Thursday, June 26, 2008

June Fun










The month of June started with a typical Goguen road-trip to Herkimer NY with a stop in Washington DC on the way home to visit family and friends. Mom and Dad actually got to enjoy a night on the town in Herkimer where they actually closed the bar down! In DC the boys got to see Great-Nannie and meet cousin Johnny, and as a bonus had lunch with Aunt Claudia at Panera on our way out of town. Unfortunately Sara celebrated her birthday with a trip to the doctor when we returned home to treat a sinus infection. Since being home Benjamin attended "Bug Camp" at ImaginOn and Aunt Tami visited for week. We have been using the slip and slide and water ball to try and stay cool lately. Tyler has not started to walk, but appears to be making progress and I am sure he will surprise us soon.



Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Tyler Turns One!

It's so hard to believe Tyler is one year old already, and before you know it, Benjamin will be turning 4! This past weekend was very fun-filled and busy! Earlier in the week, Jay's Mom arrived in town, and the boys enjoyed sharing Memere time and getting together with their cousin Emmi....On Friday night, My brother, a.k.a. "Uncle Pete" arrived from Pawley's Island, SC with his girlfriend Kristi, and her daughter Sophia who we absolutely adore! Also with them was my Mom, a.k.a. "Gaga" who flew into the beach to attend and celebrate my brother's baptism on Sunday! We had a lot of fun, as the boys and we always love spending time with family when they come to town!



The weather was absolutely beautiful on Saturday, which was Tyler's actual birthday! We began the day with Benjamin having a whole cheering section of his own at his morning soccer game, with all of our family from out of town, as well as Aunt "T" and cousin Emerson also rooting him on. Benjamin is continuing to warm up to it all, but once he is in there playing, he definitely enjoys himself as you can see from the photo! We are very proud of him, and just glad he is having fun! Later in the afternoon, we held the party (with family and our neighbor's The Creech's and the Dill's) outdoors since it was such a warm and beautiful day- as you can see, Tyler hung in with the big kids and enjoyed playing (and getting wet and dirty) at the sand and water table as a one-year old little boy should!


We need to remember to turn the camera the other way when shooting a video so you don't have to view it sideways...in the mean time, since we don't know how to rotate it, please enjoy watching Tyler dig into his 1st birthday cake! He had no fear, and loved every bite! (as did his big brother!)



Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Fun Fest



Last Friday Benjamin's Preschool held their annual Family Fun Fest, with this years theme being Kids Carnival. The boys got to enjoy some ice cream, even Tyler! Tyler enjoyed the petting zoo and Benjamin jumped in the bouncy with our neighbor Abby. Sara was heavily involved in the planning and the event raised over $11K for the preschool! We are now less than a month from celebrating Tyler's 1st birthday. On Monday Tyler will be getting tubes in his ears, we are hopeful they will help like they did for Benjamin. Benjamin will be playing his first soccer game on Saturday, Daddy will unfortunately miss due to his annual golf trip to Myrtle Beach.


Tuesday, March 18, 2008

March Madness






Well the boys continue to grow and amaze us every day. Tyler had a double ear infection which finally cleared after two rounds of antibiotics and a series of shots. As you can see in the video he now talks with his "MaMa"! Benjamin is getting ready to start playing soccer this spring which should be a lot of fun! We just spent the weekend visiting with Uncle Pete at the beach and Grampa is making a quick stop in Charlotte this weekend.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

February Update
















































Unfortunately February started with a Patriots Super Bowl loss, but we were dressed and ready for the game. Memere was in town and visited for a week, as always everyone had a great time. The boys have really enjoyed playing together as you can see in the video below. We were able to register the boys for school next year at St Stephens, Benjamin will continue to attend 4 days and Tyler will be in toddlers 2 days. This past weekend Benjamin had two big outings. First he went with Dad on Saturday to watch a benefit hockey game, his friend Will's Dad played in the game and his team won. Then on Sunday he went with Mom on a date to the play "If you give a Pig a Party!" He said it was very funny and that we need to write a new book, "If you give a Wolf a Waffle!"


Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Kindermusik

Tyler started his Kindermusik classes with Mommy today, as you can see he really enjoyed the scarves. Enjoy the video of Tyler as he attempts to ride his Tonka Truck and crawls...

Thursday, January 17, 2008

GO TY LO...


Tyler's two top teeth.


Benjamin eats Daddy's B-Day Cake


Just before Christmas Tyler was just starting to crawl, now just a few weeks later he has mastered crawling and started to stand! It is amazing to watch him crawl from the family room into the kitchen and from his bedroom into the bathroom when looking for Mommy! He also has added his top two teeth to match the lower two. Benjamin has been out of school this week due to a double ear infection, Tyler decided to join in with a ear infection today. We got an inch of snow in Charlotte last night, so Tyler has now seen his first snow fall although it is gone already! A quick side note: Sara PASSED her Clinical Social Work Exam this week which was a huge accomplishment, she put in a lot of dedicated studying over the past 6 weeks- YEAH!