Welcome to the World Baby Kwinton

Sunday morning I was lying in bed when I got a text.  It was about 7:30 so I was still trying to roll myself out of bed at that point.  This text was from Nikki and it said "PANDA WATCH, PANDA WATCH, PANDA WATCH!!"  To anyone else this may have mean nothing but I knew it meant something more, we were having a baby!  The last few weeks we knew that Nikki was getting close to having this baby and he was a little bit small so we knew that he could be coming at any time so one day my brother declared the baby watch "PANDA WATCH" after the movie Anchorman.  Anyway, Nikki let me know that she was having contractions all through the night so she was heading in to the hospital.  After a few hours of waiting and wondering if they would admit her I finally got the call that we were having this baby.  I headed up around noon to start the waiting game.  At that point she was only dilated to a 5.  So then me, my mom, Kwinton and Nikki waited and waited and waited and waited.  Finally around 5 me, my mom and Kwinton decided to head across the street to get some diner while Nikki to a little nap and at that time they started the patoicn.  When we got back an hour or so later she had only gotten to a 6 so we thought that it would be a very long night.  Meg and my dad showed up at this point.  About 15 min later Nikki told the nurse that she was feeling a lot of pressure so the nurse decided to check her again.  In 15 min she went from a 6 to a 10, we were going to have a baby!!  Around 6:30 baby Kwinton joined the world.  He was 6 lb 1 oz and 17 1/2 in.  He came out angry I guess because he screamed and screamed.  I'm so glad that Nikki and Kwinton let me be there for all the births of their children.  It's such an amazing thing to be able to be there for.  And on a side note, she had this baby on Aug 8, the day before her birthday Aug 9.  Aug 9 is also the birthday of her son that just turned 3 named Cole. 

Nikki walking around trying to get things moving

Almost time

Here he is screaming

Screaming again

Much better

Aunt Angie

Cali loved her new little brother

Cole wasn't so sure

Kwinton Jeffrey Franc

24th of July Cabin Weekend

Over the 24th of July weekend we always make our way up to the cabin for a lot of fun and relaxation.  This year me and the girls headed up there Thursday for a long weekend and Dan joined us Saturday after he flew in from Washington DC. 

Friday we spent a lot of the day hanging out in the creek water park that Les made for all the kids.
Saturday was the grand parade of Samak and the horseshoe tournament. 

See how much Kyla loves me

Look at all those kids

Sarah and Rod enjoying some horseshoes

Me and Hayden are laughing at something funny while Amber sleeps

Poor alligator

Getting ready for the parade

Oh no!

He was ready for the holiday

Here comes the parade

Kwinton (my nemesis) took 2nd place.  I on the other had got beaten out by the 1st place winners Les and Traci earlier in the game.  (BOO!)

Sherrie did a great job getting fun things for the kids

I love the silly grandpa smile on Jarom's face

Don't as me what happened to this picture, they look all stretched out?

That's much better

Tupac showed up

Nikki ready to have a baby