Tomorrow is the day!

Tomorrow morning at 7:30am Cathi is scheduled to have her c-section and Gabriel Benjamin Walsh will arrive into our world!

Facts about Gabe:
- Greg's 1st biological son and 4th child. Also the last child.
- Cathi's 3rd biological child and 4th child. Also the last child.
- Gabe will have a sister 15 years older, a brother 12 years older, and a brother 26 months older.
- He will be the 5th grandchild to my parents
- He will be the 1st biological grandchild of my parents to carry on the Walsh bloodline and name.
- Kien and Gabe both carry the Walsh name.
- Gabe has a 1st cousin in North Carolina and an Uucle.
- He has an Aunt and Uncle in Nebraska as well as three 1st cousins.

Wake up Storytime

POSTED BY GRANDMA WALSH

Mommy read Kien a counting book this morning. He is such a little smartie!


Something that is obvious to me now is his coordination. He is remarkably adept at climbing, running, jumping, somersalts. But then I remember how he dropped himself over the back of the sofa into the kitchen last fall and climbed on the table all the time. Since this kitchen is not babyproofed, he is never allowed to wander.

Monday Family Fun

POSTED BY GRANDMA WALSH

8:30 AM is Kien's wake up time. He was very groggy when I went in to lift a whimpering boy from his crib. He flopped on my shoulder, so we sat in the rocker, which he has always loved to do until fully awake. But he fell asleep! So I did too. Jeremy took this shot just before Kien awoke after another 50 minute sleep on my shoulder!


Jeremy practicing his clarinet and doing a very good job!


Mommy loving the boy.


Jeremy and Kien watching TV and having a snack.


Brandy studying her driver's training materials. (Greg is her teacher.)

POSTED BY MY MOM

I arrived in Texas today in anticipation of the big event on Thursday!

Kien came to me right away at the airport but was shy and didn't look at me. After a few minutes, he lay his head down on my shoulder in his expressive, loving embrace as he is doing with Daddy here. In this shot, he had just awakened from his nap and had his socks on his hands!


Daddy put together this little workbench for him. It is ALL he played with for the rest of the day! If I wasn't on the floor with him, he would look at me and say, "Play!" So I improved my screwdriver and wrench skills.

Christmas in July - The Walsh Family Boys

Our church was doing Christmas in July during our At The Movies series. They were taking pictures with a cool backdrop. Yes, it's a snowman made of sand. heh

Video: Shower Time

Video: Blog pictures

Kien enjoyed looking at the blog pictures. heh

Video: "I Like It"

Kien being cute as usual.

Horses are neat

After dinner we saw some horses and decided to show Kien up close.

Dinner with no big sister

Yes that is a lemon. Kien loves lemons I guess. strange kid!

Camp store

We went to the camp store after dropping Brandy off with her group. Kien found a new duck he liked.

Dropping Brandy off at camp

Our church camp, Allaso Ranch, is awesome! Brandy is attending the senior high week and staying another week to volunteer for the younger kids.

www.allasoranch.com

Kien in the Morning

Likes to sleep on Daddy.

4th of July Church Service

This month our church is doing a series called "At the Movies" where the pastor ties in God to popular movies. 4th of July we watched Saving Private Ryan. So the parking lot had military trucks in it with soldiers in full dress uniform and flags all over. It was a great service!

www.fellowshipchurch.com/atthemovies

side note:
The only good thing about Cathi's hip replacement is that we get handicaped parking! wooo

July 4th