Movies for baby

Who says having a baby means you have to give up what you want to do? Much to her Daddy's delight, Emily has been to 4 movies at the theater since she's been born. Here they are:

Her first movie: Star Trek - she slept in my arms during the entire movie



Second: UP - she needed to be fed at first but then slept through most of it



Third: My Sister's Keeper - a little whiny during this movie but overall pretty good. Luckily my Aunt Donna was there to hold her outside while we finished the movie.



Fourth: Public Enemies - she slept the entire movie in my wrap while I stood up. What I do for her :)



For reviews of these movies go to my husband's website: http://www.minnesotamoviefreak.com

MEL Vacation 2009

This year for our vacation with my side of the family we went to Shell Lake, WI. We rented a cabin there that was right on the lake! It was about 45 minutes from Hayward, WI. The cabin was just beautiful but the weather ended up being pretty chilly. This was perfect for our family with Emily because she really wouldn't have been able to go outside much anyway. Plus we ended up going to 2 movies which Scott loved!! It was so wonderful because my Aunts and cousin Lauren were able to come out for the week too!! The pictures pretty much explain what we did all week.

We went to the Wilderness Walk one day and got lots of great shots! It's so much cooler than the website makes it look! We really enjoyed it.


Most of the animals were just walking around amongst the people




Probably the neatest part were the deer. They would be so close you could touch them and they would just run and hang out around us


An albino deer




Sisters!






Shhhh, don't wake Emily!


Fun with our shadows


Emily spent lots of time in my wrap that week. I went on several walks to this cute little coffee shop a few miles down the road.




Lauren loved "bossing" Abby around...Abby didn't mind either.




Plenty of Rock Band and Wii was played on the trip


Lots of sleeping too


And then of course there's Risk


and Settlers




We did a photo shoot with Lauren towards the end of the trip








The kids loved the hot tub!








The last day was finally nice enough to get in the water. Here Ryan is wishing he was older...

A day in Red Wing

I really enjoyed my time with my dear old friend, Katie Wells. We met in Red Wing to spend the day together and she got to meet Emily! I also received lovely gifts from both her and her grandmother. I love her family! We spent the day chatting and laughing over coffee, then went downtown to a not so great restaurant :) And then ended it with more catching up and a walk around the lake. It was a gorgeous day!

Father's Day 2009

This year for Father's Day we went to a Twins game treated by my dad. It was so great because our entire family was there!! Great until Emily had a blowout (stupid disposables) and we had to leave around the 6th inning. But we did get to go to a nice conference room and watch the game from there so it wasn't all that bad!!



Me and my sis




Abby loving time with Papa


Our new room thanks to Em's poop :)


Love this one of Abby playing


Ryan's pretending he's a baseball player


Walking with the kiddos (Emily's in my wrap...again)