End of Feb 2012

This month was focused on finishing construction at the house. Here are some pics to share...still some work to be done to put things back together, but pretty much done...










Madi has already begun practicing for track and we are looking forward to her meets this month. Andrew will finish up basketball and begin baseball practice. Abby continues to add to her sentences and communication...it is humorous to watch...Until next time...

End of January 2012 - Abby is 2!!

This month was dominated by two things...the addition to the house and Abby's birthday. The addition is moving along...at the end of the month, construction was nearly completed on the new portion and work began on the inside of the house. This has begun a challenging time of no kitchen or table and living within the construction materials and dust. We are anticipating completion of the project the third week in Feb. I will post pictures of the completed project then....here are pics of the progress to this point.









Due to the construction, we had Abby's 2 year old party at Rebekah's business center. It provided a nice play for the party. In attendance were both grandparents; two great grandmothers; Uncle Jeremy, Aunt Susan, Megan and Lauren; Bob, Kathy, Matt and Rebecca Negro; Walt, Linda and Tara; Karla and Nicole Intile. The food was Abby's favorite junk food: Pizza, Cheese Curls, Potato Chips, Lemonade and of course cake. Her theme was Toy Story because she is currently into Buzz, Woody, Jessy and Bulleye. She received some little people zoo animals and some other cool gifts. Her big gift was vtech camera. A good time was had by all...here are some pics.













Abby did enjoy a left over cupcake near bedtime to end the night...


Madi continues to do well. She was selected for County Chorus and received an honorable mention in a national writing contest for her short story. Andrew is also doing well...his basketball team that I coach is off to a 4-0 start...he continues to improve and really enjoy basketball...This spring Madi is going to join the Middle School track team and Andrew is going to play little league baseball for a second year...

Looking forward to the addition being completed and to spring and its activities...Until next time...

December 2011

December was a good month for the Hirneisen's. In the beginning of the month, Rebekah and Madison had the opportunity to go on a cruise from Tampa to Cozumel. They went snorkeling as one of their excursions and enjoyed the other events on the ship.



Abigail continues to grow up at a remarkable pace. She is now putting together 3 word sentences and is very expressive. She wants to be a big kid all the time. She and Andrew share donuts when we have them. They take a bite and then butt heads...sometimes the chocolate gets a little messy.


Here she is trying to wear Andrew's hat after he came in from outside.


Madi and Andrew are both doing well at at school. Madi performed in her orchestra and choir concerts. Andrew has taken up the trumpet and is doing well with it. Andrew is also playing basketball this winter. I have the opportunity to coach his team and it is alot of fun. They continue to be great siblings to Abigail and help out with caring for her. Here is a group photo that was taken this month.


Christmas was good for all. Madi got typical teen stuff...an ihome for her room and mainly gift cards for clothes and money for her new room. Andrew got many cool 10 year old toys...an air hog helicopter and remote control car, some lego transformers and of course sports equipment and clothes.



Andrew and I both got Philadelphia Eagles shirts from Uncle Trevor.


Abigail got many cool toys for Christmas. She got a cookie monster that eats cookies, a rock'n elmo, a buckle bear, toy story character potato heads and new car amongst her many toys.









Construction on our addition has really taken off this month. We are under roof, have walls, windows and even heat. We are finalizing our appliance and furniture purchases. Hopefully, we will be complete over the next 5-6 weeks. Here are some pictures of the progress.






We hope you had a joyous and safe holiday season. Please feel free to share your own family updates with us. Best wishes in 2012.