Busy, busy, busy

Well-I cannot really give good excuses to why it takes me so long to blog! A big sorry goes out there to all our loyal readers. But-we have been busy. I planned a surprise weekend for John's birthday (that was a big success). His brother, sister-in-law, mom, dad and neice all came up for his birthday. It was fabulous. But, before they all came Brody and I have been busily playing with our sweet neighbors, the Garner boys. Below is Judah in the jumperoo and Caleb (his big bro.) and Brody enjoying a good jump as well (just on the outside).
Here Judah and Brody take a ride in the wagon. Life is good.

Aunt Lizzy brought back some clothes for Brody from China. She bought the "extra large" baby outfit for him. And by extra large I mean-extra large for a two year old Chinese baby! :)
Fits like a glove.

So here are some pictures from our adventure into Norfolk. We got to walk around and see the boats and even get on the giant Navy ship at the port.
Here are some pics from the surprise party for John. He didn't even see it coming! :)

We had a five dollars or less rule for all the gifts John recieved. I think he really racked up. Below is his durag (that also came with "hair food") and a signed autograph from Pat Robertson to John Taylor. Sweet.

Tristin was told not to put her fingers in the cake, so instead in perfectly normal toddler logic-she shoved her face into the cake and took a bite of icing! It was holarious!!
Like grand-daddy, like grand-son.


I would just like to add the most exciting news for the Zaepfel family right now... Henry Lewis Dirks is here! My sister gave birth to little (or should I say big... 8 lbs, 12 oz.) Henry on his due date, Oct. 7! Way to go Henry! We are all so excited for them and pray that the transistion home goes smooth and is a huge blessing to the whole family!