Long time no update

Hello again to all -

So I again have been a total blogging slacker! Oh well life gets away from you when you are juggling a new house, puppy and baby. I have a few new pics to update everyone. Bethany is now 6 Months old. My how time does FLY when you are having fun. I also FINALLY have some pictures of Nellie!

This is a picture of my Bethany. I love this big smile! And yes her smile is ALWAYS this big.

Bethany and Chris on her first trip to the state fair. I don't think she got much out of it because she slept most of the day. It was quite hot out but she was really well behaved.

This is how we make sure Bethany is ok if we have to run out of the room for a min. Nellie is a GREAT babysitter for a few min.

Now that she is on solid foods things have gotten more interesting. This was her first morning that daddy had to feed her... oh what an experience! Can you tell what Chris thinks of what she is eating? Take a good look at the face he is making!

Last but not least...this is Bethany's newest way to get around. She doesn't crawl yet...but she sure does hold herself up and push herself around to get from place to place!

More pictures of the family and the house to come. I can only download so many at a time on the computer before needing to do something else! Hopefully this post finds you all well and in good fall spirits!

3 Month Pictures are here

Hello from Westfield again. Things are going well...Bethany is growing up. She is 3 months old today. We had her pictures done on Saturday this week. She wasn't the most cooperative...but we managed to get some pretty cute shots. She is really starting to get big. She has started laughing a lot and she smiles all the time now. Her motor skills are starting to take off as well. She loves to stand on our laps and sit up like a big girl.

As you can see she is starting to reach towards toys and be fascinated with the colors and shapes. She sings along with us now when we sing to her. She is starting to try to hold her bottle as we feed her...which is proving to be a challenge because now it is another toy for her and she doesn't understand yet that if she pulls it out of her mouth that she can't eat anymore...and she crys. We laugh!

We are really excited for Bethany's first hunting season. We have the outfit all ready...all the way down to the camo boots. (Thanks to the Pearson family) Chris already talks about taking her out into the woods and getting her used to being dirty and playing in the sticks and dirt with him. That is all for now. More to come with Pictures of the house and the puppy.

I am writing to update everyone again. Bethany is getting so much bigger. She had her 2 month doctor visit last week Wednesday. She is now 11lbs 10 oz and 23.5" long. She eats all the time and grows more and more every day. She is starting to be more and more animated as well...she is smiling and giggling and cooing up a storm. She still eats a million times a day and it seems like even when she is done eating that she is still hungry. OH well...let the girl grow. I will get some pictures up soon, we have been really busy so having time to get on the internet to get stuff done has been a challenge...but isn't everyone busy in the summer?

Here she is - I know I know I am a huge slacker. I haven't gotten any pictures of our little girl up until now. Bethany is doing great. These are some of the pictures that we had taken professionally of her at two weeks old. She is growing like a weed. She goes into the doctor next week for her two month checkup. It is hard to believe that she has been around for 8 weeks already!

Things are going well with the new house as well. We are in the process of getting all of the landscaping done, but with weather being as it has been this spring we have been mighty limited as to what we have gotten done thus far. I will post more pictures of the house as I get them.

Other than that we don't really have a whole lot to report. I started back to work last week (May 11) after celebrating my first mothers day with my parents and Chris's parents at my house. Chris, unfortunately, had to work that day so he couldn't partake in the yummy meal my dad made for all of us. Oh well the leftovers were just as good. I have also started working at the Longbranch Saloon in Germania WI. (I know I know...where the hell is Germania WI - it is about 20 min from our house and the bar is owned by some of our friends so it was easy to get in there and I am only working a few hours a week to make some extra money on the side.)

I hope all is well with all of you and hope to see some of you soon and hear from others as well.

Much Love

Marit, Chris, Bethany and Nellie

This was our first official family photo. This was taken about 45 min after Bethany was born.