Meet Wrigley

Earlier this fall, our four year old dog, Hank, died suddenly. Hank went everywhere with Kasey and was wonderful with both girls. We miss him often.

For Kasey's birthday, I asked him what he might want. To my surprise, he said a new dog. We found a litter of yellow labs with an impressive hunting background a few hours away. Therefore,......meet Wrigley!



Wrigs is already Lola's best buddy!


This is not the last you will see of Wrigs, I'm sure!

20 Weeks

Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel - the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.) He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion.

One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians

At our November MOPS meeting, the children dressed as Pilgrims and Indians. Lola decided she and Olivia would be Indians!

They also made turkey place mats for Thanksgiving:

Mitch and Katie's Wedding

Last weekend, my cousin, Mitch got married. Ella and Lola were the flower girls. Of course, they were both very excited about this opportunity and were very impressed with their beautiful dresses. Since the wedding, Lola has been playing "Katie". She dresses up in a princess dress and dances around the room like Katie who now ranks right up there with Cinderella!

Congratulations Mitch and Katie!

Two Tinkerbells, a Tiger....and a Monkey!

Tinkerbell and a Tiger


Ella and Lola both wanted to be Tinkerbell!


Calvin the Monkey

My sister, Jes and I just began a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group in our community. For our October Meeting, we had a Fall Festival/Costume Party at my home. For more pictures click on our MOPS link.

A Wedding and a Birthday Party

Last weekend, we traveled to Omaha for our friends Kevin and Tammy's wedding. The wedding was beautiful and we enjoyed catching up with friends. We stayed in Omaha for two nights at a hotel. By the end of the two days, Liv was so happy to be home. On the other hand, Lola cried when we pulled into our driveway because she wanted to go to our "little home with a pool"!

On our way back from the wedding, we went to our niece, Alexis's birthday party at the Children's Museum. It was a great way to end the weekend.

Homecoming 2008

My computer has not been downloading my photos for the past couple of weeks. I've had to come up with some creative ways to get my pictures on my blog. Although these pictures are over a month old, I still wanted to post them.

For Homecoming, we went to the parade with Mom, Jes, Ella and Calvin. Later we all went to the football game.