For Aunt Sarah

My sister got Addie this adorable little dress, and I of course thinks she looks very pretty in it. I feel the need to take a picture of just about every little outfit she wears. Maybe that will change someday...or maybe not.

Back to Work

Well, today was my first day back to work. It went better than I expected. Yes, I did cry...last night when I was trying to decide what to wear, and nothing fit , including my shoes(my feet grew about a half a size during pregnancy). I had a little cry this morning too, after Addie puked on me right before we were walking out the door. I did visit her at lunch, and she was doing fine of course. They were impressed with her eating habits...6 oz. about every 3 hours. My husband greeted me with flowers when I got home. Thanks for all of your prayers.

The CRIM and a Birthday!

Today is Dean's birthday, and he celebrated by running the CRIM with Pastor Matt. They ran 10 miles, and both did well, finishing in about 1 hour and 40 minutes. Amber and I hung out with the kids. Of course there was ice-cream and cake afterwards. We had a good time.

Finish Line

Relaxing after the big race

Happy Birthday Honey, I love you!

Tahquamenon Falls

We took a little family vacation up to Tahquaamenon Falls. My mom and dad took us up there when we were kids. It was nice for the four of us to get away together. We started out with a picnic in the park. Addie had her first boat ride in a row boat. She didn't like her life jacket at all, and it was too big. We rented the row boat to get to the small island near the lower falls, it was relaxing. The boys enjoyed playing in the water and on the rocks. We also went tubing down the Sturgeon river one day and left Addie with grandma. The water was a chilly 58 degrees, but it was fun.

Party of 8

Here are all 8 of the cousins together for the first time. This was taken just a couple days after Anna was born. Not bad for our first attempt, Christmas will be great this year!!

8 Hours

Addison slept for 8 hours straight last night ! Yeeahhhhh I put her to bed at 11:00, she woke up around midnight because she was laying in a pool of spit-up...I would have been unhappy too. So I moved her to another part of the crib and she slept until 8am. I was so happy...I don't remember the last time I was able to sleep for 8 hours straight. She has been sleeping between 6-7 hours for the past couple weeks. I hope she keeps this up, even if she has an occasional night where she gets off schedule and wakes up in the middle of the night. This also eases my mind about going back to work in a couple weeks.

Anna Christine

I took Rachel up to see mommy and her new baby sis today.  Rachel just LOVES her and wants to know when they can take their baby home.  Kara and Anna are both doing great, and will hopefully be able to go home sometime tomorrow.  Here are the details again since I didn't have all of the information in the first post.  Anna Christine Veihl born at 5:45am, Aug. 7, weighing 8 lbs. 14 oz., and 20 1/2 inches long.  

Baby Veihl is Here!

The Veihl's have welcomed Anna Christine to their cute little family.  Not sure how big she is yet.  I'm told she has dark hair(for now).  Another quick labor and delivery for Kara.  I arrived at their house around 1 am and they called saying they had the baby just after 6 am.  I will post a picture as soon as I can get up to seen all of them.

'The Call'

I just got 'the call', so I'm off to the Veihl's . I'll try to blog updates from there when I know more.

Landscaping

Finally here are some pictures of our landscaping we put in this year. Actually Dean did all of the work. We have been in our house a for one year now. Landscaping was our big project for this year, next year will be a privacy fence and a nice play set for the kids.

2 Months

Addie is 2 months old now, and had her check up today. She weighs in at 11 lbs. 2 oz. and is 22 1/2 inches long. Such a big girl! She is pretty sleepy today after having 5 shots, poor little girl. Here are some pictures we have taken over the past few weeks.

Some of these pictures are more than a month old , sorry it took me so long to post. Addies's interests include long walks with mommy, sucking on her fist(when she can find it), making smily faces, cooing, and scooching around in her crib and waking up 90 degrees from how she started.