Samuel Gareth Oscar MacNeill

At 8 lbs and 11.3 oz, our last son made his way into the world. Sam is doing great though seems to like to sleep in the day and was awake all last night... good thing he is really cute!!! Thanks for all the well wishes and visits while in hospital. He was born at 4:44 pm on Jan 6 and we got home today!!! At first Thomas would not come close to him but today we are excited that he even kissed him goodnight!! Both Matt and Ben are being fantastic and love watching him bath, eat and even cry... we will see how long the novelty lasts!! Gramma is also staying with us for a bit..thank goodness!!! I am sure we will have a ton more pictures to come, take care, The MacNeills

Still no baby!!!

At 38 weeks and 2 days, I am starting to wish more and more that this baby comes out...soon!!! Another big boy I suspect!!! ANyways, as we wait, here are a few more pictures of the fish tank with fish and the kids playing with the new (and old) geo trax. Happy 2010, The MacNeills

Snow!!!

FINALLY we got some snow overnight. Matt was the first outside as the other boys finished breakfast. Ben , Thomas and I were soon to follow since we have not had a good snowman day this year yet!!! This is our santa-snowman!!! Mama hopes building it will help the baby want to come out!!! Have a fun snow day, the MacNeills

Christmas Day and boxing day

On Christmas day, Auntie Pam and heather came over with their families and we had turkey and ham!!! We ate alot and had fun. The kids got to open their stockings and santa left playmobile and trains for thomas. Their cousins and families gave the boys a fish aquarium which we will set up in the next few days!! Pretty cool!!! Mama and papa gave the boys a blow up bouncy room... we have gone twice a day to the "shed" to bounce our energy out!!! It is great. (Since we have almost no snow, sledding etc has not been an option so this fills in nicely!!! ) ANyway, hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and we will posting pictures of baby when he finally decides to come!!! (Mama is starting to get impatient!!!) All the best, the MacNeills

Christmas eve at the MacNeills

Despite being a bit late, thought I should start putting up a few pictures of the last few days. The kids were really excited about Christmas and played with our playmobile manger scene for the weeks leading up to Christmas. Thanks again to the Antons who sent us this as a gift 3 years ago!! They love it and we still have most of the pieces. We let the kids eat supper and then we had a plate of cookies and chocolates after a few songs. The kids sang away in a manger...Thomas is good at holding up his star at the right time!!! (THey sang this one at church last sunday as well). We then had alot of gifts to open and it was a pretty long evening before we got through everything. Ben was showing Gramma how he looks with a pregnant belly..like his big mama who is still waiting for the little boy to come out!!! I will put up Christmas day pictures etc later, all the best, the MacNeills!!

More Christmas celebrations!!

Two visits from santa in one day!! How lucky is that!!! Matt and Ben had a great concert for day care. Matt was a tree who fell once chopped to the delight of the crowd. Ben was part of the family that chopped hin down. They then sang until santa came and even Thomas said "santa"...though would cry if closer than 2 meters to the man in red!!! We had a yummy lunch and then after an afternoon nap (well for Tom), we headed to the Cambell's house where 15 kids got another surprise visit from santa!!! Papa and mama then had their work parties so we are pretty tired out today. At church matt and ben got to each light an advent candle at the front of the church. This was pretty exciting and we plan to visit gramma and her friend this afternoon. Hope everyone else is enjoying the advent lead up to Christmas. PS... mama is getting pretty big and today would be the time that I actually had Matt!!! The MacNeills