Eliana Maria Pardo & Family

Coming Home, First Outfit and Being Checked Out by Big Brother

Off to the Hospital and Delivery

Wow! So after two false alarms we were nervously excited when Shannon's water broke. I mean when your water breaks its pretty hard to mistake it for anything else but after two previous trips to the emergency room only to be sent home, we were getting a little gun shy.

Shannon had been out of work and essentially in a state of static labor for 20 days. We were both being worn out by the physical demands and the anticipation; so of course an overnight delivery was exactly what we needed.

With Graham there were no signs of labor until Shannon's water broke and then Graham was born three hours later. With baby #2 things couldn't have been more different....at least Shannon got an epidural this time.

Start the clock! Shannon's water broke at 10:15pm on July 25, 2011

Nearly eight hours later, Eliana Maria Pardo was born...and was promptly put in "time out"

Healthy girl!

The exhausted but happy family!

Parkour Graham!

So with all of the Fun Gym, weights and playground training Graham is getting pretty brave and pretty impressive (if I say so myself)!

Happy 2nd Birthday G1 and G2

FUN GYM!!

There is a local gymnastics club that opens up its gym for free play once a week. Graham loves it and he is getting quite daring, jumping into the foam pit by himself. Here are some videos from a few trips when we first started. I will post others showing his progress.

Camping!!!

I cannot think of a time when Graham is happier than when he is camping...or maybe that is just Shannon and I imposing our own sense of fun on him. Take a look at the pics from a few different trips this Spring and decide for yourself.

"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!?!"