Mama

:) Our sweet, baby girl is saying "Mama". I confirmed with Ryan to make sure I'm not just imagining it. HA! She's also currently cutting 3, if not 4, teeth - They come in bunches!

A first for Cale, too. He told me his first joke:
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Because it did.
Ha-Ha-Ha!

Can we go inside?

Ryan took Cale to the cemetary last weekend to visit Grandma Eastvold's grave. I asked about the pretty flowers and Cale said there were a lot, a lot and they were huge! :)

We took a scenic drive home yesterday afternoon and went by the cemetary:

Cale: There's the cemetary. Can we go see Great Grandma Eastvold?
Me: We'll go sometime soon when Daddy can go with us.
Cale: Can we go inside? (Apparently he asked this while he was there with Ryan, too)
Me: Thinking - wow - how do I explain this one? I tried, and I think I failed miserably.

Childhood innocence.

Happy Mother's Day!

Maren has started to give big, sloppy kisses - notice the drool.

She loves her big brother!

It's been a great day, despite the weather, so far! This morning we went to Grandma and Grandpa Wehrenberg's house and found Jay there... Kelly, Grace, Kaden, and Shana were on their way, too! :) We stayed for lunch and we're now home for naps before we head to Grandma and Grandpa Olson's house for supper.

We had a pretty good week. Monday was beautiful, so we spent the entire evening outside - we even ordered pizza so we could stay out. The Olsons and Grandpa joined us, too. We had a few other nice days, but the weekend has been cold.

The kids are doing well, but Maren is teething. While I was giving her orajel Thursday night, I found a tooth we didn't know about. She's up to 7 - she got 6 all in the month of December. We'll probably get another mouthful this time around. She's fussy but not too unbearable. Thursday night has been our only tough one so far, but it sounds like she had a couple of rough days at Nessa's last week. Cale is great. He loves to be outside. For Mother's Day he colored both Grandmas a picture for our card. We've been working on writing letters lately so he did the H for Happy, M for Mother's, D for Day on the card. He was so proud!

Happy Mother's Day! We hope you're having an enjoyable day!

Eleven!

Maren is 11 months old today! Where did the time go?!

She's a busy one, and she's fast! She's crawling everywhere, pulling up, and walking around furniture. She has started standing on her own for a few seconds, too.

She's doing great with food and has been on table food for a couple of months now. Nessa started giving her only a cup at daycare this week, and she's doing great with that - down to one bottle before bed. Soon we'll also be making the switch to whole milk.

Woo-Hoo, extra gas $$$!!

She loves playing with Cale, and her favorite place to be is in his room. So far, he's ok with that - most of the time. :)

Her absolute favorite thing to play with right now is... socks! As long as she has a sock near by, she's happy! Of course, she loves to play with whatever Cale is playing with, too!

Maren with her socks:

She really is a sweetheart!
We're so blessed to have such happy, healthy children.

Good Helper

The scene:
This morning in the living room.
Cale is sitting on the floor, removing his PJ's.
Ryan is laying out Cale's clothes.
The conversation:
Cale: "You're a good helper, Daddy."
Ryan: "Thanks, Cale."
Just a little something that made me smile. :)
Hope you're having a good day!

Maggie had Puppies!

Maggie, Jay's dog - who stays with Grandma & Grandpa Wehrenberg, had puppies again. She seems to get along with the neighbor dog quite well. :)

Looks are Deceiving

What a beautiful day - no wind, the sun is shining, the sheep are out in the pasture across the road, let's go for a walk! :Step outside: Hey! Where did Spring go?! Yesterday it snowed and today it hasn't made it to 40 yet. We want the warm weather back! Cale and Ryan just came in from playing soccer - in the garage.

Finally, the updates from last weekend:

The Tale of the Mighty Knights - Backyardigans was great! Cale's favorite part

was King Pablo and the egg. After the show, we stopped for lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings in Apple Valley. Cale and Jenna put on a show for the tables around us - standing up on their chairs and dancing. It was hilarious!

Maren got to spend the day with Grandma Olson and later that evening, we went to Bopper, Angie, and Jenna's house for pizza.

Our new camera arrived that day, too. I was so excited about trying it out, but not everyone was as excited about getting their picture taken. Jenna said, "Not again, Britt!" :) Grandpa and Maren didn't mind, though.

Sunday morning, we were able to enjoy the weather outside. We took a walk and Jenna came over to play for a little while.

We spent the afternoon in Rochester at Paul and Pat's house. Cale really enjoyed playing with Tom and Annika. It had been awhile since we were able to get together with everyone. We missed you, Kristin & Mark, Katie, Betsy, and the AZ Julsruds! It turned out to be a beautiful day - can you believe that I forgot to bring my camera?! I was so bummed - Bopper was ecstatic!

Compared to last weekend, this weekend hasn't been quite as eventful. We went to Rochester yesterday and checked out the work Grandpa & Grandma Wehrenberg and Bert & Joy have been doing on Great Grandma Eastvold's house. It's looking great! We also did some much needed grocery shopping. And today - we'll longingly look out the window and wish it was warm again. Back to Nessa's (daycare) and Work tomorrow. Have a great week!