23 weeks

We're back!! The big DW blog will be coming soon, but I need more time on that! To hold you over, I have the pics from Juliette's 23 week photoshoot. We did not bring the lamb down with us, but I did bring the card and we got her a new Eeyore stuffed animal that filled in perfectly!

we just met santa, so i was still in my christmas outfit

fist in mouth...never gets old

i don't always make noise, but i open my mouth REALLY wide!
eeyore is cuddly

I LOVE DISNEY WORLD!!!!!

22 weeks...Disney here we come!!

In honor of our trip, Juliette wore her Minnie bib for this week's photo shoot! I am sure the blog when we get back will have an insane number of pics!!

i am doing the "i am going to disney" dance

yeah, you know minnie and i, we go way back
oh my gosh i am so excited!
yeahhhhhhhh!

Can't wait to tell you all about our trip! Wish us luck on the plane...it could be interesting :-)

Birthdays!

Yesterday my mom threw a birthday party for Amy...so here is a picture of Amy and Juliette at the party. Amy was doing her Glamour Shots pose, Juliette was not :-)

And today Juliette is FIVE MONTHS! Whoo hoo! Here she is with Gramma Jule and her muffins and a movie. This month is Mary Poppins..."a spoonful of sugar..." or in our case, a spoonful of rice cereal!

Now I have to get started on packing- we leave for DW on Saturday!! My goal is to not pack more for Juliette than everyone else combined :-)

I CAN SEW!!!

So about a month ago I bought a sewing machine. I had never sewn anything, but wanted to... So (hahaha) I called up Laura to set up a craft date! She is my sewing/knitting educated friend (she comes from a very talented mother!). I can't believe we didn't take any pics of ourselves...must have been too busy with the wine! Anyway, I think she came over overly optimistic, not knowing my true rookie status. She brought her sewing machine so we could work on stuff at the same time....um, no, I was going to need all of her time for help!!!. So we set up the machine and I learned all kinds of new words like bobbin, foot, and right side (which does NOT mean the right "leg" of the pants...ha). We made pants...from a pattern!!! It was crazy. I also did a few things that required some troubleshooting, which was nice to have happen while she was there! My goal was to be able to make pants for me, Joey and Juliette to wear on Christmas morning. Juliette's are done, and I finished mine (even though they are huge...but now I know how to fix it!). My next project will be a dress :-) Here are some pics of what we did:

Juliette checking out my work...

My FIRST EVER project on the sewing machine...pants for my baby!
the ribbon make the pants!

Juliettes Christmas pants that I made all on my own Sunday night!Juliette modeling her new pants (over her pj's!)

So there it is, my new hobby! Can't wait to make more things!

Happy Thanksgiving

It's pretty obvious what I am thankful for this year, so I am not going to go on and on with a list, but let's just say life is pretty good. Today was a busy day...first we stopped by the Fastner house to see all of them and get the babies together, then we went to my parents for a delicious turkey dinner and entertainment provided Juliette, and then we stopped by the Davern Thanksgiving for dessert (which Juliette slept through since it was a bit off schedule from what we thought). We got pretty camera happy today, but got some good pics! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!! (also, a shout out to my second grade teacher, Ms. Quam, who celebrated her b-day today!)

stopping by to visit cousin Owen!

i got $50- what a great day!she was confusing 21 weeks with 21 years...

self portrait

Cute family, huh?

gramma and Juliette
party trick...fist in mouth

more smiles with gramma

daddy, you are crazy!

this is the hat my mom wore all day, so i thought i'd try it on...it belonged to my great great grandma grace, she is the one who my middle name is after. she would've like me trying the wine in the picture from above! ;-)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

21 weeks

21 week photoshoot on Thanksgiving...enjoy!

all smiles gotta stretch out my full tummy
what? no more turkey?!?! that's ok, i am stuffed (sorry about the rotate issues again)

first night away...

Joey and I went to the St Paul Hotel to celebrate our anniversary (it's our tradition)....so Gramma Jule had her first overnight with Juliette. Grampa Steve-O would've been there too, but he was sick :-( Our package at the hotel included wine and cheese/fruit upon arrival, coffee/cocoa in the morning, and unlimited movies. We checked in around 4:30, walked to Cosetta's for dinner (Joey has never been there...yeah...), then came back and settled in for the night! Nothing caps off a romantic anniversary celebration like pulling out a breast pump! Anyway, Gramma Jule and Juliette has a fabulous time while we were gone...best told in pictures:

3rd year= leather, so leather jackets!

thought I should get the ring in the pic
getting ready to leave gramma with Juliette
Her new friend, the froggy

gramma and Juliette's surprise...chocolate chip cookies! she has all the ingredients
helping by putting in the chips...

have to get them ALL in...
licking the spoon (don't worry...she didn't get any real batter!)

reading a book with gramma

here is the book, but Juliette likes to look at the camera :-)

That's the end of the pics. We did not take a pic of gramma crying when she had to leave :-) They had so much fun she didn't want to go. This is fine with us, as we will be taking full advantage of the Gramma Jule babysitting services!!

20 weeks

Here you go...20 weeks, and some bonus shots!

hugging the lamb...who I just realized we have yet to name kisses stretching it out a quick snooze in the swing yum, rice ceral sucking my middle two fingers (like my mommy)

visitor

Laura and Danielle came over to visit us today for lunch. Laura and I have been friends since fifth grade and our lives have been about a month apart on everything...her birthday is October, mine is November. She got enganged November '05, I was December. She got married Oct '06, I got married November. She has a kid in June '09, I had a kid in July. It's actually kinda funny. Anyway, we had a nice visit and have also decided to start the girls in swimming lesson together!

Here is a pic from when they first met, back in August:

...and here are a few pics from yesterday:

20 week pictures coming soon...