackson


Daddy & B with pumpkin Curious George & Man in the Yellow Hat


Mommy & the Bean


My hunny... =)


The BOYZ:

Fall photos

My girlfriend Suzanne is at it again! We got together the other morning for a fall shoot and here are a few of our favs:











Thank you Suzanne!!

Here's her website: http://www.collierimages.com/index2.php

You TOO can book her for YOUR special occasion!=)

Painting Pumpkins!

In our attempt to be festive this fall, we decided to let Brayden paint his pumpkin this year! =) Here's a little video of our morning!



Here are the end products:

Brayden & "Baby's" pumpkins

(mommy helped a little on Baby's =)


Daddy's pumpkin

Another Blog!

Hi everyone! I'm going to focus this blog on our family updates, so I started a new blog (with my mom) to promote and show off our crafty creations. Check it out!

www.debandleslie.blogspot.com

This weekend is our "Open House," so if you're in the Strasburg area, give us a call or stop by!!
***Saturday, Oct. 17th from 12-4***

Get a sneak peak of what we have available by checking out the site!
Thanks!

Dan's wedding in NY

Chuck and Denise came to visit this weekend and babysit the bean while Derek and I headed to Long Beach for a fellow collegue's wedding.

Here are a few pics from the weekend:


Manhattan:


The happy couple: Dan and Kyle


Drs. Flann & Heidi


Drs. Jason & Crystal Stevens


Drs. Daddy & Mommy:


The Chiro crew...



Drs. Heidi & Brian


Don't forget to look at the Brayden video from the previous post... it wasn't downloading before, so I had to try it again. =)