siblings

This shot makes me excited to see our kids grow up together and hopefully create a close brother/sister friendship. It's only a matter of months before they can start playing together. Hopefully there will be many, many more pictures like this to come!

Eating like a big girl

This girl likes her rice cereal! And using the spoon came easy. I think we have a good eater on our hands. I can only imagine how much she's going to like real baby food.

Thomas for Father's Day

Our awesome dad took the family to see Thomas the Train on Father's Day.

Photo: Carter on the hour long drive to see Thomas. Notice his conductor's hat. He's all ready!Photo: Carter and Kyle posing in front of Thomas. This was taken at the end of the long day. Photo: Daddy and Ryan on the train. Ryan loved the handheld fan we brought for her. She was all smiles. Photo: Mommy and the kiddos on the train!

Photo: Carter feeding the goats. He giggled the entire time.

Photo: Carter on his first pony ride!

Fearrin Fest 2010

It was once again time for Fearrin Fest. This year the family reunion was at the cottage. Since the parents are selling it, we all wanted one final farewell to the place. What a wonderful weekend we had! Everyone was there and we even managed to take family portraits.

It was a jam packed weekend. We had a campfire, went bowling, did lots to tubing, boatrides and fishing. We played eucher, floated on the giant raft, passed the baby around, and rode on the golf cart. We watched soccer, ate and drank a lot, and stayed up very late. We broke the boat, fixed the boat and broke the boat again. We had our kids baptised and we said goodbye to our neighbors; the Hurshburgers (who we've known for the past 35 years). We created lots of memories and have some family jokes that will probably never end. Unfortuantly I didn't get very many pictures since my camera was left out in the rain.

Can't wait until Fearrin Fest 2012.

soccer camp

Last week Carter visited his granparents in Evansville for a couple of days. While there, he joined his cousin, Aidan, for soccer camp. Aidan's mom is the women's head soccer coach at USI. In the summer Aunt Krissy and her college players hold youth soccer camp for Evansville kids. This year they had toddler day camps (9am-12pm). The kiddos spent most of their time running in the gym, kicking balls, climbing nets and taking lots of snack breaks. Carter had a great time and even found himself a little 5 year-old girlfriend.

peanut...not anymore!

Ryan had her 4 month check-up today. Our little peanut still has a peanut sized head, but she is not small anywhere else!
Weight: (76%) = 14lbs. 12oz.
Height: (98%) = 25 3/4 in.
Head: (28%)

Doctor said she is doing great. Ryan was very interactive and pleasent throughout the entire visit. She even showed off her new rolling skills. We've been given the all clear to start baby food. Wow, I can't believe we're to that stage already. Time is flying by!

4 months

Ryan Michele is 4 months old today. She is still one great baby! We often joke that she is our extra piece of luggage. She is happy to be totted anywhere and never makes a fuss about anything! She really IS a happy all day long. I hope we're not jinxing ourselves by saying that!

Ryan loves to play in her swing and on her activity mat. She is starting to play with a few small toys too. She is still practicing rolling over and we think she's pretty close. Actually, we've seen her roll from her stomach to her back before so we know it's just a matter of time before she is steamrolling around the room. Ryan also likes to sit up much more then I remember Carter wanting to. She loves to sit on people's laps and check out everything that's going on around her.

Peanut is a good sleeper. There's no pattern to her napping yet, but we can usually expect one or two long naps during the day in addition to a couple of cat naps. Ryan sleeps pretty well at night too. Unlike her brother who was still getting up 2-3 (or even 4) times a night at this stage, she usually gets up once to eat and that's it!

We are loving our (easy) sweet baby girl.