The Wade Family

album 07/03/09 (23 photos), by tracy wade

2009-07-03T14:47:00.001-07:00

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Christopher can swim!

2009-07-03T14:43:00.000-07:00

So he is loving the water this year. A big change from last year. Papa has a pool at his place and we have gone there a few times. We also go to the pool every monday as a field trip with the kids at school. He has his swimmies and tends to stay where he can reach, but he has started kicking his legs and dog paddling. I am so proud of him. He has sure built his confidence in the water

Sorry!

2009-07-03T14:36:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted in a while the Wade family has been busy. A few quick updates:
* Mike and I celebrated our 6 year wedding anniversary on May 17th. I really can't believe it has been that long.
* Mike's sister Katie graduated high school on June 1st! We are all very proud of her.
* I celebrated my 27th birthday with my family and friends. Had a great day although I was really missing my grandpa this year...(we shared a birthday)I got some very nice things from my family and my kids at school.
*Christopher graduated preschool! He will be starting Kindergarten in the fall. Not quite sure where though..still working on that. The school that he is supposed to go to doesnt have transpotation to daycare so I am trying to get a transfer to the school that does. It's actually the same elementary school that I went to.

so thats the quick updates. The kids are getting big and suprising me all the time with the new things they are learning to do....

SOOOOOO.....

2009-05-08T06:50:00.000-07:00

I finally got my new car!!!!!! i am so excited.... We haven't sold the truck yet, but we are working on it. I need to take pictures so we can list it on Craig's list, but he weather hasn't been cooperating this week. So I haven't taken any of the car yet either. I am hoping the weather will cooperate today and since I am home with a sick kid I can get out there and take pictures of both of them. But I ended up with a 2002 Toyota Rav4. I absolutely LOVE IT!!!! Its blue and 4 doors, has a sunroof and power windows, locks, a alarm, and much more. I feel like I have really stepped up in the world :)We ended up driving 2 hours last Saturday to look at some cars we had seen on craig's list, but that ended up being a waste of time. We found a few others at some nearby dealers and decided to head out on Sunday in the rain to look at them. We looked at a couple but I kept getting drawn back to this one. So in the end that was the one I got. I am so blessed to have a husband that has worked his butt off to buy me my new car. So that is my mother's day present as well as my anniversary present and I couldn't ask for anything else from him

Easter 2009

2009-04-12T16:18:00.000-07:00

We had a busy Easter weekend. We spent Saturday baking deserts and coloring eggs. Marissa didn't want to help color the eggs so it was just Christopher and I. We had fun. Christopher enjoyed coloring on each of the eggs before choosing which color to drop the egg in. He also decided he wanted to see what the egg looked like so we cracked one open. He even tried it and said he liked it which completely shocked me! The Easter bunny decided to hide baskets instead of a scavenger hunt this year. Just seems easier to keep the scavenger hunt for the years it is just Christopher. The years we have Marissa she has to be home by 9 AM. So the morning just seems rushed. The Easter bunny was good to both kids and they got 2 coloring books, a new box of crayons, a movie, magnifying glass, candy, chocolate bunny, chalk, and a pinwheel. Marissa also got some socks and a cross necklace and Christopher got some spider man tattoos and a power ranger sticker book. We had a light breakfast before Marissa left and then we got ready to go over to my mom's for a egg hunt and a early dinner. I just love seeing my nieces and they looked so cute in their Easter dresses. Christopher was mister speedy at finding his eggs I guess next year we have to hide them a bit harder. He told Nana she was a "great hider" though! We had a great Easter even though we missed papa!(hope you are enjoying your visit in FL)
Love and Miss everyone. Enjoy the pictures!

King and Queen of Concordia 2009

2009-04-12T16:11:00.000-07:00

Well we had a coin drive fundraiser at Christopher's school. Basically the child who brought in the most money from each class was choosen to be the prince/princess of their class. Christopher was the prince of the 4's class mainly because nobody else from his class participated so I threw in $10 for him. Anyways the prince and princess for each class recieved a sash and crown to wear to the king and queen ceremony. All the other children were sitting in the chapel area and all the prince and princess walked in. Each prince and princess chose a card off a table. only 1 card had a king symbol and only one had a queen symbol. The kids picked 1 and then they all revealed. Drum roll please....................................The king was CHristopher!!! Only he was't too thrilled. I probably could have kept my $10 for the fit he threw. He didnt want the crown or sash, didnt want his picture, etc. I think he was just embaressed by all the attention. Anyway I got a few pictures but my camera was acting up so they arent the best.

Cherry Blossoms

2009-04-05T16:11:00.000-07:00

Mom and I took the kids down to DC to see the cherry blossoms. They are absolutly beautiful and they were in their peak bloom this weekend. The weather was absoulutly perfect. I guess everyone thought so too since it was packed down there...so much so that there was a line that we had to wait in for 10 minutes just to get into the metro to come home. It was a great day and the kids had fun especially when they were able to run about and climb this big tree over by the monument. Christopher thought the monument was very cool and kept calling it the big castle....He really enjoyed watching some people fly kites. Mom says one year we will actually go when they have the big kite flying day...Took lots of pictures so enjoy!

Happy Birthday Christopher!

2009-03-28T13:22:00.001-07:00

My baby is officially 5! We celebrated his birthday with a nice party at home. Even though it was raining and we didnt get to enjoy the moonbounce the kids still had fun. Mom and dad came as well as Cindy, Michael, Kim, Aexis, Katherine, Bobby, and Ms.Lacy. We had a nice day filled with hamburgers,hotdogs, fruit, chips, macaroni salad, and of couser a very yummy birthday cake from costco's. Christopher recieved everything he wanted. He got a Nitendo Ds and game from us, a case for the ds and a game from mom, a bike from dad, a football and sprinkler from Michael and Kim, Money and perfection game from Grandma Cindy, a bakugon and coloring book from Ms. Lacy, and a gift card from Bobby and Ms. Kathy. He also recieved gift from our family and friends that couldn't be with us...a BIG THANK YOU to Grandma Carol for his red ninja turtle robot-He was very excited!
Aunt pat for all his hot wheels-He's already been in the bathroom changing the colors on them :)
Aunt Katie for his Trackster car he can't wait to play it online,
Grandpa Pete for his 1st real putter and balls-daddy has to take him out now!
Aunt Kathy for the $5 he was excited to see the 5 on the card and money....
Uncle Justin and Aunt Laurie for his book of prayers we cant wait to learn some new ones.

Even though the weather didnt cooperate with us it still turned out to be a good day spent with family and friends. Thanks to everyone!!! We Love and miss you all!

Happy Valentine's Day

2009-02-14T07:16:00.000-08:00

I woke up to a beautiful arrangement of flowers from my hubby today. He is the sweetest...He didnt even get home from work til 3 in the morning, but still managed to bring me home something....Gotta love him.... Christopher was given a stuffed dog and box of chocolates from me and daddy. He loved them and gave me a big hug and said thank you. We enjoyed some yummy heart shaped french toast. So its been a great morning....I have NO plans today. I feel like poo! I hope everyone has a great day!

SNOW!!!!

2009-01-27T11:03:00.000-08:00

I have waited all winter for our 1st snow....I was very excited that we finally got some today. I was really wishing for a snow day, but nope schools were open which meant I had to go in. So Christopher and I got ready for work/school and off we went. By this point it was really coming down and the roads have not been treated or plowed yet. So we take it sloooooow....slipping and sliding but I am ok I have control...until we get to this big hill...there is a truck off to the side that everyone has to go around, but its only a 2 way road...so everyone is stopped...well I am sliding toward the car in front of me tap the breaks and pull onto this side street....I was a mess...shaking and crying I really thought I was going to crash...there was no way I was making it down that hill...so I called work..I am very blessed to have a wonderful boss who through my crying was able to calm me down and told me not to worry about coming in just to head on home....So we head on home slipping and sliding the whole time...45 minutes commute for what would normally take 5-10 minutes...So I got my snow day after all....although it started off very rough we ended up having a blast...Christopher loves eating the snow and couldnt wait to go out and make a snow angel....I am so glad that he still had his snow suit from last winter (THANK YOU GRANDMA!!!!!) and it still fits him.... we bundled up this afternoon and headed out for a bit with his buddy down the street. the boys had fun but we only lasted about 15 minutes before Chrisopher was freezing....they are calling for more snow this afternoon, but I hope the ice they are also calling for holds off. I don't want any of that stuff. Here are some pictures from the snow. Enjoy!

Christmas

2008-12-27T14:05:00.000-08:00

Christopher loved Christmas this year....he had been counting down on his advent calendar all month and couldnt wait! Chritmas eve was spent at home just the 3 of us(we dont get Marissa til Christmas day at 6pm!) We had a nice dinner and then Christopher was allowed to open 1 gift. Of course that gift was new pjs to wear to bed....He wasnt very excited, but I explained that we have to have new jammies for Christmas morning. He loved them and was very excited to wear them after hearing that. I messed up though and bought them a size too big...so we just rolled them up! After opening the present we put out our cookies and milk for Santa and sprinkled our reindeer food outside on the yard for the reindeer(can't forget about them) we enjoyed reading "The night before Christmas" before it was off to bed. Someone was a little too excited and it took him almost a hour to fall asleep! He was up bright and early too. He couldnt wait to see what Santa had brought him. Santa was very good to both the kids. Christopher got a batcave, a robot, a remote control car, a game, new transformer sheets, and some other toys. Marissa got alot of craft kits. We went over to moms house where Christoper got lots more toys and a new outfit and jammies. Both kids got mp3 players from nana which they haven't put down! Mike's family cam over in the evening and the kids got even more stuff. Marissa was very quick to put everything away! Mike and I had a great christmas as well bought ourselves a nitendo ds and several games....we have been hooked since Christmas.Christopher wants to play all the time too. He says the only thing he didnt get for Christmas was a DS! maybe we will buy him one for his birthday. It was a great day for everyone. We have been very blessed this year! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a very happy new year! Here are some pictures.

She's getting so big!

2008-11-16T14:01:00.000-08:00

We got the chance to introduce Marissa to Katherine yesterday. She's growing so fast! Mom got a few pictures of all the kids together so I thought I would share them with you!

Halloween

2008-11-16T13:34:00.000-08:00

I don't have too many pictures this year. Christopher was sick so we did a short version or trick-or-trating this year. Good news was that we had Marissa this year. Bad news was her motehr wouldn't let her come early so I didnt buy her a costume, but her a Mike made it home right when we were beginning so she got to come with us, just without a costume. Christopher was batman. He loves his costume and runs through the house with it. He actually has 2 costumes because my grandma bought him a dark knight costume and I bought him a batman one. Snoopy was a witch, but didnt want to wear her costume so Diego did. Our tradition of having Kim and Alexis over and getting Chinese for dinner was broken this year. COnsidering Kim had just got home from the hospital with Katherine she didnt want to bring her out. I don't blame her, but did miss trick-or-treating with my neice. I was going to visit them on my lunch break, but since my baby was sick I didn't want to bring any germs over. All and all it was a good night. Christopher was so funny telling everyone who called him batman to call him "MICHAEL" I have no clue where he got that from. We have more candy than we need, but eventually it will be gone wheter it gets eaten or not. It has another week and then its going in the trash...I am kinda tired of looking at it.

Katherine has arrived!

2008-10-27T17:38:00.000-07:00

My neice has arrived! Katherine Danielle made her entry into this world at 4:27 pm weighing 7 lbs 13 oz and 19 3/4 inchs long! Mom and baby are both doing great. Christopher was very excited to meet her and said that he can't wait to see what she will be when she grows up!

October

2008-10-24T16:37:00.001-07:00

I can't believe that its been so long since I last posted...I kinda forgot my password and since I am using Mike's email I had a hard time resetting it. Anyways...October has been a busy month. Between all the birthdays, work, and getting ready for halloween. The kids are great! Marissa just celebrated her 9th birthday!!!!! The best part of her turning 9 is that she was with us. She has never spent a birthday with us. We had a nice party over at grandma Cindy's. She got a new bike from us and about $100! She loved going to toys r us to spend that money. Christopher is still my little clown. Always doing or saying something to make me laugh. His new thing is writing and drawing. He writes everything and loves to draw. He now can write his whole name and is very proud that he can write it. He says his "2nd name" is very long, but has no complaints about writing his last name. They are working on learning all thier letters at school and he gets homework every week. Its hard for me to believe that my baby is doing homeowrk. He has had a busy month at school with the firetruck visiting and a field trip to the pumpkin patch. He actually went to 2 different pumpkin patches in 3 days! Mom and I decided to take both the kids to the pumpkin patch last sunday and although it was cold the kids had fun. Christopher had a hard time deciding which pumpkin he wanted he had to get the"best one". Then they got to come home and carve it. That was fun. Mike is supposed to carve the other ones that we have since he has the talent to carve them. Christopher has also been on me about decorating the house for halloween. So we will be doing that this weekend. I have some exciting news...My brother and his girlfriend are expecting their daughter on monday! I can not wait to meet my new neice Katherine Danielle. Kim is scheduled to be induced 1st thing monday morning and mom will be in the delivery room as Katherine makes her entry. I will be sure to post a update when she arrives!

it's been a while!

2008-09-06T16:53:00.000-07:00

We have been busy as you can tell since I haven't posted in almost a month! It's hard to find the time to do anything since I am back at work full time 9-6. There are not enough hours in the day! Especially when the boy has HOMEWORK!!! I can't believe my baby is doing homework already. He is doing great in preschool and making lots of new friends, even if he says he doesn't need any new friends he already has some! Marissa is now in 4th grade and likes her teacher, although some kids have been giving her a hard time. I am teaching the 3 year old class which is a big step up from the nfants I was with before! We took a nice vacation after working so hard ans we went camping or should I say Christopher went with mom and dad for Labor day. I went down for 1 night and we had fun. Christopher had fun fishing, swimming, hiking, chasing the camp ground's cat, and playing mini gof. I took a few pictures and will post some as soon as I get a chance to upload to the computer. We are having cake with family tomorrow to celebrate Mike's B-day 2 more years til the big 3-0!!!!!! I have already started planning the big celebration! Thats about all that has been happening around here. I promise I will try and post a little more....

Colorful baths and Fearful four

2008-08-12T12:03:00.000-07:00

The kids found a new "toy" for bathtime. Colorful water! We picked up some color dotz made by crayola on our last trip to Walmart. The kids love them. You simply just drop 1 or 2 into your bath and it changes the color of the water. So far we have had a green bath, purple bath, orange bath, and a red pool. They love watching the 2 colors mix to make a new color. Christopher has learned that yellow and blue make green. He can also tell you that red and yellow make orange, although not a very orangy orange. Marissa loved teasing papa by tossing a couple red ones into the pool when he wasn't looking and they both cracked up when papa asked "what happened to the water?" They really thought they were slick and pulled a fast one on papa.

Christopher and Marissa both went to Grandma Cindy's house to spend the night until thursday. Well that didn't last long. Christopher was fine all day, but when I called to tell him goodnight it was meltdown. He wanted to come home. He missed me and wanted a hug. Well let me tell you that broke my heart! Cindy lives about 45 minutes away, so I really didn't want to rush over and scoop him up. Even though I know that he is going through something right now. He did the same thing we he spent the night at my moms a few weeks ago. Luckily she lives 10 minutes away. Well we gave it a bit and he still was upset, so Mike being the great Husband and father that he is went to meet his mom to pick up Christopher. Marissa is still there and having a blast. I don't know what it is about 4, but he is scared of everything. He has to check the doors at night to make sure they are locked. He needs to be reassured there are no MONSTERS or BAD GUYS. I know it's just a stage and I know he will get past it. I don't like seeing my baby scared and afraid of everything.

Mike spent the weekend putting new siding, windows, and storm doors up at our neighbor's house. He did a great job. He really enjoys doing jobs like that and is looking for more to do. I am getting ready to go back to work. I am really excited. I am going back to where I started and I am going to be teaching 2's to start with. Christopher will be in the Pre-K class. He is not too sure. But he has a wonderful teacher who is one of my great friends (she actually was the maid of honor in my wedding!) So I know he is in good hands. I will keep everyone posted. We have plans to go camping Labor day weekend so I am sure I will have more great stories to share.

The past week

2008-08-05T15:56:00.001-07:00

The past week hasnt been very busy...we or should I say I did alot of laundry to catch up after our mini vacation, which Mike still is giving me crap about! Marissa went home on thursday and she will be back this thursday for another week..we can't wait!!! Christopher got a new toy box from a guy that Mike did a job for and he loves all the new toys that came with it. We had to throw a few away, but he got some very nice new toys. We enjoyed visiting with a child I used to teach and her mom...Christopher loved swimming in the pool and even let me take him down to the deep end on a noodle. We went and got some new shoes for Christopher as his were falling apart...He wanted Sketchers, but he is at the weird size where he isnt toddler and not quite big boy...can you believe that my baby wears a size 12!!!!???? Marissa is only wearing a 1. So they didnt have any in his size...So we settled on some really cute ones from Target...
Guess what I have some really good news....I got a JOB!!!! I start on august 18th and I am really excited....I will be the lead teacher for the 2's and 3's.. I will keep you updated. Well thats all the happenings on the Wade front this week. I am sure I will have lots of fun stories next week as it's always a adventure with Marissa and Christopher together....

Camping and Kings Dominion

2008-07-29T13:46:00.001-07:00

We just got home from a busy couple of days. We left Sunday to go down to Virginia to the camp ground that I grew up camping at. The kids loved it. We went on a nature walk and played on the playground. Marissa loved finding bugs and frogs! She found 4 little frogs and 1 big frog. She also "babysat" the guy at the campground's cat, Jack. She took this job very seriously as Jack kept trying to run away and climb a tree! We went to the pool and Marissa showed us all her tricks, going under water, flips and headstands. She loved swimming under the water. Christopher was very hesitant and did NOT want to get in past the step. I had to coax him in slowly. But once he realzied he could touch there was no stopping him. He was walking back and forth and even jumped in a couple of times(to Nana). He slowly started showing off, jumping and doing "tricks". We went back to the campsite and Christopher really liked helping nana start the fire. He thought that breaking the sticks and putting them in the fire ring was the coolest thing. We had the traditional hotdogs and hamburgers and then went on a hunt for sticks. They both found great marshmallow sticks and we made Smore's. Then it was time for bed. We went to King's Dominion on Monday. Got there as soon as it opened. The kids were so excited, Christopher has never been to a amusement park. There was one bad part. I got stung by a bee! As soon as we got there we were walking and I felt something in my hair so I went to get it out, well it was a bee. My thumb has been swollen since yesterday and it is itchy and sore. Marissa got her picture taken with Spongebob and Patrick, Angelica, and Scooby doo! Christopher didnt want to, but he did wave. Christopher didnt want to do much. We did make him go on a few rides but he wasnt happy about it. Both kids loved the wave pool. It was hard to get them out of it. We went on one water slide, but I was afraid Christopher was going to fall out so it wasnt too enjoyable. We spent the whole day there and were exahusted when we left, but everyone had a GREAT day. Even after being out in the sun all day the kids wanted to go swimming when we got back to the campground. We all had a great weekend and I am looking forward to going back to the campground with Mike for Labor Day weekend.

Lemonade Stand

2008-07-26T05:44:00.001-07:00

We had a lemonade stand yesterday. The kids and their friend from down the street did a great job. They made signs and did most of the work all by themselves. Marissa and "B" walked the neighboorhood recruiting and Christopher ran the table. They all had a job. Christopher was very good about yelling " Lemonade 25 cents" although he had to ask me a few times "what do I say again mom?" Marissa did the money, and "B" poured. They were a great team and nobody complained. I am VERY proud of them. They made a total of $28. Although I put in $10 to start with and "B's" mom put in $5. We still have some lemonade left, so we might just set it again this morning and see if the kids can make a few more dollars. Marissa and Christopher are using their share of the profit to have some spending money at King's Dominion.

1st time rollerskating

2008-07-25T10:54:00.000-07:00

The kids had their first experience on rollerskates today. It was fun to watch. Neither one could keep their balance! Marissa held her own, but spent alot of time either in the grass of on her hands, knees, or bottom! Christopher had a death grip on me the whole time. But was laughing and smiling the whole time that I was rolling him around. After about 10-15 minutes the skates came off. I was done, my back was killing me. They weren't the only ones who had trouble though. Most of the other kids were grabbing onto any adult they could for support. It really was a sight. All and all everyone had a blast!

Some of Christopher's favorite things!

2008-07-24T09:57:00.000-07:00

Thought I would post some pictures of Christopher doing some of the things he loves to do!

Christopher loves his swords...He is never without them!

He loves looking at his books. This is how I found him the other night. I had told him to go and look at books for 10 minutes til bedtime. Walked in his room and he had pulled a whole bunch out. Gotta say he did clean them up...

Christopher loves to wrestle....Anyone and everyone who will fight with him! Here we are having a wrestling match on the bed and had stopped for a minute. He is a mommy's boy!

He also loves tools! any tool...Daddy has been letting him use his power tools while we have been fixing the house up.

Christopher's injury

2008-07-23T12:35:00.001-07:00

Well We had a eventful morning. We headed out to VBS and when we got there Christopher opened the door and we went in. Well I was talking to another teacher and then walked in to put my keys away. Next thing I know he is asking for a bandaid. I look over at him and his big toe is bleeding ALOT. No tears or anything. Well I scoop him up and take him into the bathroom and my friend helps me wash his toe off and then we put a bandaid on. Not even 5 minutes and the blood has soaked through the bandaid. well I knew right then that we had to see somebody. I called the dr and they saud to go to the ER. So off we went. 1 1/2 later and we were out of there with my poor baby having his big toe "glued" with dermabond. He has a pretty nasty cut on the big toe and its bruised up but he was tough. gotta keep shoes on so the glue stays, but he seems to be doing ok.

My 1st blog

2008-07-23T12:23:00.000-07:00

Wow I am joining the era of blogging. I am very new at this, but figured I would give it a try. Now we will just see how much I actually post.