Are you ready for some football (cooking!) ?

Just a quick post to say hello and wish everyone a Happy Superbowl Sunday! I personally dont even know which two teams are playing, but Josh is pretty excited, so Im off to search for good chicken wing recipes! Have a happy week. :o)

Movie Recommendation

Josh and I recently got a chance to see "Slumdog Millionaire" (finally!) and REALLY loved it. If you get a chance over the next weeks, its a must see! (Especially for those people who have a connection to India in any way!) It really brought the plight of the poor in India back to the forefront of our minds and just depicted everyday life there so beautifully and without embellishement or sensationalism. Such a lovely movie!

kisses :o*

The average person spends about two weeks of their life kissing.......................

In my estimation, Ray and Jude have spent at least two weeks of their short lifetimes BEING kissed...thanks a lot, aunties. :o)

z's

"A new baby typically results in 400-750 hours of lost sleep for parents in the first year."
--The National Sleep Research Project


After a beautiful (and exhausting) Christmas Eve/Day, this is how I found Ray Ray on the couch after popping in one of his new movies. At least someone around here is getting some rest! :o)

Happy 2009!

We wish you all a New Year filled with......

Wonderful SURPRISES......

Happiness, peace and (brotherly) love...

xo, The Tuckers

Welcome Jude Daly Tucker

Just a quick note to let everyone know that we finally welcomed our precious baby boy Jude Daly Tucker to our family this week! Jude was born on July 8th, 2008 at 1042am and is absolutely perfect! It was a bit of a scary delivery as his heart rate was getting pretty low as the contractions got stronger, but all ended well and beautifully. He weighed in a bit higher than his brother at 7 pounds 1 ounce and was 19 1/2 inches long. He looks a lot like Ray Ray with bigger eyes and a bigger nose! Ray has taken to him very well--he constantly wants to kiss him and touch him and help me burp him (his favorite!) and doesnt seem too jealous yet. Of course he is still getting TONS of attention from all the Aunties and his Bip so it hasnt been that large an adjustment. We are all so happy to have our Jude and it is such a blessing see our family grow. God is so good and we are thankful more and more each minute. We send our love to everyone..stop by soon and dont call first....we are happy to be dropped in on! Sorry not to have better photos. My camera was the last one used on the big day so good photos are not as easy to come by! More to come!



Our precious little man
Meeting my Jude for the first time
Big Brother and Jude's nostrils :o)

Just a quick note to let everyone know that we finally welcomed our precious baby boy Jude Daly Tucker to our family this week! Jude was born on July 8th, 2008 at 1042am and is absolutely perfect! It was a bit of a scary delivery as his heart rate was getting pretty low as the contractions got stronger, but all ended well and beautifully. He weighed in a bit higher than his brother at 7 pounds 1 ounce and was 19 1/2 inches long. He looks a lot like Ray Ray with bigger eyes and a bigger nose! Ray has taken to him very well--he constantly wants to kiss him and touch him and help me burp him (his favorite!) and doesnt seem too jealous yet. Of course he is still getting TONS of attention from all the Aunties and his Bip so it hasnt been that large an adjustment. We are all so happy to have our Jude and it is such a blessing see our family grow. God is so good and we are thankful more and more each minute. We send our love to everyone..stop by soon and dont call first....we are happy to be dropped in on! Sorry not to have better photos. My camera was the last one used on the big day so good photos are not as easy to come by! More to come!

New York City!

We decided to take one last long road trip before the new baby arrives and thought that there would be no better place to go than New York City! We wanted to see a Yankees game in the original Yankee Stadium and since they are replacing it starting next year, it was an easy choice to go there sooner rather than later. We ended up going with Ali and Susie and met Charlie (Susie's boyfriend) there. It was a great trip and the Yankees won the game we saw! Yay! We did some pretty touristy things (like going to the top of the Empire State Building) because we figured we should do the things that dad is always too embarrased to do as a REAL New Yorker when we go with him! We stayed right by Times Square so we spent time there, walked all through most of the famous districts, and ate at some really amazing restaurants and street carts. We got to spend part of an afternoon in Central Park which Ray LOVED! They had a fountain for kids to play in and Ray wasted NO time joining the fun...even though the water was really cold and the air temperature wasnt very hot! It ended up being a perfect "last hurrah" and a great start to the summer. Cant wait to go back and see a game in the NEW Yankee Stadium with our new little one. :o) Here are a few photographic highlights...