Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Easter

We had a wonderful Easter, starting with a great church service at The Bridge, then a family dinner at our house and a beautiful day to be outside. The only failing of the day was my inability to photograph the girls together in their Easter dresses. But, maybe we will try to recreate that again this weekend :)

The dinner table...

Great Grandpa and Greta share their love of horses

Greta learns to put her feet up :)

Great Grandpa & Addie share a moment (she is in her jammies because she is supposed to be napping... and that didn't happen until 4:00!)

Greta and Addie help Great Grandma celebrate her 85th birthday!

The Easter bunny

The carrot cake I made (Greta convinced Great Grandma to use the pink cake for her birthday cake, go figure :)

Dr. Addie gives a few check ups

Friday, March 26, 2010

Beads, boots & body-art

These pictures are a few weeks old, but they're too cute to not share! Please note that these 3 pictures were all taken within a 30 minute period... Addie does keep me on my toes!



Wednesday, March 24, 2010

miss hollywood

Killing time at the Dr.'s office this morning

Mission Impossible

Two lollipops, two dogs and an electric train - what it took to distract Addie long enough to sit still for a haircut!


Spring Picnic

Hello Friends! Addie is taking an unusually long nap today and in order to procrastinate on cleaning the kitchen and folding the laundry I will post a few updates :)

Last night we went to the park to enjoy every last drop of sunshine & warmth the day held. This was our first park visit since last Fall and the girls loved it!

Greta & Brynna

Addie sporting her sassy new hair-do (haircut pictures are coming...)

I know this next picture is blurry, but it still makes me smile

A future-son-in-law-contender

Greta loves to swing - she asks for an underdog about every 30 seconds

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Snowy Day

Today was a great day to get outside and play...






Thursday, December 24, 2009

Monday, November 23, 2009

Our 3 year old

There is a lot to catch up on from the past month, but until that happens, here is one of Greta's 3 year pictures, taken right before her birthday... (halloween, birthday, and Ireland pictures coming soon!)

Saturday, October 24, 2009

"It's Inter!"

These were the first words out of Greta's mouth after waking from her nap yesterday to find that the rain had turned to snow. I know that come March, we will be tired of this weather, but for now it is pretty fun to play outside in the snow.

Our backyard - at least the snow hides all the leaves that we never got raked up



Greta was very excited to wear her new snowsuit from Zoey


Attempting a snow angel


Addie couldn't resist tasting the snow



Taking a little rest in the hammock

Thursday, October 08, 2009

The latest wedding

Here is the link to the slideshow from the wedding I just finished editing. They were a very fun couple and the wedding was at Lake Wissota golf course which was very beautiful (especially at sunset)! This picture was one of my favorites from the day.

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

A few funnies...

I am up late tonight editing a wedding. So in true procrastinator style, why not update the blog? Greta's speech therapy is starting to pay off and we are understanding a lot more of what she is saying. It turns out she is a very funny girl (which we have known all along). Here are 3 recent Greta conversations:

1. Greta singing: (context...Greta is wearing her new "princess dress" from Zoey)
"Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O. And on that farm he had a dancing dress, E I E I O. With a dance dance here and a dance dance there, here a dance, there a dance, everywhere a dance dance. (I am sure this was much funnier in person :)

2. The big 3 year bday is quickly approaching and we have a few "big girl" things to work on. The first one tackled (thanks to Papa & Gramma) is getting rid of the nuk. She didn't ask for it while staying at their house on Friday night. Saturday night was a bit more difficult. I was trying to console her and talk about her being a big girl and that nuks are for babies. I mentioned that maybe we could give her nuk away to some baby ponies who needed it and her response was ... "let's give Addie's nuk to the baby ponies" :) Taking Greta's nuk away has been a lot like dealing with a drug addict in rehab (I imagine). She writhes on the floor in agony, has searched high and low for it, and even resorts to asking "I need my nuk for just one minute mommy".

3. This last one is a little gross, but as a mom I found it funny. The next "big girl" thing we will be tackling is potty training. She has been getting much better. Yesterday after she finished her poo on the toilet, she got off and was looking at it and exclaims, "it's a hotdog! yum!"