All the North Carolinians came home!! So many babies!!

Sorry for the long silence- my old computer broke so we ordered a new one from Dell and had to wait for it to get delivered. So now I guess I have some catching up to do. A couple of weeks ago Holly, Phil, Noelle, Reagan, Meagan, Justin, and Mia all came home from North Carolina, so I took a few days off of work to spend time with all of them. One night we had everyone, including Nick, Kassy, and Olivia over for dinner. It was pretty crazy since there were four babies, plus Anna (1) and Noelle (2) at one point. We also went to Ikea and the Mall of America one day. Aunt Becky accomplished her goal of buying Noelle's affection and the title of "favorite aunt" by taking her to the Build a Bear store (where Princess Kitty was born). Anyhow, it was a fun week and I can't wait for them all to come back at Christmas time!

This is Maleah's first time sitting in a restaurant high chair (instead of her car seat). I think she liked it a lot better- she actually let us eat!



























Here she is sitting on the dresser/changing table in her room.

We finally got away...

for a little while, anyway. On Saturday Grandma and Grandpa W. watched Maleah for us so that we could get out and do something. We ended up going to Prescott, WI, which is where Corey proposed over 3 years ago (time sure does fly). It was kind of disappointing in a way because we were going to go to the same restaurant that he took me to on that day, but it was no longer open, and so we ended up going to a different one across the street. Then we were going to get ice cream at a little shop that we went to, but that was closed too! So we ended up going to DQ instead. I guess a lot can happen in 3 years. But anyhow, it was still fun and the weather was absolutely beautiful!


You can sort of see the patio in the background where we ate lunch.
















We went to the same spot by the river where Corey proposed.

More Maleah Talk

I just had to get this on video...

Cousin Anna sleepin' on the floor.

Maleah has become quite the talker!!

My first video post!

This one is kind of boring but you have to watch it 'cuz the end is funny! :)

I can never seem to get my pictures in the order that I want them in, so sorry for the random assortment. On the Sunday before Labor Day we went to my parent's for dinner and some Catan- playing. Maleah was a bit crabby so grandpa took her for a walk. Then on Monday we went to visit Kassy and Olivia at the hospital- she is such a cutie, and SO tiny!!! I wish I had gotten a close-up of Olivia. :( Oh, and the one with Maleah in the purple shirt shows what happens when we don't keep a bib on her 24/7! The rest of the pics are just random from the past couple of weeks.

When we came home on Sunday afternoon we were surprised to see a llama standing right next to the road. There was also a goat, a donkey, and a pony (that is just what I saw). I'm assuming the neighbors were having a b-day party of some sort- it was definitely a strange sight!





























Phil and Holly got Maleah this high chair- she loves it, and we got it just in time because we just started feeding her some baby food. She likes to sit in it and play while I cook.




On Saturday I went to Kassy's baby shower- I can't believe how many new babies there will be in just about a month!

Groundbreaking

The credit union I work for is building a new freestanding branch in St. Francis, so we had the groundbreaking ceremony yesterday. This is one of the pictures that the newspaper photographer took- don't I look great with my hair covering up half of my face? I refused to wear a hardhat, but apparantly I should have...

Corey has not had much work for the past couple of weeks, so he spent some time last week painting the kitchen and adding hardware to the cabinets. I think he did a really good job- now I have to find new decorations for our walls though, since the old ones don't really match anymore. He has also been spending a lot more time at home with Maleah while I am at work- he is becoming quite the "Mr. Mom"! :)

Rise and Shine!!

Maleah has some particularly funny faces right after she wakes up in the morning- I love getting her up in the morning because she is full of smiles, even if she isn't completely awake yet!