No, I really did not forget

I just wanted to make sure she got her own post. Happy 1st Birthday Adelyn!! Here is Adelyn in her cute 1 Year Outfit. Thanks Michelle for making this for us. She looked adorable. We spent the time at the aquatics center since it just was so hot outside. It's a neat place. We will definatly be going back.

Here is her themed cake - Ladybugs. Sandra helped us out here, and it turned out perfect.

Adelyn is not so patient - hmm wonder where she gets that from? Here she is waiting for her cake...And then we thougth better of having her in her new outfit and the frosting being pink and purple. So she got stripped and ate her cake in her real "birth"day suit. She was fascinated by the candle...

Good thing we took off her clothes - otherwise she would have been a mess. :) We had enough trouble cleaning it out of the carpet when she started flinging it everywhere. When she is done, she is done. :)

Good thing we went to the aquatics pool afterwards. She got quite cleaned up. All had fun. It was a great day!

Has it really been that long?

Our summer started out with a trip to California with friends. The kids LOVED the beach and I honestly didn't realize how many cracks and crevices there are on a tiny body. Later that summer Mom and I took the kids to CO for Annie's baby shower. Although it started out questionable if we should attempt the trip, we made it in one piece, and had a great time. Here is our 4 generational picture. Great Grandma D, Me, Adelyn, Grandma, and Gunnar.

Wow - yes, I have a few moments so I thought some new pictures would be in order. We went to Flagstaff when it was unusually hot in Phoenix. At this point, we were watching some belly dancers perform. It was at a little artsy craft fair. The next day we took a train that both Gunnar and Adelyn loved, especially when they tooted the horn

. Gunnar got to go meet some of the baseball plaers. Dan is lucky enough that he gets many tickets to sporting events, and Gunnar loves going to the games with him. Of course, he does LOVE the popcorn that daddy gets for him. We took a family vacation to Michigan just recently. The kids LOVED playing in the green grass. Thanks Tessie for letting us run around your yard. This is at Lake Michigan. I think that Adelyn saw the birds take flight. It was beautiful weather, alhtough warmer than I packed for.

We visited with Dan's side of the family from both his mom's and dad's side. Then after a morning drive (a LONG morning drive) we went to visit my stepsister - Marilyn and family. The kids all had a blast playing together. For more pictures of our adventures, check out Facebook.

Birthday #2

Here is the Birthday cake - It was awesome - and the wonderful colors made the bathwater later that night get very interested.

Here is my (and Dan's) creativity. With some help from family to paint it, we all did a great job.

Gunnar staring at his candle lit. It was very windy, so we were trying to block the wind enough for him to blow it out. I'm not sure if it was Daddy, or Gunnar that finally succeeded.

Opening gifts. It was a lot of fun... he gets opening them - and finally he got handing me the pieces to throw away - however, he would pull off a piece of paper about an inch and then go at it again... Good thing we had lots of time.



Thanks to everyone for helping us celebrate!!

Schepp Farms

Gunnar wanting a "nana'

Walking along the peach blossum fields.

As you can see, one of the rare moments we got Gunnar in the stroller, and he was not happy about it.

Relaxing on the rocking chair - and anyone who knows my son, knows he LOVES to rock.

Adelyn in her stroller, she was the most contents, and actually took a nap for a short time.

A close of up of the peach blossoms

We found a hay stack for him to climb and he wasn't scared at all of it - nor did he mind getting dirty at all.

This was how Gunnar walked around the entire park. I estimate that we probably walked about 2 miles, and he DID NOT want to sit in the stroller at all.

Gunnar being the engineer of the "train" that they had in the park

Adelyn holding out her hand to touch the horse at the petting zoo

Some together photos

Breathing treatments, Doodles, kids and I - all ready to go "Night Night"

Our attempt with Santa... Both kids screaming, and poor Santa, just sat there.. lol

Christmas Morning - bright and early

Daddy and Gunnar opening gifts

Now it's Gunnar's Turn

Trying to help daddy replace some speaker wire. He loves to help - can you tell?

Glendale Glitters... and his Cars cup

Not sure if the all the cookies made it to the oven. but as you can see, he had fun eating the sprinkles

Opening gifts at Daddy's Christmas party - by the end of Christmas, he "understood" what to do with the gifts, and decided that all the gifts - whether they were his or not - became his property

His first owie... decided to fight with the sidewalk - who do you think won?

His birthday is coming up... and we are starting to get ready for another day at the park. I'm kind of worried that it's going to rain with all the weird weather that we've had lately. Hope our day holds out....

wow - it's been a while...Here's Only Adelyn

One of Adelyns favorite spots - she loves bouncing on this jumper - and the activities definatley keep her occupied for a while.

This was taken at Glendale Glitters - We really had her bundled up, but she loved looking at all the lights. She actually didn't sleep at all the entire time we were out.

Not very happy with mommy for leaving her on Santa's Lap - however, wait to see Gunnar's picture :)Look everyone, I'm getting big enough to start drinking on my very own...

This was how I found her one day coming back from the sitters. She had been playing so hard, she crashed.

As you can see, we have our hands full with her. At her last Dr. Appt, she was 27 inches long, and was almost 20lbs. She is starting to sit on her own, and as of this last week, she loves to take a bath with her big brother. She doesn't even mind his splashing.

Some new pics of Adelyn

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