The Wortley Pad

07 November 2012

Smile!

The boys are growing FAST! Here are a few pictures of them with the beautiful fall leaves. Thanks to our friend Steph for playing photographer :)

02 November 2012

Happy Halloween! Liam loved running around outside and begging our neighbors for "can-nees" (candies), while Alex enjoyed chewing on his costume. Liam was a retro bear (wearing Don's costume from when he was two) and Alex was an adorable honey pot (wearing his cousin Craigy's first Halloween costume). Fun brothers!

19 September 2012

Preview of the family cave

Don has been VERY, VERY busy for the past three months finishing our basement. Every spare second of his time after work and on the weekends was spent making a great space for our growing family. A HUGE thanks to our friend, Tyler, for all of his help too! We are LOVING our new space and still have a few final finishing touches. We'll share more pictures once it's complete. Here are just a few pics to give you a preview:

1. Movie Theater - before and after

2. Closet and Nook - before and after

3. Bathroom and Laundry Entrances - before and midway (before carpet install)

4. Bathroom - before and after

"Again, again!"

We've been spending a lot of time at Liam's FAVORITE place on earth - the park. He runs wild and free, going up and down the slides, over and over again. And the second his feet hit the ground, he yells "Again, again!"

10 July 2012

And his name is...

Alexander Don Wortley

We had to choose a name before we left the hospital. It was down to two names and time was running short. So Don and I did what anyone does when faced with a life-changing decision and flipped a coin for best out of three. The other name won 2 out of 3. As we were getting ready to fill out the paper work, we both changed our minds. And that's how Alexander Don came to be!

Alex is named after both of his Grandpas and his Dad. "Alexander" is Grandpa Wortley's middle name and "Don" is Grandpa Jessop's middle name, as well as his Dad's middle name.

Here is a link to a digital birth announcement video from the hospital. Note - Alex was not a happy camper for these pictures, so the video keeps repeating the pictures in different colors. Ha ha! He is still a cutie though!

Brothers meet for the first and second time

After the baby was born, Don rushed home to pick up Liam and my mom to meet the new little guy. But Liam was more interested in my pizza and cool bed with buttons. He may have paged the nurse a few times ... whoops!

Let's try that again. Two days later, Don brought Liam and my mom to the hospital to bring me and the baby home. This time Liam was slightly more interested in his brother. He did manage to hold still enough for a few pictures and a sweet kiss.

And he also managed to steal the baby's blanket and get one last ride on the bed.