A Wild Time

On Saturday we celebrated Ashley's friend wedding shower and bachelorette party.

We rented a beautiful cabin on Clearwater Lake in Annandale for the occasion and had a fabulous time! Ashley has some fun and crazy friends! The theme was "wild animal print" and/or hot pink and the decorations turned out great, the food was awesome (we could have fed an army) and the games and drinks were a blast! She had a great turn-out and got lots of fun gifts from her girls. The boys were up in Longville at a cabin as well and I hear from Darren that they had a blast too!

Here's a cute shot of the girls in the wedding party:

Top left to right: Jenna (bridesmaid), Bridgette (bridesmaid), Ashley (bride), Jessica (co-matron of honor), and Molly (bridesmaid)

Bottom left to right: Robin (bridesmaid), Kelli (bridesmaid), me (co-matron of honor), and Mickie (personal attendant)

Each person that came to the bachelorette brought a pair of panties that either represented them or something that they would wear. We hung them all from the balcony in the cabin and Ashley had to guess who brought which ones. She did an awesome job and was able to guess many of them on the first try and without a clue! Way to go Ash! She is stocked on panties for awhile I think!

The winners of the beer pong tournament were Lindsey A. (there were 3 Lindseys at the party) and Lisa. Yay girls!

I survived my first night away from Addison and Grandpa Eddie and Grandma Deanna survived the night with the kids. They had a great time too!

A fun time was had by all and we are now just counting down the days until the big wedding! Can't wait!!!

Blake and Ashley's Big Weekend

What a busy weekend as we celebrated two very special events...

Blake's baptism and Ashley's wedding shower.

Saturday evening Blake was baptized in Darwin.

Darren and I are very honored to be his godparents.

After mass we went back to Jess and Chad's house for dinner.

It was a fun evening!

Here's Jackson holding Addison...

On Sunday we had Ashley's family wedding shower out at the lake.

It was a great turn out and everyone had a fun time!

Ashley got a lot of wonderful gifts.

Here she is holding her rehearsal bouquet

that I made her out of all her gift ribbons and bows.

Look at these cute girls!

Four of the seven bridesmaids...aren't they adorable?


Addison had the right idea...take a nap in the hammock!

She has been smiling lately and it just melts my heart!

We are gearing up for a very busy September and October!

Stay tuned!

Like Mother, Like Child...

I love that my babies like to sleep just like their Mama...

with their arms above their head!

Here's Addison snoozing away last week...

Flashback 17 or so months ago, and here's Landon getting some Z's...

18 Months Old

Can you believe it...our little man is 18 months old already??? Wow, time flies!

The day before Addison was born Landon seemed like a baby to me still...now, he's a big boy in my eyes. Sad, but fun to see him learning new things every day. He has acquired quite the vocabulary lately and he surprises us everyday by how much he knows and picks up on. His latest...counting to 10 with our help. We count the odd numbers and he says the even numbers. He's speaking in some full sentences and can now tell the difference between Sammie and Carter. He doesn't see Dr. Fandel for about three weeks yet, but we can't wait to see what his growth has been since 15 months. In honor of his 18 month birthday (yesterday) here's some recent pictures of our handsome little boy...

Remember Those Preggos???

Remember these three preggos...way back in April?

Left to right...me, my Aunt Trisha, and my sister Jessica

Well, here's the babies we were so patiently waiting for...

Left to right...Addison (my baby) 3.5 weeks

Elin (Trisha's baby) 12 weeks

Blake (Jess' baby) 10 weeks

Addison's Room

Our Healthy Girl

Addison had her 2 week dr. appt. on Friday and she is a healthy girl!

Here's her stats:

Height 22 inches 96th percentile

Weight 9 lbs. 2 oz. 77th percentile

Head 37 1/2 cm 84th percentile

The dr. was very pleased with her weight growth...over a pound in ten days! She mentioned how strong Addison is already and that she is very alert. Her belly button (that we were so worried about) is looking good and she can now take a normal bath in the bathtub. No more spongebaths!

We had a busy weekend. Addison attended her first wedding on Saturday. Congrats Laura and Lance! Landon was busting a move on the dance floor with all the other kids. We are looking forward to Ashley and Loren's wedding to see him dance some more. On Sunday we went to St. Cloud to have Addison's newborn pictures and Landon's 18 month pictures taken. They turned out very good and we are very excited for them to come in.

More pictures to come soon. I am in the process of getting all my pics organized and burned onto discs, labeled, and uploaded onto Snapfish...what a job!