The Dube Family

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Father's Day

I have to say I am truly blessed to have such an amazing husband who is the BEST father to our children! He is such a patient and loving father. Cami and Noah are two very lucky kids to have Neal as their daddy!

Daddy-Daughter date night!

Father's Day 2011

He's Here!

Noah Thomas Dube made his entrance into the world on May 28, 2011 at 6:47 pm. He was 6 lbs 15 oz and 21 1/2 in. It all started that morning at 7:00 am as my water started to break. Neal was at work, so I was stuck at home by myself trying to get ready, get Cami some breakfast and get her dressed, finish packing our bags for the hospital, start some laundry, call my parents to come watch Cami and the dogs, etc, etc, etc. We finally got everything ready to go and as we said our goodbyes to Cami before leaving for the hospital we told her we were going to have baby Noah and we would bring him home soon. She replied with "can we keep him?" The cutest and sweetest thing ever!

At the hospital I had a fabulous nurse

take care of me. She even brought me Popsicles!

Taken while in labor. Yes, I'm smiling-

epidurals are GREAT!

Meeting her baby brother for the first time! Cami was so excited to meet him. She was super sweet and gentle with him. She kept saying "awwww!"

My favorite picture from the day!

Such a sweet sister from the very beginning!

First family photo

I'm not sure why Cami is making this face

in this picture, I guess because

she's a 2 year old...

Time to go home!

We're home!!!

Look at Maddie checking Noah out!

We are so in love with our little man!

Noah's Room

Here are a few pictures of our little man's room. I really can't take any credit for this room as Neal did most of the work. All I did was have a vision and Neal brought it to life. My favorite part of the room is the two painted canvas' above the changing table. Those are both original works by Neal. Such a talented guy :)

Here is the last pregnancy shot of me...4 days before I went into labor. I was almost 37 weeks in this picture. My belly was huge! Much bigger belly than the first pregnancy!

Preschool Program

Our little girl is growing up way too fast! She is almost 3 years old! She is at the perfect age right now and I wish I could freeze time and keep her this little and precious forever! At the end of May Cami graduated from her 2 year old preschool class and had a little program to celebrate. The program pretty much consisted of a couple of songs, lots of pictures, and cookies and juice. Thats all a 2 or 3 year old can handle anyway. It was the cutest spring program I had ever seen, though! Here are some pic's of this special occasion...

Cami and her teachers, Ms. Stacey

and Ms. Toni.

Cami's preschool class.

I'm happy to report that Cami did awesome at her first performance in front of a group of people. She sang most of the songs and did the motions. She was not shy at all. We were so proud of her! This school year was a wonderful expeience for Cami. She learned so much and made great friends. She loved going to school each day and was excited to come home and tell me all about her day. I can only hope she keeps up her love for school!

Here's a little video clip of Cami and her friends singing...

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Lately

I will apologize now for the mixed up order of this blog entry. I forgot how to upload pictures (yes, it's been that long) and did it in the wrong order. Either way, you get the idea of what we are doing these days.

Cami enjoying one of the first really warm days of the season. The water was REALLY cold but she had fun anyway! Oh, to look this cute in a bikini...

Check out that tongue!

This picture was taken last week when I was 30 weeks along in this pregnancy. 10 more weeks to go! I am so ready to be done with pregnancy! Don't get me wrong, I know it's all worth it in the end, but oh my lord! I don't know how people do this all the time. I am not a happy and in love pregnant person!

Arboretum trip-March 2011

We have the most un-photogenic child ever! Look at that face...

Friday, February 4, 2011

what we've been up to...

There's a lot that has gone on these last few months since I last posted. We've had Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, snow days, and lots of fun events in between. But, the biggest news we have is that we are expecting baby number 2! We just recently found out IT'S A BOY and he is due June 16, 2011! We are all so excited and are anxiously getting ready for his arrival. We have made a list of baby boy names that we both like, but it's just so hard to nail down the name that will be his name forever! Here is a picture of our little man at my last doctor's appointment. I am currently 21 weeks or 5 months pregnant.

Cami is super excited about having a little brother. I think she will be a wonderful big sister and help mommy and daddy out a lot! In this picture of her above I told her to act excited about being a big sister (her shirt says 'Big Sister') and this is how she decided to pose. She also dressed herself, hence the backwards pants, and HAD to have Elmo in the shot :)

For the past 4 days we have been pretty much trapped inside our house due to ice. School has been closed and we can barely make it out our driveway! But luckily, it snowed overnight so we had something fun to actually play in today. Cami wanted to eat the snow. We had a talk about eating white snow vs yellow snow :)