For Heidi and Laura

Alright, here are some recent pics for my large reading public - aka Heidi and Laura :-)

Greta has really taken to stuffed animals in the past few weeks. She loves to hug and cuddle with anything soft.


She also loves "reading" books. Today for the first time she picked up a book and came and sat in my lap to read. She is really into pointing at things too. Jon and I always play a game and ask her major life questions, like "Greta, who should do the dishes?" And then she points (mostly at Daddy)


All of that reading makes her look extra intelligent ...


Raggedy Ann is her absolute favorite doll. She drags Raggedy around by her red yarn hair most of the day. One day Jon brought Greta home from Grandma Marge's and Greta walked straight toward my open, waiting arms and then walked right by me and picked up and hugged Raggedy. Times like those make you feel so loved as a mom :-)


Greta loves to taste everything!


The teeth... She has two on top & bottom.


"Seriously Mom, no more pictures!" Ironically this little photo shoot did end with Greta falling off the chair onto her face. Just one more bruise to add to her collection.

Sunday Afternoons

A few pictures from last Sunday, a typical day of Greta and her daddy watching football (go Packers!) Two important things to note:

1. This is the last picture I have of Greta's gummy smile. She now proudly sports two top teeth.
2. This is the last picture taken of Jon with glasses, he is equally proud of his new "lasik" 20/20 vision.

Happy Birthday Zoey!

We celebrated Zoey's birthday last week before they left for Mexico. Here are a few pictures from the occasion.

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Bad Hair Day

One day last week Greta woke up with a very cool do. We let her wear it like that all day :-)

Here's our carrot top:


Perhaps a future career in modeling...

Cousins

Here are a few pictures from yesterday. Zoey is teaching Greta all sorts of tricks - like sitting at the big girl table.

It's been awhile

Sorry for the long time between posts. Last time I wrote Greta had just started crawling. Now, one month later, she is taking her first steps. She is quite pleased with herself :-)

These pictures are a few weeks old. I will try and get some current ones up soon.

A Close Crawl

Greta has earned herself yet another nickname. We now affectionately call her "pegleg". Here is the video of her first day of crawling. It's a little hard to tell in the video, but she only crawls with her right leg while she drags her left leg along.


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Peters Family

Here are a few pics from the Peters family vacation.



Cousin bathtime - Ellie (holding Greta), Graham & Zoey


Greta loves swimming and playing in the sand.



The two redheads!

Big Girl!

Greta amazes me daily with all her new tricks. This morning I was downstairs working on the computer and Greta was playing in her room by her bookshelf. I went upstairs to check on her and she had pulled all of the books off her bookshelf. I am sure this is just the first of many messes! Sometimes I feel like I am watching a time lapse camera, but that is how fast she is changing. I better stop writing before I start crying :-)

Prairie Lake

Here is a video from Sunday...


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Houston

A few pictures from our Texas trip...

College roomies


Totally candid shot of us laughing at Amber's joke (notice who is laughing the hardest)


We were so excited to meet Great Aunt Ann!


Great Uncle Glenn and Aunt Ann




Great Uncle Don and Aunt Ethel


Our family picture...Greta has already mastered the art of fake smiling - she's so advanced for her age!

Memorial Day Pictures

So I am a few weeks behind, but here are a few pictures from Memorial Day weekend. We were at my parents place on Windfall Lake.

Greta's first smores (she only got to have the graham cracker :-)


"Need a little wind here!"


Greta and her new tunnel play mat (yay thrift sales!)


Great Grandpa Kohlhepp


Fun with Grandma

Bath time!

Here is a video from Memorial Day.



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May Pictures

Another month has flown by! Why is it that time goes so fast when you want it to slow down? Greta has been changing a lot lately. This past month she has become a master at sitting up. She does numerous tummy crunches a day trying to sit up (from a laying down position). She is also a master grabber - nothing in her reach is safe anymore. She also loves to stand and practice "walking" - but we don't let her do that too often :-)

This weekend we are headed to my parent's place on Windfall Lake. I am really excited to get out, put our sailboat in the water, and even though it will be only 60 degrees, I am hoping to waterski (since I couldn't last summer).

Here are a few more pics from when we were in Virginia. We can't wait to see Aunt Heidi again in July!




Last week was my birthday - the big 2-6. I got to reinstate a Dallas tradition of celebrating with my good friend Melissa Groven whose birthday is also on the 17th. She was in the process of moving to North Dakota with a short layover in the cities. We have officially celebrated 3 of the last 4 birthdays together.




Last weekend we shot a wedding in La Crosse. Our good friends Derek & Regan Mueller took care of Greta for us. They have a 10 month old boy, Justus. I don't think that their first date went very well :-)



One last picture of Greta - she loves bath time!

Virginia

Sorry for the long time between posts. Tonight is my last night visiting Heidi & Bill in Virginia. We had a blast getting to see their new home and church. Here are a few pictures from the beach on Saturday.