Fun with Lauren

Summer Fun

Visiting the little zoo in Baraboo.
Playing at the park.

Sprinkler fun at Nana's.

Checking out the animals at the fair.

Swimming with Henry.

Next summer, Emma will be able to join in on all the fun. During most of these events, she was sleeping away in her stroller or in someone's lap! She loves being out and about!

Cousin Kirsten

My cousin Kirsten (also my Goddaughter) spent last week at our house helping out while Nick was working at the county fair. It was wonderful having her around, especially to play with Maddy! Thanks for all your help, Kirsten!

Happy Fourth of July!

Our Family

Wedding Fun

Cousin Love--Maddy and Lauren

Great-Grandma Kliebenstein (GGK) with Emma.

Dancing with cousins at Deanna and Adam's wedding.

Our Girls

It's a Girl!

Emma Rose was born May 28, 2010 at 8:42 am. She was 7 lbs. 14 oz and 19 inches long.

Waiting for Baby

Not much longer now!

Maddy loves kissing and talking to the baby.

Eating my cookies and cream and balancing it on my belly...just like I did with Madelyn!

I'm Cinderella!

Maddy insisted on helping scrub the bathroom floors a couple of weeks ago. She thought she was Cinderella.

Springtime Fun!

Maddy's new bike from Grampa Donnie.
Visiting Curious George at the Public Library.

Planting flowers with Daddy.

Madelyn is Three!

Madelyn showing how old she is now.
Playing outside at her party with family and bunnies!

Getting ready to eat her Dora cake.

Birthday Cupcakes

Madelyn helped decorate her birthday cupcakes for daycare.

And here's a shot of the baby belly!

Easter and Grandpa Casey's 90th Birthday!

All ready for church.
Flying kite with Auntie Katie, Daddy, and Uncle Matt.

Great-Grandma and Grandpa Casey with all 11 Greats--

all under 4 (with two more on the way)!

Petting one of Grandpa Donnie's bunnies.

Easter Fun!

Visiting with the Easter Bunny at the City Park Egg Hunt.

Dying eggs!
Madelyn's basket on Easter morning.

Flying a Kite and Eggs!

We visited GGK this week and enjoyed the wonderful summer-like weather. Madelyn and Nick flew a kite. We also hid some eggs for Maddy to find. She's practicing for the big egg hunt this weekend!

Waterpark

A few weekends ago we stayed at a hotel. Madelyn enjoyed the small waterpark there. Grammy Mary went with us and we met Uncle Joe and Aunt Michele there for pizza and swimming. It was our mini-spring break before Nick had his hernia surgery last week. We've been enjoying this week off of school, even though we haven't done much with Nick recovering. The weather has been like summer. We're really excited for summer and the baby coming next month!

Thoughts from the Olympics

Madelyn was really into watching the Olympics with us.
Here are a few of her observations:
She wanted to know why the skiers had two snowboards on!
She was very worried that the male figure skaters were wearing girls' shirts.
She loved the female figure skaters' dresses, and hair, and lipstick, and skates.
She says curling is her favorite and hockey is boring.
And she has learned how to hum to the Olympics song...
I guess we watched quite a bit of it!

Big Girl Room

We have moved Madelyn into her new big girl bedroom to get ready for the baby. She loves her room--all purple and pink!

Christmas with Grammy

Maddy was excited about her new Tinkerbell sleeping bag

and accessories she got from Grammy!

Uncle Joe and Aunt Michele

The only picture of the three of us from the holidays!