January 15th, 2010

His little face is so precious! He's got dark hair and beautiful skin! Mommy has got him all taken care of and he is being so great!

Check out photos on Flickr of our little bundle of joy! One of the favs is the photo to the left of the copy.

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    Posts Tagged ‘gretchen’

    16 Days

    Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

    We have 16 days until Connor is here with us! We can’t wait! Beth and I have been stocking up on winter clothes and have one more Babies R Us run to make.

    Did you know it’s super hard to find fleece sleepers in the stores? They’ve already starting putting out spring clothes. We need to get a lot of little stuff like bottles, bath tub, bibs, etc. How quickly we forget about all the stuff a newborn needs!

    The hospital visitor restriction is still in place as we found out on Monday with Kiley’s test. This means the girls won’t be allowed in the hospital when Connor is born. It sucks! Hopefully, it will be lifted by the time we have him. We all know it’s to keep everyone healthy but boy does it stink that the girls won’t be able to see Connor until we bring him home. I think Beth is going to push to come home on Sunday instead of Monday knowing her.

    Tomorrow is New Years Eve and we will have a few friends and family over to celebrate. I love this night because it’s fun letting the kids do whatever they want for the night. Looks like John, Jill, Jake, Steve, Amber, Derrik, Mary, Mary’s Sister and their two kids will all be coming over. It should be a blast!

    Check back soon for more updates!

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    Photos!

    Sunday, October 18th, 2009

    Hey All! Just wanted to post some links to new photos. We had a blast last night babysitting for The Engels! Wii Bowling, Pizza and Movies. The Hawks lost but that’s all right.

    Take a look at these photos from our trip to NY! We had a friend enhance two of them and they turned out great :) Thanks again Brooke!

    Before

    View of Ney York!

    View of New York!

    After

    View of New York!

    View of New York!

    Before

    Beth with Baby Saip!

    Beth with Baby Saip!

    After

    Beth with Baby Saip!

    Beth with Baby Saip!

    Off to the Pumpkin Farm, check back for more photos!

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    Only 3 more months!

    Friday, October 16th, 2009

    Matt and I had a great time in New York last weekend!!! It was not exactly a relaxing vacation, but it was nice to get away for a few days just the two of us! I think it will be a while before we get to do that again. Thanks again to everyone that helped with all of our kids to make that possible!!! We got to walk around Times Square, see Mary Poppins on Broadway, go to the Giants game, hang out in the West Village for a fancy dinner, walk through Central Park, see the Columbus Day parade, and walk up and down 5th ave/Park ave among many other things while we were there for 3 short days. All I know is that we came home way more exhausted than we were when we left. And everything in New York is really expensive!!! I don’t think I could live there, but it was so much fun to visit!!!

    This weekend we have another busy couple of days planned. Tomorrow morning I am going out with Allison and all of her bridesmaids for lunch and dress shopping…should be tons of fun! Matt is hanging out with the girls and Grandma Debbie. We are then going to have a full house with Grayce and Gretchen joining us for the evening so that Derrik and Mary can enjoy a night out for their anniversary. The girls will love it! Sunday we are headed to Goebberts Pumpkin farm with family and friends for some fall festivities! The girls love the pumpkin farm! Ella starts dance class again on monday. Busy busy busy!!!

    Only 3 more months until we have this little baby boy! This pregnancy is going so quickly. I am still feeling pretty good. Just starting to get a little more tired and sore by the end of the day. Really not too much to complain about, although, Matt might tell you that I do complain all of the time :) . The holidays are fast approaching so it will be January before we know it!

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    Updates from the past week!

    Saturday, August 29th, 2009
    Ellas First Bears Game!

    Ella's First Bears Game!

    Boy, it’s been one interesting week! I just wanted to post photos from the Chicago Bears game last Saturday and from Ella’s 4th Birthday Party! There are tons of photos from both.

    Let’s start with the Chicago Bears game. We decided to take Ella to her first Bears game for her 4th Birthday and she had a blast. The NY Giants were able to get us sideline passes during warmups and it was an amazing experience. Ella is going to think we are going to get on the field for every game we get to go to! Check out the photos here.

    Ella’s 4th Birthday part was the next day and it was tons of fun. Thanks to Aunt Lori and Uncle Joe for letting us have it at their house again in Woodstock. Our nephew Jake was the talk of the party! I don’t think John was even able to hold him the entire party because everyone wanted to get his hands on him.

    Ellas 4th Birthday

    Ella's 4th Birthday

    We had a pool, slip n’ slide, bounce house, bags and great food. I wish we could have parties like that every weekend. It was a great way to relax for an afternoon and enjoy family.

    Ella would like to say Thanks to everyone for making her day and birthday very special! Check out the photos here.

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    The end of a long weekend…

    Sunday, July 5th, 2009

    We celebrated the fourth with family and friends here at our house. The weather cleared up just in time for a BBQ. Butcher on the block has the best brats and stuffed mushrooms by the way! We started out playing bags on the wii but did get a few games in outside. John and Robert (Eli) were the reighning champs! We ended up going to see Eve 6 at the fest in Crystal Lake. I now know why they haven’t been popular since high school. We had a good time, but the band sucked if you ask me! The girls even partied til almost 10:30. They both passed out mid concert…guess they though Eve 6 was lame too!

    Today was the laziest day ever! We spent the whole day watching movies with the girls! It was nice to just be at home and relax for once. Matt did take the girls in the pool for a little while tonight so at least we made it outside sometime today. Well I am lucky enough to still have tomorrow off, but poor Matt has to go back to reality tomorrow. We hope all of you had a great holiday weekend!

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