babies and baking

Wednesday, our friends Brent and Krista welcomed a baby boy, Jake into the world!

Yesterday, my brother's best friend, Bret and his girlfriend welcomed a baby girl, Aubree into the world! Bret is like a brother to us and it's pretty neat that his baby girl was born on my brother's 22nd birthday!

Thursday, Mike went on a very well deserved hunting trip with two if his friends. The kids and I had a fun two days before we headed to grammy's on Friday after work.

The weekend was dedicated to baking! Saturday started out with pumpkin cookies. My little chef has quite the time mixing and stirring to her little heart's desire :) Then after naptime, we made the dough for Halloween cut-out cookies. Bella and Connor had a blast making a mess and ended up covered in flour!

Sunday we decorated the cookies and headed out early to stop and see auntie Jenna on our way home. When we arrived home, daddy was waiting with open arms and big hugs :)

doctor, shopping, pumpkins, and parties

On Wednesday, October 7, Connor had his ONE year check up. He has really spiked in height and moved up to the 80th percentile. He's still our skinny boy, at only 21 lbs. 4 oz. He is right on track with milestones, however, so nothing to worry about! He sure is our happy and healthy little man.

Thursday night, Bella and daddy headed north so Connor and I did a little shopping.

Saturday, my mom and Bel came back and we did some more shopping specifically for winter jackets for me and Connor.

Sunday, we shopped some more and in the end, both Connor and I got jackets. Later that evening we had a first birthday party for my friend Mandy's little boy, Ty. The kids had fun playing and were excited to see daddy after the party.

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Wednesday, October 14th, we had a really fun day. Bella had dance class in the morning and daddy loved watching her. In the afternoon we drove to a really cool pumpkin farm. It was a long drive, but Bel was so excited that she hardly slept. We checked out the bakery there and all the apples and pies first and then the kids got to feed the goats. We took a walk through the corn maze, climbed some big tall hay bales, the kids picked out their pumpkin, then stopped in the bakery and shop to browse around. We bought some beerbread mix and then got a caramel apple and hot cider and ate out on the porch before we headed home. We froze but had alot of fun and will go back next year again :)

We made chili and beerbread and carved the pumpkin when we got home. The kids were pretty impressed when the pumpkin was done and lit up.

Saturday, we had a birthday party for my friend Nicky's litte girl Emma, who turned 3 and then one later for our friends Brad and Melissa, whose little girl, Zoe, turned 1. It was quite the busy day but the kids had alot of fun! Grammy and Peanut made a cool pumpkin cake when we got back.

Sunday, we watched the Packers/Lions game at Brent and Krista's house. They are having a baby girl or boy any day and I am so excited for them!

My birthday

I was so happy to see my Peanut princess on Friday after I got out of work. I missed her so much since Wednesday night. It appears that she had a really fun couple days with grandma Fran and Papa Len. She was really excited to show me her pumpkin cookies and pink cupcakes she made. Grandma Fran sent this pic :

On Saturday I turned 26. I slept in and then opened my presents. My husband and mom know me too well considering I got a snuggy and some really comfortable fuzzy pajamas I had fell in love with at Kohl's, and a giftcard. He took me out for a late supper after he got in from hunting.

On Sunday I was just as lazy. My mom made me a yummy turkey and mashed potatoes lunch with a birthday pumpkin pie. I always ask for pie instead of a birthday cake. I had a really nice birthday weekend :)