Where has the time gone?

Today Keltie turns 17 months old. How can she be so grown up already? What happened to our little baby? It's true what they say, time does go by faster the older you get. We are enjoying every minute though as she changes so much each and everyday.

Privacy Please!

When Keltie went to her 15 month check up, which was actually at 16 months, the doctor told Kevin that we could start getting her interested in the potty chair. She has always been interested in spending time in the bathroom. We learned very early on that privacy goes out the window when you have kids. She is always in the bathroom now when we go in. It doesn't pay to close the door either, because she will just come barreling through it. So this weekend I got out a potty chair for her. At first she didn't really know what to do with it. Then the fun began for her. She sat on it and then would push the lid down like we do. She decided she wanted to stand in it and that she wanted to try to lift it and move it. There's no way that we expect her to be potty trained any time soon, but it's cute to see her experiment.

Even though we don't get privacy anymore, she things that she needs it!

What is this thing supposed to do?

I've fallen and I can't get up!

Time to go on the slide!

This summer Keltie got her very own swing set. We didn't think that we were going to be able to get her a slide yet this year because we were amazed at the price of them when we went to look at them. Thankfully, Menards had a sale on them and we were able to purchase one for her. She was more excited about trying to climb up it than she was about going down it at first. After a little work though, she was able to climb up all the steps, sit down and get her buns settled in so she could go down. She absolutely loves it and wants to do more. It's so much fun to see her have a good time. Of course Kevin and I also had to give it a try. I can see why she enjoys it so much.

Loving Grammy and Boompa

Thank you for always taking such good care of me. Love you lots!

Will's Backwoods Bash

For the past 5 years, Kevin's family has had a end of the summer camp out in one of their hayfields. It usually consists of fourwheeling, playing kickball and eating. This year there was also a hayride and bowling. It's a lot of fun. Unfortunately, this year it was also very cold and rainy. Friday afternoon it rained and soaked out tent. We probably had a good inch of water in out tent. Needless to say everything was soaking wet. You could ring the water out of Keltie's blankets. Keltie and I came home on Friday night, while Kevin braved it alone in the tent. Saturday we spent the day in our winter jackets. Where was the warm August weather? We did stay Saturday night and stayed warm enough, but we had 5 blankets on us. It was a good way to end the summer before school started though.

Trying to stay warm by playing with my cousin's toys.

Even though it was cold, we had to have root beer floats. Here's Keltie waiting for spoonful after spoonful of mine.

Playing inside of the tent. Luckily it was dried out. Kevin has to take the big ball so he can do his back exercises. Keltie loves playing with it though.

Family picture of us on the hayride.

Other Summer Happenings

First time playing with play dough. She wasn't too thrilled.

Splish, splashing in the pool.

Loving Mama. Gotta love that strawberry face!

Getting ready for another biking adventure.

Lake of the Clouds in Michigan.

Splashing in the cold waters of Lake Superior.

Looking cute.

Helping Mama work on school stuff!

Playing with Mama's make up.

One weekend was spent building Keltie an awseome play set. She loves to spend a lot of time in it. Thanks to all the guys who helped. It's really appreciated.

First paddle boat ride.

This is just a quick glimpse into a summer. We did a lot and went a lot of places. It doesn't seem like we spent a lot of time at home. It was great though and I hope you enjoyed a little look at our adventures. I hope to be able to keep this blog updated more often now.

Summer Fun

Alright, we're back. I hope that everyone had a great summer. I'm back at work so I can say "had" since summer is officially over for me. We had such a great summer. It's amazing how much Keltie has grown and changed during the summer. It's going to be a hard transition for me going back to work and not being able to spend all my time with her, but we'll both make it through. We had a busy summer so I'll try to just highlight some of our activities.

Early in June we had to go to Milwaukee for Kevin's cousin's wedding. This was the first time that we turned Keltie's car seat to forward facing. She absolutely loved it. She danced all the way to Stevens Point and then fell asleep.

We stayed in a motel and went swimming for the first time. She was so cute in her little bikinni. She didn't really like the pool, but loved the hot tub.

Keltie was a dream for the wedding. She stayed up until 10:30 and didn't fall asleep until we got in the truck. The next day we went to the Milwaukee Zoo with the majority of Kevin's famil. Unfortunately, we were all tired so we didn't spend a lot of time there, but Keltie did get to see the lions.