I'm a big slacker!

Hello! I feel like a total slacker for my lack of posts in recent months. Things in the McDermott household are slowly starting to get back to "normal". Actually we are getting into a new normal as we get used to being a family of four! Corinne is doing wonderfully. She was at the doctor last week and she is a little over 11 lbs. now. She is really getting some rolls and chubby cheeks that are so fun to pinch and kiss. She is a happy baby and pretty easy going. She reminds me a lot of Kade as a baby.

Kade is doing well also. He has taken to being a big brother and loves his little sister very much! If we can just get him to be a little more gentle we will be set. :) He is so proud of her and just wants to be close to her all the time...sometimes a little TOO close. He is still going to his preschool two days a week and loves it. He has a very nice teacher this year and couldn't be happier with "school".

We are so excited about the fall weather and the close of another season. Christmas will be here before we know it! I am not ready for that! I go back to work my two days in early October. I am nervous about being away from Corinne but I know she will be fine. Here are a few new pictures for you all.

She's here!

Corinne Mae McDermott
Born July 13th 2009 @ 9:12 am
6 lb. 10 oz 19 1/4 inches long

4th of July fun

Kade really liked the sparklers this year!
Eating ice cream while watching fireworks. Sweet smile!

Fishing fun at Moss Pond

We went fishing down at the pond in our neighborhood this evening. Kade and Rachel (our niece) really enjoyed themselves. Everyone caught some fish. I caught my first ever, I think. Kade had fun reeling them in and Rachel caught the most fish of anyone. It was really fun so enjoy some new pictures!

BUBBLES!

Hi all! Yes, we are still alive. I guess I just haven't been in the blogging zone lately. We have been enjoying the warm summer weather and anxiously counting down the weeks to the arrival of baby sister. Kade has been a real sweetie lately and we have been having lots of fun together on my days off. Everyone keeps asking me if Kade is ready for the baby. Well, it is hard to tell with a 3 year old but he seems very open to it and positive about it. We have her room pretty much ready...just need to start washing some of her sleepers, sheets, and other stuff like that. We still have some time though. I can't believe it is June already. I will try to be better about posting in the near future. :)

We have been doing some home improvement projects that I will try to get some pictures of and post on here. We had the wood on our house painted a couple of weeks ago and we LOVE it! The color to go with was a HUGE decision but it turned out so well! Scott and I are really happy with it. Last weekend Scott and his dad started a lighting project in our kitchen. We wanted to switch out he old 90's florescent lighting and have some recessed lighting put in. They got lots done in one day and we are planning to finish it up soon. I like it so much better already. They could leave it half finished and I would like it better than what was there before. I will put a finished product pic up when we are done.

Easter 2009

Kade had a very fun Easter weekend with egg hunts and time spent with family. He really "got it" this year and was excited about everything. We spent a lot of time trying to help him understand the true meaning of Easter as well. He understood a lot more of it than I thought he would.
This is him during an egg hunt at Gran's house.

The Easter bunny left Kade a tackle box at our house to go with the fishing pole he got for his B-day. He was so excited...can you tell by that big smile on his face?

Kade is three!

Our sweet boy turned three years old last week. I have been procrastinating about putting pictures up. He had a very fun CARS themed party and got lots of fun new toys. He had preschool on his actual birthday and they made him the above crown to wear for the day. He loved that! He also got to take treats in for his friends. Below is a picture of him with his new fishing pole. He really loves playing with it and can't wait to go fishing with daddy.

In other news, Kade had his 3-year well visit at Dr. Kidd's office today. He measured 50th for weight and 15th for height. I knew he was going to be a shorty. I guess he doesn't have much of a chance with Scott and I. The Dr. said he still expects Kade will be about 5ft 10in. or so but I am not holding my breath on that one :) He was very healthy overall. We are so thankful! I know there are families all over the place with children that are sick and hurting. I have purposed lately never to take for granted how healthy and alive our boy is. He is a blessing from the Lord and we feel so honored to be his parents. Thank you Lord for sharing him with us! We know he is yours!


Here he is blowing his candles out.


Aunt Steph made Kade's cake for him. She has made all of his cakes so far and does a GREAT job!