Monkey Business

She's so darn fast and has absolutely no fear. Now everything has to be bolted to the wall. I wouldn't want anything to tip over on her.

Spaghetti Face

Wipe my face grandma!

Grandma Linda made a taco dinner for all of us on Saturday night. After dinner, Brad and I went to the casino to donate some money. Grandma Linda stayed home with Emmy. We ended up winning a few dollars - a first time for us at this casino. We always end up going home with empty pockets. We played the roulette game and won pretty big a few times. It was a nice getaway.

Tot Lot

We went back to Monte a couple of weeks ago and took Emmy to the playground in Smith Park. They have a tot lot that is a replica of Pioneer Village. She loved having grandpa give her big pushes in the swing and went down the slide over and over and over again.

Social butterfly just like her daddy. I have no idea who this little girl is giving Emmy a hug, but she sure did like her.

The Millinery Shop...just like Grandma Hazel. You know Grandma Hazel lied her age when she was 15 years old to get a job at Dayton's in Minneapolis. She got the job and worked in the Millinery Shoppe..."They wore hats back in those days." - Hazel Lauritsen

Sunday Best

I just love these pictures of Emmy all dressed up! She looks so cute in her Sunday best!

Congrats Kim & Mike

My friend Kim got hitched last weekend to her longtime beau Mike. They got married on a really neat resort near Detroit Lakes. It was a beautiful outdoor wedding and they looked wonderful.

ValleyFair

We went to Valley Fair with Tony, Christy & Shelby a couple of weeks ago. I didn't go on any of the rides being that I'm expecting. I only went on the Old Fashioned Cars.

Shelby got measured at the front gate and it turns out that she just made the cut to go on every ride at the park (except for four big ones). She had a blast and wasn't scared one bit. It was really fun seeing her facial expressions on some of the rides.

Brad had a good time getting Tony on some of the bigger rides. The Power Tower made Tony squeal!

Minnesota State Fair

My mom, Scott, Rachel & Tyler all came down to go to the State Fair. We parked our cars in a lot about a mile from the fair grounds and hopped on a bus. This ends up working really well because then we don't have to pay for any parking and they take you right to the front gate.

We all had a great time and did so much walking & ate way too much food. One of my favorite things to eat at the fair is corn on the cob. I like to get a glass of milk somewhere in the day, but I think I ate too much food because I didn't even want a glass when we walked by the milk booth.

There were a lot of people at the fair, but since it was a cool day, not as many people showed up. You wouldn't know by the picture below because it's still elbow to elbow full of people.

The next day after the fair, we went for lunch at Benihana. Scott, Rachel & Tyler had never eaten there before. I didn't think Scott would like some of the food because he's such a picky eater. I figured he would like the entertainment of them cooking right on our table though.

He likes his steak very very rare and when he told the cook that it was done, the cook said it was still mooing. :)

After our Benihana lunch, we went to the Como Zoo. We had a nice time, but some of the exhibits were shut down for repair/renovation, etc. So some of the animals were not out. We were pretty pooped by the end of the day. It was a wonderful weekend with our family!!

Scott

Scott & Rachel

Try pushing a stroller through this crowd.

Unkie Hoda

Tyler

Us at Benihana...something must have gotten on the lense of our camera - it's a little blurry.

I love watching them do funny things!

Outside Fun

Emmy loves to be outside. She loves riding in her many different cars. But, she especially likes to go in her swing in the front yard.

Pig Wrestling

Shelby participated in a pig wrestling contest in Hoffman. There were a bunch of little kids all in the mud chasing a tiny little piglet. The deal was...if you catch the pig, you get to keep it. Well, Shelby caught the pig and named him Wilbur.

Emmy wasn't too sure about that little piglet.

Where to begin...

I have so many posts and 418 photos on my camera. I'll just post quick jots of everything...plus I haven't posted pictures for a long time.

This summer we went to Canterbury Downs to watch the Ostrich & Camel races. I think I mentioned this in an earlier post. However, here are some photos of that day.

Big Sister!

I've been super slow at getting posts on here lately. I have a ton of things to post and plan on doing so later this evening. The reason for being behind is because I have been extremely tired. We found out that Emmy is going to be a big sister in April!! I have been feeling pretty good some days...others not so good. I got a refill on my prescription called Zofran which helps for morning sickness. However, I just can't shake being so tired. I don't remember getting this tired when I was pregnant with Emmy.

I usually just take a Zofran pill when I feel like I'm about to get sick. I have only been taking one per day (sometimes not every day), but recently I have had to take two in one day. One in the morning and one at night. My appetite hasn't been real good so I try to eat more smaller meals throughout the day. However, I get nauseous after I eat every meal.

I am at about 11 weeks right now and our official due date is April 6th, 2010. My next doctor appointment is in a week and a half. We will get to hear the heartbeat for the first time at this visit. Yeah!!

We will be planning a C-Section with this baby. There is a 1% chance of having a uterine rupture if we were to have a natural birth after having a c-section. I know 1% is not very much, but I do not have very good luck. If this were to happen during delivery, it could cause death in myself and the baby. We do not want to take that risk, so we are not planning a natural birth.

So far we will not be finding out the sex of the baby. Brad really wants to find out, but I want to wait. There's nothing like that moment of finding out what it is when it's born...pure excitement!!

I will post more later...I have posts on the State Fair, Valley Fair, weddings, and more!

Good Mouser

We have mice in our basement and our cat keeps bringing them to us. So far he has brought us two. Thank God my mom was at our house last weekend when it happened. She was the brave one that got up to get rid of it as I sat on the couch screaming. I scared poor Tyler when I screamed because he thought it was a cat toy at first. He knew by my scream that it obviously wasn't.

The next day when Max brought us the second mouse, we weren't lucky enough to have anyone at our house to help us. It was 11:00 at night and we were just talking about how nice it was to have our family up for the weekend and thank God for my mom being there to get rid of the mouse. We looked at each other and said what would we have done if we were alone?...just then, Max brought us the second mouse. It took us two hours to get rid of the second one.

Max dropped it out of his mouth on the main level of the house. Brad got up and looked at it from far away and noticed that it was about to get up and scurry away. We both started screaming and I told him to get something to put over it so that it wouldn't get away. He grabbed a small waste basket and placed it over the mouse. We then tried to figure out a way to get it out of the house. I grabbed the video camera after I scared Brad by pointing and screaming...my fake reaction caused him to scream and jump on top of the coffee table. I didn't want to miss any more great moments. I'll have to see if we can post one of the videos...they are kind of long though.

We finally placed a piece of cardboard under the waste basket and carefully slid the basket & mouse towards the front door. Brad picked up the basket and flung it out the door hitting the hanging chimes on its way to freedom.

The next day I picked up a bunch of mouse traps. We have our neighbor, Noel, coming over every day to check on the traps to see if we caught anything. Both Brad and I are too scared to check them...if there is something in it...we will both be far away from the house when Noel gets rid of them.

Uh Oh!!

UH OH is the big word in our house now. Emmy says it all the time.

She also grabs her stuffed bee toy and makes buzzing sounds around the house.

She's still a good eater. She had a moment where she didn't like chicken, but now it seems to be going down okay. She doesn't always like to chew her food, so we have to watch her pretty close because she gags if she gets a big piece in her mouth. She only likes to feed herself. She won't eat very much if we try to feed her.

She's been waking up in the middle of the night. I think she has her molars coming in. All four had popped through, but I think they are bugging her. We were giving her a bottle in the middle of the night because rocking her back to sleep just wasn't working. As soon as we gave her a bottle, she fell right back to sleep. I usually just keep a bottle of water in her crib at night. So, if she does wake up, she grabs that and falls right back to sleep...and we get a good night's sleep too. Thank God!