...sensible of shoe

January 18, 2011

Happy Birthday Norelle!

3 years precious! Best daughter in the whole world!

January 16, 2011

After extensive scientific research and exhaustive studies (n=2), we can confirm that the Dave Berhow Theory is true and should now be referred to as the Dave Berhow Law. Break out the pink, it's all estrogen up in here! Nori announced the news at her party yesterday by slicing into a pink cake. It's little sister time!

Honey in 4D

Profile and hand

whole body

first and (hopefully) last time my daughters' privates appear on the internet

itty bitty foot

January 15, 2011

A very Nori birthday party!!

V.I.P

Our snowbanks are twice her height!

Casey ready to take on Mt. Highland

Jake & co-pilot Nori get air

Frozen cheeks and toes

Bill & Kenz race, guess who's body weight propelled him to victory?

Not too old for fun

Pat & Liam perfected the backwards slide

3 wonderful years of Norelle!

Gramsie breaks out her artistic flair

bunny & butterfly go WILD

Too homely for primetime

The Tinkerbell card was a hit!

time for a little singing...

Big sister Dorothy celebrates

I'm (almost) 3!

the golden girls

ladies with babies...due in May

A happy day!

January 09, 2011

Dave Berhow Theory

finger painting in her "lady dress"

Will it be true? Do you even know what it is? According Prof. Charles R. Seltz of the University of Nowhere, manly men only have boys and men more in touch with their feelings with a love of yoga and personal shoppers name Percel only have girls. Evidence comes from Uncle Dave Berhow who loves to hunt, fix cars, and grow beards, hence his 3 boys. Prof. Charles thinks that this means that Jake will only have girls. Only one week until we find one once and for all the validity of the much debated Dave Berhow Theory!

Bookworm health nut

Speaking of new age husbands, thanks to Jake for taking over the grocery shopping duties. I have become a terrible grocery shopper as of late, what with the food aversions, extreme cold, long lines, and general fatigue. He offered to man the cart until I get back in the mood. What's better than waking up from another nap to a well-stocked fridge?

taking after me

Another weekend has come to a close which brings us one week closer to our Bahamas trip. Our birth family came down from Duluth for our winter visit where we ate, bowled, and talked. It was great to see them again and to hear that everyone is happy & healthy!

strong muscles and bumpers required

free air

bowling with the birth fam

January 07, 2011

Congrats Char!

Charlie just graduated from Southeast Technical College with a degree in accounting and landed a new job at Composite Products in Winona in accounting/HR! He is Oscar and Toby. Drinks on Funcle Char!

January 05, 2011

cold. snap.

I'm a bit behind on my SoS updates, but I have a good excuse...I am lazy. We have been really busy doing lots of fun things like going to the Children's Museum, taking down our Christmas tree, testing out our new mop, visiting friends in town from Seattle, down-dogging in prenatal yoga classes, planning our birth family visit this weekend when we will go bowling, preparing for Nori's 3rd birthday party with a snowflake theme the following weekend, and switching midwives due to an insurance gaffe on my part. But I still love you, you know.

On the baby front, it is also growing out the back. Why do I have back fat? This is more than I expected! Yesterday we went to the new clinic, University Specialists in Women's Health, where we heard the heartbeat again and marveled at my awesomely rotund fundus. Next week we tour Fairview Riverside where I will give birth and Nori gets to come along so she can see where Baby Honey will enter the world. I would be lying if I said I haven't aways really wanted to wear one of those faded hospital gowns. Maybe it was nine month of watching my mom wear them, but I really do think they are kinda cute in that "tend to me, I'm very a special patient" kind of way. We are trying to choose a birthing class although we have heard some of the ones at the hospitals are a waste of time, yet not sure we want to take an expensive 12 week all natural childbirth class either. I have no idea how badly it is going to hurt, just I want to keep all my options open. I told Jake I was worried I might be too embarrassed to give birth in front of him (you know, all the moaning, breathing, and awkward squatting you are supposed to do) so now he is on mission to learn more about it so he can help me so I won't feel silly. Oh!! I think I have felt movement the past 4-5 days! It's not the fluttery, bubbles people describe, it is definite poke/kick feeling. Really cool!

Nori is having a tough adjustment going back to Tammy's after 3 weeks at home so we are working on giving her extra love and talking about her great friends at daycare who she should never "ROAR" at, even if they take her blue teddy bear. She misses staying home everyday and tries to talk me into "not helping the students today" so we can "stay in our pajamas and snuggle". Heartbreaking! I love that girl, she gets better every day.

p.s. our toilet is NOT frozen!