archive 2008 June

Happy Father’s Day!

Posted on Monday 16 June 2008

Ok, so I was out of town on Father’s Day and didn’t get this post up when we got back because we were so exhausted. I just wanted to wish all you dads and soon-to-be dads a Happy Father’s Day!! We were very happy that we were able to see both my dad and my father-in-law, even though it was pretty brief…thanks for all that you both do for us. I especially want to wish my husband a Happy First Father’s Day! You truly are a wonderful father to Jillian, we love you!


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Emily Turns One!!

Posted on Saturday 14 June 2008

My good friend from college, Jennie Garman (formerly known as Jennie Stewart), had a 1 year birthday party for her daughter Emily while they were visiting Ohio this week (they live in North Carolina now). This was the first opportunity that I had to get to meet this beautiful child and jumped at the chance to attend the party. It was great seeing everyone again and it appears that there was a mini-baby boom this year…tons of kids/babies were in attendance! For all of my OU girls who couldn’t attend, here is our precious Emily and other scenes from the party!


Mom and Emily
Bikini Baby
Jillian and Jennie
Trying to walk
The Girls
Dad Grilling
Breaking for foodHanging Out
Cake Time
The Aftermath




Oh my – 6 weeks old!

Posted on Friday 13 June 2008

I can’t believe it has been 6 weeks! Jillian is just growing like a weed! I am going to cheat a little and use some pictures that we had done at a place in Mansfield last week (so technically she is only 5 weeks old in these pictures, but I couldn’t resist sharing them). She is so much more alert these days, not taking as many naps, and is even starting to smile a little. She enjoys listening to mommy sing (even when it isn’t very good) and looking into the mirror by her changing table. I had to manually crop these pictures so they aren’t the real results we got in photos but close enough. I’m sure they would shoot me for putting them on the website. Some of you have already seen some of these pictures but some have not…we hope you like them as much as we do!


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Ohio University Bound

Posted on Tuesday 10 June 2008

Another big event that Jillian and I attended this weekend was Josh Speelman’s graduation party; he is my cousin Jim’s oldest son. I found out that he will be attending OU in the fall on a wrestling scholarship! Needless to say, I was elated that he chose my alma mater and that he will soon be a Bobcat! We got to visit with lots of family members that I haven’t seen in awhile and it was a great time. Can’t wait to see all you Speelmans at the reunion coming up soon! Congratulations Josh and best of luck at OU; I will be coming for a visit of course :)


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Way to go Josh, we are proud of you!
Chelsea and JillianAunt Nicci and Jillian
Cousin Chelsea meets Jillian for the first time and Aunt Nicci remembers what is like when they are so little.
Loving Twin Kiss
I just love these twins to pieces, aren’t they so sweet!
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Jason and Laura Speelman’s son Brice; I just wanted to pinch his cheeks!
Don’t worry I resisted the urge…barely.
Aunt GerryEmma and Susan
Aunt Gerry takes a turn with Jillian and Susan bonds with Emma.
AbigailKaleb on the Trampoline
The kids were having fun on the trampoline – Kaleb, Abigail and Jersey
Jersey JumpingTrampoline Time
Cornhole Competition
The Elder Speelmans (my Dad and Uncle Jim) played cornhole with their sons.
Brian and Jason had a good laugh about their style of playing!
Father-Son Cornhole




Baby Hoovler’s Shower

Posted on Monday 9 June 2008

This weekend Jillian and I went home for some big events, one of which was Monica’s baby shower. It was a beautiful shower even though the weather was ridiculously hot. We all did our fair share of eating and sweating! You may notice that Jillian had a wardrobe change early in the shower…her little body just needed something cooler and more breathable (or maybe mommy just wanted to put on another outfit!) Monica and Todd are not finding out what they are having, so look below for some belly pics and see if you can predict it…boy or girl! I say girl! For all the girls out there who are far away and haven’t been able to see Monica…enjoy the pictures!


Mama Monica
Isn’t she beautiful??
Just Us
Practicing
Monica getting in some good practice!
Grandma Alt
Even the two grandma’s took turns holding our little Jillian.
Grandma Hoovler
Todd Practices
Todd even got in on getting some baby time in!
The Orsini Girls
Some familiar faces, we were so glad you got to meet Jillian!
Our presents
A few little gifts we got her along with her stroller!
I guess these gifts are more so for Todd since he registered for the O State stuff!




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