A few more favorites

Emersyn thought she needed to put her hat on Wrigley this afternoon.

Needless to say he is taking it right back off. He also wouldn't leave his

sun hat on today for the first time. Guess the hat stage was very short lived.

Busted

One of Wrigley's favorite past times is pulling his sister's hair. Really any hair,
but they seem to get it most often. This one looks like they were posing, but he
was really pulling Emersyns hair as she was yelling. He often ends up with a
hand full of blonde hair.


Even with the hair pulling, the girls really do love their little brother.
They still never seem to get enough of him.

He is really loving his jump up lately. When I say jump, jump, jump
he jumps and laughs.

Spitting

Although these pictures are not the full effect, just the past couple of days he
has started spitting as soon as you put a bite of food in his mouth. I've had
peas and squash spit on my shirt. The first few times it was hard not to laugh at him.




Eating his toes after getting done with breakfast. There is no better toy!!!

7 1/2 months

I took a few new pictures of Wrigley the past few days. He seems to be
changing almost daily lately.



I'd say in just the past week he is sitting up much more strongly without toppling over.


He is getting closer and closer to crawling, This doesn't show it but he gets up more
on all fours and starts rocking....I think it's going to be any day and he is on the
move....Oh, Uh!!!

HAPPY BOY!!

Camping

We slept 2 night in my sister's camper. It is definately the luxurious way to
camp!!! They just bought it this summer. It has 2 bedrooms, one with 4
bunkbeds for the kids. Then the kitchen area has 2 more areas that can
make into beds. There is also a bathroom with little tub and shower.
Wrigley of course slept terrible there, but the kids had fun. Just took a
few days to catch back up on sleep!!!


Girls posing by camper

More Adventureland Photos

The Old Fashioned Ferris Wheel

Another motorcycle picture with Mason

Emerysn with Mason on boat

Adventureland

This past weekend we met my sister and her
family in Des Moines for a day at Adventureland.
Waitung in line to ride carousel.

Wrigley, me, Emmie, Audrey, and cousin Mason


Emmie on motorcycle


Audrey, Miranda, Mason, Emmie, & Wrigley at end of day. We got rained out in the
fternoon & were all soaked, so we took them back in the evening for the last hour before
they closed.

Bath Time

My girls love to take baths in my parents jacuzzi tub. I also enjoyed this luxury

almost every day while there. They especially love the bubbles.

Party Time

While in IL, I was able to attend my good friend Allison's father-in-laws

60th Bday party. It was a blast. It was so fun to see some friends and we

danced, did some karaoke, and I had some much needed laughter.

These are the girlfriends I got to hang out with with the Bday Boy in the middle.

Friends

My good friend from highschool Allison was also in IL for Labor Day weekend
so we were so happy to see her. We got to meet her new baby Claire for the first time.


Emma, Claire, Emersyn, Wrigley and Audrey


Love at first sight???

1st day of school

Since it's already been almost a week, thought I better get these on here before finishing our
vacation pics

Proud 2nd Grader, so hard to believe!!


1st day of her new preschool/daycare program called Tiger Tots. She seems to like it
a lot and when I pick her up and ask her 10 questions, she laughs and says "mom, stop!!!"
I feel like she is growing up all at once too.

Sisters, Emmie is very proud of her My Little Pony Backpack in which Audrey braided
the hair for her.

Trip to Galesburg

I had a week off so we traveled to Galesburg. Was a pretty laid back week. Just did a
little shopping and hung out at my parents mainly. I forgot how much work it is to
travel with 3 kids,
especially a baby who was up 3-4 times a night. I am still recooperating.


The girls had fun playing at Discovery Depot


Emmie is taking her blood pressure

Audrey playing cashier
.

Driving the combine

On the goat....

On the Train

Catchin Up

Finally adding a few pics from the past month.
Has been a busy couple of weeks. As much as I love to Blog I do not seem to find much time to do it!!

A few weeks ago I took the girls to a new kids salon in Rochester called Little Dudes and Divas. They especially enjoyed getting their finger and toes painted and they both got color sprayed in their hair.

Cheesing with the new hair cut

Pink and Green Nails

Kathryn Grace

Troy's sister, Terri and her husband Chad..along with my nephew Keegan have been in the process of adopting from China for close to 3 years.

They have had such a long wait with so many ups and downs.

Anyhow, they just got their little girls stats and pictures today. I just wanted to share this picture from their blog to show you how beautiful she is. They should be traveling to China to bring her home in about 2 months. Her birthdate is 12/14/2007

I am so happy for them.