Welcome Blake Maddox

On Wednesday November 23, 2011 we welcomed Blake Maddox into our lives at 3:17pm. He was 8 lbs 6 ozs and was 20.5 inches. I was unable to have an epidural because I had low platelets, however, it was my easiest delivery and recovery!!!





You can check out more Photo's from our Newborn/Family Photo Shoot Here:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.281921331854365.65460.230100377036461&type=3

Mom Mom and Pop Pop's Visit

Mom Mom and Pop Pop came to visit the week of Thanksgiving. They were such a huge help - cooking, helping us with the kids, decorating for Christmas, and preparing Thanksgiving dinner! Whew!!

We also celebrated Christmas with them (a little bit) while they were here.

Maternity Photo Shoot

We had a Maternity Photo Shoot the first weekend in November. I was just shy of 38 weeks. Here are a few of our favorites...







You should be able to view them all here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/111662754776540049769/MaternityPhotoShoot?authkey=Gv1sRgCJDg_ZXA6_TF8AE#

Happy Halloween

The Gerwings went as the cast of The Wizard of Oz this year for Halloween! Hayley was Glinda the Good Witch, Alyssa was Dorothy, Cole was the Lion, Jeff was the Tin Man and I was Scarecrow.

Cole didn't want to put his costume on at first, but finally he did. He was then scared of Daddy when Jeff put on his Tin Man mask. However, once it came time to do some Trick Or Treating, he knew exactly what to do!! He was so cute!! The girls had a great time too and enjoyed Trick or Treating. They practiced saying it all day today.






Now time to think of what we can be for next year...

Fall Fun

On October 7th, we took a Family "Field Trip" to the Cider Mill. When I told the girls we were going on a field trip, Hayley asked, "What will with field look like?" Just precious!!!

We love Three Cedars Cider Mill... it has a lot of fun things for the kids to do, as well as some good cider and yummy donuts!

School Starts

After we returned home from vacation, it was time to get in school mode. We started our first day of homeschooling for the 2011 - 2012 school year on the Tuesday after Labor Day.

Hayley started Kindergarten and Alyssa started Preschool!!





You can read all about our School Days on http://gerwingology.blogspot.com/

Family Vacation

At the end of August we went to Ocean City, NJ for our Family Vacation (The whole Cossaboon Clan). It was August 27 - September 3, however, it was delayed two days by Hurricane Irene. The East Coast got hit with a Hurricane, and thankfully it was not as bad at expected, but OC was due to get hit Saturday evening into Sunday morning and they had evacuated the city.

Even though we lost two days, the rest of our time there was perfect. We had the best weather we could have hoped for the whole time. Sunny and 80 everyday. The kids really enjoyed themselves and loved playing on the beach and in the water.

We flied kites, rode rides on the boardwalk, had ice cream, ate crabs, and had a wonderful time just relaxing at our beachfront house.

Jeff and I even went on a date and went to the restaurant (The Tuckahoe Inn) where we went to dinner the night he proposed and where we had our wedding reception.