HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY NICK!!!

Happy Birthday to a fantastic husband, loving father and most importantly my very best friend. I love you so very very much and look forward to sharing the next milestone with you!

Love always
Shaina

Like Mother Like Daughter

So in taking this statement to its most literal translation...Amelia broke her wrist yesterday. (For those of you that don't know, I have broken my arm (4 times...twice on each), my ankle, and numerous fingers and toes). She was at the table and was trying to get down. She misjudged how close she was to the edge of the chair and fell off.

After x-rays, lots of crying and 3 hours at the ER...it turns out she fractured both her radius and ulna (the two bones in the forearm). It is called a buckle fracture which is good because it should heal quickly.

She is in a temporary cast right now and we have to go on Tuesday or Wednesday to get her real cast put on. She will have to wear it for 4 weeks.

So that's the news...hopefully she can stop at one break and not have to try and surpass my record!

It's a BOY!!!

We are happy to announce that we are expecting a BOY! The ultrasound was yesterday and it was so exciting to hear (and see) that there is going to be a baby boy rounding out our family! Check out the pics!









Right after she printed this pic he started sucking his thumb!

Three weeks of fun....

We just got back from our three week vacation to Michigan and it was GREAT seeing everyone and being able to hang out!! It really makes you realize just how much you miss out on when you are not around family.

We have tons and tons of pictures so please check out our picture site!

http://picasaweb.google.com/nicksquires

In other news, we hopefully find out what we are having on Aug 29th...so keep your fingers crossed! I am officially 19 weeks today...almost half way there!

Ok I'm Pregnant...but still...

So I saw this video clip first as a snippet on the news and didn't pay much mind. I then went ahead and viewed the whole thing on YouTube and the thing made me freaking cry.

I blame the hormones and the lame ass Whitney Houston song they have playing...stupid hormones.

Baby Squires at 12 weeks

This was my 12 week ultrasound...the technician said the camera was overexposed for whatever reason, so it isn't as clear as we would like but you can still make out the profile pretty well :)


I am entering my 15th week and starting to feel much better...although still exhausted! It is crazy just how much more tired I am this time around and the heat of summer definitely doesn't help.

My next ultrasound is Aug 29 and that's when we will hopefully know if this little babe is a boy or a girl!!

Like I said....

So true to my word...I suck at blogging. I envy those of you that are vigil at updating on your lives, myself on the other hand, not so much.

To try and make-up for my slacking here is a quick synopsis of life at the Squires':

We moved into our new place with the much appreciated help of Stephen and Jason Tait. It is finally starting to feel like a "home" and probably will even more once we finish painting the bathroom, which we started almost 2 weeks ago.

I finished school on the 23rd but promptly had to start (and then finish the following Friday) a grad class at Harvard Medical for AP Biology. By the way, Harvard Medical School...not what I thought. I was not very impressed...although they did have a small medical museum and I did get to see Phineas Gage's skull -- very cool.

My Grandpa Hewitt passed away on that Friday as well (the 27th) and it was really hard not being there. It was a peaceful passing and I know that he is in a much better place now. He requested that he be cremated and that there is not to be a funeral. So instead my family is waiting until we get home at the end of July to hold a "memorial celebration" (which in my Grandpa's terms means lots of drinking and good times) and then we are to spread his ashes over Lake Michigan. It should be very nice.

Other than that, I am struggling through the first trimester once again. Stupid nausea and vomiting! I can almost set a clock to my daily puking schedule. Awesome. My next appointment is this coming Tuesday and that also marks week 12..so I am PRAYING that it also will mark the end of all this nastiness and I can start feeling like a normal happy pregnant person. Expect some ultrasound pics...

Well there ya go...our life over the last 2 weeks or so. Sorry for no pics...I have yet to find the fire wire to download from the camera and also need to find our scanner. Ah the joys of moving...

Hope everyone is well...enjoy the 4th!