Isaac Andrew Vitz

At peace in mommy's arms.

At 11:54 am the healthy baby boy was born- 8lbs 10oz and 21 inches. All are well. Thank you for the prayers.

-Pete

It took Simon the whole time mom was in labor to drink his smoothie. He needs all the energy he can get now that he is a big brother!!!

Ann is in Labor!!

She and Pete went into the hospital this morning around 6 after dropping Simon off at Mom and Dad's. Send prayers their way! More news to follow!

Nate's First Trip to the Barber Shop!

Solemnity of the Sacred Heart

Here's a shout out to Rev. Andrew F. Royals, Parochial Vicar of Sacred Heart Church and in humble thanksgiving to God for having restored him to His service there. Woo hoo!

Happy 30th Anniversary!!

Way to go, Mom and Dad!! Hip Hip Hooray!

Happy 2nd Anniversary!!

Today Fr. Drew celebrates his 2nd anniversary as a priest. Great work so far!! Keep it up.

Happy Birthday! Ann

Congratulations Pete and Ann! What a wonderful way to celebrate your birthday. Enjoy your new home, get a little rest because the next image of you waving good night from your front porch will have a 4th little head. Much love and happiness from the Royals of Nottingham.

Home Sweet Home

The Vitz have moved in!!!

Go, James, Go!

Congratulations...James is a 4th class "Plebe no more"...one stripe
for his 3rd class or "Youngster Year"!!!!  It was awarded to him this
afternoon after his first class leaders were commissioned at the USNA
graduation!!!  Way to go James!

Tom

WHITE LILY wins the TOWER TROPHY!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the final grade 3 - Grade 12 race, John Paul came in second place
for his leg of the race in the Middle School, earning necessary points
enabling the Upper School White Lily racers to eventually win the race
and the trophy!!

Awesome day for John of the 'Long Legs' Paul !!!!!!!!!!!!

love, Dad

Oh Pickles....

Why do bath times always come to an end?!? Don't worry baby Thomas there is always tomorrow's bath to look forward to :-)

Whoa! Look at Fr. Andrew

So, he was coming along in his recovery, making a gradual but steady progress. Learning to eat again... Learning to move about with healing ribs and altered insides, experimenting with how much activity he could tolerate. Adding, little by little, the building blocks of functioning out there in the fast lane.... THEN there was an exponentially speedy recovery, WOW!
Does he have enough stamina to say Mass? YES!
Does he have enough strength to drive? YES!
Can he go out and have lunch with friends? YES!
Does he want to see his people? YES!
Does he want to get back home to Sacred Heart? YES!
Does he still need fattening up? YES!
Is he still pale? YES!
Does he still get bushed? YES!
Is he excited about getting back in the swing of things? YES!

Messy Boys

Behold... the power of Ellen!

Connolly! To the power of three!

Unchallenged by children of 21 and 9 months, the Connollys are happy to announce the arrival of Awesome Baby Number Three, coming in November to a hospital near you! Ellen, Mike, Pat, and Nate are ecstatic (especially Nate, who got a diaper change shortly after hearing the news).

Baby's picture is posted above (not the most flattering angle, admittedly) as a reminder to everyone to keep the little chimpanzee in your prayers.

Happy Mothers Day!

Pictures of TJRJR at 3 months!

All Done!

Nate's first Twix bar was delicious.

Here's to Exams

I'm almost done with exams. I've taken government, leadership and navigation so far. Next week is calculus on Monday and chemistry on Wednesday to finish them off. My daily routine has been dominated by studying, but I have strategically peppered it today with liberty. Almost done.