Parker David and Jack Charles

Sorry for the lack of participation on the blog - we have been kind of busy lately. I wanted to updated everyone on our additions so here it goes!!!

Parker David Connison was born on 2/25/2009 at 12:46pm weighing 6 lbs. 12 oz. Jack Charles Connison was born on 2/25/2009 at 12:47pm weighing 7 lbs. They are definitely big boys for 2 of them!!! They were screaming their lungs out as soon as they came out but definitely calmed down after they were cleaned up and placed next to each other in the OR. Jack had to go to the NICU for a few nights with some fluid in his lungs but we were happy to get him out of there and back to the room with us. Both boys passed their two week checkup with flying colors and are starting to gain weight and grow strong.

Jen was such a trooper throughout the whole pregnancy and I am in awe of her baby making skills. I couldn't be more proud of her and love that she grew our family this big!! She is recovering nicely and enjoying the boys sleeping a lot in the first couple weeks.

Owen has been an excellent big brother, he likes to pet the boys and give them kisses on their heads. I just know that they will all grow up to be best buds.

Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes, it has been great having the whole family ask about us and hope that everyone gets to visit Parker and Jack soon. We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful and supportive family. Also thanks to the grandparents for all their help, I don't think that we would have been able to do it without all of you. Super shout out goes to Pops - thanks for loaning GiGi to us for a while, she has been a tremendous help!!

Here are a bunch of pictures that I have on my Google account - http://picasaweb.google.com/brett.connison/ParkerAndJack#. The ones above we had done with our favorite photographer - www.kimberlymengphotography.com.

Hope everyone is well and look forward to hearing about everyone else. Good luck to Katie, Rob, and Mack, they are next!!!!!

Love,
Brett, Jen, Owen, Parker and Jack

Congratulations

Welcome to the world, Jack and Parker!! Congrats Jen, Brett, and Owen! The boys are adorable. Hope you are all feeling well and managing to get some sleep. We are so happy for you!

Love, Tom, Becky, Brian, and Emily

Happy Holidays

Hello All,

Christen and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and wish you the best for the new year. We were in Michigan for a few days to celebrate Christmas with the Hill's and returned to Alexandria to spend time with the Dietz half. Michigan was a blast. All you need for Christmas is a foot of snow and some irish whiskey, forget your two front teeth. Becky and Tom hosted Christmas Eve dinner at their house, which was a great time as well. Mom was good enough to freeze some gumbo and oyster dressin' and carry it on the plane. Hooooeee! Nice move, Mom. You're welcome for the shout out.

Now we are back home with nothing to do but chill. It looks like the New Years Eve will be in DC for us. We would love to hear about everybody's holiday and will check back in a few to see if there are any new posts.

Here are some pictures of our new house for those who have not seen it.

Love,
Mike and Christen

Happy Thanksgiving Updates

Hey everyone!! It has been a while for us, but so much is going on, it is hard to keep up. Owen is growing so fast, he is getting so big we can hardly stand it. He is starting to learn some sign language (more, please, banana, etc.) and is really picking up everything we try to teach him. He knows his eyes, ears, nose, toes and all the sounds that the cow, sheep, horse, chicken, and car make. Most importantly, Owen loves his BALL and he likes to say it and sign it!

We got Owen to learn touchdown during football season and now everytime he sees the Tigers (or any football players) on the television, he says GEAUX - and Jen and I automatically reply - TIGERS!!!! It is really fun watching him grow up and we can't wait to have Parker and Jack around to play with.

We wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and let everyone know how thankful we are to have such a great (growing) family. Here are some recent pictures of Owen, we hope everyone is doing well and can't wait to celebrate with everyone this weekend for Kevin and Amanda.

Love,
Brett, Jen, and Owen (Jack and Parker too!)

Update from Christen & Michael

Hey Guys,

Sorry we've been missing, we currently don't have internet at my place. But we are moving next week so more to come soon...

Here are a few pictures from our Honeymoon!

Hey Dietz kids!

Luke and I just wanted to say hello.. we've been busy, busy getting our life together here in Austin! From the beginning its felt like home since ole Teddy is here, and it's getting better every day.. Moving to another place is hard, but already having a sibling here is incredible and makes things wonderful! Now I know how Becky and Mike must feel to be near eachother.!!!Although I have to admit I find myself getting homesick the past few weeks..
Luke's job is going well he is a true "business" man now and I have to say he looks pretty professional to me! I've been busy looking for a job and feel confident that I will find something I like! We will be home for a few days for thanksgiving so hopefully we'll be able to see as many Dietz's as possible!!! For now we love EVERYONE!!! Congrats to everyone's good news ... I look forward to when we can all toast everyone's happiness and excitement about all the positive things that are happening/have happened in the Dietz clan.
love, love, love,
Gretch and Luke
p.s. Ted says hello!

Hello cousins :)

Hi Everyone,
Hope all is well...Thanks for the reminder Jen about the blog...I had truly forgotten until I heard the pictures of our newest family member had been posted on it! So, I am back and promise to stay true :)

We just put Mack down to sleep after a fun filled 1st Birthday. He had his 1 yr. appt. this morning and successfully made it through the shots...or I should say Mom made it through. And then Honey took us shopping (Mack shopping) and then we had the new baby appt. Mack smiled quite proud when we all heard the heartbeat..like he knew what was going on! It was wonderful. And I had my fair share of cries today thinking about his little life of 1 year..it is quite emotional! And of course thought about our Papa often...and thanked him for our special gift! We are headed out tomorrow to buy him a swingset...he loves outside especially because he is walking all over the place! Rest and sleep will not be a word in my vocab. for many years to come!

Michael and Kristen...congrats and so sorry we missed the wedding, you were in our thoughts during that week, we hated to not be there!!

ANd welcome cousin Emily...you are beautiful and big :) Can't wait to meet you!

And to Lea and Casey...congrats on this exciting new step in your life together! We are so happy for you!

And Kevin and Amanda...Yay!!!! We have been waiting :) Can't wait to celebrate with you soon!

And to everyone else...can't wait to see you all soon! Love to all!!! Mack, Katie and Rob