Monday, July 29, 2013

Spring Additions

So, this is extremely belated but I wanted to introduce some babies to you who were born into the Knoell and Klocek family this past Spring.
 
My husband's sister Bridget and her husband John had their fourth baby boy on 2/18/13. Samuel Isaac Vultaggio. His older brothers are Jack, Benny, and Dominic.


 
My sister Clara and her husband Zac had a beautiful baby girl on 3/3/13. Alison Mary Wilk. She has a proud older sister, Rose.


 
My brother John and his wife Drea had a little girl on 3/26/13. Immaculae Dee Knoell. She has four older brothers: Ezra, Sebastian, Jovian, and Malachi.


... and 4 more babies are coming in October, January, and February...

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

A Glimpse

Constantine at 8 weeks old.
 
Constantine at 3 years old.
 

Hmm, not much has changed.



Tuesday, July 16, 2013

3 + 1 = A Group

Boy or girl who will it be?
Our new one is coming in early January!



Wednesday, July 10, 2013

#1 is 3!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Constantine!

 


 

 

Thursday, July 4, 2013

A Wedding

Pudge's brother, Andrew, married his love, Brittany, last month. Check out the link below to see some pictures documenting their day...



 
A cute picture of the boys after the ceremony. I hope it is not illegal to copy and paste this picture I found from the photographer's blog. If it is... um, sorry!

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Boo!

Hmm, wow, I haven't been around these parts in many moons. I don't even have the foggiest idea of what I have been up to or where I have been in the past months.
 
Have no fear though, I do remember that I have three boys who, I might add, are growing in leaps and bounds.


Joseph, our Gentle Giant. The boy is four months and is chubby as all get out. I am kind of embarrassed about it.
Heh-heh, mom, you should see what Simeon is doing...

He is sweet and very quiet and is my personal buddy. Recently, he even accompanied me to Alaska and hardly made a peep the entire trip (ok, so I remember one thing I did last month).
 
 
Our Simeon. He is like a wild horse. A beautiful wild horse. The kid is... everywhere. I can hardly tame him. His toes are made of rubber and can climb anything vertical. He has an incredible drop kick and throws a mean spiral already (ok, I exaggerate a little... but just a little).
 
 
Me thinks he will be the social one of the bunch and a classic class clown. He entertains us all every night with his tiny voice and his crazy non-stop being-ness.
 
 
Oh Constantine. He is still as crabby as ever and very particular. Try cutting his hair. He complains about every single strand of hair that lands on him. He doesn't like pictures and I rarely get him to smile. But when I do I get this...
 
 
He can be super sweet and I love him dearly.
 
I love to joke that I am surrounded by nuts! And yes, I mean this on the anatomical level.

Monday, February 25, 2013

My Three Sons


 
Baby Joseph Richard came to us one day late on a Monday night, February 11th. Constantine, surprisingly, is such a big helper and asks to hold him all the time. Simeon, on the other hand, could care less except to poke his eyes, pull his ears and and steal his pacifier, socks, shoes, blanket, bib, diaper cloth, bottle, nursing pad, blanket, etc. There have been many comical occasions when I have had to chase the little thief down while nursing and being... not so modest. And I have yet to purchase curtains for our new home... oy vey.
 
If you can believe it, we have had more questions about Joseph's name than the other two boys. They seem to be more astonished that we chose more of a mainstream name this time around and are rather disappointed that we did not follow up with say Shadrack, Meshach, or Abednego.
 
We chose Joseph simply because we thought it was cool. His middle name, Richard, is after my grandfather on my mother's side and it is also the middle name of both of John's grandfathers. My grandfather is very fond of the idea. He jokes that it took 16 grandchildren, 38 great grandchildren, and 1 great, great grandchild to finally have a namesake.
 
Joseph is a wonderful little guy. So far the consensus is that he looks like Simeon but I think he is a perfect mix of the two boys. I am looking forward to getting to know the little guy!
 
 

Thursday, January 24, 2013

17 Days...

... and counting.
 
Simeon and I realized that we hadn't taken any pictures to document Baby #3's progression.
 
So, here is one to mark the occasion.
 
We are all so excited to meet you!


Oh, one more thing, Miss/Mr. #3... you will be seeing a lot of that blue shirt of mine. It's my favorite and no one can take it away from me :-)

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

By Golly...


We are homeowners again!

We are as giddy as school children about it all.

No more tiny, brown house.

Instead, let me introduce you to our tiny, white house.

 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

#2 is 1

Happy 1st Birthday to our sweetest Simeon!
 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Four Years in the Making

I read that a 4th Anniversary, such as ours, is called the Cotton or Flower Wedding Anniversary and, of course, 46 years from now it will be considered the Golden Wedding Anniversary. Here's to hoping we are both still alive and kicking then. Or at least, walking and hearing.
 
I will refrain from all the mushy/gushy sentiments one usually says about their spouse on such an occasion and just say this:
 
 Pudge is simply the nicest damn guy I have ever met and I can't believe God blessed me with such a gift as himself.

Happy Anniversary, Pudge.
 
THEN 2008
NOW 2012 (sorry you are not in the picture, Pudge)
 

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Say Hello to My Little Friend...

Had enough of my boring baby posts yet? I know, I know... this will be my last one... maybe...
 


S/he looks a little bit like Simeon, maybe?
 

Monday, October 22, 2012

Dear Ford

Saw a relative of your's the other morning.
 
Oh, how I long to drive you again, my dear 'ol pal, F-150.
 
And, boy how I yearn for some of that Alaskan air and snow about now!
 
 

Monday, October 8, 2012

Thouest Can Walketh

Our 9 month old is not so little anymore...
 
Go Simeon!
 

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Half Way

In case you cannot tell... these are the legs of our nearly 20 week old baby.
 
 I'd like to think that s/he is doing a little jig in celebration that we are half way there!