The McCoy/Bowman Site

Long time no post!

Man, I don't even know when the last time I posted was. Sometime this summer it looks like! These boys keep me super busy!!! Here's a scattershot post with the highlights over the past few months! Pre-K at The Country School My big boy is enrolled

End of summer

Wow, the time has gotten away from me! Here we are in September already. OK! Here are some highlights from the end of summer! Annapolis 10 Miler Alex and I got a babysitter and did something together! Shocking right!? We drove to Annapolis in the wee hours of the morning

Summer Fun

Sheesh, it's hot! Doesn't keep us down and out though! Just mighty sweaty 😄 Camping in Williamsburg VA We all went to VA for an Olympic distance Triathlon Alex participated in. He ended up getting 2nd in his age group! Woot woot! We were right on the

Springtime Fun

YAY for springtime! It so far has been a pretty mild spring. Lots of beautiful days to spend time outside. Sometimes we get a chance to drive over to Rehoboth Beach to get away for a weekend. Both boys LOVE the beach. Alex coached Quentin's soccer team this

Ski Trip

So in early April we all packed up with my Mom and Kim and took the 5 hr flight out to Utah for some spring skiing! This was the first time we have done this trip since COVID times. This was also Elliott's first airplane ride (which was

February 2024

Look at me getting this thing put together this early in Feb! Wahoo! Always Changing... Elliott has been a VERY good sleeper... up until recently. Not sure what happened but poor dude has become very difficult to put down at night or for naps. He will sleep totally fine if

January 2024

Happy new year everyone! I have NOT been taking a lot of pictures, so this might be a txt heavy post. I know - not what everyone wants to hear. Who READS things these days? Give me the photos! Thankfully Alex has some good ones of the kiddos, so PHEW!

December 2023

Here it is half way through Jan, and I'm just now getting December up! Better late than never! Christmas 2023 Xmas was fun! Elliott is in the phase where he likes to play with the wrapping paper just as much as the gifts, and Quentin just wanted to

November 2023

Look at me doing my monthly post before the end of the month! Go me! Before I get too far into November, end of October Little Baby Elijah was born! He is my brother Benjamin's first kiddo. He and Beth are acclimating to being new parents, and Elijah

Declan

Our family had to say goodbye to Declan on Thursday October 19th 2023. I wanted to do a blog post in honor of him. Declan was 14yo when he passed. Alex adopted Declan from the Humane Society  when I moved away for medical school. He got him on September 10th

August - October 2023

I know I know. It has been WAY too long for me to not post. This honestly is just going to mostly be a photo dump so I can catch up!

July 2023

Look at me! I'm only having to cover 1 month in a post (vs 2!). As always lots of stuff has happened in July. Probably the biggest news is that your little Elliott just turned ONE! Elliott at 1yo is just starting to take a few steps here

May & June 2023

Here we are! End of June already. Lots of fun stuff to report on the family front. The Day to Day Stuff We are having such a fun time with the 2 kiddos. Elliott is less than a month shy of 1yo, and Q will be 4 in August. We

In Appreciation of Mema

On this Mother's Day 2023 I cannot think of a single mother more deserving of appreciation than my dear mom, Chris. As some of you may know, Mom has followed in the formidable footsteps of Edith Ruhl and taken up the "Mema" mantel. Mom has lived

March & April 2023

Oh my, another 2 months have passed! Where do I even begin! Elliott is not 8 but already 9 months! Time really does fly. Elliott is 9 months, and approaching 10 months quickly. He is crawling around like a little sand crab, and pulling himself up to stand at every

Jan and Feb 2023

And just like that 2 months have gone by practically! It's late feburary, and already the daphodils are starting to bloom, and the birds think it's spring already. I have to say I'm pretty excited for spring to come. More outside time here we

Goodbye 2022!

Phew! What a year! My goal for 2023 is to be a bit better about 1 post a month. Let's see if I can do it! Willy Wonka Quentin has always enjoyed live performances. Even just a guy on stage playing an acoustic guitar keeps Q's

Almost Xmas!

It's almost here! Elliott's first Christmas! That and Quentin this year I think really... Gets it... He is ALL about Santa Clause and the magic of Christmas. Although he already is asking a LOT of questions. "How do the reindeer fly?" "Why does

Hello November

Boy... having 2 kids means there is just WAY less time to spend doing things like putting together a blog post... So that's my excuse as to why I haven't posted anything in a while! Yup, trying to make these blog posts simple and sweet so

Good Stuff and Bad Stuff

It has been a very eventuful month... in both good ways and bad ones. 2 Months Already I can't believe Elliott is 2 months! He is giving such great smiles, is starting to vocalize and make cooing noises, and has become interested in looking at his hands. El

6 weeks & COVID

This has been an eventful few weeks! Spoiler alert - we all (except for Elliott) have COVID. Bummer... I'm writing this post on Friday Aug 20th and the 3 of us (Alex, Quentin, and I) are all still positive. Thankfully Q and I are pretty much back to

3 Weeks

I can't believe that Mr. Elliott is already 3 weeks old! He looks SO similar to Quentin at this age. The pic above is both Quentin (on the L) and Elliott (on the R) around the same age. Main difference is Elliott is a bit jaundiced in that

Welcome Baby!

It finally happened! Elliott Philip McCoy was born on July 8th 2022 at 4:50 PM EST. Weight was 7lb 3oz. He came out in only 4 pushes! (Thats WAY better than Q who took me around 4 hrs of pushing...) Here are some of his first photos! Right before

A Wedding & NYC Trip

May 19th - 24th 2022 Nidhi's Wedding On thursday after half a day of work, we all piled into the car to drive to NJ. We got into our hotel in the evening, ate some five guys in bed and watched Dinotrux, now a new favorite show of

Silver Spring, 'Hobeth, and Soccer

April 30th - May 8th 2022 A Visit To Uncle Benji's Benji closed on a house in April 2022 (one year after we bought our house!) and we all got to come and see it. While there, Sirus, Beth's nephew came to visit. He is about