75 Degrees in November???

Yup, the weather has been amazing this week and looks like the rest of the week will be nice also. Yesterday was mid 60's and today was upper 70's. I'm not complaining at all. We went to a local park with a friend and her son to feed the fish and throw many rocks into the lake. We had such a nice time and now everyone is exhausted.

What melts a mommy's heart....

Nathan has this way about being so smiley at the 3 or 4:00 am feeding. I look down when he stops feeding and here is this huge grin! It is hard to be tired or dreaming about bed after that. Well, that is not the time that I'm going to get the camera out to take a picture, so I was very thankful that yesterday he decided to give me some great smiles during the day so I could capture them. Enjoy!

Aichele update

I thought I'd put some updates up while I have a few seconds. Things are going really well here. We just had Grandma Aichele out here and it was a very nice visit. Hopefully Kurt will post pictures, as he has more on his camera.

Silas is doing really well being a big brother, however he still likes to know that he can cuddle by himself with daddy as you can see by the picture.Silas is starting to do many things, including walking up and down the stairs by himself. He use to scoot up and down the stairs and now he holds on to the railing and goes up and down by himself. I must admit, it does scare me at times, but he hasn't fallen yet!

Nathan, well....here is a normal day for Nathan. He hangs out in his bouncer quite a bit and lounges. He is not real fond of the swing yet, but I'm hoping that will change soon. He's still pretty cuddly, so I take advantage of times when Silas is down for a nap or quiet time when I can cuddle with him. He's a pretty easy baby for the most part, but does have some fussy moments at night. He's still eating like crazy and growing way too quickly for me. I can hardly believe it has been a month already!

Well, we survived Halloween. The weather was beautiful during the day (70's) so I decided to try trick or treating with Silas and Nathan. Kurt had to work at the YMCA for their family fun night, so I went with the Swasey's in their neighborhood. They had an extra costume for Silas (a shark) and Nathan went as a bundled baby!! Silas had a pretty good time, but ended up in the stroller for a lot of the night as he realized how tiring it can be. Thankfully he has no idea what candy is yet, so we have hidden his bag and we've had a few pieces of candy and the rest is going to Kurt's work!!!!

Here are some pictures from last night. Elijah is the pirate and Silas is the shark.

grateful for a smile, some animals, and family

Thought you would all like to see Nathan, caught in the act - of SMILING!


We took a trip to the zoo on Saturday, and we couldn't have been given a better day. It was absolutely beautiful outside, and as you can see Silas and Grandma had a great time. Nathan - well, for the first visual experience of the zoo, his eyes we shut for most of it.




OK - so the birds aren't as fun as the giraffes, but hey - you can't win 'em all.

Our Healthy Baby Boy!!!

Hard to believe it, but we had Nathan's 1 month dr's appt today. It feels like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital, so for it to be a month is amazing! Anyways, he's still a good sized baby. He weighed 10 lb 13.5 oz which is the 78%. His height is 22 inches and that is in the 68%. His head is the 45%.

Other than that, we are having some problems in the evenings with him being a bit colicky. He has some issues w/ gas, so we're going to start using some drops to help that. The other evening, we were up with him from 8 pm to 1:30 am with him just crying. Thankfully every night is not like that, but it is becoming a lot more frequent, so we're going to try the drops and hope that this helps.

Silas still really loves his brother, but there are times he gets jealous. I guess that is expected, but I know in a year or so they will be best buddies!

Well, Grandma Aichele comes and visits this week, so we're excited to spend time with her. We'll hopefully post pictures of that visit. Have a great weekend.

Last weekend, we were able to take advantage of the Colorado sun and visit a pumpkin "farm". OK - in Colorado it's a field with imported pumpkins, but it's close. Anyway, as you can see, Silas is still a clown, and Nathan - well, he slept through it all.

Our 5th Wedding Anniversary (belated)

We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary this past Saturday. We had a very nice day and evening together. I had told Kurt Friday that I would love to stay in my pj's all day long....well, I pretty much did! We had a long evening with both children getting up a lot, so Kurt got up with Silas while I stayed in bed a little bit longer than normal. Kurt took Silas to the store to get flowers and some special "muffins" for all of us to share. The rest of the day entailed watching football (yeah, Iowa finally won!) and relaxing.

Kurt got a babysitter for Silas so that we could go out to eat that evening. (Thank you Damon, we greatly appreciate it!). So, we went to a very nice restaurant and took Nathan (who slept the whole time!) We had a very nice time talking about the past 5 years, where we have been, what we have done, special moments, positives/negatives, you name it. It was a short evening though, as we knew we couldn't be out too long, for Damon's sake and for mommy's sake, so back home within a couple of hours. Date nights have become a challenge, but definitely worth it.

Anyways, I thought I'd post some pictures from our wedding day and a few pictures from our honeymoon to the Wine country in CA. Sometimes it feels just like yesterday!