We made it!

We have arrived in Dallas!! Things did not go quite according to plan, but we arrived in one piece and most of our stuff did as well. We were planning on all flying out with Grauntie Ginger on Saturday Feb 24th, but all the flights to and through Dallas were cancelled due to high winds. We quickly realized that the only way we were going to make it for our closing was to get in the rented minivan and drive to Dallas! Here are a few pics of our final day in San Diego and of the very cramped Town & Country.

Aidan Grandma & Ryan

Sydney inspecting the moving truck

Aunt Nicki with the Twins

Stephanie & Aidan

Casi Woman with Mr Finn

After our "see you laters"we loaded up the T&C and started East:

Let the good times roll!

After our first day on the road I was very excited to stretch out in our King Bed. Uh--Yeah!

Mr Finn stretching getting fresh air

36 Hours later we made it to Dallas:

Ryan helping move in

Aidan checking out his new room (is it me or does it look like he has six fingers?)
Ryan taking a quick break

Aidan brought in the essentials

More soon

So long San Diego

I never thought this day would come, but as I type this we are packing up the house and getting ready for the big move to Flower Mound Texas. We have had a busy couple of weeks seeing friends. Here are a few pics:

Friday was my last day in the San Diego office. Katie brought the kids in to help pack my office. They were not a help!

Saturday we met at the park to have one last romp with all the neighborhood kids and dogs.

Cade, Ryan, Aidan, Lily

Liam, Gabriel & Blake

Aidan & Ginger

Ryan & Ryan

Ryan & Taylor

Here are a few recent pics of the kiddos without thier buddies:

Mr. Finn

Ryan, Finn & sloppy kisser Aidan

Miss Ry

The kids just got back from the bars.

See you all (not ya'll) in TX soon, go Mavs!

Quick Update

All is well in the McClain house. We have been busy fighting colds, catching up with visitors, and getting ready for our move to Dallas. We wanted to send out a few pics of the kids:

Ryan

Finn and his buddy Grant

Aidan

Ryan & Aidan checking in on Finn

Finn hanging out with Auntie Bounce

Finn Gainer McClain

Katie and I are happy to announce that Finn Gainer McClain arrived on December 18th. Baby Finn came into the world at 7 pounds even and 19 inches long. Both Katie and Finn had a check up today and I am happy to report that both are doing very well.

Finn Gainer McClain

Family Shot

Finn & Katie

Both Ryan and Aidan are awesome with little Finn. Ryan is about the best big sister you could ask for, all she wants to do is to give Finn kisses and attend to him whenever he cries. Aidan is also a great big brother but he is more into wrestling rather than loving on Finn.

Sleepy Finn (95% of the time)

Party Finn

Below is my first attempt at adding video to the blog. Hopefully this will work!

Jackson Hole

We just got back from an extended weekend in Jackson Hole. We had a great time and got to spend time with my Aunt Gayle and Uncle David, our Cousins Susie and Peter and of course our wonderful host Grauntie Ginger. I am still sorting through the 1000 + pictures we all took, but so far these two of the kids are standouts.

Miss Ryan looking far more serious than she is

Mr Aidan hunting for the resident Moose

This was taken shortly after we got back home. The kids decided to have a wrestling match on Sydney's bed just before their bath. Don't worry, Ryan got a couple of good licks in on Aidan.

Overdue Update

Hi all. First our apolgies for the lack of updates. We have actually attempted to update this a couple of times but we have been having trouble uploading pictures. Anyway this is what Ryan and Aidan have been up to:

Our friends Penny and Chris came to vist from New York. We had a lot of fun with them as we always do.

We have also introduced the twins to water this summer. They are more fond of the shallow pools but we can ocassionly lure them into Ginger's pool.

Here are a few more shots from the summer:

Ryan & Aidan's First Birthday

We made it! Ryan & Aidan officially celebrated their first birthday last Sunday. We had a great time with family and a few friends. On Saturday the twins had their friends over to play in their new sand box and ball pit, have some cake and formula, and watch the adults chase their friends around. It was a little on the warm side but I am happy to report that everyone had a great time and stayed happy!

Family shot to prove we attended the festivities.

Miss Ryan Elizabeth, 1 Year

Mr. Aidan Patrick, 1 Year

This was by far my favorite part of the day, as soon as they figured

out what they had they both had a guilty look on their face.

Official shot of the cake

The twins had a great time with their friends; Aidan

Carly and Blake spend some quality time in the sandboat

Aidan and his buddy Gabriel in the ball pit

Ryan & Aidan in their new Sandboat

Digging into the gifts! Please note that this is

Aidan's 3rd shirt of the day. The kid likes to drool.

Now, I am not sure what was going on a year ago, but

there sure were a lot of 8-14 month old kids around.

If you think all of this looks crazy, listen to this: Katie and I are happy to announce that we will be blessed with baby number three this Christmas. If anyone has any friends at Pampers or Gerber let us know.

Here is a picture of the new little bugger

Bye for now. Hopefully next post will have some good action shots of the twins walking!