Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Had to show
Emma likes to hold Katherine more these days. This photo was just taken this morning. I thought it was too cute not to share right away. Enjoy!
Monday, June 29, 2009
New Running Stroller
Since we now have 2 children we needed a new running stroller which would fit both girls. We found a great one which is a running stroller, walking stroller, and a bike stroller. And the best part you can buy an accessory called an infant sling which means we have been able to take Katherine for runs all spring and summer - no waiting 6 months! She was not so sure about it the first few times out but is becoming much more comfortable now and doing what Emma always did and still does - falls asleep. It even has a sun shade and a netting to protect them from bugs. And of course, a rain shield since we love to run in the rain. Emma enjoys it just as much! Here is a recent before and after photo from a run with the girls - doing what they both love to do in a stroller - sleep!
Before the run - Emma, Max (her doll) and Katherine
After the run - fast asleep!
If you look closely - Katherine's eyes are just waking up - Emma took a lot longer.
Before the run - Emma, Max (her doll) and Katherine
After the run - fast asleep!
If you look closely - Katherine's eyes are just waking up - Emma took a lot longer.
Badger Days
At the beginning of June we went to Lambeau Field to take part in Badger Days. As many coaches as possible travel to different cities in Wisconsin and treat fans to an informal presentation, autographs, and great food! We decided to go this year since Ethan did not have to work. It was well worth it - especially since Ron Dayne was there! Ethan bought a small football and he and Emma went around collecting autographs. Enjoy. Go Badgers!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Happy Father's Day!
Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there. Especially to my Dad and my husband. I am very grateful to have a wonderful husband who is doubles as a great dad. He is wonderful at caring for, playing with, loving and most of all having an enormous gift of patience with our girls (especially the older one). :-) Thank you Dad for teaching me what you do best - optimistic, heartfelt, caring, loving and supportive.
Katherine is 4 months old! We had a doctor's appointment this past week. She weighed in at 17 lbs (above the 97th percentile for babies her age), 26 1/4 inches long (again above 97th percentile). We have a big girl! She has great soccer thighs as Ethan likes to call them. She is a happy and healthy four month old - who has been teething for 2 months and its becoming more intense lately. Plus, I think she is going to be an early crawler by witness of how often and how much she gets her knees up under her and her butt up when she is on her belly. Plus she does not like to sit still in anyone's lap for too long! She is a "squirmy worm" as Emma likes to call her. Oh, and she likes to grab things - anything. When Ethan set her down on the scale at the Dr.'s office she grabbed a book in a rack next to the scale. Today she grabbed onto my glasses, and I had to get my Mom to help her let go!
As for Emma - we will find out how big she is next month at her 4 year check. She is having a fun summer. She is taking swimming lessons (got to jump off a diving board last week!), and this week has an art class. Plus soccer starts in July! She can't wait for that.
Her latest cute conversation with me went like this - "you can't turn 100, Mom." Me: Why not? E: Because then you will break the house! Me: How will I break the house? E: you will put a hole in it. Me: how will I do this? E: from being so tall! Her mind is always going.
Last weekend and this past week we enjoyed the Bellin run - Ethan ran a personal best (46 minutes) and I felt great. Emma ran too on Friday night. Although there was a lot of confusion and mix up on the organization side of the run and the little kids ran no where near the 1/4 mile they were supposed to run. Hopefully it will be better next year! She still enjoyed the reward of a water bottle, medal, and climbing in the inflatables after! Best of all our friends/neighbors showed up to watch her! Thank you Tom and Patty. This week before Ethan went back on nights we enjoyed an afternoon/evening at Bay Beach with ice cream at DQ to finish the evening. And Emma, Katherine and I enjoyed a play date with some friends from preschool - we went to a park and had lunch. We have had some beautiful weather.
Oh! Big for us. We also with the help of our wonderful neighbor planted all new plants in the front of our house this past week! Our neighbor has wonderful & beautiful gardens. Last summer we tore out all the bushes in front and just left it - other than working on taking the pesky rocks out that the previous neighbors put in. Ethan finished this up so then it was ready to plant. Patty, Emma and I went shopping for plants and came home with plenty to fill all the areas with room left over to plant in as the years go on. It is so nice to have something there again! I will post photos soon.
Katherine is 4 months old! We had a doctor's appointment this past week. She weighed in at 17 lbs (above the 97th percentile for babies her age), 26 1/4 inches long (again above 97th percentile). We have a big girl! She has great soccer thighs as Ethan likes to call them. She is a happy and healthy four month old - who has been teething for 2 months and its becoming more intense lately. Plus, I think she is going to be an early crawler by witness of how often and how much she gets her knees up under her and her butt up when she is on her belly. Plus she does not like to sit still in anyone's lap for too long! She is a "squirmy worm" as Emma likes to call her. Oh, and she likes to grab things - anything. When Ethan set her down on the scale at the Dr.'s office she grabbed a book in a rack next to the scale. Today she grabbed onto my glasses, and I had to get my Mom to help her let go!
As for Emma - we will find out how big she is next month at her 4 year check. She is having a fun summer. She is taking swimming lessons (got to jump off a diving board last week!), and this week has an art class. Plus soccer starts in July! She can't wait for that.
Her latest cute conversation with me went like this - "you can't turn 100, Mom." Me: Why not? E: Because then you will break the house! Me: How will I break the house? E: you will put a hole in it. Me: how will I do this? E: from being so tall! Her mind is always going.
Last weekend and this past week we enjoyed the Bellin run - Ethan ran a personal best (46 minutes) and I felt great. Emma ran too on Friday night. Although there was a lot of confusion and mix up on the organization side of the run and the little kids ran no where near the 1/4 mile they were supposed to run. Hopefully it will be better next year! She still enjoyed the reward of a water bottle, medal, and climbing in the inflatables after! Best of all our friends/neighbors showed up to watch her! Thank you Tom and Patty. This week before Ethan went back on nights we enjoyed an afternoon/evening at Bay Beach with ice cream at DQ to finish the evening. And Emma, Katherine and I enjoyed a play date with some friends from preschool - we went to a park and had lunch. We have had some beautiful weather.
Oh! Big for us. We also with the help of our wonderful neighbor planted all new plants in the front of our house this past week! Our neighbor has wonderful & beautiful gardens. Last summer we tore out all the bushes in front and just left it - other than working on taking the pesky rocks out that the previous neighbors put in. Ethan finished this up so then it was ready to plant. Patty, Emma and I went shopping for plants and came home with plenty to fill all the areas with room left over to plant in as the years go on. It is so nice to have something there again! I will post photos soon.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Soccer Girl
Here is a slide show of Emma playing with her new soccer net that we found at a garage sale last weekend. As you can tell she loves it. I think our neighbor who plays soccer in high school and we have been going to her games all spring - all the way to the state tournament - is wearing off on Emma.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Marathon Photos
Here are some photos of Ethan and his half-marathon from May. He ran a personal best of 1 hour and 46 minutes! Emma, Katherine, Liz and I drove around Green Bay cheering him on at many different points in the race.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Photos
Emma ran the WPS Kid's Run as part of the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon the same weekend as Katherine's Baptism. Here is a slideshow of Emma running and Katherine's Baptism.
Where have I been?
This post is a bit overdue. I had meant to post a month ago after Katherine's Baptism but never got around to it. So I made it part of my "to do" list this week. You should be happy to know I am posting to my blog and not going grocery shopping - which has been on my "to do" list all week. We do still have food - I am not starving Emma or Ethan. Katherine only needs me to eat. Since one is sleeping and the other should be (but instead playing quietly with princesses) I realize I have time to post. But there is so much to say I don't know where to begin. Okay - will start back in April and go forward.
At the end of April we headed to Wisconsin Dells to stay at the Great Wolf Lodge and enjoy a few days of the waterpark. Emma had a blast! Katherine did fine sleeping in a strange place - almost better than at home. From Wisconsin Dells we headed to Madison so Ethan and I could participate in Crazy Legs - a 8K run and 2 mile walk which we try to do every year that it works with Ethan's schedule. This year I walked because I had only just begun exercising again. I had hoped to walk with Katherine in the baby carrier but it was a very rainy day with thunder! So Katherine & Emma stayed back at the hotel with our old babysitter who now lives in Madison for graduate school. Emma was so excited to see her and all went well back at the hotel!
Ethan and I waited for a shuttle bus in pouring rain and then luckily it stopped for a little while at the beginning but by the halfway point of my walk it was pouring again and thundering. Quite an adventure but we enjoyed it because we love to run in the rain (or walk in my case, but I do prefer running in the rain). Ethan felt great and ran a personal best if I am remembering correctly!
That was April...May was filled with final training runs for Ethan's half-marathon in Green Bay and final days of 3 year old preschool for Emma. Plus, Katherine became a member of the Catholic Church on May 16. Baptism was celebrated on a Saturday and was a very nice Mass with dinner after at Legend's. Her godparents are our wonderful neighbors and friends, Tom & Patty. They are very honored to be her godparents. We have known them since moving in 6 years ago and they are a wonderful family. They have been so helpful and caring towards us. They love Emma to pieces and then entire family treats her like royalty. :-) We know they are a perfect fit to guide Katherine in the spirit and faith of God and love.
The next morning Ethan ran his half-marathon in a "PR" (personal record) and felt great. Liz, Emma, Katherine and I made it to 5 or 6 different spots to cheer him on. My parents, as well, made it out to cheer him on at the halfway point. Logistics of the full marathon prevented them from seeing him at the finish. Now he is looking for another one to do because he wonders if he could have gone faster.
I, on the other hand, have started running more regularly and taking some core classes at the YMCA along with lifting weights. I am working with a personal training program at the Y which has been very beneficial for me. I now run with a double running stroller! I am feeling good and looking forward to when I can run another half or full marathon. For now I will be running the Bellin this Saturday. I have yet to run 6 miles in training but I am not worried about it. I will be running alone as the Bellin is not a great race for a stroller because there are usually 15,000 runners and walkers. Katherine and Emma will stay home with the grandparents.
At the end of May we enjoyed a trip to the NEW Zoo with 2 of Ethan's college friends and there 3 little girls (total). One has a 2 1/2 year old and they both have a 1 year old. So good ages for Emma. It was a nice morning to enjoy the zoo, and I think all the girls had fun with one another. Emma liked to play "mother hen".
The rest of spring nights have been filled with soccer games - we have been watching Notre Dame Academy play all season because our neighbor plays defense on the team. They are headed to the state tournament in Milwaukee this weekend. They play tomorrow at noon and if they win Saturday at noon. Because we love to be "on the go" we are headed to Milwaukee tomorrow for the noon game and be back in plenty of time for Emma's Bellin Kid's run at 6pm. If they do win, then it will be fast showers for Ethan and I after our Bellin and back to Milwaukee. Go Notre Dame! (as Emma would say!)
What have the girls been doing? Well - Katherine is getting quite big! She has the pudgiest baby thighs - much pudgier than I remember Emma's. She is all smiles for anyone who will smile or talk to her. She is rolling over to her belly and doesn't mind it for a little while. Now she just needs to figure out how to get back. She pretty much rolls over everytime I lay her down now. She also works on getting her knees up and under her. We may be in trouble faster than we think with a mobile one. She is laughing and loves to watch her older sister!
Emma is almost 4 - one month - I can't believe it. And so full of questions! Her latest today...we were having lunch at Panera Bread. A lady came walking in with a walker and Emma asked "when will you need one of those Mommmy?" I didn't know what to say and she quickly filled in the silence with "Not until you are older". Thanks Emma. On the way home she asked how old I am? I told her 32 - she said she is going to wait to drive until she is 32 and then she will drive her and her sister. :-) She has her adorable moments and she has her unadorable moments. My personal opinion - 3 is much more challenging than 2. I sure hope 4 falls inbetween or at least gets a little better. We like to be the boss, insist on what we want, talk back if we do not like an answer...oh, the joys of being a parent! I do love it, don't get me wrong.
Summer will be filled with swimming lessons for Emma, a couple art classes, Kamp Kermit in August, and hopefully soccer in July. She can't wait to play soccer.
Oh, last weekend we had our first garage sale and I would call it a success. While the first day was winding down, I was looking at other sales in the paper. I found one that advertised a soccer net - I told Ethan he had to go check it out and see if they still had it. Yes, and for only $10! So now Emma has a perfect sized soccer net - not too small and not too big to play soccer. She absolutely loves it!
This is our life in a nutshell the past 2 months. Photos are coming. I promise.
At the end of April we headed to Wisconsin Dells to stay at the Great Wolf Lodge and enjoy a few days of the waterpark. Emma had a blast! Katherine did fine sleeping in a strange place - almost better than at home. From Wisconsin Dells we headed to Madison so Ethan and I could participate in Crazy Legs - a 8K run and 2 mile walk which we try to do every year that it works with Ethan's schedule. This year I walked because I had only just begun exercising again. I had hoped to walk with Katherine in the baby carrier but it was a very rainy day with thunder! So Katherine & Emma stayed back at the hotel with our old babysitter who now lives in Madison for graduate school. Emma was so excited to see her and all went well back at the hotel!
Ethan and I waited for a shuttle bus in pouring rain and then luckily it stopped for a little while at the beginning but by the halfway point of my walk it was pouring again and thundering. Quite an adventure but we enjoyed it because we love to run in the rain (or walk in my case, but I do prefer running in the rain). Ethan felt great and ran a personal best if I am remembering correctly!
That was April...May was filled with final training runs for Ethan's half-marathon in Green Bay and final days of 3 year old preschool for Emma. Plus, Katherine became a member of the Catholic Church on May 16. Baptism was celebrated on a Saturday and was a very nice Mass with dinner after at Legend's. Her godparents are our wonderful neighbors and friends, Tom & Patty. They are very honored to be her godparents. We have known them since moving in 6 years ago and they are a wonderful family. They have been so helpful and caring towards us. They love Emma to pieces and then entire family treats her like royalty. :-) We know they are a perfect fit to guide Katherine in the spirit and faith of God and love.
The next morning Ethan ran his half-marathon in a "PR" (personal record) and felt great. Liz, Emma, Katherine and I made it to 5 or 6 different spots to cheer him on. My parents, as well, made it out to cheer him on at the halfway point. Logistics of the full marathon prevented them from seeing him at the finish. Now he is looking for another one to do because he wonders if he could have gone faster.
I, on the other hand, have started running more regularly and taking some core classes at the YMCA along with lifting weights. I am working with a personal training program at the Y which has been very beneficial for me. I now run with a double running stroller! I am feeling good and looking forward to when I can run another half or full marathon. For now I will be running the Bellin this Saturday. I have yet to run 6 miles in training but I am not worried about it. I will be running alone as the Bellin is not a great race for a stroller because there are usually 15,000 runners and walkers. Katherine and Emma will stay home with the grandparents.
At the end of May we enjoyed a trip to the NEW Zoo with 2 of Ethan's college friends and there 3 little girls (total). One has a 2 1/2 year old and they both have a 1 year old. So good ages for Emma. It was a nice morning to enjoy the zoo, and I think all the girls had fun with one another. Emma liked to play "mother hen".
The rest of spring nights have been filled with soccer games - we have been watching Notre Dame Academy play all season because our neighbor plays defense on the team. They are headed to the state tournament in Milwaukee this weekend. They play tomorrow at noon and if they win Saturday at noon. Because we love to be "on the go" we are headed to Milwaukee tomorrow for the noon game and be back in plenty of time for Emma's Bellin Kid's run at 6pm. If they do win, then it will be fast showers for Ethan and I after our Bellin and back to Milwaukee. Go Notre Dame! (as Emma would say!)
What have the girls been doing? Well - Katherine is getting quite big! She has the pudgiest baby thighs - much pudgier than I remember Emma's. She is all smiles for anyone who will smile or talk to her. She is rolling over to her belly and doesn't mind it for a little while. Now she just needs to figure out how to get back. She pretty much rolls over everytime I lay her down now. She also works on getting her knees up and under her. We may be in trouble faster than we think with a mobile one. She is laughing and loves to watch her older sister!
Emma is almost 4 - one month - I can't believe it. And so full of questions! Her latest today...we were having lunch at Panera Bread. A lady came walking in with a walker and Emma asked "when will you need one of those Mommmy?" I didn't know what to say and she quickly filled in the silence with "Not until you are older". Thanks Emma. On the way home she asked how old I am? I told her 32 - she said she is going to wait to drive until she is 32 and then she will drive her and her sister. :-) She has her adorable moments and she has her unadorable moments. My personal opinion - 3 is much more challenging than 2. I sure hope 4 falls inbetween or at least gets a little better. We like to be the boss, insist on what we want, talk back if we do not like an answer...oh, the joys of being a parent! I do love it, don't get me wrong.
Summer will be filled with swimming lessons for Emma, a couple art classes, Kamp Kermit in August, and hopefully soccer in July. She can't wait to play soccer.
Oh, last weekend we had our first garage sale and I would call it a success. While the first day was winding down, I was looking at other sales in the paper. I found one that advertised a soccer net - I told Ethan he had to go check it out and see if they still had it. Yes, and for only $10! So now Emma has a perfect sized soccer net - not too small and not too big to play soccer. She absolutely loves it!
This is our life in a nutshell the past 2 months. Photos are coming. I promise.
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