Birthday Breakfast

For Nova's first birthday, we wanted to do something special just for her. We found an amazing recipe for fun-fetti pancakes with whipped cream flavored icing, and made Nova a special little crown for her big day. Grandma Raquel had also made Nova a lovely little one-sie she wore. She woke up and we went right to celebrating in style.

She doesn't get to indulge in sweets, so this was a fun little event. She definitely ended up loving these delicious pancakes though! (as did we...)

love her

cheers,

dad

Meet the Nova: a homebirth story

It's been a while....right?

Well, we had the joy of welcoming our beautiful, 9lbs 12oz daughter into the world on September 21st, in our very own home! It was the most impacting and emotional experience of our lives, and we cherish every moment of it.

(Brooke Schwab Photography)

She decided to take her sweet time, and came right before the 42week mark. We had always planned to put together a birth announcement video after she was born, but after realizing the events and moments we had captured since her due date, we new a little birth story is the only thing that could do justice to the anticipation and excitement we felt along the way- just waiting to meet our daughter.

Our good friend Brooke also captured the whole birth process, as well as the bonding time after birth. We can't thank her enough for the amazing images she was able to create and capture for our family.

We'd love to share the rest with you: AMAZING BIRTH PHOTOS

We also want to thank our AMAZING midwife Kellie Moeller for helping us to have the most incredible birth experience we could possibly imagine. She's going to be a long-time part of this family as it grows.

The rest of the love (and there's a lot of it) goes to our family that supported us along the way. We couldn't have done it without them. We love our families so much, and this experience has done nothing but bring us all even closer together.

(Brooke Schwab Photography)

Parenthood has been absolutely amazing. You'll probably get more personalized stories from each of us, but for now, we'll stop blabbering on.
- Aaron & Rachel


Here is Nova's birth story that we put together, we hope you enjoy it!


Nova's Birth Story from 31Films on Vimeo.

Special thanks to our friend, Tyler Swanner for the beautiful title work in the video

Good Ol' Topol

And a great time it was....

sidenote: i had forgotten how nifty this little canon point and shoot is. i had left it in the camera bag and forgotten about it ever since getting my new baby. Either way, i need to remember to bust this little dude out every now and then :)

GET RED!

SO...

WE GOT 2 TICKETS TO GAME THREE OF THE ROCKETS VS. TRAILBLAZERS PLAYOFF SERIES TONIGHT (FRIDAY @ TOYOTA CENTER), AND WE ARE SOOOOOO PUMPED! OUR SEATS ARE RIGHT ABOVE THE TUNNEL WHERE THE ROCKETS RUN IN AND OUT OF THE GYM. ANYWAYS, WE'LL TRY TO BRING OUR CAMERAS AND DOCUMENT THE NIGHT, BUT BEFORE HAND - WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ALL SET TO SHOW OUR TEAM SPIRIT. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Aaron:

His Car

His House Key

Rachel:

Her Bag

Her Car

Her intimidation stare...

Nina: (yep - even she got in on the action)

"Nina Rocket-Aaron-Brooks-Landry-Scola Tharpe"

as Rachel calls her in this outfit...

Her NBA sag...

This was her best MJ impression (check the tongue out!)

CLUTCH CITY '09! ARE YOU RED?

And don't worry.....

No animals were harmed in the making of this blog.

So Nina wasn't broke...

but we still had to get her fixed :(

and she is SO bummed right now. please keep her in the doggy part of your prayers!

here comes the sun do da dee da

feeling soooooooo much better this morning still hurts to swallow but a whole 24 hrs without fever!! and im feeling good

**also took little nina pup to the vet and they gave her something for her tapworms shes doing fine now :)



so thankful for healing in Jesus name!
so thankful for a husband who prayed over me, constantly made me check my temperture, gave me cold towels when my fever was too high and gave me my medicine when it was time to take it :)
so thankful to be up and around again
so thankful that the rockets destroyed the blazers in game 1 of the playoffs
so thankful that when my throat is all better we're going to wunsche bros. to celebrate!! :)


thanks for all the well wishes everyone!
-rachel

Look who had the worst week ever!

-Taxes (aaron)

-Tonsillitis (rachel)

-Tapeworms (nina)

Meet the Newest Little Tharpey!

We would like you to meet the newest addition to the Tharpeys...

Her name is Nina Yvette Tharpe. She is our 5mo. old Miniature Pinscher/Chihuahua mix (AKA: Min Pin / Chi). She is a rescued pet that we adopted this weekend. Apparently from what they know, she had been tossed out shortly after birth and was found in a wooded area by someone who was able to leave food for her until she trusted him and he could take her to a shelter.

She's made herself right at home with us. She's PERFECT for us. She's the most affectionate dog I've known, and loves to just be around us all day. She follows us everywhere. Lays down with us when we lay down. Plays with us when we want to play. It's like she's been with us since she was born. She's got long little slender legs, a little-bitty body, and acts as "regal" as any show-dog i've seen. She knows who Rachel and I both are already and we've had a blast with her so far. You're sure to read many more posts involving her...but for now. we'll just leave it small and sweet. (just like her!)