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Need some baby gifts?

Joel — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:18:55 +0000

Should have told you sooner, but Kate (and her friend Sarah) have launched their own crafty baby boutique. Run, don’t walk, to ittsybittsy.com and stock up on your baby gifts.

Blake turns ONE!

Joel — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:48:46 +0000

Crazy how time flies. We had a fun, intimate, family birthday part with cake, backyard pool fun, and hot air balloons.

Balloon Festival

Joel — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:41:05 +0000

Gardner was the hot stuff for a couple days this year with our annual balloon festival. Here’s some shots from our first night there with Kate’s extended fam.

Blake is on the move

Joel — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:27:25 +0000

For you Blake fans out there…

On mothers day Blake started walking. Like for real walking. We were skyping with my parents for about 45 min and mom was trying to coax Blake to walk, but he wasn’t into it. Five minutes later, this is what happened:

Another Baby Boy

Joel — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:42:14 +0000

It’s official. Our latest sonogram confirmed that we’re having a boy in September!

Hopping into Spring

Joel — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:37:43 +0000

Spring has been a pleasant change from a long Midwestern winter.
This weekend, we had a family picnic at the park where Blake practically had a whole burrito by himself. That little oinker.

The majority of Kate’s family was in town for Easter, so we had a laid back Sunday of tons of food, egg hunting, and kickball (no picture of the latter… I was too busy winning).

Alll-star Kirby

Joel — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:48:00 +0000

Cousin Kirby had a basketball game this weekend, and though it ended up being a one-sided game (rigged I tell ya), it was fun to watch.

Blake’s First Christmas

Joel — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:57:27 +0000

This year was definitely a white Christmas, with over 14 inches of snow falling in KC over the holidays. Aunt Abby came to town and we ended up basically hanging out at the Millers in our pj’s for a whole week… hanging out and playing Super Mario Bros. Blake didn’t really know what to think of all the snow, and was rather perplexed about his first sledding experience (which was his first time to use the sled the Nelson’s gave us over a year ago).

Blake’s first meal

Joel — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:16:48 +0000

You can tell by his face he’s not digging the spoon-fed dinner, but he gave it a sporting chance. Due to the mess and his lack of interest, we only tried a few times after this then let it go. The goal is to try again after Thanksgiving… at which time he’ll have seen us stuff our faces for an entire week and will likely see how much fun we’re having, and want in on the gig.

Farmer’s Market in fall

Joel — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:48:39 +0000