More Camping

Here are a few more pictures from our camping adventure. Thank you Carol and Mom.

Riding bike on Friday night. Notice the winter jacket.
Cuddled up with Grammy and Allison (Keltie's 3rd cousin).

"I just want to hold her hand."

There's enough room on Boompa's lap for two precious little girls.

"Cheese."

It was a battle before this to get her to put on a sun hat. Now she knows she's cute in it.

Camping Season Has Begun

We adventured out on our first camping trip of the season. Things are a little different this year so we were excited to go. First of all, I'm 7 months pregnant, we have an active 2 year old and we have upgraded to Mom and Dad's old camper. What a sigh of relief a camper brings. I was never a huge fan of camping in a tent so it's easier to get me to go camping when you mention the word camper. We headed to the Eau Plaine Flowage with Grammy and Boompa, 2 sets of Kevin's aunts and uncles, Kevin's cousin and one of my cousin's and her family. It was really windy and cold on Friday, but by 6:00 that night the wind had died down and it turned into a beautiful night. Before that we were playing in the sand on the beach in our winter jackets. The rest of the weekend turned out to be perfect. There were a lot of helpers there so Keltie got a lot of one on one time with everyone. I learned that I'm not going to be near as active camping as I normally am. We went for a bike ride and I can imagine what I looked like trying to pedal around my tummy. Usually when you go camping you get to be "lazy", I have the ultimate excuse to be lazy now. :) Thanks to everyone for a great weekend. We can't wait to do it again. (Although if you ask Keltie if she had fun she says yes. If you ask her if she wants to go again she says no.)

"Cheese Mama!"
Such a big girl playing by herself.

"Grammy, do you want to try some of my cake?"

"I'm playing with Daddy now. No time for pictures."

Bubble Fun

Who doesn't love bubbles? Keltie loves playing with them anytime that we are outside. She hasn't quite figured out how to blow them on her own, but she has fun trying. A lot of times, the bubbles end up spilled on the ground, but it's fun up until then. There are some pictures taken by Connie after she was finished with her formal ones.

Two Year Old Pictures (Finally)

We thoght that we were doing really good and had Keltie's 2 year pictures taken well before her birthday. Well, needless to say as busy as we have been lately, I hate to admit this, but it took us awhile to actually have time to look at them. Kevin hasn't even had time to look at all of them. (Sorry if you read this Connie). We also had some family pictures taken at this time. My stomach wasn't too big in them, but if you see me now you would notice the change. Connie said that we had to come back in July to do them with my big belly. It's definitely there now. Thank you Connie for capturing the moment. We enjoy all the time you spend with us. Here are a few of those special moments.

We're Going to the Zoo

Yesterday we decided to take a trip to the Marshfield zoo. We went last year, but it's amazing how much difference a year makes. Keltie was much more excited this year. The whole way there she kept saying "Bear, Bear." Luckily, Ms. Grizz was actually out so that she could see her. There's not really much to see there, but Keltie had a great time walking from place to place. She just kept wanting to see more. It was a great way to celebrate Mother's Day.

Looking through the glass to see the lynx.
Showing us where the kitties are. Also, known as the mountain lions.

Going with Daddy to look at the goslings. They decided not to get too close since Mama started hissing at them.

The bunnies were the best part of the trip. She kept running around their cage and laughing at them. Check out that smile. I am starting to see me more and more in her.

First Haircut

We have been debating for a long time if we should get Keltie's hair cut. She has finally started to grow it out more so it doesn't look like a mullet anymore. I was afraid that she would lose some of her curls if we got it cut. She was once a little girl who didn't like anything in her hair. Now we can't even think about leaving the house in the morning without a pretty in it, even if we are already running late. Last night I decided to take her to get her first hair cut. Kevin was turkey hunting so we figured it was the best time to go. We set out for Cost Cutters with the camera, a gift certificate and a container to put her first piece of hair in. All good intentions, but things never go according to planned.

When we walked into Cost Cutters she was happy just looking around. Then the girl brought out a booster seat to sit on. Of course she wanted no part of this. So I told her to just let her sit on my lap. She put the little apron thing around me and went to put one around Keltie. No way was she going to have anything to do with this. She started pushing it away and telling the girl no. I tried to get her to calm down, but she wanted nothing to do with that. I took her and we looked out the windown and she kept saying, bye bye and owie. We walked around and looked at everyone else getting their hair cut. There were two other guys in there so I pointed out that they didn't think that it hurt. At that same time, the little boy goes "Ouch." The girl cutting his hair looked at him and told him that she could really make it hurt.

Finally, I got her calmed down by letting her hold a comb and eat some fruit snacks. I promised her McDonalds (not that she really knows what that is) and a trip to Grammy and Boompa's house. She was finally able to get it cut. Of course she didn't sit still, but that's not my problem to deal with. When she was done and we asked her if it hurt, she shook her head no. I didn't get any pictures taken during it, but these were taken at the end. She had to ham it up at the end.

We did stop at McDonald's and Grammy and Boompa's. Here she is enjoying her first ice cream cone. I guess she must get her love of ice cream from her Mama. :)

Splish Splash

Yesterday Keltie came home from the baby sitter's with strawberry juice all over the back of her light green pants. When she got up from her nap I told her that we would have to change her clothes and scrub the pants. Well, of course she didn't want "dirty" pants on her anymore so we changed immediately. She also decided that her shirt needed to be washed as well. So thinking that I would be able to save time later on, I put her in her pajamas for the night. Plans never work according to the way that you think they will. She wanted to help me wash her pants so we filled up the sink and of course had to put bubbles in it. We scrubbed and scrubbed and the stain came out. Keltie wanted to continue playing so I told her that she could. She was having so much fun who could tell her it was time to stop? Needless to say, we ended up with wet clothes and yet again another change.

Having fun! Nice smile!

Gotta get in there.

Having too much fun to smile!

Baby update: I now officially start going to the doctor every two weeks. Wow, the time has gone by so fast. Everyone keeps telling me I'm definitely showing. My response, "You think?!" Part of it is that I'm not wearing a whole lot of maternity clothes. With Keltie I was so excited to wear them and this time around, I'm not ready for them yet. The time will come though. I'm feeling good and so far everything has been going great.