Birthdays and Celebrations

Friday, August 29, 2008


This is an eventful week for the Hooper family. On Thursday Jaeger celebrated his first birthday. We've included a few of his "baby" pictures in this post - we can hardly believe that we brought him home at 7 pounds. He now weighs over 70lbs!
Also this week (actually, on Monday), Henry will be five months old. Like Jaeger, Henry was just a peanut when we brought him home, and now Henry is pushing 18 pounds. The two "boys" are the best of buddies. As you can see in the video, Jaeger insists on giving Henry a bath regularly, and wherever Henry goes, Jaeger follows. It's hard to see in the bounce portion of the video, but as Henry is bouncing away, Jaeger is lying right by his side.
Finally, Matt and Ali celebrate their one year anniversary on Tuesday. We both agree that this has been the absolute best year of our lives - we thank God everyday for all of our blessings. 
Morgan delivered the most precious anniversary gift to us today. She put together a video of pictures and video clips from the last couple of years, and the song accompanying the video is Carrie Underwood's "I'll Stand By You." That is the song that we danced to on our wedding night. What a special treat. Thank you Morgan!
To check out the video of Henry and Jaeger, click on the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9dpGfvroX4

At Jaeger's first home in Indiana

The car ride home to Ohio

Home at last

Nap time with Mommy

Mom, can I have more pears, please?

Thanks Mom - those pears are delicious.

I love to eat.

Hey Shorty, it's my birthday.

I'm gonna lounge-around-da-house like it's my birthday.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

i love you guys! what a great year it has been for the entire family!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Happy Anniversary. You are a great family and we adore you. Ava said to tell Henry that is her puppy. Happy Birthday!