The Girls meet Baby Cade!!

Because of the Swine Flu the girls weren't allowed to go visit their new baby cousin at the hospital.  We were only able to hold them off a couple hours after Baby Cade arrived home before we had to make a trip to see him!  They were a little more than excited!!

Here are a few photos of their first few minutes with him.

Lainey thought Cade was pretty awesome...

as long as her mommy and daddy weren't holding him!!  :)

What a great big cousin!!  Ellie held Cade perfectly and even sang him a little lullaby!

Memorial Day Parade

For the first time ever Ritter Hagee Optometry entered a float in the Blue Ash Memorial Day Parade.  It was a beauty!  I heard from more than one person it was the best float in the parade!  We handed out candy, office pamphlets, and even a few Whipty-Do coupons along the route!

Here is a picture of the side of the float!

Our cutest parade walkers/candy passer-outers--

Ellie Ritter and Libby Hamant (Dr. Fender's daughter)!!

Check out their awesome glasses!!

No optometry practice float is complete without

a pair of glasses and a winking eye!!

Natalie and Danny Hagee rode inside the float to wink the eye!

Eye open...

...eye winked!!

More parade walkers waiting for the parade to begin.

Lainey had a good ride on Daddy's back.

She was our all star parade waver!!

I think a FUN time was had by all!!!

Baby Cade is Born! 5/24/09

At 2:11 am Sunday morning our new little nephew, Cade Joseph Brichler, arrived in Cincinnati!

We are so happy he is finally here!

Here are a few pictures from the hospital less than an hour after he was born.

The Happy Family--Brian, Shanna, and Cade!

In Namaw's arms!

So Cute!

Ellie's Graduation

Ellie graduated from Lakeview Preschool last Monday, May 18th.  We are so proud of her and everything she has learned!

Here she is before we left for the ceremony.

In the "Star" classroom with her teachers Mrs. Debbie and Mrs. Kim.  Mrs. Debbie is actually Aunt Deb to most of us, but Ellie continues to call her Mrs. Debbie even outside of school!  :)

Here she is on stage receiving her diploma!

The graduation gifts--Tinkerbell pjs and new nail polish...

...and a new dictionary!!

The first word she looked up was diploma!

The Slide

So here it is...the SLIDE!  It's been up for a couple of months and the girls haven't lost interest yet!  They are so proud of their new bed and of their Daddy for making it for them!