Birthdays and blackeyes!

Joey turned 30 this week, and we celebrated four times! Saturday we went to Friday's with Grandpa Kent. Wednesday, we all went over to Alana and Jeff's for pizza with the fam. Last night Kate came over to babysit Natalie while I surprised Joey with a night out to dinner with friends. He thought it was just going to be us, but there were 10 of us! Then tonight I made ribs for the first time -- they were nummy. Natalie LOVED them, as soon as we gave her an entire rib instead of just pieces of meat. We also had swimming lessons and ECFE this week. Natalie suffered a black eye at ECFE, but she's fine! Those toys hurt when you fall face first onto them! Natalie and I are both sniffly so hopefully whatever's on it's way doesn't stay long!

Grandma Lee is safely home in MN after a week with baby Brooke and crazy Annika! Natalie was pretty excited to talk to her today. That's all for now! Happy Weekend!

Lotsa news

Wow, it's been a while...

Natalie is so excited about her new cousin and can't wait to meet Brooke this Christmas!!! Our little girl also had some excitement closer to home: Last night was her first day of school (sort of). She was the cutest and best-behaved little kid in her ECFE class and enjoyed the event (even though she did smash her face in the mini slide). Then today (clearly the most exciting news of all), the little Elmo was in the cheapie bin at Target so Natalie got her very own Elmo! So far she loves it, but it's only been about 15 minutes. Only time will tell if it's a keeper!

Fair Enough

Natalie had a swell time at the fair. She ate cheese curds, cookies, some chocolate shake and a whole lot more. She also got to see Grandma Lee and Grandpa Kent! The Saturday morning adventure took a lot out of her, though, so it's a good thing that she's napping soundly right now...

Wedding No. 453

Okay, so I'm exaggerating, but we spent this weekend at Rob and Angela's wedding, our 7th of the summer. Natalie was able to come to the reception because grandpa and grandma were with us. But she found the toys more exciting! We have one more wedding on Labor Day weekend, and then I think the marathon wedding summer is done! We were able to show Natalie at a young age where her food comes from! Natalie also got to "meet" uncle Matt again, she took to him right away, walking around saying Mah, Mah, Mah!

Cabin Adventures

Natalie and I just got back from a week at Judy's Cabin with the Gustafson Clan. It was mostly just the girls as all our men had to work this week. We had a great, busy time. Joey thinks Natalie grew and learned so much in that week! She followed Ev and Emilia around all week, so she learned a few things about being more brave. She even walked into the lake on the last day -- big step which Evelyn was there to witness!

Too much fun

We had a great time at the beach at Lake Minnetonka Regional Park this morning with a ton of cousins. Alana and the girls, Lucy and Molly, Ingrid and Mattie were all there with us. Natalie started to fall asleep on the way home, but of course once we get home, she doesn't want to nap. It's been an afternoon of whiney pants. Thanks Alana for the great pic of Natalie shoving a sandwich in her mouth!

Busy weekend

Natalie is a crabby little girl today, probably because she had such a fun-filled weekend of haircuts, Twins games and whatever else she could convince Mom and Dad was a good idea.

Hope you had a fun weekend too!