Introducing...

BROGAN TICE!

Brogan was born at 2:21PM on Tuesday, 5/19/09. For being almost a month early, he was a whopping 5lbs 15 ozs and 18 3/4 inches long!

So far he's been a dream baby and is in the Top 2 of cutest babies I've ever seen! ;)

2 minutes old

Holding hands with daddy. Not sure where the thick brown hair came from...since Colby was a baldy until almost 2!

I love my mommy!

Apparently my doc thinks he's funny and wrote a little message (in permanent marker!) on my belly.

"Look at this guy..."

Passed his hearing test!

First bath...not a big fan.

Under the warmer after bath. Notice the GPS tracker on his ankle!

Enough pictures daddy!

Aunt Karin and Colby "so cute"

My Little Cutie

I' ve been missing my cutie a lot the last couple days, and my sister-in-law was nice enough to send me these videos to lift my spirits...

Maybe I'm biased, but I think he's a natural! Any guitarists or singers out there looking to form a toddler band?? Oh, and while I GREATLY appreciate all the hand-me-downs we get, I have asked that the drum set not be one of them!

Sniff...sniff...I luff you too!

Easter

We had a wonderful Easter this year! When we went into Colby's room Easter morning, he was looking out his window saying the rabbit was outside. Sure enough, one was hopping across our yard!

Here's some pics, before all the excitement began:

If I don't look at him, he's not really there...

Our "little" neighborhood egg hunt!

The Easter Rabbit came...and brought cars!

Hunting eggs at Grandpa's house...he did a great job holding his own against his older cousins!

The Borch Clan...a couple hours before my hospital stay began.

Torreys about to play in the snow we got the last couple days.

Steve brought the camera to the hospital yesterday so that we would know where it is when the time comes. I found this pic on it when I was downloading the Easter ones today...made me all teary. :)

Blizzard '09

Okay, so our big blizzard was just 13 inches that was pretty much gone the next day. But, it did allow us to FINALLY break out the sled Colby got for Christmas! Daddy, Colby and a bunch of neighbor kids went down some hills behind our house.

1st Snowman!

Ski bum in the making...

Here's a short video of Colby sledding. I have to admit, there were a couple more videos of Colby going down some big hills with Daddy (including an awesome wipe-out), but I got a little trigger happy with the delete button and lost them thinking they were bad pictures. Sooo sad.

Naptime Fun

I should have known it was a little too quiet up there...

Thankfully he only used it on himself and a piece of paper he found. (Not sure where he found the marker though!)

San Diego!

We're back from our San Diego vacation and had a fabulous time. We went to Legoland, the aquarium, San Diego zoo, the beach and even got to meet up with a good friend that I haven't seen since college. It was low 60s the entire time...but the parks were pretty empty and I'd take a little chill over crowds any day!


Look at me mom!

He looks brave, but he wouldn't come close to actually touching anything...


Eek! What kind of fish is that??

The "4" of us after a super yummy Mexican dinner. We definitely had LOTS of good food in California! Thanks again for the boat Talia, Colby loves it!

Fun at Oceanside beach...yup in pants and a tee shirt!

Colby at the super fun playground in Legoland.

The lego car Colby (& daddy) built to race on the track. (No, he didn't win...)

Colby amazed us with his bravery...he rode full on roller coasters, a pirate ship that swings up in the air and twists & turns and even this beetle bounce ride that went way up in the air and dropped and bounced. He just laughed the entire time!

Colby and daddy on the airplane ride.

Horton!!



We even saw Obama's inauguration...in lego of course. (See, I do have a political side!)

Colby driving the boat and no there is no track! He did great...but I think we'll wait a while before handing over the car keys. ;)

Mommy and Colby on the helicopter.

Fountain fun! He did great just running through until the very end when he stood right in the big fountain in the middle and got soaked. He was a little chilly after that!

I think he could have just stood here all day...seriously.

And the big meltdown...can you believe Steve took a bite of his sandwich??! After about 4 non-stop days with no naps he did amazingly well though!

Here's a short video at the beach. I had a little issue with the zoom...sorry!

Chatfield (aka doggy playland)

This morning we took Torreys and her friend Karma to the dog park. We have avoided this particular park in the winter since the ice incident of 2006 (Torreys running out on the very thin ice and almost giving me a heart attack.). But we decided it was okay this year since we've had such amazing weather. (Today started out a little chilly, but is now nearly 70!)

I didn't get any great shots, but thought I'd post them anyway...

In case you're wondering, yes...this rock hit Torreys right in the head. She was fine, but that was the end of the rock throwing fun!