Wewind Weekend....

WOW!  What a weekend we had and I'm feeling it today - tired!

Friday night I picked Whitney up and she stayed the weekend with us,

we just loved having her around - espeically Natalie...I asked Jodi if we could adopt her and she said "NO!"  Bummer!  Friday night after supper we walked downtown and rented a movie from the local grocery store plus picked up some ice cream and had a nice relaxing night at home!

Then Saturday morning we got up and us "girls" headed into Cedar Falls for the Sturgis Falls parade, what a nice parade it was...full of all kinds of fun floats, bands, dance teams, etc.

Here are the girls ready to head out for a morning of fun!

After the parade it was onto McDonalds' for lunch,

it was Natalie's 1st time to McDonald's and I think she liked it as she kept

trying to get a hold of Whitney's hamburger!

After lunch we headed home and Natalie took a nice long nap while Whitney and I did some odds and ends around the house!  Later in the afternoon Nathan had a pile of twigs/branches to burn so Whitney headed outside to help him.....

The fire was pretty big in the beginning so while it burned we did a few things around the yard, which included......hanging out!

Swing rides...

Playing in the tree...

Mower/wagon ride from Nathan...

Once the fire settled down we got out the s'more fixins

and had some fun getting messy......aka very sticky!

Natalie even got her 1st taste of a graham cracker and a marshmallow....

After baths and playing inside we put Natalie to bed and found a

funny kids' movie on TV and then it was off to bed for all of us.....

Sunday we got up and headed to church, grabbed some brunch and then headed back home.  Later in the afternoon Jodi came to pick up Whitney as they were back in town from being gone all weekend to a baseball tournament for Zak and his baseball team!

Grandma Sally also arrived in town in the afternoon as she is here visiting for a couple of days, so we had a little get together with some family at our house!

Sorry not a lot of pictures, but here are a couple cute ones.....

What a great weekend we had, busy yet fun times with family and friends!

10 month old

Today Natalie is 10 months old...

....she currently weighs 22 lbs.

(according to her doctor's appt on Monday)

....is around 29 3/4 inches long
(according to her doctor's appt on Monday)

.....she is a great eater - that could be why she is in the 80% for weight and 96% for height, she is certainly having very little baby food as she loves "real people" food - favorites being bread, strawberries, cheese, bananas & ice cream cones.

...Has another tooth coming in on the top - we just noticed it the other day!

....still loves to sleep, going to bed between 8:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m. every night and sleeping till 6:30 a.m. and/or till I have to wait her up!

....still loves to splash around in the bath tub & we've added a little pool on the back deck as another water option for her!

....is still wearing size 3 diapers but I have a feeling we'll be moving up to

size 4 within the next month or so...

....still wearing 12 month clothes

....loves to talk, talk, talk especially to her baby cousins Kaylee & Weston

...still has the best little smile :)

....is still enjoying daycare and even found her 1st lil' girlfriend, her name is Sela and she's another little girl in her class that's about the same age!

....she is busy crawling, pulling herself up, walking behind push toys and has even taken a couple steps over the last week or so.....she's just plain B-U-S-Y!

....she is still a thumb sucker, loves her blankey, baby and pink kitty 

....loves to play with all of her toys, especially ones that make noise - music,

it's too cute to watch her dance to the sounds!

....over the past month we've been enjoying all the fun summer things - parades, which we've found out that Natalie does NOT like loud noises a.k.a. - fire trucks!  We also checked out the local petting zoo and found out she loves animals!  We've also been busy playing outside - swinging in her swing which she loves, on the other hand the one thing she dislikes is grass, she doesn't like how the green stuff feels on her little toes, it's so funny watching her keep her feet up while you hold her!

We also celebrated Father's Day with Daddy, his 1st Father's Day this past weekend, we had a nice relaxing day together! 

Other things I want to note of is that Natalie has showed no interest in our upstairs steps, she'll watch us go up them and doesn't care a bit! 

Also when it comes to holding her bottle she is lazy - she would rather we hold it for her, sippy cups on the other hand she is all about holding them and drinking out of them by herself!  Call her crazy!

Happy 10 month birthday baby girl!

We love you!

Father's Day Weekend!

What a fun Father's Day weekend we had - it started Friday night as we traveled to Chris & Kasey's house to grill out with Dad.  What a great spread of food we had and this was only 1/2 of it!

Cute lil' Kaylee awake (sort-of) enjoying life in the swing...

Natalie was busy, checking on the babies...here she is talking to Weston!

 Brouwer Brothers....

Chris serving up some homemade ice cream, can you say y-u-m-m-y?

Natalie thinks it's pretty good stuff as well!

After supper Carson got a ranger ride from Uncle Chris.....they went f-a-s-t!

Grandpa opening his gift from us grandkids!

Natalie hanging out with Uncle Chris...

Angie and Weston...

Carson helping Grandpa Mike open his gift...

Natalie goes right for Grandpa's candy...

Saturday we did some work around home and then headed to the Mall to do a few errands, Natalie got her 1st ride on the Mall Carousel, it was okay at first but then she got scared, so did Nathan!

Then it was onto supper, Nathan's choice for Father's Day...

After supper we headed home to hang out and play, Nathan also got his 1st Father's Day gift from Natalie, nothing better than a new shirt!

Let me help you open that Daddy....

What's in there?

Daddy and his favorite girl....

Evening snack was cupcakes from Scratch, we were so full from supper that both Nathan and I split one, giving a bite to Natalie - who of course didn't like the cake part but loved the frosting!  True girl!

 

Sunday we traveled to church, Natalie enjoyed play time in the nursery, I got to snuggle with Kaylee during the good church service on "Questions?" and then we headed to Ravenwood to say "Happy Father's Day" to Grandpa Larson.  After visiting with him for a little bit it was onto lunch, we took Gary to LJ's for a quick bit to eat.  Here's my big girl with her own plate of food!

What did you get Grandpa Gary?

After lunch we headed home for naps!  We ended the night by having Grandpa Gary & Frannie over for beer can chicken on the grill, another yummy!

What a great weekend we had, spending time with all the wonderful

"Fathers" in our lives...Grandpa Sents, Grandpa Mike, Grandpa Gary, Grandpa Larson, Carl, Chris & Nathan.  Wishing an extra special Father's Day for 1st time Dads, Chris & Nathan!