Welcome Allory Mae

Allory Mae Burkholder was welcomed very early this morning around 12:30am. She is absolutely perfect and just a little sweetie. She looks a great deal like Jackson, but different too. :) She weighed in at 8lbs. 1 oz and is 22 1/2 inches long! :D Both her and Melissa are doing great. Jackson is a very proud big Brother and was really excited when Allory bought him a cool new Buzz Lightyear doll. :) Adam and Melissa are so blessed with this two beautiful children. We love you guys and are so thrilled everything went so well.

Grandma's 80th

Grandma Snellink turned 80 years young this past Friday, and celebrated with the whole family. A great dinner provided by Uncle Jim, was fabulous!! While Grandma chatted with some other family members us Hosfords went upstairs for a few minutes to try our hand at wii bowling and boxing. It was comical to say the least. It's actually a ton of fun for a whole family! :)

Thank you to Grandma for celebrating your day with us. We love you Gran!!

Halloween 2008

So, another Halloween come and gone...unbelievable. What an AMAZING night weather wise!! We had lots of our dear friends stop by and bring their kiddos all dressed up. Thanks for stopping buy everyone!!

Maddie LOVED being Princess Aurora (AKA- Sleeping Beauty). Of course...due to the fact that she's PINK. :D She was pretty pooped by the time the day was done, but had so much fun with her friends.

Hope you all had a great Halloween! Look forward to seeing all the pictures!! :D

Freaked out

Now that I am completely freaked out by the "anonymous" persons comment on my last post, I have taken down the flier. I obviously know that I have a little girl to protect and would never let anything happen to her. If you were the person that left the message, I would appreciate you just dropping me an e-mail and tell me you did so. I am sitting here thinking there's a creep out there that said it. Thank you.

By the way......for future comments, I HATE ANONYMOUS COMMENTS. if you don't want us to know who you are, you are not welcome to leave a comment.
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We FINALLY put the sign in the yard!!

Well... we FINALLY put a for sale sign in our yard. I'm sitting here regretting that fact that we didn't do this about 4 months ago, but we can't do anything about that now. :)

We SOOOO love this house and LOVE the location, we just need more room. Kids come with so much STUFF! :) If you know anyone that would be interested in our home, please drop me an e-mail.

Fall Days...

Wow, these days have quickly become crisp and COLD! Burrrr!

Yesterday after Maddie's pre-school we went down town Rockford to take a few pictures. She was being a silly goose for a little while and then got COLD. At least we got a couple of Fall Pictures. :D

Happy FALL all!!

Painting Day

Maddie and I spent a great deal of the morning painting. AKA making a mess... :) That's the best kind of fun if you ask me. :) She painted about 20 pictures, one for everyone. Many of you will be getting a "One of a kind" print soon I'm sure.

I hope everyone is having a great fall weekend!!

GVSU - Let's go BLUE!!

Last night we went to GVSU's Homecoming game, which had a heck of a turn out with over 14,000 people attending. Maddie was so great and really loves these games. She spends most of her time nestled up with her Papa watching the game. I can't believe how much she actually watches!! She did get a little sad when Gracie went home I will say... :) Those two are two peas in a pod. I didn't take many pictures last night, but I love these so I thought I'd share. Of course that's the adorable Hein family. :) Grand Valley ended up killing Hillsdale, but I don't know the final score. They smoked em, that's all I know. :)

It's a.....................................................

It's a BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are very thrilled to share with you all that we are expecting a baby boy in March. :D WAHOOO! My official due date is March 6th. He looks so healthy and right on track. The placenta is growing well and is positioned perfectly which was a huge concern. Although I "knew" in my heart from the get go it was going to be a boy, it was still sooo much fun when she confirmed what we saw on the screen. We just might have a third generation Laker on our hands...

So for all of you who voted were you right or were you wrong....I'd like to know who thought what. :) Hugs to you all and thank you so much for your continued support and prayers.

Today's the big day...

So I have my Ultra sound apt. at 2pm today and we are hoping to find out the sex of the baby. :D We obviously do not have a preference at all, we are just thrilled to be at this point at all. We are having dinner with our families this evening to tell them and then I'll post something later tonight. :) So much fun!! We'll see if that poll turned out to be correct...

Painting with Pudding!!

Every kids dream...finger painting with pudding! :D While Tom and I were at his 10 year High School class reunion, Maddie spent the afternoon and evening with my parents. She always has a wonderful time over there, but this time was even cooler! (her words...) She got to paint with PUDDING! :D She had so much fun and talked about it about 10 times the next day. My Mom and Dad took these of her playing. Thanks Papa and Grandma for such a fun night!!

Rockford High School Athletic Hall of Fame

Last evening Tom, Dan, Donovan Reinhart and Amy Banfield were inducted into the Rockford High School Hall of Fame. Way to go you guys!!

I am so very proud of Tom for this incredible honor. He has done so many amazing things in his life thus far, and this is one to add to the list. :) Tom did a beautiful job accepting his award he moved me to tears. (yes, I know easy to do being pregnant but it's true) I have watched Tom play so many years of sports and couldn't be more proud of him. What I am most proud of is the amazing Husband and Father he is. From being my High School Sweetheart to my wonderful Husband, time spent on the field and many hours off, I know it has made him the man he is today. I Love you Tom.