Pictures of Lucy!!!

Lucy is here!!!!!

So for all of you anxiously checking the website looking for news of Lucy, I am proud to announce that Lucy Sanderson Carney was born tonight around 7:30pm weighing in at 6lbs. 15 oz. What a peanut for being a week late! That's about all that I know for now. Alex went down to the hospital tonight and will have pictures to upload later tonight, plus more info on adorable Lucy. Stay tuned for more information....

P.S. Oops, forgot to say that Katie and Tim are also doing well! See guys, this is the first of millions of times when people are more concerned about your beautiful baby than you. Get used to it :-)

An Excellent University & An Excellent Professor

Here is a very cool video about the University of Dallas. It's long but it's worth watching. Entertaining and educational.

The big bonus, our wonderful cousin Sue Hanssen (who we don't get to see enough) is in the video. She appears throughout the entire video so you should watch the whole thing (looking good Sue!)

You will recognize some kids from the DC & Chicago area.

I think Elena and all my UD friends will agree this video really is an accurate testament to UD's greatness.

http://stream.fire-engine-red.com/stream/udallas_video.html

Saturday Night Dinner

We had a great night with the whole family: all 19 of us and 2 friends, 21 total (24 if you count the 3 in utero. :) )

We played Guesstures, Suzanne was the star actress clinching the win for her team with a perfect 16-points in the final round. But Mom's & Dad's excellent acting, as always, stole the show. Emma was also a very good guesser.

To see photos from the entire night CLICK HERE.

Still Waiting For Lucy

no baby yet. But we are ready. This is a picture of the beautiful cradle hand made by my Grandpa Gabriel. He made this particular one when Claire was pregnant with the twins. I borrowed it from her so Lucy could enjoy her great grandfather's amazing handy work.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hanging out at Aunt Jeanne's with the kids. Laura was feeling Lucy go nuts after I ate dinner. Two more weeks!!

The Joester

Mom, Dad, Elena & Joey came over to casa de Carney for dinner on Sunday. Joey was great entertainment, and did very well in his aunt and uncle's yet to be baby proofed house. Notice in the corner of one of the photos is the beautiful cradle made by Great Grandpa Gabriel, I snagged it from Claire so Lucy can enjoy it for a little while.

More pics of the girls

I've been delinquent in posting for a while, so here are a few pics from recent things. 1. Sarah dressed up going to a friend's birthday party. 2. Emma is very interested in dressing herself these days. One day, I was cleaning out all of their clothes and organizing them and Emma took off all her clothes and picked up random things around the room and insisted on wearing them all day. As you can see, she's wearing her "snow hat", a Princess costume that is too small, rubber boots that are also too small and purple fuzzy mittens. 3. The new game at our house is "Monster". Alex is the "monster" and the girls love running away from him. Alex doesn't even have to move, he just makes a growl and they take off running and screeching and leap into my lap. Even little Sarah knows it's a game. She'll sit in my lap until she thinks it's safe and when she does venture off, she eyes Alex warily waiting for him to make a move or growl and she does a uturn and takes off back to my lap. They both love the game and Emma asks Daddy when he comes home from work "let's play Monster!"

Dragons!

Collin & Brian (L-R) were dragons for Halloween this year. The last pic is of Brian at a Halloween party decorating a pumpkin with stickers and a cupcake with frosting.

The Tale of the Lion and the Dragon

We celebrated Halloween and Anne's Birthday at Peggy and Steve's on Tuesday. Peggy cooked a delicious meal (as always!) and Alex and Anne took the girls trick-or-treating for the first time around the neighborhood. When other trick-or-treaters first came to Grandma and Grandpa's house, Emma was so excited to see the other kids that she kept saying "Come in, come on in!" We had to hurry out to trick-or-treat soon after. Not to get candy, mind you, but to "see the kids", as Emma kept saying over and over. Emma doesn't even know what candy is. We call them "special treats" and we carried her purse around and gathered special treats. Whenever we went to a door, we reminded her to say "trick-or-treat", but what Emma really said was "Where are the kids?" That is all she cared about was seeing other kids. Unfortunately, Welcome Drive is not the kid haven it once was and we only saw about 5 other kids total. Nevertheless, Emma and Sarah had fun walking around, looking at the moon and looking for other kids. P.S. One of the pictures of Sarah, the dragon, was taken at an earlier Halloween party this month.

Waiting For Lucy

Me, Ellen & Patrick Connolly at the shower my girlfriends threw for me ...I got to design my own diaper bag!


Tim posing with his masterpiece ... really hope they were right and the baby is a girl.



The giant pumpkin!