10 Months Today!

Can that really be possible? 10 months? No way!


She is growing up so fast- "she's so tall yet so tiny" that's what we hear all the time when we are out with her. When I explain that her daddy is 6'8", then we hear "ooohhhh!" She has been a true blessing in our lives and I wouldn't trade her for anything!


Here are some pictures of her keeping busy in the kitchen! She's quite the little helper!

G and M have been trying to get over a severe head cold that sent both of us to the doctor. We got on some antibiotics and that seemed to clear things up. When M went she found out she also had a double ear infection- boy doesn't that sound fun! Then all seemed to be feeling better then WHAM! Saturday morning comes bright and early as M apparently was passing a kidney stone. Lovely! Hands down that was much worse than labor! We truly are all better now and have NO desire to visit any doctors or emergency rooms anytime soon!

The exciting news is that we found a bike trailer for K at a garage sale for only $10! It is in excellent condition! We are super excited about this since this one retails new for over $200! We've gone for a couple of bike rides and now since we have our annual state park pass and the Dunes is so close, we are going to test drive those bike paths as well. Pics to come of the K in her new bike trailer!

We are unbelievably busy this month. Every weekend it looks like we will be traveling somewhere. This weekend Indy, next St. Louis, then two weekends in Racine, then who knows what! That means PICTURES!!

Enjoy the weather!

What a two weeks!!

Mother's Day weekend we went down to Indy to have K's 9 month pictures taken. They went really well! While we were down there we stayed with good friends and their 11 month old! He is such a little stud! We also had the chance to meet up with some neighbors that we miss so much! Luckily we will be down there again to visit soon as our friend's little guy will be turning the bug numero uno and our neighbor's son will be graduating high school! Party! Party! Party!

Here you can see K taking a bath with her little boyfriend! They had a blast together and I know K can't wait to see him again at his big birthday party!

G and K showered M with wonderful gifts and we had a great first mother's day together!

Last Tuesday we had a VERY strong storm come through our area and we lost some large limbs off our oak trees in the back. The winds blew the grill and patio furniture over and left quite the mess with broken branches all over! We also had lost power for almost 17 hours! Uck! With G's brother's and cousin's help we created a large pile and had a bon fire on Saturday!

Sunday we had some friends over to grill out...however we didn't realize that it was going to be so cold out you could see your breath!! Saturday it was in the 80's and Sunday in the 40-50's. Oh the great Midwest! It was good to catch up and relax.

Today we had a surprise birthday party for M's mom. M's sister and kids, brother, aunt from NM, and dad's cousin along with G's cousin were all here to celebrate! It was fun to pull one over on her! She had no idea! :)

Other than that- K is getting closer and closer to walking every day. She gets a little more brave as she cruises around the furniture and for breif moments stands on her own.

This picture was too cute not to share with everyone! Of course she'll leave her hat on in the house but when we go outside she throws it off like it's dirt on her little locks. She is too much sometimes! :)

Here we are!

I'm sure some of you thought we may have fallen off the face of the earth! We have just been super busy around here and updating this wasn't high enough on the priority list. However, we are now back in action and we will do our best to update it now more often.

Since last time we wrote- we went to CA! The best! I love CA!!! Must move there!!

K was a trooper on the plane! Much to our relief! Most of the way there she slept and then when she wasn't sleeping she played with M and G. Being that we were at the very back of the plane, there was a constant line for the bathroom...K thought this was the best thing ever! She had grown men playing peek-a-boo with her!

Thursday when we got into CA we were able to catch up with G's cousin. It was a great visit! We went to dinner and K nearly choked on a biter biscuit- what a way to introduce K to her cousin!

Hopefully we will see eachother again soon!

Friday we met up with G's good friend who was getting married. He was a trip. Nothing like the non-shilant nervousness of a man who is about to get married! He filled us in on all the 411 of the wedding which made us really excited for the big day to come!

WEDDING DAY! The wedding was absolutely breath- taking! Amazing! Beautiful! Never seen anything like it before. It was held at the Historic Mission Inn in Riverside, CA! It's a beautiful location, beautiful flowers, beautiful chapel, beautiful, beautiful , beautiful!!!

Here is a picture of G and K in the courtyard of the Mission Inn and a picuter of G and K with happy newly weds.

K was so good at the wedding. She "ooh" and "awww" at the groomsmen going up and down the aisle seating people. Pretty hysterical. She had all the people around us crackin' up! Then she flirted with a little red head boy named Denzel. What a cutie patootie! He was an older man as he was 10 months old! :)

Sunday we went to G's cousins in Laguna. What a beautiful family! They also have a grandson who is just 3 weeks older than K and she of course was all over that!

Although she did get a little freaked- out by his screetching! Too cute though! Then as they were climbing up the stairs K nearly pushed C over. Evidence below! :) G's cousin M's mom was there and she is quite a hoot! She is so wise and kind and gets around like a 20- something and I believe she is in her 80's. She would make us laugh when she said the little boy sounded like a "barn animal" when he screetched! It was a great visit with everyone and we are looking forward to going out there and visiting again soon!

Monday we went to Santa Monica Pier! Now, if visiting this place doesn't make you want to relocate in an instant- I don't know what will!!! G and K went on a Carousel ride at the Pier and then we walked up and down checking out the amazing views. While we were there MTV's show "Next" was filming. That was interesting to see! What a production!

Since we've been back we have been busy unpacking, cleaning the basement, putting up cabinets in the laundry room and building an accessory to hang clothes. K has been fond of looking out the window to watch the trees sway and looking at the construction workers hardly working. A new thing she has picked up is walking behind her push walker. Every once in a while she'll want to do it and she cruises around the family room and kitchen. It's pretty funny to watch as she learns to balance and keep up with her pushing!

That's all for now! We hope all is doing well and look forward to hearing from you!