The last two weeks....

So I have too many pictures to blog, and no time to blog them.
But here is a nice big, chunk of our last 2.5 weeks, since we
brought Seth home with us.

The cute little man, just after arriving home from the hospital.

Ellie greeting her new little bro. She loves him and always
makes sure we are taking care of him properly.

The two men in my life. Seth looks sooo much like Adam...
just like Ellie did as a newborn.

A few days later, we got a quick visit from some family.
Ellie and her cousin, Izzie, had way too much fun
playing together. Made us sad that we don't live close
enough to any cousins to have these meetings regularly.

Izzie is such a sweet girl.

Last weekend, Adam and I packed the kiddos into the car at
3:30 AM to drive down to Lynchburg so that Adam could run

in the Lynchburg Half Marathon. Ellie had way too much fun.
She looked pretty country, running around barefoot, cheering
from the hood of the car, and eating lots of yummy snacks.

The colorful twizzlers kept her pretty happy.

Adam prepping for the race.

And stealing a good-luck hug.

The start of the race... Adam in on the left end in the front.

Looking good! He got 10th place overall, 1st in his age group,
finishing in just over 1:27.

Luckily for me... Seth spent the majority of the trip sleeping.

This picture is PURE ELLIE. She was trying to get Dad's
attention in this picture. Who could ever ignore that?

So to celebrate the race, we hit the local Sonic
for breakfast! YUMMM! Sadly, there isn't one up where
we live. So we enjoyed it, despite Adam's expression.

Ellie tried to climb into her high chair last week on her
own, and ended up stuck in this position.

Watching over her brother. She is very protective
of him around people who aren't family. She is so sweet,
and always wants to help with him and make sure he's
being held and changed and brought along with us.
A natural big sister. We are very proud of her.

Sleeping on Daddy.

I don't like pictures, but I decided I needed to record
that I was in fact around when my son was a newborn.

Seth Rocco spends more and more time awake as he grows.
He is adorable, and ultra sweet.

The craziest pair around.

We love our cute little pair of crazy ones. Can't believe how fast
they grow. Ellie is getting so grown up... today, when I took her
to nursery, she got down, turned to me, waved, and said
"bye bye!" So I said goodbye and left. Such a good, smart, and
insane little girl.

A Few Real Pics of the Little Man

Thanks for the patience everyone. I still don't have a lot of decent
pictures to post, but here are a couple until I can get on the ball.

Seth has been wonderful. He seems pretty mild mannered, from
what we can tell. I'm learning how nice it is to actually have a
normal baby (like one that mostly sleeps and eats as a newborn).
But, at the same time, I also have Ellie in toddler form... which
isn't so nice all the time, but at least it's entertaining.

The little man with Grandpa when we got home
from the hospital.

We're still not sure what color to call his hair. It is very much a
mix of everything. Mostly a light-brown, dirty-blonde, but with
maybe just a hint of something reddish. I don't know. It depends
on the light. But his face looks A LOT like Ellie's did... same little
features and expressions. Ellie's were just more intense.

Ellie is quickly learning to be a Junior Mommy to Seth. She
always likes to check on him and give him his things. She LOVES
to hold him, maybe a little too much. But she's being a good big
sister, even if she is becoming increasingly "2". Yikes!

She was SO happy when we brought the baby home from
the hospital. Such a funny girl.

On a side note, Ellie got her own new baby this week... if you
watch any kids channels, you know "Pillow Pets". She loves their
commercials and saw them at a stand in the mall with Gma and
Gpa, who of course, saw how excited she was, and let her bring
one home.

They said she hugged it and carried it all through the mall, then
had to buckle it into its own seat in the truck coming home.
Such a goofy little girl.

Seth Rocco Roggia

we came in around 7:30 am; started having some contractions around 1pm, but hayley didn't feel much. Around 3 or so they came in, and he was almost out on his own. after about 10 minutes he was out.
6 lbs 14 oz; about 20ish in

more to come...

Play Date

Ellie and I were lucky enough to have a fun play date with
Adam on his day off last week. Ellie had too much fun at the
lake-front beach, despite the crazy hot and humid weather.

I feel bad I haven't taken her more this summer, but the
weather has just been so miserable. She's been very patient
with me and my limited willingness to hang out in the nasty
humidity this very pregnant summer. She's a good girl. She
had a blast playing with Daddy in the water.

He had to do super-speedy bucket mounds for Ellie
to smash with her feet while the lifeguards had a break
called. It was the only thing we could do to keep her out
of the water. But even that wasn't working perfectly.

So we went over to the tiny playground, and Ellie got some
pull-ups done. She always loves working out... Adam said
she did a few almost completely without his help... tough girl.

Recently, we had the luck of adopting some play equipment from
a neighbor who was moving and tossing them. We picked up this
slide, one of those little red push cars everyone has, and a little
table with 2 chairs. Ellie likes them all... too much.

An unconventional (but common) kiss from Daddy.

My little crazy child.

Random

So, I have zero excuses for not blogging much recently. I just
haven't wanted to at all. I also haven't take that many pictures
over the last month or more. Maybe it's just the late pregnancy
craziness. Who knows. I'm sure it will pick up quickly as we
start documenting the next bundle of chaos that is coming to us
so soon.

Ellie loves bubbles, so Grandma bought her a bubble machine.
Tucker was equally thrilled... Ellie won't play with them until
she calls the dogs in to play too.

Wrestling around with Dad, like always. These two are so
crazy and rough. They have way too much fun. She has LOVED
having Daddy home so much more this summer. We'll be
sad when school starts back up in the fall.

Of course, the wrestling ended with Ellie beating down
the man who taught her to fight. The student becomes
the teacher.

Ellie is still SOOO helpful and cute. She LOVES to
do laundry. She puts the clothes in the baskets, puts
them into the washer, dumps in the soap, closes the lid,
and even makes sure to turn off the lights. She always likes
to have things back where they belong. She is in charge of
things is always sure to let us know if we aren't doing something
right... or if we're forgetting something. A natural big sister.

Lately, she has not wanted to change her clothes after
church on Sundays. She loves her pretty dresses and shoes.
She also compliments us when she thinks we look pretty.
Such a sweetie.

Love that girl.

Showing off her dainty side... she's too young to know that it
could be embarrassing. Anything to do with her bum (diapers,
toots, poo, her bum itself) are all "poo" to her. So in the left
picture, she had just tooted, and grabbed her bum, then said,
"eeewww, poo." That's our girl. She loves to talk about it. Then
she also likes to talk about boogers. She's all about the yucky
boy stuff... her Daddy and GrandDaddy are proud men.

Sidewalk chalk... I hate how it gets everywhere, but she
enjoys it, so I endure.

For the Fourth of July, we went to the traditional ward location,
where kids were rolling down the hills on the golf course... so Ellie
of course had to join in... first with Daddy's help.

Then she had to do it on her own... and actually did
pretty well. She had fun... at least in the beginning.

Popsicles got her through the first, little fireworks.
Then they got bigger and louder, and in that location,
they were right over our heads and echoing off the lake,
so she just wanted to get out of there... not a fan this year.

The next day we did a forest picnic in super hot weather.
Ellie had fun exploring the woods with Dad and the pups.

Love the sweaty hair.

Then she enjoyed hitting all the big trees with a cool stick she
found. We had a good time with Grandma and Grandpa.

Anyway, things are good with us. Adam is working lots of hours,
but we get to visit him a lot, so it all works out. I am 37.5 weeks
pregnant... feeling good, just waiting for the big day. I am still
running, but not a lot.... like twice a week lately... and only 2-3
miles each time. But it feels good to do it. We will be sure to post
the news when our little man arrives. Here's to the waiting game!