Snow Memories Blizzard 2010

Alex First Swim

Alex went swimming in his inflatable floatie. Watch for his expression.

Bathtime For Alex

Alex is a little more than 2 months old now. You can see how he has grown so much in this video. Tonight he had a bath compliments of the mommy (Angie).

Week 38 Pregnancy Update

Well, I have officially made it to week 38. Whodathunk? When I walk, there is an exaggerated waddle going on right now. I feel heavier too, like I am toting a canonball.

Things are moving right along now. Any day now we will be sending out an "all call" to the horde of mother (and father) hens who are watching over me to journey en masse to the hospital for what is sure to be a most memorable arrival. Can't wait for God to tell us what this child's name is, since we cannot reach consensus on our own.

Right now we are getting ready to leave for a walk around the block. We will follow our walk by a dinner of eggplant laced heavily with oregano and basil. Those are the next two items on our list of safe home labor-induction suggestions. We will see how this goes. So far spicy food isn't doing anything for the contractions, but it sure is tasty.

Castor Oil has been named as well, but we WON'T be trying that one. Castor Oil gives you diarrhea and vomiting. The question is this, "If you have diarrhea/vomiting badly enough to wonder if you are going to die, and labor makes you think the same thing, why would you want to combine them both at the same time?????"

Will keep everyone posted. Hopefully it will be sooner than next week!!

Father-In-Law's 61st Birthday Party

My father-in-law, Vic Tanner, celebrated his 61st birthday tonight. We joined him, along with Gaya (grandma for those who don't know) Mary Ann Tanner, Kevin and Adrienne Rigney, and of course, my wonderful family.

It's about 1:30 long so enjoy Vic's 61st party.

Happy Birthday Vic. We hope you have many, many more.

Week 37 Pregnancy Update

We are a couple days late posting our weekly pregnancy blogpost because of Christmas. In this post, Angie talks about the lower back pain she's experiencing and how everybody is ready for "Baby Copee" to come into the world sooner rather than later.

A Copee Family Christmas 2008

The Copeland Family celebrated yet another Christmas together with friends and family. The above video is a montage of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

It's hard to believe that Christmas 2008 has come and gone. Now the next gift we will receive will be our newborn son.

Getting a little Nostalgic -- Christmas 5 years ago

Have you ever watched Chevy Chase in the Christmas Classic, "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation?"

There's one scene where Chase is trapped in the attic where he finds some old home movies stashed away in a cardboard box. He strolls down memory lane watching all the great family Christmases he had as a little boy.

That's kind of the way I was when I discovered a way to convert old analog video tapes to digital. I'm going through piles of old video tape and discovered this gem.

In this short scene filmed exactly 5 years ago, my daughter, Anna, is only 2 1/2 years old.

Where does the time go?

She was toddling and as you can hear, just beginning to speak.

Like Chevy Chase I cried when I watched this old home movie clip.

Week 36 Pregnancy Update Video

Here Angie gives a quick video update of what's going on during week 36 of the pregnancy. Please feel free to leave a comment below.

Waiting for the little guy.