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I don’t want to jinx tomorrow by saying…what a great weekend we’ve had so far.

On Friday we got up early and went to the parade. When the first band was in sight, Sophia’s face froze with amazement. It was the sweetest most sincere excited look I’ve ever seen. It took […]

You may have noticed Derek in the last picture with his puffy eyes and mouth open. What you probably didn’t realize was that he actually has a really bad cold. He has double ear infections and pink eye in both eyes. Of course he seemed to get sick on Saturday morning, so […]

It seems that as Derek gets more mobile, Sophia is getting more jealous. We brought some of Sophia’s old toys up from downstairs so Derek could have some fun toys to pull himself up on. Sophia has decided that they are hers and doesn’t want Derek to play with them. She scoots […]

We’re counting today as the day Derek pulled himself up for the first time. He surprises us each and every day. I wouldn’t be surprised if he takes off running tomorrow!!

We wanted to send a huge “THANK YOU” to Grandma Marilyn, (Great) Aunt Cindy and Auntie Karissa for helping us out this week […]

Yes I’m talking about my children!! My cousin got married on Saturday in Early Iowa and the reception was in Storm Lake (half hour from Cherokee). There was 2 hours between the wedding and the reception, so we took the kids, Grandma, Grandpa and Devin to a park by the lake. It […]

Kevin woke up this morning right around the time of his birth 33 years ago…thanks to Derek! Derek must have been hungry because he didn’t cry himself back to sleep this morning like he usually does at 5 am. I got Derek back to sleep and went back to bed myself, but Kevin […]

Last Thursday Denise told us that Sophia was grunting in the corner and she asked if Sophia needed to go potty. Sophia said “no”, as she always does. A few seconds later Sophia ran into the bathroom and shut the door. When Denise peeked in, Sophia asked her to leave. A […]

We had a very busy weekend the last few days. We ran a bunch of errands on Saturday, then took Sophia on a playdate with Aubrey and the neighbor girls. She even got to play in the pool with the girls and take a bath with Aubrey.

On Sunday Grandma Marilyn, Auntie Kim, […]

This past weekend we went over to our friend Stephanie’s house to celebrate her birthday. We all had a great time visiting with friends we haven’t seen in a long time. She had an inflatable pool, trampoline, bats and balls, games and a whole ton of other kid stuff to play with. […]

Sophia and Derek would like to wish Grandma Marilyn and Grandpa Steve a very happy 35th wedding anniversary!! Hope you had a wonderful day!! Can’t wait to see you this weekend!