Newest arrival to the Roberts family!

Graham Marc Roberts finally made his arrival on Monday June 6th, at 7:21 pm. He is 7lbs 8 oz and 20 1/4 inches long, he is a little mini me to his proud papa. He is so cute and perfect, I have yet to meet him in person and can't stand how excited I am to hold him. Arie is going to be a great "big" cousin to Graham, we love him so much already!

Zoo

It was such a beautiful day today, we decided to take Arie to the zoo after her nap today. She LOVED it, it was so fun to watch her see all of the animals for the 1st time. She called all of them "puppies " and clapped for all of them.

Summer

We finally had a gorgeous day today! I picked Arie up from daycare early and we got our swimsuits on and played in the backyard, so glad summer is finally here!

SPRING!!!

Joel started softball tonight, Arie had so much fun running all over the place. We didn't see much of the game but she sure had a good time running around with her friends Easton and Emmerich. It was a beautiful night for softball game.

We have also been able to play outside a lot the past few days, finally!

Arie's surgery

Arie had surgery on Monday for her blocked tear ducts. We have known she would most likely have to have this surgery for quite awhile now. Our pediatrician reffered us to a pediatric eye specialist from South Dakota who comes to Sanford every 6 weeks and does consults and surgeries. We met with him back in March and he confirmed that Arie would need the surgery.

She was under anesthesia and they went in through the corner of her eye into the tear ducts with a probe and popped them open and then went in through her nose to make sure they were open-she had both eyes done. She did so great and was she was so brave, we got to the hospital at 5:45am, met with the anesthesiologist and her surgeon and she was in surgery by 7am, we were anxious and nervous but knew she was in good hands. The surgery itself lasted less than 30 minutes (which still felt like eternity) she then went in to recovery for around 30-45 minutes. We got to be with her in recovery and hold her as she was waking up. She was not a happy camper, but who can blame her! She calmed down and had a bottle and some juice and kept it down so we were able to get her discharged really quickly and left the hospital a little after 8:00am. Her eyes were a little red and swollen for a few hours afterwards but she is as good as new now!

We had a great Birthday weekend for Arie, filled with lots of celebrations and family! Arie was a real trooper considering she had a bad cold the whole weekend-but that was not going to stop her from opening presents! :) She also had her 1 year checkup-she is little peanut, in the 8th percentile for weight and in the 37th percentile for height. She grew quit a bit in length since her last visit but barely put on a pound. I contribute that to all her walking-the girl won't sit still! Anyways she is healthy and happy, she will be having surgery on May 9th for her clogged tear ducts however. Something we have known would most likely be the case.

Arie's list of word and new trick continue to grow each day-she is such a smart little girl, I always say she gets that from her dad-let's face it it's not from me! :)

1 YEAR OLD!!!!!!

I cannot believe out baby is 1 year old tomorrow! This last year flew by and was the best year of my life so far, Arie has truly blessed our lives and has given us so much joy and happiness.