Steven Loses His Training Wheels

We decided to take this big mans training wheels off a couple of weeks ago. We got the bandaids out, talked about when you fall you just need to get right back up and try again...well no need for that. Steven just started riding right away, a little push from dad and away he went.

So far band aides used=0

Leah Smiling!!

Well here it is. We have waited 6 weeks and three days for this smile. She is just so cute, I can't believe we got it on video. So at the end of this she decided she wanted to smile more, hence "Leah Smiling 2".

Leah is such a sweet baby. She hardly ever cries and when she does it is almost sweet. Our family is loving every second of this little girl, especially big brother and sister. They seem to be the best babysitters and entertainers for her.

Ward Talent Show Video

The kids participated in our ward's talent show lsat week. We wanted to post a video of their talent.....DANCING!!!

Steven and Kate after the talent show, "Striking a Pose." Once they got on stage and saw all the people, and heard their clapping, they did not want to leave the stage!!

Baby Leah Part 2

Looking down at Leah in her Hotsling on Easter Day.....

Leah's beautiful hands.....

Exactly one month old in this picture.

Quick nap after church, two weeks old.

Look at those lips!!!

Home with our Baby!

Well, we've made it back to our house, and have settled in a little. Fortunately, Michelle was sure that we were very prepared for our little girl. We got to come home, and did not have to set up a single piece of baby furniture, bedding, toys, bottles, NOTHING.

Leah is doing really well, getting into her feeding schedule here at home. Steven and Kate are so happy to have their little sister home. They both complained (cried) last night when they went to bed that they wanted her at home. Steven insisted that she come back and give him a kiss before he went to bed.

Thanks for all of your well wishes, and comments here on our blog. We've definitely felt removed from our family, and this has been a great way for us to feel like we're sharing this moment with all of you. I hope to stay on top of this much better now, as we'll want to continue sharing the moments with all of you who we love, and miss very much!! Here are some pics/vids to catch you up for the last 24 - 48 hours.



INTODUCING LEAH MICHELLE BOSWORTH:



STEVEN MEETING LEAH FOR THE FIRST TIME:




KATE MEETING LEAH FOR THE FIRST TIME:




Just a couple cute pics, I know the videos aren't enough....

Just a headshot of Leah for everyone, she is so serious.

Baby Leah

Well, here is our family at home before we left for the hospital tonight. Steven and Kate stayed at home with Michelle's friend Lisa (expecting a boy in 2 weeks), so we could handle this minus the children. You can see it on Michelle's face, she was happy to have made it to this day.

Well, the wait is finally over. Leah was born tonight at 6:31, in Norfolk, VA. We have a Virginian in our family now.

Now here is one of me, holding Leah for the first time. She was so quiet, and so sweet. She was a fighter to even come out, very stubborn. But now that she's here, she is just such a blessing.

And of course, you can't forget Grandma. She was here the whole time to support our family, and especially Michelle during labor. She has been such a great help to us over the last two weeks, we couldn't have been so well prepared without her. Love you Jo!!

Here are just a couple cute first pictures of the babe!!

Killing Time!!

Just a couple random pics from the delivery room while Michelle sleeps. First one is just her monitor, Leah's heart is beating strong at 143 bpm.

Here is the cute cap (empty) that they have laid out for her in the little bed. I'll make sure to put up pics with the cap (filled, of course) in a little while.

Water is Broken!!

They just broke Michelle's water, so it is just a matter of time now. She's practically sleeping now, kinda funny actually!

Sweet Relief!

Shelly got her epidural in, she's feeling much better. She's gonna try and sleep, get her strength back, and get this little girl out.

Stay Tuned!!

At The Hospital

Well...we're at the hospital right now. Yep, they have wireless internet in the labor and delivery rooms. (Don't you just love technology)

Here is the skinny: We got here last night at 8pm, and got right into our room for Michelle's induction. It took until approximately 10pm for Michelle to be on an IV, ready to start some DRUGS!

Long story short, it is now 12:15pm the next day. Michelle is now dialted to about 4cm, 80% effaced, and getting an epideral in the next 30 minutes.

If we stick to the patterns from the past, Leah should be here before dinner time. (fingers crossed, no jinx!)

I'll try to get a post up with pictures after she's born, until then....have a nice afternoon.

Steven Singing

Just wanted to throw up a little video of Steven singing in his room. We have some other ones like these, and this isn't really in chronological order, but still wanted to get this up here.



He's a cutie!

Baby Pictures

It occured to us that we never posted any pictures of our little baby growing inside Michelle. Our ultrasound technicians in Virginia have been so great, and have always given us many pictures when we walk out of the doctor's office. See below:

So, not only did they give us lots of pictures every time we left their office, but we left with a 4D picture of our little girl. Here are two different pictures. First one is from October 24th, and the second is from January 12th.

Michelle and I have talked about this last picture, and agreed that she is starting to look a bit more like me. (I celebrate and jump in my head!)

Everything else with us has been pretty good, we were enjoying the Virginia warmth until this week, but it seems everyone has gotten their share of cold weather this week. Till next time.....

Back 2 Virginia!

We made it back safely to Virginia tonight. We had a great time in Michigan with the Curtis family...my dad was out west enjoying the warmth.

I'll see about getting pictures dumped off the camera and posted up here. I hope everyone else had a great holiday!

We are ALIVE!

I promise, we are really alive. Between all the holiday driving, work, kids, and oh yeah my pregnant wife, we've been really busy.

I just wanted to get out here and make sure it is officially down on paper (well kinda on paper) that Michelle is pregnant with our second little girl. Michelle is looking beautiful as ever, and it is amazing to her tummy grow, and to feel our little princess just waiting to come out.

Updates.....hmmmm, well here is a try. Steven and Kate are enjoying living in Virginia, as they've made some great friends here in our little city. They are participating in a Joy School (mom's teaching eachother's kids preschool) with four other children from our ward. Kate is loving her ballet class, and she's a natural dancer.

Michelle is keeping herself busy with her new friends down here in Virginia, most of which are transplants to the area, so they have a lot in common. She enjoys meeting up with her friends and going on some really nice nature walks, and parks with the kids. We definitely are not complaining about the climate change from Michigan....EXAMPLE: Today's high was 62 degrees, and tomorrow's high is 74 degrees!!! Needless to say, we really haven't felt winter yet.

I am keeping myself busy with work, which is allowing me to see quite a bit of the area. I support our pizza stores around the Virginia Beach area, as well as Richmond, VA and then on down to Fayetteville and Jacksonville, North Carolina. All in all, things have been new and exciting.

We'll see about getting some pics up soon. Hope everyone is doing well....bye!

Vacation?

Just wanted to put some fun stuff up here....this is our first try posting a video. We hope you enjoy the kids. We went to Sandbridge Beach, a more family friendly beach for non-tourists in Virginia. When we got there, Steven heard this guy playing a guitar at the beachfront bar, and well.... he had to start playing along. Before we knew it, Katie was getting down right along with him.



Below are a few more pictures from the evening at the beach:

As we were leaving the beach that night, we noticed crabs crawling across the road. We decided to put Kevin to work, and make him catch one or two in a bucket. We have video of this, but I personally hope it will never make it up here. Here is the prize winning crab:

Learning how to blog

I am here in Michigan and I am taking the plunge and learning how to blog. With many requests for picture and updates I am officially taking over for Kevin. Love you honey. We love and miss you all and hope this will help bridge the miles between us.

Coming Soon

We are working on getting our blog updated so we can provide everyone with an update. Till then....we are all alive and well in Virginia.

- The Bosworths

Better Late than Never!

We wanted to keep everyone up to date and let them know that Steven had his first day of pre-school about two weeks ago. We literally got a call from the pre-school on a Tuesday evening that a spot had opened up (he was on a waiting list) and he started the next morning.




Other big news....Steven is 4 years old TODAY! We celebrated with our family tonight (we missed Grandpa & Grandma Bosworth, but thanks for stopping by earlier to drop off Steve's present!!), and he is having his first birthday party with a couple of his closest friends on Saturday. When we asked him what kind of a party he wanted, we were surprised at his response. "Mommy, I want a Garbage Truck party." Wow, how were we gonna pull that off. Well, I think Michelle did an amazing job. Here are a couple pics from the party tonight.



The kids....

Can you read his mind? I hear something like this.... "no one else better even think of blowing out my candles."


HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVEN! WE LOVE YOU!!

Long Time, No Post...

Every time I look at everyone else's blog, I think to myself.....man I need to put an update out there. So here it is. We've obviously kept ourselves busy with work and our social life, which is the envy of every celebrity in Hollywood! What can I say, we know how to party....

Pictures seem to tell the best stories, so I'll let them do the talking. We recently went to Kansas City, Kansas to see my big sister get married. This was a blast, and we really wish we could be closer to everyone and be able to have the means to get together more often.



Here are Michelle and Steven at the fountain in downtown Kansas City the night of Kelly's dress rehearsal. I cannot remember ever going down to the Plaza as an adult, but it was really nice.

Other activities.....



Steven and Emmett had a blast going to see Christian's football game in Lawrence! The first picture is them getting some good use on the track. The second picture I post only because it was taken about 1 second before Steven and Emmett tumbled to the ground. You can see that Steven is hugging Emmett, and he just kept squeezing until they fell off the top of the bleachers. No one was hurt too badly, right!



The FROG!! Yep, Steven found a frog under a rock at the end of the football game. This picture captures the serenity of the moment, and not the next five minutes of crying and kicking when he was told that he had to leave the frog in his "home." It's great to be a boy!

One last picture for this post. I finally got to take my family to my old stomping grounds, the Louisburg Cider Mill. We loved visiting and showing the kids around. It brought back lots of great memories of being together as kids and running around with my mom and dad. I'm glad I could share that with my family.

Here are the kids playing in the infamous trough outside the Country Store at the cider mill.



We love and miss everyone who is looking at this post. Thank you to everyone who made this trip possible for our family. We had such a great time, and we love you all!!

Ouch!

Well....Steven is taking after his dad more and more these days. As seen below, he has added the first real scar to his head. He's got a ways to go to catch up to his dad's four scars on his noggin'. "Keep it up young man, and some day you can be just like me."
He was playing and fell off his bed and hit his head on the corner of an open drawer. Ouch! He cried a little and then toughed it out.

Just a couple more picture to update you on what's been going on lately. Kevin had his birthday this past month, and grandpa Boz got us some awesome Coldstone ice cream to compliment the Rainbow Chip cupcakes (mmmm, my favorite).



The most recent event is Steven has started a fun week long class that exposes him to three sports: basketball, baseball, and soccer. Steven has enjoyed getting out in the sun and dribbling the soccer ball, shooting a basket, and running the bases. Look close and you'll see we've got another lefty on our hands. (I'm secretly cheering inside! Don't tell Michelle!)



While Steven is out doing his best, Kate is doing her best to look good on the sidelines. Here are two pictures of her strutting her stuff at the fields. Look out boys!!