Weekend in Menomonee Falls & Colgate

It was so nice to get out of here for a weekend!!! We left Thursday and went ot aunt Karen's in Colgate. We ate dinner and played withthem Thursday night, Friday we bummed around Milwaukee and did some much needed Maternity Clothes shopping for me!! Friday night we went to Eric and Jenny's to spend some time with them and the kids and for Luke's 1st Birthday Party. They have this place called teh Big Back Yard, it is an indoor play area. It was very nice and Brock had a blast!! I think some of the Dad's had more fun than the kids did on the slides. Twig took Brock on one and when they shot out the bottom, Twig's butt landed about 4' from the end of the slide.....He played it up as "it was all good" but is ass hurt like hell the entire ride home! He got to play with his cousins on Dads side..Hailey, Jakob, Luke and Jack. He ran around for the entire 2 hours. We left to come home right after the party in hopes that he would sleep and the ride would be quiet..not so much. He slept from Milwaukee to Oshkosh and was up the rest of the way until we hit Hwy 8, 15 miles from home (not to mention this was at 11pm)

Ultrasound Pictures

Here is our little bean at almost 16 weeks. We had a little scare on Sunday but having seen this little moving around, it does make me feel much better. We will have another ultrasound in mid November for our organ scan and we should beable to find out the sex too! Baby's heartbeat was a2 152 BPM and it was moving all over the place. It was yawning and sucking it's thumb at times and we had a great face shot but I could not get it to scan well enough. So anyhow, Brock is doing great, he is sick again.....uuggghh. He now has chest cold so he is going to the dr today to have him checked out! He is talking up a storm, he loved to say "no momma please" anytime you ask him or tell him to do something that he doesn't want to. He picks up everything. He can say Grandma, Grandpa. Joe, Tiff, Jaime, Nick (sounds like ick) auntie, zoe (says zo zo) and most of all baby! He walks around lifting his short up touching his belly saying baby, then goes to whoever is around and trys to lift up their shirt to see their baby. Some people are not finding that so cute.

A day at work with Mom

So, Twig got called into work today so Brock got to spend the afternoon with me at work. Here are some picturesof our afternoon. He cleaned everything, all the fireplaces and the floor. He then decided to answer the phones and play on the computer! Wow, I should quit and let him bring home the paycheck!!



It was a very fun afternoon but exhausting also, he always must be touching something that he shouldn't. He points at every one of the fireplaces and says "hot" numerous times but then touches them anyhow just to see if they really are hot. Don't worry, I don't actually let him touch the ones that are burning!

Grammy's Munchkin

Michelle and Brock at the cabin. It's amazing to see the next generation enjoying the same thing their parents did. Michelle and Twig are wonderful parents and we are so excited that they will have another addition. Zoe was out at the cabin too, she loves it out there.

Officially a "Big Boy" Room

We took Brock's crib apart and made it into a Day Bed for him, it is wonderful! He crawls in to it all on his own at night and for naps, he takes your hand and his blankie and says "Nun night" and takes you to his room. He has not gotten out too many times because when he does, he can't crawl back in. (I'm scared he is going to fall out so I roll up a blanket and put it accross the front to block him from rolling out at night) he sleeps so much better and he likes to do everything by himself and I think that is why he enjoys goin got bed now.



So we brought is little slide thing in for the winter and that has been a big hit too!! Who knew moving a toy from outside to in would actually make him want to play on it?! He climbs up on it, yells for Zoe and she jumps up there and he laughs and laughs because she goes down the slide, he thinks it is great fun.

We had Taylor over on Sunday for a couple hours, how fast you forget the work a baby requires. We have had a couple months of Brock walking and wanting to do everything on his own that you forget how heavy those car seats are and the pain of bottle feeding. It was nice to get that cuddle time that Brock only wants on his terms now, she is up for cuddle all day long! She played on the floor for a little while before getting bored, then decided it was feeding time, then decided once her belly was nice and full she should take a nap. I wish my life was only so complicated!!

OB Appt & Pictures

Hi everyone!! We went to the Dr today, the baby's heartbeat was a very strong 145 BPM. It was moving all over the place. Brock did not know what to think of it, he did stop playing and listen for a second. I feel pretty good other than the headachs.

Brock is eating dinner while I write this and wanted his pictuere taken too! Ummm, Ravioli, pears and Goldfish. Nice dinner mom!

The leaves are really starting to change this week. Below are pictures from the house, one from the front deck and one from the back deck. The weather has been so nice the past week or so. It was 76 here today. It was windy but I wish it would stay like this for another month! We have so much stuff to do around the house before the snow falls, we did not move in last year before the snow so this is all new. They are saying that we are supposed to have a long, cold winter. Not what I was hoping for!

Hi Everyone

So, I have finally gotten the blog going! I will try to keep it updated on a weekly basis for all of you with pictures and posts of what is happening up here in the great northwoods!!

Here is a picture of Brock from the other day, he has these facial expressions latley that are hilarious!! You never know what you will get with him.

He is full of energy and talks up a storm!! You can understand alot of what he says. He is koko for his Grandpa's Wally and Jack. Grandpa Wally takes him on the 4 wheeler and trampoline so that always makes him smile. It is hard to believe he is 15 months old already.

So for Twig and I, not much is new, my belly seems to grow on a daily basis now!! We are 12 weeks along today, almost out of the worrying stage of pregnancy. This little bugger is causing much more haveck then Brocks did so hopefully it is a girl but either way, we just hope it is healthy. We will find out the sex in mid November, that will be an exciting day.

Here is a picture of Brock, Mason and Dominic playing at our house in August. It is hard to believe that Dominic is 3 1/2 already. Mason and Brock are only 10 weeks apart (Brock is older) but there is so much difference in their skill levels. Mason beat Brock by 3 months in the walking stage. Brock did not really walk until 13 months or so and Mason was up moving by 10 months, I can't say I minded waiting!! They do not get to see eachother very much but they do have fun when they can all play together. Ahh, my 3 little helliens!!