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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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 New York!
After

View of New York!
Before

Beth with Baby Saip!
After

Beth with Baby Saip!
Off to the Pumpkin Farm, check back for more photos!
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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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Saturday, August 29th, 2009

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.

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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Saturday, July 4th, 2009
So, it’s the 4th already! We are getting ready to have people over today for a bbq. It’s raining right now so it will be interesting to see how this plays out. The usual clan is heading over – Grandma Debbie, Grandma Marsha, Grandpa Mark, John, Jill, Jake (in womb), Donny, Derrik, Mary, Grayce, and Gretchen. Lauren and Robert (looks a lot like Eli Manning) from Beth’s work are coming as well! Happy 4th to all and look for pictures from today tomorrow!
As for yesterday, Ella and I spent the morning helping Ashley move out of the city. She is moving up to Madison to be with Fletcher. I still don’t know why… LOL. Ella was a great helper and Ashley’s mom gave her $10 because of how helpful she was. I’m thinking it’s because she’s too cute! After we got back from Chicago, Team Saip headed out to a festival in Crystal Lake. Kiley rode on the Ferris wheel at 17 Months Old! She has no fear and was just saying “Weeeeee” the whole time. Beth and I couldn’t believe it. We came home and spent the night getting ready for the party today. Cut the lawn, put up the pool, and played outside with the girls. It was a great time (except for mowing the lawn).
Big news in MLB, Pujols hit a grand slam (31st Homerun) as the Cardinals beat the Reds! Grandma and Grandpa Saip will get to see an awesome All Star game next weekend. Hopefully, we will be able to get the two extra tickets!
Here are some photos that John posted on Flickr from their baby shower! Here are photos from 7/3!
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