Korey's Korner

I Heart Faces: People's Choice

2011-09-26T14:49:00.003-05:00

This week's challenge at I Heart Faces is People's Choice and they have asked to enter your Best Face Photo of the Summer. I decided on the above photo of my Grandpa Kruschel holding his Great Grandson, Elliott. We were getting ready to head out from our annual "Kruschel/Waska" Family picnic and Great Grandpa was getting one last snuggle of Baby E. I absolutely LOVE the smile on my grandpa's face as he is checks out the newest family member!

I Heart Faces

Life just goes right on ticking...

2011-09-20T14:22:00.003-05:00

This summer was completely, incredibly CrAzY! It is over; it was full of family adventures (a few trips to Duluth, our annual Lanesboro Family Vacation, a week-long trip to Hayward, among them...) and family heartaches (Grant's Grandma Dorothy's passing after having a heart attack and having to put down our beloved dog Mr. Pibb, who had lymphoma). We are finally getting back into what feels like a "normal" routine around here...although the next few weeks are jam packed with life. That is such a blessing, life continues...it has to!

I Heart Faces: Touch of Sun Photo

2011-09-20T12:10:00.005-05:00

To my little man Brendan, there is nothing better than riding a train. In fact, he tells me quite frequently that he wants to drive a train to the North Pole to get presents for everyone...LOVE IT! Here he was in all the great riding-a-train glory on the 4th of July 2010. Just a hint of the bright sunlight beaming down on him; the train car we rode in was used in the movie "Iron Will" and is pretty old. I've posted it today for this weeks' "I Heart Faces" photo contest...check them out by clicking the link below...

Happy Tuesday!

http://www.iheartfaces.com/

Piece of Scrap

2011-06-29T08:13:00.003-05:00

If you are a scrapbooker, come and check out my friend, Sara's scrapbook forum. Piece of Scrap
Sign on up as a user and chat along with us. There are also crops and challenges going on all the time to inspire you to create scrapbooking layouts of all sorts!!

Update...in pictures

2011-06-27T08:34:00.002-05:00

We celebrated B's 3rd B-Day at the end of May with a Pirate themed party. I made the cake!

Riding his new tractor!

Snuggling brothers...B LOVES being a big brother and wants to hold E whenever he can.

B and his buddy-since-birth Ben at the Princeton Splash Pad! Ben's mom and I were in Childbirth class together, due around the same time and we both had our boys a month early. It's been so much fun to watch the boys grow up together!

I LOVE this picture. Elliott's middle name is Frederick, after my dad's middle name. (Brendan's is Alan after Grant's dad's middle name...we've got a pattern going on here ;D) My dad's middle name is for his dad's brother, Frederick, who we call Fritz. Here are all 3 Fredericks together! Fritz was so excited when my dad told him about Elliott's middle name and he couldn't be happier to get a little snuggle time with him at our recent family reunion. Great-Great Uncle Fritz and Great-Great Aunt Dee Dee were calling E "Snickle Fritz" and cooing at him all the while! :D

Oh so busy with 2!

2011-05-19T09:59:00.005-05:00

Whew...life is busy with 2 boys in the house. (Pretty sure that's now going to be the theme of my blog ;D) I'm very happy to report that we are still doing great here at the Lindberg Household. E has been a very easy baby; I am so lucky! We had his 2 week appointment on Monday, which went very well. At birth, Elliott weighed 7 lbs. 7 oz., when we left the hospital he was 7 lbs. 4 oz. and at his 2 week appointment he was 8 lbs. 10 oz.!!! He is definitely a good eater and thriving here at home. He is now 20 1/2 inches long (19 at birth); the appointment was quick as he is a happy, healthy little boy :D

Me and my boys...I set up my tripod to get this picture of me taken with the boys. Sometimes a mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do!

A couple of weeks ago, we had my sister and her kids up to play and meet Elliott. It was great fun watching B, Layney and Liam all playing together and Layney LOVED holding her baby cousin!

On Sunday we took B out to fly his first kite. It was the perfect weather for it and we all had a blast.

Brendan is a great big brother! He is so helpful when I need him to be and he LOVES his baby brother. He's always telling us "He's so cute!" and "We have a happy baby!". I really can't wait until they can really play together...I can already picture them both doing silly things to make each other giggle. :D

That's my quick update for today. Gotta get B outside to enjoy this BEAUTIFUL weather!

A wonderful Mother's Day!

2011-05-08T19:30:00.004-05:00

This is how my Mother's Day started today. Brendan had to hold his baby right away this morning and I got this super cute picture on my ipod :D. Things are going great having Elliott at home and we are slowly getting into a routine here. We have been very lucky that, with the exception of 2 nights last week, he is sleeping fairly well at night for a newborn. I will post more later...Happy Mother's Day to all :D

T-Minus 4 days...

2011-04-25T07:37:00.003-05:00

We are on the final days of the "Baby-Boy-#2" countdown!!! If he does not decide to come on his own (and really, I don't think he will...this one is all tucked up and cozy in my huge tummy), I will be induced at 7 a.m. on Friday morning. That's this Friday, April 29th!!! Day of the Royal Wedding and, more importantly, Grant's Grandpa Jerry's Birthday :D

We had a fantastic Easter Sunday. We decided to start the festivities early this year in hopes that Brendan would make it through the church service with little craziness. Grant and I got up around 5:50 a.m., got the cameras ready to go and then got B up. He jumped out of bed and excitedly found a basket with candy in it, then we "helped" him find the "hidden" Easter Eggs that the Easter Bunny had left around the house. He also got a Playmobil Pirate playset which he has had a great time playing with since he opened it up yesterday morning!

Brendan and his Easter Basket :D

We then got dressed for church; this year I followed some blog tutorials to make him a vest and bowtie. If I do say so myself, they turned out pretty CUTE! I made them using a ladies seersucker skirt (the green and white stripes) and linen shirt (for the inside lining) that I found at the Shalom Shop! I've never attempted to sew something like this before, but I was very happy with the results. I used the following tutorials: Make it Love it Vest instructions, etc... and Dana Made It for the pattern, which I adjusted to fit B better; Prudent Baby for the bowtie.

Brendan in his Easter outfit.

We decided to go to Grant's Grandma Dorothy's church for their Easter festivities this year. We did the early 7:30 a.m. service (Pastor Keith at Calvary Lutheran at Rush Point keeps it short and sweet, so nice when you have a sugared up 2 1/2 year old in the pew next to you!!!) and then had a nice breakfast at the church (eggs, sausage, pancakes, juice and rolls). After breakfast there was a quick Easter Egg hunt. So much fun! I don't have the pictures, yet, but Brendan's good friend Hannah also goes to Grandma Dorothy's church, so we have some cute pictures of the two of them together in their Easter finest :D After church, we checked out the scene at Rush Lake and then headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Lindberg's for the day. The Easter Bunny also left eggs and toys for B to find over there. He was one busy Bunny this year!

This is one of my favorite shots from the day...see how HUGE my tummy is. My back is non-too-happy right about now and my fingers and feet are so swollen no matter how much water I drink a day, but it's almost over!!!

We had a wonderful day and LOVED the gorgeous weather. While B did not get his usual 3 hour nap...he did fall asleep last night at around 8:15 p.m. and slept through the night.

My nesting instincts have been in full bloom and my house thanks me for it...all of the bedrooms have been dusted and vacuumed, the living room and sun room are clean and vacuumed and the kitchen is getting to be close to spotless. B and I will be heading outside to play today and tackle some of the post-winter clean up of the yard. Not too much, though...I get pretty tired very quickly!

That's all for now folks...

Getting Crafty

2011-03-29T07:06:00.003-05:00

Thanks to a scrapbooking/Facebook friend, I stumbled upon the very addictive world of crafting blogs. Very dangerous, but very fun! Since that time, I have begun to follow a plethora of talented crafty bloggers to get ideas for some really fun crafts. (I'm up to 19 blogs so far with new ones popping up every day...) I've made a few projects for some crafty fun:

Brendan's Tool belt ala Make it and Love it

A Wonderpets Cape ala Sprout Online

Thrift store shirts into...
A girl's spring outfit...I used this tutorial to make the skirt Make it and Love it and took tips from a few different blogs for the fabric flowers on the "broach".

I'm entering this outfit in Family Pathways' Re-purposing Contest! Wish me luck ;D

I have a few more projects that I'm also working on/beginning work on:

1. a Pirate Vest for B...he's so into Pirates right now (thanks to Disney Junior's new show "Jake and the Neverland Pirates")

2. This vest: Make it and Love it - Reversible Vest for B for Easter. I found a women's seer sucker green and white skirt and a white linen shirt at the Shalom Shop (church run thrift store in town) for a grand total of $3 to use for this project. My sister made her son one and liked how it turned out...can't wait to start on mine! I'm also going to make B a bow-tie from this tutorial here: Delia Creates - Li'l Mister Bowtie

3. These hot and cold packs from Just Another Hang up. The Chick-sicle and the Love Bird

Stay tuned for other great ideas from the crafty blog world...I am OBSESSED!!!

:D

Random Stuff

2011-03-19T16:31:00.002-05:00

*This past week was BRUTAL! B had a cold starting late the week before, and by Monday night was running a very high fever (105 an hour after giving him a bath and ibuprofen). We called into the clinic and they had us give him 1/2 tsp. more of the ibuprofen and 1 1/2 tsp. of Tylenol...wait 30 minutes and see if that brought the fever down. It did thankfully...and it looked like it was gone the next morning. Tuesday late afternoon=more fever (luckily nothing as high as the night before and the meds were doing their job of bringing it down), then Wednesday morning no fever, but after lunch = fever shot back up to 103.5. I brought him in to the same day clinic as it was just not going away (he also had a very runny nose, watery, bloodshot eyes and a bad cough). We went in and the Doctor checked him out. She was saying that she wouldn't be able to determine what was wrong with him until after he had had the fevers for 48 hours...I told her that it had been 48 hours and she immediately ordered all the gambit of tests. We got to do a strep test, blood draw and chest x-rays. We went back to see the doctor and she said the tests didn't really show anything. Go home and keep giving him the ibuprofen/Tylenol, but come back tomorrow if his fever reaches anything over 102.5. So we went home. Around 4:45 she called us and wanted us to come right in to get a urine sample. We went right in...and just barely got enough pee in the cup for the test (I'm thankful that we have been "working" on potty training with B...he's not totally getting it yet, but he knows at least what to do when he's on the potty). We went back to the Doctor's office and waited for the test to come back. There were levels of things in his urine that suggested he was fighting some type of infection somewhere, so we left with a prescription in hand. And get this...It is is FIRST EVER PRESCRIPTION. Weird, crazy huh?!? I can't believe we made it almost 3 years without one prescription for this little boy!!! We are very blessed with a healthy child, that's for sure. :D And the antibiotics have done their job. He hasn't had a fever since Thursday night and he is definitely feeling better!!!

*Both Grant and I also caught whatever B had, but not as bad...

*We are 3-5 weeks away from adding the newest Lindberg to the family. We're still narrowing down names, getting the nursery ready and I've been cleaning out a few closets around here to fill out my general nesting instincts!

*I am obsessed with blogs right now that have tutorials for re-purposing/sewing/making fun things for kids. I have a few projects brewing in my brain right now that just want to be made...hopefully I can get one done this week to enter in the Re-purposing Contest at Family Pathways!

*B, Grant and I are all DYING to go to Disney World.

*B is also obsessed with Target (the store), Pirates, Lego guys, Trains, Dinosaurs, helping to bake things in the kitchen and just about anything else that catches his eye day to day right now.

*B's sense of humor has really taken wing lately. Last night we found him in his playroom, watching a movie with his diaper on his head...A few weekends ago, his nose was runny and out of nowhere he says "Hey, get back here nose!" and giggled at himself...He's also told me to turn down my music in the car "Cause I can't read my choo-choo paper!"; while I was laughing hysterically he said "I funny, mommy?". Yes you are little buddy, yes you are!

31 Weeks...

2011-03-08T14:49:00.002-06:00

I am now 31 weeks along in my second pregnancy. It's too early yet, but I am so ready to be done being pregnant! It feels like I've been pregnant FOREVER this time around for some strange reason. I think it has to do with the fact that I've had gestational diabetes for most of the pregnancy. Watching most all of the things that I put in my mouth...counting the number of carb choices I can have per meal. And I'm SOOOO hungry all the time, I feel like this time around. I have been walking on the treadmill at least 4-5 times a week to help control the GD, but I still need to take insulin before I go to bed at night to help with my "fasting" blood sugar numbers in the morning. Since I am taking insulin, I will be induced at around 38 weeks for sure. Brendan decided to come on his own on the first day of my 36 week...so, I have between 5 to 7 weeks we figure before this baby is born. WHEW I am so not ready!!! ;D

I cannot wait for Brendan to meet his new brother. We have yet to figure out a name of our second bundle of joy, but as B informed me this afternoon "We figure it out at hospital." He's just too smart sometimes! :D On the Brendan front, he is now in his big boy bedroom and the switch has been great. We decided to leave the "nursery" as the "nursery" (a bedroom right across the hall from our room) and to move B to the extra bedroom just down the hall. It took some cleaning and rearranging, but it is done and he loves his new room. We are looking forward to him starting preschool in the fall...got him all signed up and in the morning section we were hoping for at Cambridge. He is so excited and so am I. He will even have a few of his best friends in the same section (hopefully the same class, too!) and us mommies will be able to get a much needed break and "mommy time" on Tues/Thurs this fall.

Ramblings on Monday

2011-01-27T14:36:00.007-06:00

It's been a couple of weeks since my last post. I just do not know where in the world time goes?! Add to that the fact that baby #2 is T-minus 2 1/2 months away from DD-day (that's due date day!) and it's all I can do NOT to freak out. Freaking out aside, we are enjoying the winter weather with lots of love in our house and fun activities going on all the time.

Some things we have been up to recently include:

Playing games of Muppets Yahtzee, in which B ALWAYS wins. My sister-in-laws family gave this to us for Christmas and we have had so much fun "teaching" Brendan how to play the game. He loves it and in his second game, first two turns, rolled back to back Yahtzees!!!

I finally finished a cape project that I have been thinking about doing for Brendan since before Christmas. This is a "Wonderpets" cape from one of B's favorite T.V. shows of the same name. He's been running around the house making all sorts of flying noises and terrorizing the dog :D

Another project that I just completed using my *gasp* sewing machine is this toolbelt. I stumbled upon a great blog that has tutorials for all sorts of sewing/re-purposing projects and just HAD to make this one right away! (if you are interested in this sort of thing...the site is http://www.makeit-loveit.com/ )

We made a trip down to the Children's Museum a couple of weeks ago with a bunch of friends and Brendan had the time of his life. Running from exhibit to exhibit, playing with everything he could get his hands on. He especially liked being able to draw on his own face! Look at how much he was concentrating on getting it just right :D

Hanging out in our jammies with slippers on is a must around here. Every morning, Brendan enjoys helping me make breakfast. He gets his "stool" and we put it in his spot. Then he helps me to carry an egg from the fridge, being careful not to drop it. He chats away as I crack the eggs (sometimes he gets a chance to do that too) and cook the eggs. It is the one meal in the day that I know he will eat the whole thing of, which is wonderful :D

So, that is our life as it stands right now. This Friday I have my monthly baby doctor appointment. After this one, I will be going in every 2 weeks until the baby decides he's ready to see the world. So unbelievably crazy that I'm that far along already!

Baby #2...

2011-01-10T10:27:00.003-06:00

And it's a BOY!

First set of pics are of the face and profile, second set of pics are the foot and hand and the last pic is the $$$ Shot (it actually shows part of the umbilical cord along with the "boy part" :D).

We are so excited to be adding another little boy to our testosterone filled house! Brendan can't wait to play choo-choos, watch Spiderman and play games with his little brother. We have yet to figure out a name, but we're not too worried about it at this point.

I am now 23 weeks along and have been doing great. I have gestational diabetes again, but is has been controlled with diet, exercise and now a little bit of insulin before I go to bed at night. Since I'm doing the insulin, though, they will induce me at 38 weeks...which, if I get that far, will be Easter weekend.

At this point in my pregnancy, I have actually lost 3 pounds due to the fact that I'm dieting and exercising as much as I should. Nothing to worry about at all, as everything with the baby is great!

My Little Buzz

2011-01-10T10:16:00.003-06:00

This wonderful costume has been hidden away in B's closet since he was about a month old. I found it at a garage sale and have been dreaming about the day he could wear it. SADLY, that day is here...it is still big on him, but it fits and he had a BLAST zooming around the house with his wings on last night. I asked him if he wanted to wear the costume for Halloween next year and he said "Yeah, Woody last year, Buzz next!"

We're gearing up here to move the Big boy into his Big Boy room. We're just a little over 3 months until the new baby will most likely be here and want to make that transition with plenty of time to adjust. He is very excited and likes to check out his big boy room whenever he can. Right now it is our DVD/CD/whatever else we can squeeze in there Storage room. We're making little baby steps in being able to move that stuff out and put him in the room. We've cleaned up part of the basement in order to figure out what else we need to move around to put the CDs and DVDs downstairs. Next we will move the rest of the stuff around in the basement, move the CDs/DVDs/ETC. downstairs and finally move B's stuff into his new room. It's pretty exciting, but nerve racking at the same time, since he does like to get up and out of his room way too early some days and we usually don't hear him...time to break out the monitor in the kitchen or something!

Well, now I'm going to post pics of the new baby from our Ultrasound we had about a month ago!!! :D

A Very Merry Christmas Indeed...

2010-12-28T16:10:00.002-06:00

This was how Brendan wanted to "dress up" for Christmas Eve :D
My mom's side of the family all get together for Christmas Eve.

Brendan's new Misty Island Trackmaster set that Santa Claus brought him :D

Family picture before present opening at the Lindberg household :D

We had a wonderful Christmas...wishing you all a very Happy New Year!!!

A new Christmas Tradition

2010-12-12T18:04:00.004-06:00

Brendan and Santa at Bentleyville Festival of Lights :D

My poor tuckered out boy before heading out to ride the Polar Express.

So excited to FINALLY be riding the Polar Express!

Waiting to hear the book "The Polar Express" read at the North Pole.

Brendan excited that Santa noticed his jammies with Santa's picture on it!

This past weekend we packed up (a day early due to the impending weather) and headed up to Duluth to start a new Christmas Tradition with Brendan. The North Shore Scenic Railroad does a Polar Express train excursion and we decided that our train loving boy would love to go on it. We love to visit Duluth anyways, any excuse to go up and visit is totally worth it! We arrived on Friday evening and got some dinner at Pizza Luce. LOVE PL!!! Then we decided to find Fitger's Inn and ride the train to Bentleyville. Boy was B excited! It was a nice quick trip down to Bayfront Park and we walked through the beautiful light display to find Santa Clause. B got to meet him and then it was time to head back to catch the last train of the night back to Fitgers. We are so glad that we decided to do Bentleyville the first night. B got sick early Saturday morning (some kind of quick stomach bug) and we would have missed out on going to Bentleyville if we had waited to do it Saturday night.

Saturday we pretty much laid low until about 11:30 (B had been able to keep some food down since about 9 a.m.) when we made a quick run to Miller Hill Mall and Pawn America for some Christmas Shopping. We made it back to the room and got in some naps, although B did not get a long enough one. We started to wake him up around 4:00 p.m. for our 5:00 trip on the Polar Express. He was not ready to be awake yet and was a bear to get ready, but we made it with plenty of time to spare. The hardest part of the evening was waiting outside by the waterfront for the train to show up. The winding was harsh and it was pretty chilly. He cried the whole 5 minutes we were out there until he saw the train approaching. He cheered along with the other kids who were also waiting to ride the train and was a happy, warm camper when we were able to board. The Polar Express was a lot of fun...they played songs from the movie and did a sing along of a few Christmas songs. When we made it to the North Pole (The Museum Depot), we filed in and got to see a set up of some model trains that they had set up. Then they led us into the museum where they had a magical reading of the book set up for us. There were actors who read/acted out the story and they even used a few of the trains on view at the museum for some of the parts! When Santa arrived during the story, Brendan was ready to jump out of his seat and run after him. :D After the story was over, each child was given a "sleigh bell" necklace and had a chance to visit with Santa. We did a little shopping and viewing of the model trains and then hopped back on the Polar Express to go home.

We spent the rest of the evening having dinner and soaking in the whirlpool tub in our room, which Brendan used 5 or 6 times during our stay!

We had a wonderful time on our relaxing family weekend and cannot wait to do it again next year!

Winter is surely here!

2010-11-30T13:42:00.002-06:00

It is a beautiful, snowy day here in good 'ole Cambridge, MN and B and I took some time to bundle up and enjoy the new snow. This kid LOVES the snow, but not how it sticks to his mittens (or really wearing his mittens the correct way...he does not like his thumb away from his other fingers I guess.). It takes so long to bundle up, which is a shame when it is chilly out and the kid will not quit eating the snow, rolling in the snow and getting snow all over himself! We came in after about 10-15 minutes of play time and he was ready for a nap. Gotta love it!

In other news...I am now 17 weeks along in my 2nd pregnancy and I've already been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. YUCK! I was feeling like I had high blood sugar one morning and decided to do a blood sugar test with my home meter. It was high, so I continued to check throughout the day and over the next few days. Only my morning tests were high, but I was concerned and got in to get the first gestational diabetes test that they give pregnant ladies, which is a 1 hour glucose-screening test. I failed that one and had to do the 3 hour glucose tolerance test on last Saturday. I just got word today that I failed that test as well and will definitely have to continue with the diabetes diet that I have been trying to do, but cheating here and there, and getting in some exercise time every day. It really is not that bad of a deal when it all comes down to it. I have not gained any weight this pregnancy, yet, and with the exercise/diet that I will be following over the next 5-6 months, I will actually leave the hospital weighing less than before I was pregnant...something that I have determination to keep that way FOREVER! I am, however, a little sad that I won't get to indulge at Christmas time. :(

I hope everyone is getting into the holiday spirit out there. I know we are here at the Lindberg household :D We're gearing up to take B to Duluth in a couple of weeks to ride the Polar Express Choo Choo and see the Bentleyville Festival of lights.

Hello, hello...anyone out there?!?

2010-11-13T22:48:00.002-06:00

I can't believe it's been almost 2 months since my last post. Bad blogger, bad, bad, bad. In my defense, though, I'm pregnant and exhausted! ;D

Today, right now, I am in Pine City, MN enjoying a scrapbooking retreat with some awesome ladies that I am so happy to call my friends. Our "mommy's" group is spending some time away from our families to scrapbook, eat and laugh the weekend away. We are right on the river and have enjoyed a beautiful day of watching the river flow past us and the snow fall softly on the ground. It has been fantastic! I've taken a bath in a huge soaking tub, scrapbooked a little bit, chit chatted, eaten enough food to feed an army and taken a nap. Such a great group of ladies to spend a fun weekend with, too.

We go home tomorrow afternoon and I can't wait to see B and take him out to play in the snow. I'm really sad that I missed his reaction to the snow on the ground this morning...but what can ya do?!

Til next time bloggers...

My My How Times Flies

2010-09-29T07:30:00.002-05:00

It really amazes me how quickly time flies when you are having fun! The last time I posted on this here blog, it was the beginning of August. What felt like forever ago now, but yet not in some ways...it is now the END of September. Oh. My. Gosh! To say we are busy around here is an understatement. We've been to 4 weddings since the last post. Wedding #1 was in Cannon Falls, Wedding #2 was in Roseau, Wedding #3 was in Minneapolis/Burnsville and Wedding #4 was in Gaylord/Chaska! We've been crisscrossing this great state of ours for some wonderful celebrations :D

Brendan and I have started back up with our Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE for short) classes again and it is going so well! We are in a class that the parent and child split up for a portion of the class time. Last year we were also in this sort of class, but B did not do too well with the separating. This year he is an old pro and do so well when it is time for us to part. He loves going to school and playing with all of his friends. It is so much fun when we come back together after our parent class is finished and he gets the giggles because I have come back to him. He's such a sweetie!

In other news...Brendan is super excited because, HE'S GOING TO BE A BIG BROTHER!!! :D Baby Lindberg #2 is due May 7, 2011. We are doing great, but it still has not sunk in quite yet that there will be 2 little ones in our house in a few short months. AHHHHH! If you ask B is he wants and baby brother or a baby sister, he always says "baby sis". (All of his friends have baby sisters, so I'm sure that's where he is getting that from) We will find out when it comes time to have the ultrasound what the sex of the baby is...Grant and I are planner people and cannot not find out! ;D

Well, that's all for now, Happy October everyone!

August is here...recent pictures to enjoy!

2010-08-09T15:35:00.005-05:00

Helllllooooooo August! I can't say it enough...where does the time go?!? It seems like time is going by WAY too quickly and there is nothing to do about it! We are having a great summer, to say the least. The 3rd week in July my sister-in-law's family drove up from Florida to spend the week with us...B played his little heart out the whole entire time and was just a little bit lost when they cousins headed back home. The weekend after that, Grant headed up to Lake of the Woods with his dad and some friends for a long weekend fishing trip. The fishing was tough, but Grant did catch and release his personal best muskie, a 52-inch beauty! While they were in Canada doing the fishing thing, B and I got to spend time with my family at the annual Lanesboro biking trip. What a great time that was! My immediate family and my mom's brother's family all stay in a beautiful cabin down there. My cousin Brandon has 2 daughters and the youngest was born the day after Brendan...I call them the twins. They were fast friends and had a great time riding in the bike trailer a few times together. (They were holding hands, tickling each other and just giggling up a storm!) This past Saturday we had a full family day out; we started in Lakeville at the "Day out with Thomas" event where you can ride on a real Thomas train, then we went to the Mall of America to visit the sharks at Underwater World and have lunch, then we headed to Cannon Falls to attend the wedding of Grant's college roommate. It was a hot ceremony, but very beautiful! I end with a few pictures from these events!

B and Tali all ready to go in the bike trailer!

The youngest generation; Liam, Tali, Layney, Emma and Brendan!

The whole Thon/Kruschel crew this year!

So excited to see Thomas and go for a ride!

Checking out the Alligator gars at Underwater World!

Lovin' the Weather!

2010-06-26T16:21:00.003-05:00

We've been having the best time this past week! We started out on Tuesday with a morning at the Cambridge Park where the kids were supposed to dress up as their favorite Superhero/Princess...not many kids were dressed up, but B and Daryl did! Daryl in his Captain America suit and B in a Buzz Lightyear T-Shirt.

Here's Brendan playing on the jungle gym!

That day was also my birthday...Grant came home with these BEAUTIFUL roses for me! LOVE HIM!!!!

Thursday and Friday we headed out to the beach! Thursday we got a big group together and hit Fish Lake Beach. Then on Friday we met up with my friend Jessie, her kids and her mom at Lake George Regional Park. We had a blast both days...but boy was the water cold!
We don't have too much planned for the coming week, but I do know we'll be outside as much as we can. Being couped up for too long does not a happy mommy or kid make!

Terrible Twos...

2010-06-15T16:04:00.002-05:00

Have hit at our house. The frustrating, throw a tantrum at the drop of a hat, terrible twos are here. It has been pretty hard for me to take at times. That paired with the last of his two year molars coming in and it has been crazy!

While all this is going on, I have been able to understand more and more of what Brendan is saying and he's actually trying to say more and more. "Diff mov!" is one that we hear quite often when we sit down and watch a movie...he always wants to watch a different one every time. He's into "Supe" which would be Superheroes which is The Incredibles. He's also very into any movie with aliens in it...weird, but oh so cute!

It's still all choo-choo's all the time around here. We have so much fun setting up new track layouts and sending the trains around to do their chores.

Summer is in full swing and we are busy, busy, busy. Birthday parties, weddings, graduation open houses and musky fishing. Love it, but would also like some down time at some point! :D

He is 2 today!

2010-05-27T07:10:00.003-05:00

Newborn...
6 months old...
1 year old...
18 months old...
And now 2 years old!

My how time flies when you are having so much fun. I can't believe he's been in our lives for 2 years now. Seem like forever and also such a small amount of time all wrapped up into one package. He is an amazing kid...what parent doesn't think that?

At 2 years old he...

*is so into Thomas trains. Well, trains in general I guess. We can't get into the car without him asking to see choo-choos. Whenever he hears one blow it's horn, he puts his hand to his ear and says "Choo-choo!" followed by putting his hand over his mouth and saying "All Aboard!".
*Loves to go in the boat and fish with us. He hasn't quite got the hang of fishing...he's too busy finding things he can throw into the lake!
*Has been sleeping in a "Big Boy Bed" since Saturday. We weren't really all that concerned on getting him in one, but I found a fantastic car bed with a mattress at a sale and we decided to try it out right away. No problems whatsoever. Whew! He loves to sleep in his car!!
*Has been having lots of play dates with his friends. We had everyone over here on Tuesday and it was so great to watch the kids play and slide down the slide and swim in the pool and run through the sprinkler. B definitely enjoys playing outside with his buddies.
*Will be going to his last day of ECFE classes until the fall today. We are bringing in cupcakes for snack time...and will miss the teachers and new friends we met this year at class.
*We will be getting together with friends more informally throughout the summer. We are so excited about not being on a set schedule and we'll most likely be heading out to the Mora and Rush City pools, the Princeton Splash Pad and hopefully the Children's Museum and the Como Zoo all throughout the summer. Can't wait!
*is wearing size 2T and 3T clothes and size 7-8 shoes.
*is wearing size 5 diapers...potty training is not even on the radar yet. I'm not pushing it!
*is hopefully done with teething. His 2 year molars made their debut a few weeks ago and so I hope that the terrible teething time is over!

Well, that's all this mommy brain can really think about for now...we are so thrilled to have this fun, exciting and funny 2 year old in our lives!

Duluth May 2010

2010-05-04T07:47:00.003-05:00

Excited about seeing the BIG choo-choos!

WOW! Mo choo-choo, mo choo-choo...

Grant and B checking out the view from a steam engine!

Brendan enjoying the Roller Derby Action!

On our way home, we stopped at a store in Danbury and B HAD TO HAVE this Buzz Lightyear fishing pole. He's already for the fishing opener!!!

Last weekend we packed up and took a little road trip up to Duluth. We figured it had to be now or we wouldn't be able to get Brendan up there to visit the train museum for a long time and he needed to see the train museum! It was a BLAST!!! We started our day at the train museum where B was in heaven...running from train to train exclaiming "Mo choo-choo, Mo choo-choo", exploring the insides of some of the trains and even playing with some Thomas trains for a short time. He was not happy when we had finished up and were leaving, to say the least. After visiting the museum, we went to one of Grant's favorite CD stores the Electric Fetus and then out to lunch at Pizza Luce. While at the CD store, Grant was not able to find a CD he was looking for that you can ONLY buy at that store and so we asked the ladies working the checkout counter about it. They looked, but were out of the CD by the band Cars and Trucks. The lady said "I'm on a roller derby team and they are playing during half times tonight, you should come!" While we were at lunch we pondered this rare oppourtunity and decided to buy tickets and experience our first roller derby and B's first rock concert. WE HAD A FANTASTIC TIME!!! Great family entertainment, good music and just a different part of life experienced.

We stayed the night on Saturday night at the Country Inn and Suites by Spirit Mountain and had a wonderful hot tub (or pool for Brendan) room. B loved "swimming" in it and Grant and I also got to relax in it with him for a while.

All in all we had such a great time...

Where does the time go??? Part 6

2010-04-06T15:56:00.002-05:00

This will be the last post of the day...I promise! ;D At the end of March, we got to go with Grant's parents to the Season Ticket Holder Open House at the new Twins Stadium. We met up with my parents and had a great time touring the new home of the Twins and sampling the food offerings!

Getting his first look of the field from the concourse area...

Sitting "near" our seats...this is about 10th or 11th row, we are actually in about 18th row! Great seats no matter what :D

Grandpa Jim got B this bat at the store!

Woohoo!!!

This best picture of all!!! My little slugger all ready to cheer on the Twins in their new stadium.

Where does the time go??? Part 5

2010-04-06T15:44:00.002-05:00

I found exactly what we were looking for in a train table set!!! It was located in Anoka and when we arrived at the seller's house to pick it up, it was a high school classmate of mine that had it. Small World!!! Brendan LOVES his trains and there has not been a day since we got it that B doesn't get up and instantly want to play with his trains. He gets up and says "Good Morning" to his choo-choos and he waves to them and says "Ni-Ni" to them before going to bed. We got a FANTASTIC deal on the whole set, too!

We have since added about 12 or so more trains to the mix, so B will never be without a ton of fun awaiting his choo-choo play!

Where does the time go??? Part 4

2010-04-06T15:30:00.003-05:00

So, as if all that was not enough...Hahahahahaha!!!

I had been searching Craigslist for sometime for a Thomas and Friends train table with track and trains and building included. One day my search led us to buy this...in Isanti!

Brendan is his own little train conductor and loves his train rider!

Brendan and Plex talking with Thomas...

Loving the light...

More riding...

And then...

Where does the time go??? Part 3

2010-04-06T14:48:00.006-05:00

We made it to Target Center and Brendan picked out a Yo Gabba Gabba T-shirt and Daddy picked out a CD! Here he is modeling his new Yo Gabba Gabba things:

We had a nice little snack of popcorn before the show and Brendan LOVED it! He had never really eaten popcorn before this, though, so I had no idea he would love it as much as he did.

Each seat had a pair of DJ Lance Rock glasses to wear, so here is Grant channeling DJ Lance...

And Mommy! :D Notice that B still has the ball that he won earlier at the Twins Stadium in his hands.

And then the show started!!! Brendan loved every minute of it...

Watching the show intently!

And then they dropped balloons on the crowd (of which we STILL have one that is fully inflated in our house) and there were enough balloons that kids could take a TON of them home. Brendan spied the balloons right away hanging suspended on the ceiling. During the opening of the show he kept on looking up to the balloons to see if they would fall. When they finally did he was in heaven!

BALLOONS!!!!

Where did our kid go? He's covered in balloons!!!

This kid LOVES Balloons...

LOVE IT!

Here's Brobee flying with the help of his balloons :D

Dancey dance time...the dancey dance friend for the show was Slug from Atmosphere (at least I think that was his name?!?) Auntie Jenn was very excited that it was him...

And then it was Biz Markie's "Biz's Beat of the Day" time and he had all the kids in the VIP section try the Biz's Beat...it was awesome! :D

The show was great...but then it was time to go...Here's DJ Lance waving goodbye to everyone once Muno, Foofa, Plex, Brobee and Toodee were all safe in their case.

Buh-bye Gabba Gang...we had fun!!!

Where does the time go??? Part 2

2010-04-06T14:38:00.002-05:00

The day of the Yo Gabba Gabba Live show, there was an event at the new Twins Stadium that we checked out...

Brendan and Grant in line for the ball toss...once we got up there, Brendan grabbed a ball and then everyone was trying to get him to throw it. He started crying because he had waited in line to get a ball and now these people are trying to get me to throw it!!! Needless to say he did get a ball and then was super excited about it.

Here he is with his hard earned ball! :D

Brendan and Grant in the Gold Glove...aren't they so cute!

At the front gates of the stadium.

Brendan decorating a pennant. The girls that were helping with this were fawning over B and helping him out, it was so cute!

It was a little chilly, so once he was done with this...we headed to the Target Center to find our seats for the show.

Where does the time go???

2010-04-06T14:11:00.006-05:00

It's now April and I can't believe that I didn't get on here to update with all we've done over the last month! But boy were we busy! Playdates, Mall of America Trips, Yo Gabba Gabba Live, going to see the new Twins Stadium, the Northwest Sportshow, more playdates and finally Easter. And...April is shaping up to be just as busy. Whew...here are a few pictures from the last few months :D

First off...our trip to the Mall of America to see DJ Lance Rock and Brobee at a Toddler Tuesday event. Brendan gave DJ Lance 2 highfives and DJ Lance waved at him and said "Hi!" to him from on stage!
There is only 1 DJ Lance Rock and here he is!!!

BROBEE!!!...

He looks terrified in this picture, but he is actually so excited to see Brobee in real life!!!

DJ Lance reading a story to the gathered crowd.

B listening to DJ Lance's story.

This was on the 2nd Tuesday of March...the following Saturday we had tickets to the Yo Gabba Gabba Live show at the Target Center!

February is here!

2010-02-03T14:53:00.003-06:00

1-23-10: Playing at the science museum. Brendan had such a great time running after the ball once it fell down off the stream of air.

1-26-10: Riding on the truck mover at Adventure Park with friend Isaac.

1-26-10: Our wonderful, huge playgroup. Up to 16 mommies!!!

1-29-10: One of the many layouts I completed during my "Girl's Scraping Weekend". 10 of us went up to Pine City for a weekend without kids/husbands and scrapped our hearts out! :D

2-2-10: Hard to tell, but, Brendan, Garret and Hannah on the slides at Adventure Park! :D

Hello everyone and hello February! We have been busy around here at the Casa de Lindberg. There was a trip to the Science Museum on the 23rd of January, Adventure Park on Tuesday the 26th and Playgroup that same night, then this past weekend a "Girl's Weekend Away Scrapbooking Retreat" with my mommy friends and finally another trip to play at Adventure Park. Whew...here are some pictures of our adventures.

Sesame Street Live with the Doyles!

2010-01-21T18:46:00.010-06:00

This past Saturday we had a fun activity to attend with my sister, brother-in-law and niece. Through Brian's work, they were able to get discounted tickets to Sesame Street Live!!! It was so much fun for everyone; watching the kids dance to the music before the show, watching them stare straight ahead at the show on stage and the kids just having a fantastic time together. Here are some pics from our afternoon out and about!

Riding the escalator up to get our seats.

Dancing like crazy before the show even started!

Hi Layney...this is so much fun!

The gang on stage.

More of the characters...

Our little family watching the action on stage.

Layney participating in the show...1, close your eyes!

So happy to be spending the afternoon of fun together!!!

HUGS!

Shows over...time to head to the cars!

Winter time fun...

2010-01-14T13:25:00.005-06:00

There's nothing like getting out of the house during the cold winter. I am finding that Brendan does get pretty fussy doing the same old same old around here and frequently needs to get out and play somewhere else. In dire situations, we have visited McDonald's to use their play place...but thankfully our ECFE (early childhood family education) has some "Out and About" get togethers for us to participate in with our friends. This past Tuesday, we headed to Adventure Park in Ham Lake and played straight for 2 hours! This place was awesome and such a fun indoor playground for everyone. There are slides, tunnels, climbers, a zip line thingy, a "toddler" play area, video games and a snack counter all there. We will definately be back (the next time will probably be the 26th). Here are some of the pics that I took...

Getting ready to go down the slide...

Weeeee...I love slides! :D

The climber to get into the tunnels and slides.

In the toddler area...Brendan loved this climber/steering wheel/slide combo.

Brendan's "cheese" face...he got his hands on this balloon and was in heaven!

Christmas Memories 2009 - Part 3

2009-12-29T07:44:00.003-06:00

Brendan's "big gift" from Santa...a DRUMSET! It is perfect for him and he loves it so much. Grant and JJ in their matching Christmas jammies are enjoying B's concert.

Brendan and his 10 month old cousin, A.J., opening gifts together.

Building the snowman!

Brendan and Audriana putting on a piano concert for us...aren't they so cute?!

B and A.J. playing "choo-choos" together.

Christmas Memories 2009 - Part 2

2009-12-22T07:51:00.002-06:00

Sunday we had my family over to celebrate Christmas. My mom and dad, sister Casey, her husband Brian and kids Layney (2 years) and Liam (6 months), brother B.J., Uncle Jeff (my dad's brother) and Grandma Thon (my mom's mom). It was fantastic to have everyone over and we had a great time watching Brendan and Layney play the day away. We had a great lunch of turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, green beans, cranberry sauce, buns and pumpkin pie for dessert. After lunch we opened presents and then played with said presents. Here are a few pictures from our wonderful day!

Brendan and Layney playing "choo-choo" on the rider toys. My sister and mom each gave one to Brendan for his birthday and I'm so glad we have 2. I know there would have been much fighting over who would ride if we only had 1!

After opening presents the kids started right in on playing with their toys. Uncle Brian, Auntie Casey, Layney and Liam gave B the Handy Manny toolbox and it was a huge hit! Here is Great-Grandma Thon playing with B.

After lunch and opening presents the boys got right down to playing Halo on the X-box. Oh boys!

Brendan got this great art center from "Santa" aka Gi-gi (my mom) and Grandpa Bill. Layney and B had a fun time using it with their new art supplies!

And what Christmas would be complete without the kids playing with the box the toys came in?!? They turned this one into a kind of slide!

Christmas Memories 2009 - Part 1

2009-12-11T07:18:00.003-06:00

I absolutely LOVE this time of year. The new fallen snow, the Christmas tunes, the Christmas movies, the sparkling lights on the Christmas tree...I just love it! Last night, Grant got out of work early so that we could go down to Minneapolis and see the Macy's (Dayton's) 8th Floor Christmas display. It turned out that they did the same one as last year, but what can ya do!?!?! Brendan LOVED it. After we went through the display, we got to see Santa...pictures are at the end of that encounter. I'm sure I'll have some more photos to share with you of our 2009 Holiday season, but for now, Enjoy!

Holding daddy's hand while starting the "tour".

Watching the animals trim the Christmas tree...he loved this scene! I had asked him to smile for this picture and this is what he did...so cute!!!

Brendan and mom in front of the singing trees...he would not look at daddy for the picture, there was just too much to look at!

Santa picture 2008...one happy little man. He and I have been talking about Santa, looked at this picture from last year, practiced "what Santa says" "Ho Ho Ho" (Brendan only says "Ho Ho"...), waited really well in line for Santa, charged into the room and FROZE. I slowly walked him up to Santa, showed him the jingle bells on Santa's outfit, had him give him a "five", then set him on his lap....

Needless to say he was not happy to sit on Santa's lap at all! Oh well, you gotta have the hysterical crying kid on Santa's lap Christmas picture, dontcha?!?!

Another trip to visit Mickey!!!

2009-11-24T07:34:00.003-06:00

This past weekend (Thursday the 19th thru Sunday the 22nd) we (Grant, Brendan, Connie, Jim, Grandma Dorothy and me) headed down to Florida to surprise brother-in-law Arturo for his birthday. We had a fantastic time down there hanging out with everyone, Anna, Audriana, Arturo and little A.J. We packed so much into the few days we had with them...going to the Magic Kingdom on Friday, the boys went fishing while we ladies went shopping on Saturday morning and then to Disney Hollywood Studios Saturday, character breakfast at the Contemporary and shopping before going to the airport and flying home on Sunday. Brendan even got his first haircut at the Magic Kingdom on Friday!!! Here are a few of the hundreds of pictures we took on our fabulous trip:

Brendan getting his first haircut at the barber shop at the Magic Kingdom. He did great and looks so handsome with his short hair.

Enjoying a Mickey ice cream bar.

Tickling his cousin A.J.'s toes :D

Hanging out with Donald Duck at the character breakfast.

Giving Minnie Mouse kisses...he is in love with Minnie I think. He wouldn't stop hugging and kissing her and even gave her a little push, too.

Update in Pictures (for the Fosse Fam :D)

2009-11-06T07:59:00.003-06:00

It has been far too long since I've had the time to post here, so without futher ado...here are some recent pictures from the Lindberg family:

Brendan and Mickey at the Expo.

The Fam at Disneyland.

Brendan got to go to the petting zoo and made sure to give kisses to each and every goat there...everyone was watching him and giggling/laughing.

Riding the train around the park!

Not my best shot, but Brendan with Daddy at the Magic Kingdom!

Update in Pictures (for the Fosse Fam :D)

2009-11-06T07:47:00.003-06:00

Getting ready to watch the Twins game.

Everyone gathered at our house to cheer on the Twins.

Snuggling with "Gigi" during the Twins game.

Cheering on cousin John at his football game.

Go Johnny!!! :D

Update in Pictures (for the Fosse Fam :D)

2009-11-06T07:38:00.003-06:00

Laughing with Great Grandpa Kruschel...awwww!

Haning with Governer Tim Pawlenty at the Mall of America!

Having fun at Underwater Adventures...we bought a family membership so that we can go whenever we want!!! B LOVED IT!!!

Checking out the fish...

Touching a starfish...although he didn't really like it that much :D

Update in Pictures (for the Fosse Fam :D)

2009-11-05T18:18:00.005-06:00

Brendan and his friend Megan...watch out, heartbreaker in the making! :D I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!

Our playgroup Halloween Party...not everyone is in the picture cause at this age, we just can't seem to get them to all sit down at the same time!

Cute, huh?!?!?!

Baby Yoda (or OH-da as Brendan says) at the Early Childhood Halloween Party.

Playing cars with a bunch of boys at the ECFE party!

Update in Pictures (for the Fosse Fam :D)

2009-11-05T18:08:00.003-06:00

B on the Anderson Farm picking out pumpkins.

Carving our Halloween pumpkins

Getting read to Trick or Treat as Figment

With Mommy on Halloween

The 3 Muskateers :D

A Wonderful Weekend! Part 5: Stillwater

2009-09-08T07:15:00.003-05:00

I think this will be the last post for today. These are the pics from Teddy Bear Park where Brendan played his little heart out on all the things to climb and slide down. His mind was completely blown and we will definately be going back to this park soon!

Climbing up the steam boat. He worked so hard pushing and pulling himself up the ramp...then he would have Grandpa Bill pick him up to ring a bell and then he would slide down the slide...over and over and over again.

He was such a big boy sliding down all of these slides by himself...the first time he's really done so!

Wheeeee...I love to slide!

I see you mommy! And I LOVE this place...where should I go next?

Trying out some different ways of sliding...that's my boy!

A Wonderful Weekend! Part 4: Stillwater

2009-09-08T07:06:00.002-05:00

The job of running after, playing with, climbing with Brendan fell on my dad again...(LOVE YA)...here they are climbing the stairs to the "tree fort" area where Brendan went down a really long slide all by himself!! I was at the bottom to catch him and he had the biggest grin on his face when he came down the slide.

Crossing the bridge to the big slide!

Brendan and Layney going down the double slide together...

Wheeeeeeee!

Having the TIME OF HIS LIFE!!!

A Wonderful Weekend! Part 3: Stillwater

2009-09-08T06:58:00.002-05:00

I love this shot! His cheeks were so red from all of the hard playing he was doing...you know it's hard work running from one play thing to the next!

Grandpa Bill showing Brendan how to play with the sand without throwing it into the air!

Brendan and I on the giant teddy bear right before heading out to enjoy our picnic supper.

Here's the whole gang (well, sans me of course) enjoying the beautiful night in Stillwater. We have my nephew Liam in his stroller, my Mom and Dad, sister Casey, niece Layney, Brother-in-law Brian, his sister Bridget and Brendan.

We saw this hot air balloon we off in the distance when we were setting up our picnic and were completely amazed when we saw it floating just off the top of the river's water 20 minutes after that we sat down to eat. It was HUGE and beautiful!

A Wonderful Weekend! Part 2: Stillwater

2009-09-08T06:40:00.004-05:00

My kid is a mover...Grandpa Bill tried his best to keep up with Brendan while he walked all over the area where we had our picnic.

Liam thought that he too should run around the picnic area, only he needed a little bit of help doing so!

It was a gorgeous night down by the river...going, going...

Going...that's what Brendan was all about!

My kid also LOVES, LOVES, LOVES dogs. (Can you blame him when he has the most awesome dog in Mr. Pibb at home! ;D) He saw many dogs while in Stillwater, but he really fell in love with this one. It was so cute!

A Wonderful Weekend! Part 1: State Fair

2009-09-08T06:24:00.003-05:00

It has now become tradition for Brendan and I to spend Labor Day weekend at my sister's house while Grant goes up fishing with some friends in Canada. We go to the State Fair on Friday (where we meet up with our parents) and usually hang out with family on Saturday. I will start out by saying the kids play like there is no tomorrow while we stayed this year and it was so much fun to see how much Brendan learned from his cousin Layney in the shart amount of time we were with them. He now eats off of his own plate and he is going down to sleep at bedtime in record time! He also learned how to run down the hallway yelling "Ahhhhhh!"; so cute!

I will start you out with some pictures of our State Fair trip...

Our dueling strollers. Layney is wearing her lovely big blue hat, Brendan is checking her out and Liam is covered up in the back of the stroller!

Brendan listening to Tonic Sol Fa where he greeted many in attendance and did some dancing.

My little man did not stand still for long; he's watching Layney dancing away to Tonic Sol Fa.

My dad playing baby corral-er during Tonic Sol Fa...Brendan wanted to explore the whole area on his own...

Brendan, Layeny and Casey catching up with TC! Go Twins!!!

Well, those are just some of the pictures from the State Fair. Next up will be pictures from our trip to Stillwater's Teddy Bear Park and our family picnic by the river.

Fishing take 2

2009-08-19T09:56:00.002-05:00

We took Brendan on his second fishing trip in the boat on Monday evening. While he didn't last very long in the boat, we all managed to have a great time. He even practiced holding a real muskie fishing pole...with momma right next to him!

Playing with Layney

2009-08-19T09:48:00.002-05:00

Summer...at a glance

2009-08-16T10:11:00.004-05:00

Brendan loves going to the beach!!!

The whole family at Auntie Jenni's wedding

Sitting in his spot on the couch...he got up there all by himself!

Out to lunch with Great Grandma Thon, Grandma Ginny, Auntie Casey, Cousins Layney and Liam and Mommy at Bennihana's.

Riding on the carosel at Mall of America with Grandma Ginny.

It has been a very busy, very wonderful summer for us here at the Lindberg household. Many family get togethers, lots of fishing and duffels bags that never seem to get unpacked before they are used again. Weddings, fishing trips, family reunion vacations, biking around town, playing in the pool in the backyard, Kids day at the County Fair, antique shows, going, going, going all summer long. It's been fun and crazy all at the same time!

B is getting bigger and bigger every day and is showing us just how smart he is every day. He now uses sign language to say "more" whenever he wants to more of something...food, playing with toys, reading books...it's totally awesome and used often! He is a climber. We find him in places that he should not be. He escaped from the house a few evenings ago while I was bringing something from the garage to the backyard and when I returned to the house, he was nowhere to be found. I looked out the front door and there was a toy on the top step. (I had left the strom door closed, but he figured out how to hit the knob to open the door!) He was exploring the garage and some fun styrofoam on his own. Mommy was having a heart attack, but he was all smiles! OY!

I'll leave you all with some pictures...

So much to blog...so little time!

2009-07-15T08:27:00.002-05:00

I have a plethora of information and pictures to blog about, but absolutely no time to do it in!!! When I do have time...it is instantly filled with either taking care of a teething, needy, snuggly little boy or in getting typing work done for my father-in-law (which I truly love to do). So soon, soon I will post pictures from the last few weeks and write about what we've been up to. Just not right now...

B on the Boat

2009-06-11T06:37:00.003-05:00

The fisherman in his natural habitat! :D

Doing good here...he just got done eating his dinner and was enjoying the scenery.

I've had it with this thing on me!!!!

So, we finally did it. We took B out in the boat on Tuesday night. He really enjoyed when we took off across the lake, flying over the water (for the most part). He liked leaning over the side of the boat (with mommy hanging on to his life vest and legs) to see into the water when the boat was not moving. He loved watching Grant cast his line out and reel his lure back to the boat. We had fun finally getting him into the boat. We launched the boat at about 6ish and by about 7:30 he was done! He was sick of wearing his life vest and tired of me catching him before he got into something he didn't need to be in to. All in all, though, he did great and we can't wait to go out as a family again!

1 year ago...

2009-05-27T14:27:00.005-05:00

Newborn...wow; where did that little baby go?!?

12 month old!!!

One year ago the most amazing little man came into our lives. He came on his own terms; on exactly the first day of my 36th week of pregnancy. He weighed just 7 pounds that day and was 19 inches long. 10 fingers and 10 toes. Absolutely perfect. I know most people would say their lives completely changed when a baby came into their life, but I really haven't felt like that at all. Oh yeah I haven't had a decent night's sleep since he was born. Oh yeah our house if filled to the gills with baby toys. Oh yeah there are the diapers and bottles and baby shampoos where there was none before. But all of these things have enhanced my life in such a profound, amazingly wonderful way that the change has not felt life altering to me. I feel like I was ready for all of these things. It was time to have these things filling up my house and taking my energy and enriching my existence.

And really, I couldn't ask for a more wonderful kid. He is so happy, smiley and inquisitive. Just a bundle of personality. I love spending my days playing with him. I love spending time snuggling, smelling and kissing him. (He has the best smell ever!) I seriously could kiss his soft, chubby cheeks all day long and not feel like I had wasted my day.

He now weighs around 24 pounds and is somewhere close to 30 inches long (I won't know the exact figures until his appointment tomorrow). He crawls like there is no tomorrow and loves to walk using the aide of anything that will help him. When he does walk holding onto our hands, he ONLY wants to hang onto 1 hand; he's no baby who needs 2 hands to hold onto! He has taken 4-5 steps on his own into the awaiting arms of his daddy, but he has yet to "really" walk. He LOVES to play outside; to explore the nature that is around him. The other night I asked our dog if he wanted to go outside and Brendan jumped up from what he was doing and made a beeline to me. He wanted to go outside!

Some nights he sleeps through the night and others he likes to get up and party a bit. OY! He takes either a long 3-3 1/2 hour nap or 2 short 1-2 hour naps a day...it's a crap shoot which he's going to pick every day. He is wearing 12, 12-18 and some 2T clothing. Size 4 diapers. Size 3 or 4 shoes. He is now sitting in a forward facing car seat (Yay!!!). He babbles dada; da-dy; mom; momma; tah; dah; ch; ssssss; ba-ba-ba-ba. I swear he tries to say "uh-oh" and "dog". He loves to look at his books, especially the ones that have things to feel on the pages. He loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and claps whenever Mickey is on the TV screen.

1 year ago today we welcomed Brendan into our lives. 1 year ago today I became a mommy and have loved each and every minute. I can't believe that 1 year has passed me by as quickly as this year has.

1st Birthday Party

2009-05-25T13:11:00.004-05:00

It's really hard to believe, but my baby's first birthday party (something that I had contemplated and envisioned in my head forever) is done and over with. It was a fantastic day, beautiful weather and we had great company. Grant and I decided to hold his birthday party at a park on West Rush Lake; Dennis Frandsen County Park. There's a brand new picnic shelter, playground and bathroom there and it's just a gorgeous place by the lake. We were quite nervous, though, that we would not be able to claim the picnic shelter as ours unless we made a move for it very early in the morning. The party started at 11 a.m., so Grant, B and I made our way out there around 8 a.m. and thankfully claimed the picnic shelter as ours for the afternoon. We grilled hot dogs, had beans, salads, chips and of course cake. B opened presents, with the help of his cousin Layney, and it was just a glorious day all around. Here are a few photos from our day at the park.

The birthday boy chowing down on watermelon and hot dogs...Yum!
Sitting like a big boy in his new lawn chair. Doesn't he look so big and grown up?! UGH!

Opening presents with Layney and Mommy.

Layeny and Brendan trying out his new toys (one from my mom and one from my sister; my sister had the train picked out and at her house for a few weeks. my mom then went out and bought the plane thinking that it looked like something B would love. we laughed so much that they picked out the same things, but look at how nice it is to have more than one!)

CAKE TIME! My sister picked up a free first birthday cake at Kowalski's Market in White Bear Lake and we let B dig in. HE LOVED it and made quite the mess enjoying his birthday cake.

More photos from Florida!

2009-05-19T11:08:00.002-05:00

Here are a few more pictures from our Florida trip:

My little man and me in front of the Muppet fountain at Disney's Hollywood Studios. He LOVED all fountains and wanted to jump in this one right when he saw it!

The most beautiful little girl to EVER dress up as Jasmine. Audriana got fawned over all day by Disney Cast members and park guests alike. It was so awesome and so was she!! I love her lots!

Another shot from the Spectro Magic Parade.

And another one of B eating his delicious, cold Mickey Ice Cream Bar!

This one is my fav of the bunch. Check out Audriana's little face as she is dumping water down B's back...CRACKS ME UP!!!

So much fun!!!

2009-05-14T07:32:00.002-05:00

It's hard to believe that our Florida vacation is already over. We had a BLAST with the Barcenas family and cannot wait for them to come to Minnesota in June! Here are just a few of the 600 some pictures we took. It's really hard to pick just a few favorites, but I will start here:

Our first morning at Anna and Arturo's house...Brendan and Audriana all ready to go to Chef Mickey's Character breakfast. Grant found them playing together in Audriana's room...So Cute right!!!

It was SOOOOO hot in Florida; high 90's every day. Brendan got to try out a Mickey Ice Cream bar and this was the after shot. He LOVED IT and made a great mess of himself enjoying the ice cream. This was Grandpa Jim's only request of us...Brendan HAD to have a Mickey Ice Cream Bar.

This was us at the Sci Fi Cafe eating lunch on Monday. It was Grant's birthday and we had a wonderful meal here.

Brendan with his buddies Mickey and Minnie. He was so excited when it came time for his turn with them. He made a beeline to them as soon as he could and it was so cute! He loved all the characters; but I think his he favored Mickey, Minnie and Donald :D

This picture was taken during the Spectro Magic parade. All 5 minutes he saw of it! He was clapping and reaching his arms out to the floats one minute and the next he was crying and hysterical, then he fell asleep in my arms. We laid him down in the stroller to catch our bus, slept in my arms throughout the bus ride, stayed sleeping when we put him back in the stroller to walk through the resort, pick up some snacks on our way back to our room, stayed sleeping while I changed his diaper, and finally woke up as soon as I laid him down in his bed. Silly boy! He had a bottle and then was down for the night.

So, there are just a few pics from our fabulous trip! I will hopefully get time to post a few more later, but we do have a busy next couple of days coming up....so we'll see!

Pictures of B at 10 months

2009-04-20T11:07:00.002-05:00

wearing his new CranioCap...helmet....awwww!!!

Playing with toys at Gillette Children's Hospital before his helmet and PT appointments

After eating a little bit of an oreo cookie....while out fishing!!!

Touching his first Crappie!!! He LOVES to touch the fish...

My cutie patootie little man...I <3 him!!!!

Brendan at 10 months

2009-04-04T11:27:00.003-05:00

My little man is now 10 months old. I know I say this each and every month, but I can't believe he's 10 months old already!!! UGH...that means in 2 measley months he'll be 1 year old. And I know I've said this before, too, but you hear that time flies when your children are growing up, but this is ridiculous!!!

So, Brendan at 10 months old...

*weighs about 22-23 pounds and is around 28 inches long.

*wears 12 month, 12-18 month and 18 month clothing. Size 2 or 3 shoes. Size 3 (moving up to 4 soon) diapers.

*got fitted for his CranioCap (aka...helmet) on his 10 month "birthday" and he is soooooo super cute in it I can't stand it *hehehe* He will wear this for the next 2-4 months...however long they deem it will take for his head shape to look evened out.

*had a light switch turn on on his 10 month "birthday" and started babbling constanty "dadadadada-ee" "ta" "to" "ish" "tish" "do" and continues to say "momma" "momm"

*also started walking around using furniture to stand up. He can pull himself up, bend over and pick things off the ground, roll from his back to sitting position and vice versa with ease and CRAWL all over the place. He is never in the same spot we set him down in for very long and is frequently across the room in a matter of seconds.

*is getting more teeth breaking through and therefore has not been the best sleeper.

*due to not sleeping the best, we have been spending tons of time outside where we like to go to the park and slide on the slides and swing...he loves being outdoors!

*LOVES TO EAT...whatever we put in front of him!

*LOVES TO TAKE BATHES...he especially likes to play with toys that squirt water and has even started to put his face down into the water a bit. He always has a HUGE smile on his face when he comes back up...which is super cute when there are bubbles on his face :D

*cannot stay away from his puppy, Mr. Pibb. Those two are inseperable at times...and we are so very lucky that Mr. Pibb is such a well behaved dog and does not mind when B grabs the hair on his his snout or by his ears...

Castle...best show on TV right now!

2009-03-31T10:10:00.003-05:00

I would like to take this time to wax poetic about my new favorite show. It's on ABC on Monday nights at 9 p.m. Central time. It is called Castle (http://www.castletv.net/) and it stars my all time favorite actor Nathan Fillion. You may know Mr. Fillion from such pieces of work as Blast from the Past (he played the ex-boyfriend to Alicia Silverstone's Eve character, you know the one with the butt :hehehehe:), Firefly/Serenity, Waitress and a Soap Opera that I can't think of right now...there is something about Mr. Fillion that just melts my heart (sorry hunny, you have Matt Damon and I have Nathan Fillion). The twinkle in his eye, the way he expresses himself...I can't exactly put my finger on it, but I know I like it.

And really the entire cast of Castle is awesome together! The relationships between the characters just "feel" real. They are one cohesive group.

I really thought that I would have more to say about Castle when I first started this post this morning, but my 4:30 a.m. wake up time, 6 hours of standing at a copier assembling loan documents at Grant's work and skipping lunch in the process is all catching up with me and I have nothing more to say right now on the topic. So, check out my new fav show...I think you can find the last 4 episodes on youtube or hulu; you definately won't be dissapointed!!!

Recent Activity

2009-03-20T14:03:00.004-05:00

Breakfast time with B...and Mr. Pibb! :D

B and his Daddy playing the other night...so Cute, right?!

Friday Update...

2009-03-20T11:52:00.003-05:00

Hello all...I realized today that it has been a while since my last blog post. Shame on me...:D We have been very busy over this time and I'll tell you about that now.

Brendan went in on Monday March 2 for his 9 month appointment. It was a pretty eventful, crazy appointment to say the least. While we were in the waiting room, B sat on my lap for a while, then decided he wanted to get down and stand up. He was holding onto a table and I was holding on to him. Before I knew it he was falling backwards and bonked his head on the hard floor (I thought that I was holding onto him enough...I so do not know how it happened?!!!). So I scooped him up and he was crying bloody murder....I was trying to sooth him and then looked at his head. He had a pretty big bump on the back of his head...it really freaked me out. So I told the nurses in the front and they got me into a room and B was still crying...so they ordered an X-ray (which he probably would have gotten done anyway because we are concerned at how his head is growing....there's a flat spot). B did calm down and was all snuggly...until we had to get the x-ray done. He was bawling and bawling again. My heart was just breaking.They got the x-ray's done and we went back for his appointment. The doctor came in and said it was good news and good news. I started crying...(B has fallen off the bed and bumped his head so many times over the last week that I just lost it!) No skull fracture and the skull still has not fully sealed or whatever. B was fine during the rest of the appointment and the Dr. said I didn't have to worry about a concusion or anything...but I still felt soooo bad that it happened.

So, he did not have a skull fracture, but we were still concerned that his head was not growing out as much as we think it should have by now. I asked Dr. Becker, "Ok, what should we do about his head if we are still concerned about the shape of it?" He said he would refer us to Gillette's Children's hospital to have it checked out.

We were very lucky and got an appointment right away...it was on Tuesday of last week. It was a full day kinda thing...our first appointment was at 11 a.m. It was with a nurse practioner...she checked B out and told us that he has slight torticollis (tight muscle) in his neck, which caused a flattening of one side of his head. She told us that he would do some PT for the neck muscle and then said we COULD do a CranioCap (helmet) to help change the shape of B's head. But that decision was up to us. DH asked her what she would do if it was her child and she proceeded to give us a 3 minute run around. We were not very happy with this situation as both of us had no idea what we should do...the PT *might* help the shape on it's own, but if we wanted to...the helmet *might* help it along faster...After the first appointment, we had 1 hour until our next appointment with the physical therapist. We decided to go and have lunch and talk about the helmet. We read over the info that we had received about it...called to see what the cost of the helmet would be...called our insurance about how much was covered...then called my MIL to see what her advice was (she was the eaisest parent to get ahold of...); we were both on the fence about doing or not doing it...then my MIL gave us good advice and told us to ask the PT person what her thoughts on the helmet were because she has seen the difference between doing it and not doing it! Well, we felt good about doing that, so we finished our lunch and then went to the PT appointment. She discussed what she would do for B, showed us stretches to do at home and overall assessed the little man. (Who to this point had been an absolute angel the whole day). We then asked her what her thoughts on the helmet were and she said that if we were on the fence about it, we SHOULD do it. She said that it is amazing what a difference the helmet makes...so, we decided then and there that we would go the helmet route.

After our PT appointment, we got in with the assistive technology department to have B's head scanned for the helmet to be made. Ok, what the helmet does is pushes on the side that is grown out well and leaves an open spot of the side that is flat to grow into. B will get his first helmet (they change them periodically over the course of treatment, which is 2-4 months) on the 27th.

We had his 2nd PT appointment on Monday and the Phsycial Therapist said that she could already see improvement in his range of motion! Yay!!! His next PT will also be on the 27th. After that he goes in every 2 weeks for PT and helmet fittings. All of the appointments are in St. Paul, so we will be doing some driving over the next few months...but we totally know that it is worth it!!! We would not feel right if we didn't do something...KWIM?!? Could you imagine the poor guy when he was older going...hmmmm...what's wrong with my head. Or if he wanted to shave his head when he got older and we would have to say...Ummmm you might not want to do that, you see, you have a flat spot and we decided not to fix it for you. We totally confident in our decision to go this route with B and will update you all on the progess as we go along!

Brendan at 9 months...

2009-03-08T10:57:00.006-05:00

9 MONTHS?!?! I can't believe he is 9 MONTHS old right now...9 MONTHS has gone by since this wonderful little man came into our lives and graced us with his effervescent personality. Our lives have truly been blessed tremendously by him. Even when he doesn't sleep through the night and then decides that he is done sleeping at 4 a.m....even then we love him oh so much! I mean...look at his beautiful, happy face! Who couldn't melt at the sight of his chubby, dimpled cheeks??? Oy...I love this kid way too much!!!

So, Brendan at 9 months...

*has both the top 2 teeth and bottom 2 teeth...he loves to feel them constantly with his tongue!

*is wearing 9 month, 12 month and now even some 18 month clothing; size 2 shoes, size 3 diapers, 18-36 month socks

*continues to have some issues sleeping, but we are working on remedying this...he does not, however, have any issues napping during the day, which this momma is very grateful for!

*independently plays with his toys for long periods of time (sometimes up to an hour) while sitting up.

*He does not crawl at all...he is still scooting and rolling to get around; he can push up onto his knees and hands and looks like he'll crawl, but quickly pushes back down to his belly.

*LOVES to walk around the house...both in his walker and hanging onto our hands. We did have to buy a gate in order to save Mr. Pibb's sanity as B figured out how to go and explore Pibb's food bowls. Anyone who know Mr. Pibb knows that he guards his food with a vengeance!

*Continuing on the subject of Mr. Pibb...Brendan LOVES his puppy so much and especially enjoys climbing over his back and petting him. They are sometimes impossible to get apart...Mr. Pibb showers B with kisses and B in turn grasps his hair and does not let go. They have started to play outside together this week and Brendan infectious laugh sounds loudly as Pibb jumps at thrown snow.

*His language skills are heard throughout the day in gaahs, babababas, mamamamamas, sssssssss, lalalalalas, and high pitched squeals.

*has started to show his independence from us in pushing off of us to get at things that look interesting. Case in point...he has fallen a few times over the last couple of weeks...1 time resulting in a head x-ray (we were already at the doctors office waiting for his 9 month appointment when he fell and hit the back of his head hard on the ground) and a brightly color bruise on his forehead when he bumped his head on his exersaucer. Oh and he fell off of our bed onto the ground as well...this has been the most scary time for me, but he is weathering it pretty well.

*eats "big boy" food. No more baby food for this one...he enjoys feeding himself toast, waffles, small pieces of cut up fruit (blueberries, mangoes, bananas, pears, peaches, nectarines, cantalope) and veggies (peas, corn, broccoli, cucumbers, potatoes, sweet potatoes, soy beans), gerber baby fruit puffs and cheese puffs, and Japanese rice crackers. He sometimes still likes to eat oatmeal cereal and has even tried some yougart with fruit mixed in...but let me tell ya, this boy loves to eat!

Well, I think that that is about it for right now...I just love writing down what he's up to each month and am planning to add this to a baby scrapbook in the future!

I leave you now with a little video that I shot this morning showing you Brendan eating and talking!

IT'S A BOY!!!

2009-02-26T12:56:00.002-06:00

My sister-in-law Anna just had a baby boy today!! Yay!!! She did not find out prior to the baby being born what she was having...and the nurses/doctors today were talking about the baby in "she/her's"...but it was a BOY!!! Arturo Jose came out weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces and was 21 inches long. Anna had a C-section, so we have not heard how she is doing, but daddy Arturo is beyond excited!!!!! And so are we up here in Minnesota (oh...Anna lives in Florida). The other exciting thing about the baby being born today is that it is Auntie Jenni's 21st birthday today. Talk about a birthday present, huh?! She and her fiance Chris are actually down in Florida right now visiting the Florida contingent. Lucky them that they get to see the baby right away. How I wish we could go down and meet our new family member right away, but we will get to see him soon enough! Well, that's all for today...be safe out in that snow!!!

Rubber Ducky You're the One

2009-02-22T13:20:00.002-06:00

A Brendan Update

2009-02-18T07:18:00.002-06:00

He's on the move...well, in his walker that is. He usually is fine and dandy cruising and exploring the kitchen area, but the other day he decided to get a change of scenery. While I was doing some household chores, B was enjoying his usual walk around the kitchen. All of a sudden I realized that it had gotten awfully quiet and went to find out what he was up to. I didn't find him right away and was completely surprised to find him in the sun room. He had never crossed over from the kitchen to any of the carpeted areas before...but I guess he was ready! Here is Mr. Pibb guarding B from danger :D B was so excited about his new exploring territory! He is just getting so big...

In this picture, you will see one of B's fav things to do now...play with the coffee table! We used to house magazines and our books in the cubbies that make up our coffee table, but B started to explore them forcefully and in the process destroyed some mags, so they are all now safely tucked away elsewhere. He loves to peak through the cubbies now!

He has become such a messy eater, well I guess because he likes to feed himself now! Cheerios were added to the mix and now chunkier bits of fruits and veggies occupy his eating time as he tries to pick them up and put them in his mouth. So cute!

Toys, toys, toys...this is the mess that is his toy playing area in the living room. He really hasn't picked up crawling yet, but he sure gets around by rolling and scooting just fine! He's a busy guy...and actually more recently (the last couple of days) he doesn't really want to sit and play, he would rather stand up (with my help) and grab at other things or walk around the house holding my hands. Silly boy!

Another picture evidence of his fascination with the coffee table...

And....drum roll please...his teeth are coming in! Ok, I'm not really sure if I should be rejoicing or crying, because he's getting ALL 4 (two top and two bottom) first teeth right now. He is miserable at nighttime or really whenever the pain meds wear off. We had a very long night Monday night with a long screaming, crying, inconsolable time from 9 p.m. til midnight. Last night was much better, but I was proactive in calming the pain before it even got a chance to get out of hand!

Well, that's it from us right now...Lots of Love and Hugs to all our friends and fam out in blogland :D

8 months...or Where does the time go...

2009-02-07T13:15:00.002-06:00

We took Brendan to get pictures taken yesterday at Wal-Mart. He started out the session in a very serious mood, but after a little walk around the "studio" he warmed up and we got some very cute photos (if you ask me :D). Two of the outfits are items that we picked up for B in Tokyo; the items being the Totoro Hat and Bib and the "Ninja" outfit. LOVE IT!!! I can't wait for him to fit into some of the other clothing items we picked up for him in Tokyo...we have a really cute Mickey Mouse outfit that will be super duper cute!!!

So, at 8 months Brendan:

*scoots all around the house by rolling and "shuffling", but has yet to really crawl.

*loves to walk while someone is holding his hands

*loves to walk in his walker...chasing Pibb and opening drawers

*wears 9 month, 12 month and 12-18 month clothing

*wears size 3 diapers

*wears size 1 and 2 shoes

*has turned into a complete momma's boy...gotta love that seperation anxiety, huh!

*had a little "accident" and is no longer allowed to sit on the couch by himself...

*is sleeping through the night again...whew...

*grabs at anything and everything that catches his eye...he especially loves remotes

*has started to use a high pitch squeal when he's having fun and wants to let us know about it...he is also making more sounds; ba, ma, mmmmmm, ow, awww, ya

*enjoys a whole menagerie of food...blueberries, peaches, mangos, corn, sugar snap peas, peas, broccoli, cherries, sweet potatoes, sqaush, cereal, and rice crackers that we got at the Japanese Mall in Chicago

*is most ticklish under his chin :D

*likes to stick out his tongue and aslo rub his tongue on his bottom teeth...which have yet to show up, but are just under the surface waiting to make their debut

*is now 27" long and roughly 22-24 pounds

I'm sure I'm leaving something out, but I will update if/when I think of others to include.

Oh January, we barely knew thee...

2009-02-02T08:07:00.002-06:00

Wow...where oh where did January go? Life is moving at the speed of light it seems. I wish I had a magical remote so that I could slow it down a bit. Yeah, that would be nice!

It is the first Monday of the month and as promised, I am going to "blog" about how my healthier lifestyle is going. It's amazing how quickly you can move back into old habits...and that is what January did to me. Oh, ok, I did it to myself, but what can ya do? The first week of working out went really well, I made it on the treadmill 4 or 5 times that week. The next couple of weeks was a different story...B decided to change up his sleeping schedule, so my life kinda got out of whack. Last week was a good working out week for me, so I'm back on track. As for eating better, that too is going as well as I'm letting it, but I am definately making more wise choices of stuff to eat. I know that I said that I was going to post my current weight on the first Monday of the month in accordance with Cathy Z, but we still have not found a Wii Fit and I refuse to keep a "real" scale in the house...so no weight in here this month.

In other more entertaining Lindberg Family news...tune in tomorrow for B's 8 month old post and a recap of our weekend!

Saturday Morning

2009-01-17T11:06:00.003-06:00

So, I have nothing witty or extremely interesting to post today...just felt like posting. We had a lovely breakfast at "Real" People's Cafe here in town (well, that's what I used to call it when I was little). It was wonderful! My IL's invited us this morning and I had been craving a nice "home-cooked" breakfast without me having to cook it. Today I'm going to my friend Sara's house for some scrapbooking time...should be fun! I'm going to work on a couple of projects...one of which I'm hoping to make into a class to teach at the new scrapbook store in town. We'll see if I can pull it off?!?

Grant, B and I had a nice road trip to Chicago last weekend for a Musky Expo. It was so much fun and B was an excellent road tripper! If he wasn't sleeping (which he did the most), he was playing or eating. He did AWESOME...and all those rough and tough Musky fishers were all commenting on how cute and well behaved B was...it was pretty funny! The last pic that I posted was one of B at the Expo wearing his "Daddy's little fishing buddy" bib. Cute, huh!!!

B is super cute right now. He's been just going to town walking around in his walker...chasing Pibb, exploring the kitchen and making us laugh at his sense of exploration. SO CUTE! He's also been chatty and giggly more so than ever...Just makes ya melt. Well, that's about it...see, nothing witty or extremely interesting; just life right now.

Brendan at 7 months

2009-01-06T10:43:00.003-06:00

Hanging with Grandma in the ice fishing house on Mille Lacs...what awesome light, huh?!?

A close up of my adorable boy!!!

Hanging out with daddy...look at how big he has gotten!!!

Dueling remotes...LOVE IT!!!

In his Totoro get up that we got him in Tokyo...he finally fits into the hat. YAY!!!

At 7 months old, Brendan:

is sitting up on his own for very extended periods of time. It's so awesome...he can play sitting up for a really long time.
is rolling over like a champ these days and enjoys going from his belly to his back over and over again.
is walking in his walker...he used to just sit there or go backwards, but now he's motoring about...I caught him exploring the kitchen today and find all sorts of things to play with. Baby proofing here we come!
probably weighs close to 21-22 pounds
is getting taller (or would it be longer since he doesn't really stand up?!?) everyday
wears 6-9 month, 9 month and now even 12 month clothing!
wears 18-36 months socks (due to the fact that his calves are HUGE)
still wears small shoes I think close to a size 1...
is making more and more sounds all the time...very chatty still and giggles and laughs like crazy; especially when daddy gives him whisker rubs on his chest on Sunday nights.
still enjoys jumping in his horsey jumper and LOVES all his new toys that Christmas brought him.
still no teeth...over Christmas he was teething like mad; so fussy, constantly drooling and gnawing on things but they still have yet to show up.
Eats lots of things and loves to put the food we are eating into his mouth; his favorite foods include squash, sweet potatoes, reg. potatoes, apple and pear sauce, bananas, green beans. We also tried cauliflower, but HATED it...there was an incident with throwing it up and it coming out of his nose...so not fun.
has had quite the cold over the last few days, but is finally getting over it.
Will take his first road trip to Chicago this weekend to go to the Muskie Expo and the Japanese Mall...another YAY!

Ringing in the New Year!

2009-01-05T09:32:00.006-06:00

Another month has come and gone and it is now 2009! Whew...2008 really went by fast, did it not?!? Let's see...a recap of the last few weeks. It was a crazy busy, but wonderful time. My sister-in-law Anna and her family (husband Arturo and 2 year old daughter Audriana) arrived in Minnesota from Florida on Christmas Eve and were here until the 30th of December. LOVE these guys so much! Little Miss Audriana is a spit fire...so busy, cute and funny. She is definitely a 2 year old; getting into everything, constantly in motion and independent. She kept on calling me "Uncle Korey" which was pretty cute that I finally had to stop correcting her. On Monday the 29th, we headed down to the Roseville area to try on bridesmaid dresses for my other sister-in-law's upcoming June wedding. Anna, who is pregnant with baby #2 due in February!!, watched as I tried on possible dresses and when we finally found the one, tried it on too. It's super cute, tea length in a great Pool Blue color. Has a little Bling, bling, too. I'm so excited for her Wedding...it's going to be so much fun!
I'm not sure if I've mentioned it on my blog yet, but our families (my Kruschel side and Grant's Lindberg side) will both grow in numbers this year. Like I wrote above, Grant's sister Anna will have another baby in February AND my sister Casey (Casey and Anna were best friends in high school and growing up) will have baby #2 in June! We are so excited for the both of them and can't wait to meet the new babys.
Brendan is now 7 months old and boy how he has grown in those 7 months! I've got to download some more recent pictures to show just how much he has grown...watch for that post coming later. Over the holidays we thought that he was getting his teeth; he was sooooooooo fussy, constantly shoving things in his mouth to gnaw on and drooling to beat the band. So far, though, they have not shown their pearly little nubs. He also had/has a nice little cold that was accompanied by a fever over the weekend. The fever is gone, but the runny nose is a flowing.
I am getting in shape this year. You see...I had the good fortune of developing gestational diabetes when pregnant with Brendan and there is no WAY that I want to go through that again AND I have a greater chance of developing "real" diabetes later in life. Knowing all of this info, I refuse to let that happen, so I must exercise and eat better. I did a great job of exercising when I was pregnant with Brendan, so I know that I can do it! I'm also going to take a cue from the GREAT Cathy Zielske (she's an awesome scrapbooker and Minnesota girl who's blog I follow-linked on right) and post about my journey. The first Monday of each month, I will post my weight (I need to get a scale OR Wii Fit in order to do this), the exercising that I've done and other little bits and pieces regarding my resolve to get in shape. I wouldn't go so far as saying I've made a "New Year's Resolution", but I have resolved to live a healthy-ier fit life.

Well, That's it for now...I will hopefully get my "Brendan at 7 months" post done at some point this week and have some pictures to share.

Here's to a Happy 2009!

Kruschel Family Christmas

2008-12-22T08:49:00.003-06:00

Our annual "Kruschel Family Christmas" was last Saturday (the 20th). This annual family celebration includes my immediate family (my parents, sister and her family, brother, me and my family, my dad's brother and my dad's sister and her family (her hubby, daughter Tracie and her family and my cousin Clay and his family)). This year, though, due to snowy weather, Clay and his family was not able to make it. We had a great time, nonetheless...good food, fun times playing the dice game and great company! I am a little disappointed in myself, though, because I hardly took any pictures at all...the five I have here were the best of the bunch...but we did do some video taping, so we will have those memories as well.

I'm looking forward to the rest of our Christmas festivities coming up this week. On Christmas Eve, we head down to Minneapolis and Edina for my mom's side of the family annual get together. We also have a guest come to stay with us every year...our friend JJ who is a disabled man who lived in the group home that we lived and worked in 3 years ago. He is so much fun to have stay with us and we wouldn't have it any other way!

Grant's sister Anna and her family will be flying in from Florida on Christmas Eve and will be here until New Year's Eve. This is the first time in a long time that they will all be here over Christmas and we could not be happier! Christmas morning we will head over to the IL's house and celebrate Christmas with the Lindberg clan. I always look forward to spending Christmas morning at the Lindberg's because my MIL bakes the most delicious tea ring and we slowly make our way through the many presents we all give each other. I'm also very excited for Brendan's cousin Audriana and Brendan spending their first Christmas together...

Well, that's it for now...I'm sending out wishes for a Happy Christmas time to all in blogland!!!

Foto Friday...:)

2008-12-19T19:42:00.004-06:00

Just some pictures that I took of Brendan over the last couple of days to share with the world. We are looking forward to spending tomorrow (Saturday the 20th) with my family and my dad's sister's family celebrating Christmas "Kruschel" style. Lots of little kids will be running around the house and our annual dice game free for all usually make the festivties so much fun! Oh and my dad is making his W-Famous (that's World Famous to those who don't speak abbreviations...hahhahahaha) beef sandwiches. Well, I hear the laundry calling me...that's it for now!

Brendan at 6 months

2008-12-14T18:19:00.003-06:00

This is a little late...Brendan turned 6 months on November 27th...but I wanted to write about what he's up to right now.
He loves pulling the corner of this lay down toy onto his head!

Playing with Benji McArton

Holding Lucy McArton's hand....awwww!!!!!

Brendan at 6 months:

*is eating like a champ...butternut sqaush, oatmeal, bananas, summer squash, sweet potatoes, applesauce (we're starting green beans tomorrow!). He also likes to grab whatever we are trying to eat and bring it to his mouth.

*is working on using a sippy cup, because he loves to grab cups we are drinking from and bringing them to his mouth to drink from :)

*wears 6-9 mth, 9mth and some *gasp* 12 mth clothing

*wears size 1 shoes and 18-36 mth socks (which I think is crazy, but the 6-18 mths didn't fit)

*is chatting up a storm...using more sounds. He still loves to watch people talk and moves his mouth to mimic talking or singing. He's even chatted so much that his voice becomes hoarse.

*is an awesome sleeper...sometimes he sleeps the whole night through, but usually he wakes up around 4 to eat a little something and then goes right back to sleep.

*has started to roll over more and more...he still works on it really hard and HATES to be on the ground or his belly for any amount of time, but we're working on it.

*still loves to play in his exersaucer and jumping horse.

*loves, loves, loves his plastic keys and is awesome at passing them from hand to hand.

*we sometimes think he says "Hi" after we say it to him...

*giggles up a storm when Mr. Pibb licks him or we tickle him (but you have to catch him at the right time for a perfect giggle)

*simply has a blast when he takes his bath; he LOVES bathes

*reaches his arms out to us when he wants to be picked up (this is so my favorite right now!)

*is getting better and better at sitting up on his own to play with toys.

*Is easily the number 1 person in his daddy and mommy's eyes!!!

2008-12-10T12:42:00.003-06:00

I hope you enjoyed our Elf yourself video! It features our little Lindberg family (with Mr. Pibb of course!) and the main elf himself, my brother B.J.! (B.J. was convinced in 6th grade that he was an elf and told my sister and me that he went to Santa's workshop each night through a magic door in his closet. My mom even made him a little elf costume with a hat.)

We've been elfed!

2008-12-10T12:41:00.001-06:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Yes Brendan, there is a Santa Claus

2008-12-03T08:38:00.002-06:00

Is this not the cutest Santa picture EVER?!? Ahhhh...I love it!!! We took Brendan to meet Santa a couple of weeks ago at the Downtown Minneapolis Macy's. Oh course Grant was with...he can always get B to smile this big. I know that this was a fluke and next year he probably will not be as happy about meeting Santa, so I'm so glad that we got this picture this year.

A Tuesday Post

2008-11-25T10:33:00.002-06:00

Happy Tuesday everyone. We are gearing up for the Holiday's around here; the tree is up and has lights on it, but we are still working on getting the ornaments hung...we have a beautiful wreath to hang up, we have half of our Christmas shopping done (yay!) and Brendan got to meet and have his picture taken with Santa!!! (I'll eventually get around to scanning that in and sharing) I'm working on a few other projects around here as well, so I'm keeping busy. Not much else to say today...signing off.

Editing Photos

2008-11-11T10:52:00.004-06:00

I have discovered the wonderful world of Photoshop! I love editing my photos and making it look even better than the original. I can't wait to use them on a scrapbooking LO....and I hope to do that soon, since I have my room all cleaned up! I've also been working on some "non-scrapbook" projects lately that I am in desperate need of finishing up so that I can clean it up. That's all for now...as there isn't much else going on around here. Until next time...Peace and LOVE!

Duluth November 2008

2008-11-05T19:13:00.003-06:00

We took a very nice trip up to Duluth this past weekend (November 1-2). It was so heavenly...we just got away from the house and the responsibilities of our normal life and just went away. We enjoyed beautiful weather outside and a great big whirlpool tub in our hotel room inside. *Awwwww* It was so relaxing in the whirlpool tub and Brendan loved it in there...he was splashing and giggling the whole time we floated in there! We also got out and walked around the lake walk and did some shopping at some of the stores up there. The antique store had a few goodies we just couldn't pass up, which is always fun to find new treasures. We got home around 3 p.m. on Sunday and settled back into our normal ho-hum life...but it sure was nice to do something out of the ordinary if only for one day!

Darth Baby

2008-11-04T07:52:00.003-06:00

Darth baby made his Halloween debut on Friday! I know I'm quite biased, but ISN'T HE CUTE?!?! He was in the costume pretty much all day...he had it on for baby group and then going to the grandparents' workplaces. We took him "out" for Trick or Treating (well, more like visiting friends) at 6 p.m. and didn't get home until about 9 p.m. Crazy, huh! I really can't wait for the years when he can run up to the houses and say "Trick or Treat" for himself...I can't wait!

Happy Halloween!!!

2008-10-31T07:41:00.002-05:00

It's been a while since the last time that I published a post...whoops! So, what is up with me...well...It's Halloween today. We are taking Brendan Trick or Treating tonight to a few houses that we were told he needed to make an appearance at. He is going at Darth Vader!!! Isn't that just too awesome??? While most other babies we know are dressing up as puppies or flowers or chickies or something else cutesy...We are dressing him up as a Villian. We ROCK! Then we will come home and hand out some candy...I love Halloween!

Oh and Brendan is now 5 months old. The photos above are some random shots that I have taken over the last couple of weeks. So starting at the bottom and moving to the top...the first picture shows Brendan practicing his motorboat sounds; The next picture out after a great workout in the jumping horse; the next picture, his 5 month photo shoot with mommy; another picture of him completely out after jumping in the horse; and the last photo was taken out at Great-Aunt and Uncle Anderson's Farm where we picked out a pumpkin for carving and got some great pictures with the tractors in the background!

So, at 5 months Brendan...

*babbles and laughs more each day

*has not quite perfected the art of rolling, but is almost there

*gives out the biggest of smiles for his daddy...whenever his daddy is around!

*loves to play with his toys and is really good at picking them up and getting them in his mouth

*figured out how to jump when he plays in his jumping horse and loves it!

*has eaten rice cereal a little bit...finished it all last night, which was a first!

*giggles up a storm when we sing the alphabet song and the Do-Re-Mi song from Sound of Music

*Sleeps through the night for the most part...he's had 3 nights in a row of 8 hour sleeps

*is definately teething right now...runny nose, fussy, constantly biting down hard on his toys and any finger he can get his hand on

*is wearing 6 month, 6-9 months and some 9 month clothing

*wears size 1 shoes and size 3 daipers

*weighed 18 pounds 4 ounces on Friday October 24th

Well, that's it for now...have a great and SAFE Halloween!!!

Picture Day!!!

2008-10-09T11:35:00.000-05:00

So today we took Brendan in to get some pictures taken of him. I was really nervous that he was going to be crabby and not want to have his picture taken; I'm so glad that I was totally wrong. He was so adorable and we got some super cute shots (we ended up purchasing the picture disk...). I can't wait for our photos to come in on October 23rd!!!

Pedal Pub B-Day Celebration

2008-10-05T19:42:00.002-05:00

The Birthday Dad!!!!

In honor and celebration of my Daddy's 60th Birthday, my mom rented this Pedal Pub. www.pedalpub.com It was so much fun!!! The premis of the Pedal Pub is everyone sits at the "bar" and sits on bike seats and pedal the pub down the road. We did a route in St. Paul down West 7th Street. There were a few seats that did not have pedals and the back seat was just a bench without pedals. Also, one person was in the middle to play bartender. If you ever get a chance, you must do the Pedal Pub. Now my legs are sore, my knees are sore and my butt hurts, but I'm so glad we did this together!!!

It's October!!!

2008-10-01T10:50:00.005-05:00

Hello October and Hello 4 month old Brendan!

At 4 months old Brendan is:

*reaching over his body to grab at toys or the wall

*can hold on to toys when he wants to
*weighed 16 pounds 9 Ounces (on 9/26/08)

*wears 3/6 and 6 months clothes

*has started to laugh/giggle

*likes to watch people talk

*wakes up and starts chit chatting

*is really good at sucking his thumb

*loves to play in his exersaucer and jumping horse

*is sleeping in his "big boy crib" at night

*sleeps between 6 and 10 hours a night

*has started teething and loves his teething toys cold

*can roll onto his side...watch out belly :)

Back at it!

2008-09-14T14:22:00.004-05:00

So, I haven't blogged in a while...shame on me! I really don't know where the last week went?!? I really didn't do anything all that exciting or ground breaking. I haven't cleaned my house (which it needs really, really badly), I didn't get all the laundry done and I still haven't gotten all of my homework done which is due tomorrow. I guess I've just lost time hanging out with my boy. He really is so much fun and I find the time just flies when I'm hanging out with him. And who wouldn't!?!? Don't you just love those cheeks! I know I do and can't seem to stop kissing them. And he's just getting bigger and bigger every day. Grant and I were having a good time last night watching video when he was first born...aaaawwwwww...he was so little. The little sounds he made, the newborn cry. So precious! Man, I never knew he would grow up this fast?!

What a Weekend!

2008-09-03T05:31:00.003-05:00

This past weekend I got to spend time with my family...uninterrupted, continuous time with my family. It was great! I stayed at my sister's house from Thursday night to Sunday afternoon and man did we have fun. Watching my adorable niece, Alayna, love up her cousin (my son) Brendan was priceless.

Friday we headed out to the Minnesota State Fair. It was a beautiful day for hanging out with the masses at the fair...and we ate like champs! My parents even joined us for most of the day...awesome to have them around. It did get really warm out and especially warm in the buildings, so Brendan ended up in just his diaper. It was so cute! We had a great day...but were glad when we headed home for some rest and naps.

And play time with Laynie! She loves her cousin...to the point where we have to hold her back from mauling him. If she could, she would hug and suck his face (she's not into kissing yet...she bascially sucks...or licks) all day if she was allowed! Man or man I can't wait to see these two at Christmas this year...

2008-08-27T14:17:00.004-05:00

Brand new baby.
One month old.
Two months old.
3 months old.

My little man is now 3 months old. I'd just like to know where in the world the time has gone? I feel like he just came home for the first time, so small in the carseat that we had to fill in the space around him with blankets.

At 3 months he is:
*smiling a lot
*starting to let out little laughs
*trying to move his mouth like we do to talk
*likes to sit up and watch daddy play video games
*watches Mr. Pibb with an eagle eye
*sleeps at least 4 hours a night and sometimes even surprises us with 7 1/2 hours.
*is being babysat by his Great-Grandma Dorothy 2 times a week while mommy takes college classes...and absolutely loves it!
*is wearing 0-3 month, 3 month and some 3-6 month clothing...no more newborn stuff
*weighed in at 14 pounds 2 ounces on Friday 8/22/o8.
*is making more and more different sounds each day.
*loves to stare at colors...the mural on his wall, his toys, people's clothing
*has been working on getting his thumb in his mouth and ends up with his whole fist in there instead and drool dripping down his hands and face.

I can't get over how fast this is going already...before you know it I'll be dropping him off for his first day of school...YIKES!

Happy Birthday Layney Ann!!!

2008-08-25T12:40:00.003-05:00

One year ago today I was leaving Mille Lacs to visit my newborn niece Alayna in the hospital. We got to celebrate with her yesterday! Isn't she a cutie?!? Love this little girl and can't wait to celebrate another Birthday with her next year.

The Tank...

2008-08-22T13:57:00.001-05:00

Weighed in at 14 pounds 2 ounces today. Man I love this chunky monkey!

Favs of Lanesboro Trip

2008-08-21T14:46:00.006-05:00

Favorites from Lanesboro:
First pic=My mom snuggling with Brendan
Second pic=My niece Laney and cousin's daughter Emma getting to know each other.
Third pic=Brendan holding hands with Natalya...they were born 1 day apart...B May 27th; N May 28th!
Fourth pic=A serious game of Bocce Ball
Fifth pic=Brendan hanging with my Dad

Favs of Lake Vermilion Trip

2008-08-21T14:36:00.006-05:00

Here are my favorite pictures from our trip to Lake Vermilion:
First pic=my Father-in-law Jim casting for Muskies.
Second pic=the first smile picture captured.
Third pic=My niece Audriana blowing bubbles.
Fourth pic=A full family picture.
Fifth pic=Brendan talking with his Great Grandma Dorothy.

A Galaxy Far Far Away

2008-08-21T13:57:00.007-05:00

Yesterday we decided to finally make a trip down to St. Paul, MN and go to see the Star Wars exhibit. We had a blast! Brendan was a very, very good baby there and we so mesmerized by everything he saw. Check out the picture where he's looking up at the fish mobile. It was adorable! We even took in a Omnimax film about special effects with B. I think it was blowing his mind to see a "t.v." screen so huge. I did have to leave with him a couple of times cause he got a little fussy, but it was well worth that effort! Oh and we got B his Halloween costume...he's going to be a mini Darth Vader!!! To say I'm excited for Halloween is an understatement.

After our time at the Science Museum, we ate dinner at the wonderfully delicious Cossettas. It's the most wonderful Italian restaurant I think I've ever eaten at. They even have a store with the greatest things in it...we always try their chocolate bars. This time we went all out and got a $6.00 one...it was heavenly! The last picture in this post is of Brendan smiling while he was sleeping...what a cutie, huh???

We are nearing the 3rd month of Brendan's life...where has the time gone??? I can't believe the summer is over. I thought it was going to be a long summer, but here we are at the end of it. Oh well, bring on Fall...I love Fall!

A week of highs and lows

2008-08-14T16:59:00.003-05:00

It has been a week of highs and lows...one I never in million years thought that I would have.

With the death of my brother's best friend Brian, we have had many questions unanswered. Why...never will be answered. There were no signs, he left no letter. The funeral was today and I still haven't quite recovered from all the crying I did. It was unbelieveable...and seeing my brother consoling his friends around him, trying to be the strong one for them and when he broke down and finally let the tears out was so difficult. I kept on thinking "We should not be doing this today". Needless to say the healing process is starting...but I still cannot help to think that this world is less full without Brian in it.

On Tuesday, we took "The Tank" (aka Brendan :)) to his first ever Twins game and had his Grandpa Bill and Grandma Ginny join us. He loved it! My mom and I walked around the whole concourse and he enjoyed looking at all the lights while riding in the baby carrier. He did great at the game and we had a great time watching him.

Tomorrow we head down to Rochester, MN to go to Oronoco's Gold Rush days Antique Show. Good times every year and I hope we find some fun stuff to decorate our house with.

Well, until I get a chance to post again...just remember that life is short, so keep your friends and family close.

Peace and Love to all!

Horrible news...

2008-08-09T16:46:00.002-05:00

This is going to be such a downer post, but I just have to get this out. We got some unfortunate news today; my brother's best friend (more like brother really to us all) hung himself and is no longer apart of this world. We are all just in a state of shock. This was one of the funniest, sweetest kids ever and he will definately be greatly missed. I don't have a lot of details yet, but any prayers would be greatly appreciated. Hug your loved ones close!

Introducing the Tank!

2008-08-07T11:07:00.004-05:00

So, this is Brendan as he is today...all 12 pounds probably 5-10 ounces, maybe even closer to 13 pounds. He's a tank...but oh so cute! He's basically on a schedule of eating every 2 but not more than 3 hours during the day. Luckily at night he sleeps 5-6 hours at a time before getting up to eat.

I am in complete love with this little guy!

Oh time...you're evil!

2008-08-07T07:28:00.003-05:00

So I've been on to blog a couple of different times, but I never got them finished. Sheesh! Life has been super crazy, full and wonderful. My baby is 9 weeks old and getting so big. Amazing I tell ya. He's starting to coo, look at things around him more and just plain old getting bigger and bigger everyday. He's also super smiley...when his tummy's full. Last Friday, he weighed in at 12 pounds 3 ounces. He moved up another size in diapers and none of his newborn clothes fit anymore. It's 0-3 months baby!

We were very fortunate to have been able to spend some time with both Grant's and my families over the last couple of weeks. It started out July 19th with a week long stay at a remote cabin on Lake Vermillion with Grant's family. We found out that my SIL, Anna and her husband Arturo are expecting their second child the end of February! Please keep your fingers crossed that it is a boy...Brendan needs another male family member...he's surrounded by little girls!!! Then, my other SIL, Jenni and her BF Chris got engaged up at Vermillion. The will get married sometime next year! Needless to say we had a fabulous trip and can't wait to go again next year.

We arrived home on the Saturday the 26th and then on Sunday, Grant's Aunt Nancy and his cousins held a baby shower for Brendan and I. It was so wonderful seeing a lot of Grant's relatives there and Brendan got a ton of great gifts!

The following weekend we headed down to Lanesboro, MN (just south of Rochester) to hang out with my family (My immediate family and then my Aunt Katherine and Uncle Jeff's family). This is an annual trip and we added 3 new babies to the mix since last year! It was wonderful to see everyone and most importantly get Brendan and my cousin Brandon's new daughter Natalya together. They were born 1 day apart (Brendan on the 27th of May and Natalya on the 28th!) They were so cute together!!!

I will hopefully get a chance to post pictures later, but at least I've got this update here.

2008-07-13T10:32:00.005-05:00

Hello to Sunday. At left is a picture of my growing boy...he's now 7 weeks old and weighs 9 pounds 11 ounces!!! He gained almost 2 pounds in 2 weeks. Isn't he adorable?!? This was the first time he wore these pj's and they're 0-3 months size!

We are getting ready to go up North to Lake Vermillion with Grant's family July 19-26. A full week of fishing and relaxing is definately needed. We are also looking forward to the Florida contingency of Grant's family to get up here and meet Brendan. His sister Anna, her husband Arturo and their daughter Audriana (who will be 2 in August) will be flying up here next Saturday and hanging out with us at the cabin on Vermillion. I can't wait for Audriana and Brendan to meet each other...it will be so much fun!

Well, that's it from me today...enjoy your Sunday!

2008-07-07T13:37:00.002-05:00

Happy Monday everyone. Can you believe that the 4th of July is already passed us by? I totally cannot believe it.

We had a nice weekend around here; hanging out with friends and family on Friday, day trip to Hayward, WI (Musky Capital of the World) on Saturday and relaxing on Sunday.

Brendan will by 6 weeks tomorrow...WOW! I seriously cannot get over how quickly this time has been flying. Grant and I were just talking last night how unbelieveable it was that the craziness of his coming into our lives is done and over with. The fact that we've had him home with us for over 1 month is such a blessing!

This week I will have my 6 week OB/GYN appointment...fun, fun, fun. I can't wait to see my doctor though! He's so awesome. I really don't think Brendan would be in our lives if it weren't for my doctor.

We are also looking forward to a big Musky fishing trip to Lake Vermillion soon. We will be going with Grant's entire "Lindberg" side of the family; His dad and mom, sister Anna, her husband Arturo and their daughter Audrianna, his sister Jenni and her boyfriend Chris, me, Grant, Brendan and Mr. Pibb and his Grandma Dorothy. We will be spending a whole week in a cabin making happy family memories. This will be the first time Grant's sister Anna and her family will meet Brendan as they live in Florida. (Let's hope we can talk them into moving up here soon!)

That's the update for the week!

Hello July

2008-07-01T14:08:00.003-05:00

Wow...where did June go? It seems like only yesterday I was thinking how wonderful being home all summer with Brendan was going to be...and now we are done with 1 full month. Well, what can ya do, that's life.

Brendan is now officially 5 weeks old. He just keeps getting bigger to me everyday (although every time I take him out somewhere everyone says "He's so tiny.") I'm starting to figure out what his crys mean...somewhat...and we are just enjoying our time together. He is totally starting to be a mamma's boy. It could be the fact that he gets his food from me, but I digress.

Not much else to report. Just a little rambling for the First of July!

Blog Challenge

2008-06-28T07:58:00.002-05:00

You can only type ONE word! Not as easy as you might think. Copy the questions below, change the answers to suit you, and blog. It's really hard to only use one word answers.

Where is your cell phone? purse
Your significant other? Grant
Your hair? crazy
Your mother? Ginny
Your father? Bill
Your favorite thing? baby
Your dream last night? none
Your favorite drink? water
Your dream/goal? published
The room you're in? main
Your hobby? scrapbooking
Your fear? snakes
Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
Where were you last night? movie
What you're not? phony
Muffins? blueberry
One of your wish list items? Ring
Where you grew up? Cambridge
What are you wearing? pjs
Your pets? loveable
Your computer? SUCKS
Your life? blessed
Your mood? tired
Missing someone? nope
Your car? van
Something you're not wearing? shoes
Favorite store? scrapbooking
Your summer? awesome
Like someone? yes
Your favorite color? pink
When is the last time you laughed? yesterday
Last time you cried? 3 a.m.