Thursday, December 31, 2009

Merry Christmas 2009

Wow!!  I am so behind – as usual!  Here are a few of  my favorite pictures from our visit with Santa at the Henry Ford Museum, pictures from Christmas morning, and a few more of my favorite December pictures.  Enjoy!! :)

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What a silly and amazing little girl!!  We have had such a wonderful year!  Little did she know that she was only a day or two away from her life changing forever with our last little adventure of the year… :)

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Our Baby Boy – 3D Ultrasound Pics

We had a 3D ultrasound done a couple of weeks ago.  Here are a couple of the better shots we were able to get.  He is running out of room in there, so some of the pictures weren’t too clear – but I think they are still good enough to make out.  My favorites are the ones of him sucking his thumb…too cute!

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So sweet!  Can’t wait to meet him!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Fall!

Here is an update on October.  We have been busy with work and just life in general this month and I haven’t had much time to blog.  Here are a few of my favorite pictures from this month. 

We had Trunk-or-Treat at our church a few weeks ago.  We circled all of the cars up in the parking lot and all of the kids dressed up and walked from trunk to trunk collecting their treats.   Here’s our little ladybug!

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017     The next day, Nana came to visit.  After church on Sunday we went pumpkin shopping.

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And finally, one last little bathtub shot that I’m sure she will hate me for someday. :)

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Sunday, September 27, 2009

September Blogging Extravaganza!!!!

September has been a very busy month!!  We have been gone most weekends and I haven’t had the chance to sit and blog – I know…excuses, excuses.  At any rate, we had a great time this month – Brooklyn got to see all of her grandparents during the month of September.  This is quite an accomplishment since they live in 3 states and 4 different cities. 

First was Labor Day weekend, my dad and his wife, Kathy (better known as Grandpa and Grandma), came to visit for the long weekend.  We spent a lot of time hanging out, but we especially enjoyed our time at the Michigan State Fair!  We went to the petting zoo, Brooklyn went on a pony ride with her Grandma, and we enjoyed the fair food, sights, and sounds!  Brooklyn even got to milk a cow!!

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706       Thanks for a great weekend, Grandpa and Grandma!!  Come back soon!!

A few days later, Brooklyn turned 18 months old.  Here is a picture of her with her bear.  What a big girl!!

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The following weekend we went camping again.  Brooklyn spent most of her weekend hanging out with Nana.  Nana managed to avoid the camera this time, but we did manage to get a couple pictures of Brooke, when Nana brought her out to the camp. 

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          I thought I would be fancy and make French toast, not only for the first time ever, but also over a campfire.  My first attempt didn’t turn out so well, as you can plainly see. :)  The second attempt was much more successful!

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We made a trip to Bronner’s on Wednesday, and the next day we were off to Plymouth Orchards.  They have a great little petting zoo, and we took a tractor wagon ride around the orchards.  Honeycrisp apples are the best!

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We had a lot of good food this week too!  Including a trip to Hippo’s hotdogs and our very first crab boil!  I’m afraid to get on the scale after this week!  Here is Brooklyn’s impression of a hippo and a picture of our crab boil spread.

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Thanks Mimi and Opa for an awesome week!!  We hope to see you again soon!!

To round out the grandparent visits for the month, today we spent the afternoon with and had dinner with Pop.

Brooklyn is so fortunate, and so are we, to have such a supportive family that loves her and us.  Thank you all for taking such good care of us – we love you all very much!!