Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Bye Bye Crib...

It's official - our baby girl is growing up. Sunday night marked the first night in her brand new bed!

Here are a couple of pictures of their room (taken while they slept on Sunday night) - we rearranged everything; by taking the crib and changing table out, and moving their dresser it made for a much more spacious area...


And here she is...sound asleep on her new bed...
She's loving the pillow!
Brendan sleeps peacefully on the other side of the room...

The transition has gone very smoothly - she loves having the freedom of a bed, and has been pretty good about staying put at bedtime...so far!! :)

A few random photos...

Here is our little "princess-in-training" showing off the new towel she received from Uncle Colin and Aunt Kahri for Christmas...


Goofball!
And, here are a couple of pictures of my new machine!!! It's an elliptical trainer - I LOVE IT! It's completely quiet to operate, and gives you one heck of a workout!
Here the kids are, enjoying spaghetti and wearing bibs (Brendan asked me to take this picture, when he does something goofy he always asks me to take a picture of it, and to him, wearing a bib was very goofy)...
Brendan goofing around with Aunt Erica...

Halle all dressed up and ready to head to Fargo this past Saturday...

We went to Chuck E. Cheese while in Fargo on Saturday. The original intent was to eat there and play a few games, but the place was completely inundated with running, screaming children and birthday parties, so we changed plans and jumped ship in favor of Mexican Village. Since we were there we took Halle up to the front to see the singing animals - she wasn't too fond of them up close (as you can see by the look on her face), so Erica held her so we could take a picture next to the dancing duck...



Sunday, January 07, 2007

Our New Year's Eve Party

We rang in the New Year with several of our good friends - Mike & Missy, Erik & Cassie, Brenda & Tommy, Jeff & Stacey, Todd, Stetz & Porter, all helped us ring in the New Year with a lot of laughs, some great margaritas, and lots of good food - could it get any better??? We held our celebration at Cassy's house in Duluth - thanks Cass!

Here are a few pictures from the evening...

First - Halle loved Cassie - she sat with her the entire evening and looked for her whenever she left the room....



Cassie and Halle, Tommy & Stetz hanging out...

Missy and Brenda share a few laughs...
Fast forward a few hours....watching the ball drop....
We let Brendan stay up until Midnight to ring in 2007 with everybody - he had a great time hanging with the guys downstairs and running upstairs every now and then to visit the ladies...
Here he is wearing clown hair - just being goofy!
Downstairs - giving Madison (the older Great Dane) a kiss...
And here he is chalking a pool cue - he LOVED doing this and wanted to chalk everyone's cue after each shot!




Friday, January 05, 2007

Wrapping up Christmas 2006

We wrapped up (no pun intended... :)) Christmas 2006 this past weekend. The weekend kicked off with family, fun, and even more presents at Grandma Carol's house. Cameron was up for the weekend, too - which was a lot of fun!

Here is a picture of the adorable pac-n-play style bed Grandma Carol made for Halle's babies...


Halle giving her baby a pacifier....

Here Brendan checks out his new bag filled with Play-doh and Play-doh accessories (Carol made the bag!) - too fun!
Meanwhile, Halle opens her new bag, also made by Grandma Carol - a diaper bag! It's SOOO cute and was filled with an extra outfit for each of her babies, bottles, socks, and a pacifier!
Here are the kids opening and enjoying their gifts.... Thanks for everything Carol!! :)

After spending the night at Carol's house, we left Saturday morning and headed to Duluth where we had a busy weekend planned. Upon arrival we headed to Grandpa Charlie and Grandma Lynn's house for dinner, and to catch up with relatives. There were, of course, more presents!

Here are a couple pictures of Kevin (Cary's cousin) and Brendan -- Kevin was so great with Brendan, and Brendan had such a blast with him.
(Thanks again, Kevin! He's been talking about you nonstop since last weekend!)

*Don't mind the chocolate face Brendan is sporting - he was partaking in a delicious brownie when I took this picture!*
Sharing a hug...

Though it's hard to believe Christmas has come and gone, and it always seems that the holiday season goes by in a flash, we were all able to enjoy Christmas to the fullest. It is always wonderful to see family and friends, and to share stories and laughs. We are so lucky to have such great family and friends - thanks for everything!