Life McWeaver

And so it begins…

mcweaver — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:35:14 +0000

Oly’s birth brought lots of family and visitors over to say hello. It has only been a couple weeks but our lives are becoming more entwined everyday. It is already difficult remembering our lives before Oly joined our family. We can’t wait for the adventures ahead…stay tuned!

01/15/12 – Welcome Oly Strode Weaver

mcweaver — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:10:59 +0000

Our first view of Oly in the O.R.

Well our adventure in life has taken a serious turn as our son finally arrived. It was a wild ride getting through labor and delivery, but he is happy and healthy and Amy is on the mend. Welcome Oly!

Any Day Now Baby McWeaver!

mcweaver — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:27:45 +0000

Well we have passed our due date and still no signs of our baby boy! We are attempting to stay patient but as you can tell by the pictures below Amy is getting pretty uncomfortable as her passenger continues to grow! But she is a trooper and haging in there. We are ready baby…let’s get this show on the road!

Here is a progression for those who have not seen Amy’s path towards motherhood

Favorites of 2011 – Books

mcweaver — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:30:25 +0000

Amy read lots of good books in 2011 and believe it or not John did some reading as well!

Having seen all of the Harry Potter movies leading up to the final installment, I made the committment to read the series before the last movie came out. I had heard how awesome the books were, so I was not surprised at all how much I enjoyed them. Great writing, wonderful characters, quick reads…loved them all. Definitely ranks as my favorite book(s) of 2011 even if they came out earlier.

Amy’s favorite – Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. This was a long awaited 13th book of a series of 14. Amy has been reading this series since 1990 and she is VERY excited to see how it will be finished up. This book ties up lots of loose end as one of Amy’s favorite fantasy epics comes to a close.

Favorites of 2011 – Commercial

mcweaver — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:36:05 +0000

I thought a nice way to close the year, and prove my dedication to the blog , would be to recap some of my favorites from 2011.

I saw this ad again last night and it is definitely my favorite of the year…

What’s that? You love that song and want to rock out to it? You got it!

A close second has to be the VW Darth Vader Ad:

Finishing out 2011

mcweaver — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:45:23 +0000

Well, Amy and I discovered that it is difficult to keep up with a blog of our adventures when the adventures get to be a bit too much. For that we apologize, our readers deserve better! If you are in fact still reading, I want to get you caught up on what we have been up to before our new addition arrives…which could be any day now!

So here are some highlights of the late summer and fall that have lead up to this point at the beginning of a new year…

Amy made it out to Spokane to spend time with the McEachran kids and visit the Spokane family.
The 2011 JWI Volleyball Tournament was a big success
We made it to Spokane together to celebrate Nonnie’s 90th Birthday! On the way back we stopped at the Rosman farm for the annual McKenna Mania football draft
We pulled the condo off the market and instead found a 12 month renter
We moved in with Kris McKenna who was amazing and showered us with love (and food) at every step of the way
Momma Weaver was in town in October and helped throw a baby shower for Amy at the Paulsons house
The Sounders hosted a thrilling playoff game but had a disppointing end to a great season
We bought a new house and with Jesse’s help we were able to move the first week of December. The work force which needs thanking included: Kris, Jack, Heidi, Barney, Craig (and Lucas), Staci Imwalle, Jesse, Todd, Matt, Janelle, Mom, and Dad Weaver.
We hosted our first holiday feasts for some wonderful time with family.

And now here we are waiting for a baby! I will post some pics of our adventures if we have some time before the baby gets here. In the meantime, welcome back! And don’t worry this will be the hub for more baby boy Weaver pics then you can possibly imagine. Keep your eye out for an announcement soon!

8-1-11 Weaver Family Reunion 2011

mcweaver — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:17:56 +0000

Well, Fall is officially here and we haven’t even finished updating Summer! Uh oh. If we don’t get this blog updated before the baby gets here there might be a riot! So off we go!

Two years ago the Judy and Strode Weaver family tree gathered in San Diego for a mini-reunion. At the time we decided if we could do it every other year that would be fantastic. Well guess what? Early August we were off to meet up with the fam once more. The Houghtons from Des Moines; Units from Denver; Matt, Jannelle, Camille, Amy and I from Seattle; all joined up in Gerhart, OR. A cool little town just north of Seaside. Mom found a great house rental plenty big for our mob and we enjoyed incredible weather all week long.

Highlights included:

Playing/relaxing on the beach
Kubb in the yard
Flying kites
The Seaside Aquarium
Day trip to the Portland Zoo
Tillamook Cheese Factory
The Nike Employee Store
Puzzle making
Lots of hugs and laughter

It was just wonderful to reconnect with family. See you all again in 2 years!

7/11/11 – Leavenworth Wedding

mcweaver — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:44:41 +0000

Yes, we have been M.I.A. recently and we apologize. But with the big news out in the open it’s back to some summer updates!

After the fun weekend on the island, it was off to Leavenworth for the wedding of Liz, one of Amy’s MIT Classmates. We used the opportunity to get in some time with Matt, Janelle, and Camille at the same time. Janelle’s aunt was generous enough to let us use her cabin for the weekend so we met in the mountains on Friday night for some Bavarian fun! We enjoyed the beautiful setting and fun downtown shops, walked the arts fair, ate some good food and practiced our Austrian accents.

The wedding on Saturday evening was beautiful and we were honored to be invited. The setting of the green mountains and bright blue sky could not have been better.

And the newest McWeaver will be…

mcweaver — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:05:29 +0000

A BABY BOY!

Amy and I are so excited! We had a great ultrasound appointment and are happy to report and healthy and active little baby on its way in January. Now if only I knew where to shop for football gear…

8/5/11 – What is our baby?

mcweaver — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:52:37 +0000

We have a few posts to catch up on, but we also have an important question. Is our baby going to be a boy or a girl? Now is your opportunity to weigh in and then tune in Wednesday evening when we will know for sure!

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