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Road Trip

Well, it's been awhile since my last post! I keep meaning to come on here, but I'm always finding something else to do! Shocking, right?! I do have somewhat of an excuse because we were gone for 9 days! We took a road trip to Minnesota to see Mike's family. The girls did great on the way down, and sort of okay on the way back. It's never as much fun going home as it is to go on vacation!

We had such a great time with everyone and made lots of wonderful memories. Some of our activities - Logan's 1st birthday party (our nephew), Mall of America, Twin's game, Como Zoo, swimming, and lots of playing outside.

On the way home, we decided to break up the trip and stayed at a waterpark hotel in Wisconsin Dells. It was a mini-vacation for our family, and we loved it, even if it was only for one night. :)

Can't wait to get together with everyone again for Christmas!!

These are some of my favorite pics from the trip...I LOVED watching these two play together. The two year olds - Josie and Christian....

Could she be any sweeter?

Okay, so maybe I'm a little biased, but I sure think she's sweet! I have been having so much fun with our sweet little Elyse. She is such a happy baby, and I just LOVE her smiles and laughs. It makes me melt. She has been so cute lately with sticking out her tongue all the time. She cracks me up! I don't have any pictures of her sticking out her tongue yet, but I'm sure I'll get some soon. She is constantly doing it, and it seems like she thinks she is being funny! Josie is such a good little helper with her. She will bring her toys and give her her pacifier if she is upset. Such a little mommy.

Here are some pics of our smiley baby...

I loved how she was cuddling her bear!

Rolling Over

Elyse is now rolling over and over and over! She can not stop trying out her new talent! The second you lay her on her back, she is on her stomach! She has started sleeping this way as well.

Here she is right after her very first time rolling over...

What just happened?!

Josie wanted to sit up on the counter with Elyse

Here's Josie eating an apple from our neighbor's apple tree. She was so excited she was even eating the core! And, no, she was not swimming, she is really sweaty from the heat and all her curly hair! :)

Fever

Josie and Elyse both got shots yesterday. Somehow Elyse did just fine with no fever, but Josie was absolutely miserable. She was limping around and whining like crazy. Have to admit, the limping was pretty funny, but once we realized how bad she felt, you couldn't help but feel sorry for her. So, I sat her down on the couch and let her watch some cartoons while I got dinner ready...

Thankfully, this is her today! She is feeling much better, and enjoyed opening some presents from my friend, Marci, this morning.




And, here is Elyse today, smiling and happy like usual! :)

Josie's Party!

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Josie is 2!

We had a great time celebrating Josie's birthday this weekend! Grandma Moorlag came in on Wednesday night and was a big help getting everything ready for the party. We had two big gifts to put together on Thursday night (table & chairs from Grandma and Grandpa M. & kitchen from Mike & I), so Mike, Grandma and I worked on them until after Midnight! I never stay up that late!

When Josie woke up on her birthday, we surprised her with her kitchen and pots and pans. Then Mike went out and got her her favorite breakfast - donuts! No, we don't have donuts every week, just on special occasions. :) We took her out to dinner at Pizza Hut for dinner, after opening a few more presents. She got some dress up clothes from Josh, Liz and Lauryn, and wore the bracelet and necklace to dinner! After dinner, we headed to our neighborhood party so she could play with her friends.

New kitchen!

Trying it out

The best present - my sister!

Grandma & Elyse

Josie opening her sit-n-spin

Wearing her jewelry at dinner!

Grandma & the birthday girl

We had her Minnie Mouse party on Saturday. Josie had a great time playing with her friends in the pool, opening presents and eating her Minnie Mouse cake made by my cousin Rachel. She made a family favorite that I have had every birthday of my life - strawberry cake with strawberry icing. Delicious! Mike was a hit at the party with the yummy burgers he made - everyone was raving about them. Good job, honey! We had a great time celebrating our sweet Josephine Corinne! I am going to put a slideshow together of the pictures from her party...I just need to figure out how!! Stay tuned.... :)