confession

I have a confession. I stalk my blog. I stare at it all day when I'm at work.
I'm going out of town this week for the first time (okay, more than one day) since Meredith was born and I'm going to be gone 6 days. I added these pictures because I like them and I need something to look at while I'm in Milwaukee. I'm going to miss my sweet baby girl!

tutu cute

Little girls are so much fun. You get to take the girliness to extremes and do cheesy things like dress them up in tutus.



She gets chubbier by the day...she might have a future as a sumo wrestler instead of a ballerina.

After we took the tutu off, it lead to an impromptu photo session on the changing table where I got these beautiful pictures!

she rolled over

It's official...Meredith rolled over. I don't have any pictures to document it but Daddy was an eyewitness to the second rollover. Auntie Jennifer got the pleasure of seeing her first rollover. Mommy has not witnessed it yet :-(

back by popular demand

Random cute picture of the day.

then & now

Then - just a couple days old.

Now - 4.5 months. Excuse the bad photo but I just felt like doing a comparison. I can't believe how big she's getting.

asleep at the wheel

Meredith was playing very intently with the revolving circus toy on her exersaucer. It was so cute I ran to grab the camera and in the 30 seconds it took, I came back to find her eyes closed.

Then her head slowly started to fall.

And here you go...asleep at the wheel.

almost rolling

Since January 1, Meredith has been able to roll from her back onto her side but she can't quite make it all the way over. That's okay because I'm in no hurry to have a baby that is mobile.

new camera!!!

The new Nikon D40x is here and let me tell you, there's a night and day difference between a dslr, and a point and shoot. Goodbye blurry photos! The shutter speed is fantastic!

Now, I am by no means a photographer. Heck, I can barely use this camera in automatic mode but these are a few shots I've taken. It's hard to make a baby smile when you have revert back to using a viewfinder. Sorry, I can't rotate these photos on my blog and I'm too lazy to upload them again.

I love this camera! I ordered a couple books on Amazon to help me learn how to use it - one is basically a guide on how to use my camera and the other is a guide that will help me understand how to use the manual modes. Stay tuned for some better photos.

cutest.hat.ever

I'm really just filling space here until I can start taking picture with my new Nikon D40x which arrived today. For your viewing pleasure, here's her awesomely cute hat.

nikon d40x

I have decided to take the plunge and venture into the world of DSLR cameras. I got a great deal on Amazon.com on the Nikon D40x. It should be here by the end of the week and I'm super excited to post some of the awesome pictures that it takes.

On a side note, I highly recommend using Amazon.com. We have ordered a lot of electronics from them and they ALWAYS come in WAY lower on price than anything at Best Buy. I'm talking hundreds of dollars. Plus, there is usually free shipping on the more expensive items and you don't have to pay sales tax! We've saved a lot of money ordering through them rather than shopping at Best Buy.

does this swimsuit make my butt look big?

Meredith is spoiled. She has more clothes than me but I couldn't help but buy her more though. I scored an awesome deal at Nordstrom Rack on this Ralph Lauren stuff.

This swimsuit is so cute. Picture it without the onesie on underneath - do you think she could have a career in modeling? She might have to work on those thunder thighs a little bit.

I also got this matching Hawaiian print dress. It's too big right now (12 month size) but I can not wait for summer. She's gonna be so cute!

4 month stats

I can't believe it's been 4 months already. We visited the doctor for Meredith's 4 month appointment. Her stats are:
14 lbs. 13 oz. (75%)
25.75 inches (95%)
Her little pinhead grew a bit, measuring in at the 10-25% at this visit compared to 5-10% at the last visit.


Before the shots. What you see on her stomach is eczema.


After the shots.

the real meredith

Okay folks...here's the 'real' Meredith I was talking about in the post below. This was on Christmas Day. Either she loves her daddy or she was very happy about the Bounce and Spin Zebra.

the christmas eve disaster

We spent Christmas Eve at Grandma & Grandpa's house and it was a far cry (no pun intended) from the docile baby you see in this obligatory picture. It was a repeat of Thanksgiving. She screamed the whole time until we could get her to bed in her bouncy seat. Now I'm afraid that her aunts and uncles won't want to babysit anymore since she screams everytime we visit. She's really a mild tempered, happy baby. For real.


Crazy uncle David gave Mom & Dad matching Grandpa & Grandma shirts that they appear to be ever so proud of.

o cactus tree

Well, the Christmas trees at my parents' house never cease to amaze me. I always get a good laugh. The one above is from this year.

This will be the last year for ugly Christmas trees though. My dad used chop them down from the farm of his buddy, Brad Larson. Sadly, Brad passed away this year and this was the last 'extra' tree. Now they will have to succumb to a tree grown on a tree farm and shell out 40 bucks for one. **gasp**

This is from 2004 and I call it the 'cactus tree'. This one takes the cake. Eat your heart out Charlie Brown.

grandma's birthday

Aren't Grandma and Meredith cute? They even have matching outfits - and no, that wasn't planned. We all got together for Grandma's 57th birthday and had dinner at Red Robin in Apple Valley.


We (uncle ben, aunt angie, uncle chris, grandpa, grandma, dad, & mom) all dined on burgers and fries...

Meredith dined on an all-you-can-eat feast of fingers.

the exersaucer

We decided to get the Exersaucer out a little earlier than I anticipated. Greg did the honors of assembling it - I hate following instructions and it would have frustrated me like there was no tomorrow to try to put together the gazillion pieces that come with this thing. It wasn't **too** bad - it took about 45 minutes to assemble.

She's just a tad floppy in it still.

She found the elephant toy to be very interesting...she wouldn't stop staring at it.

an example of bad parenting

I was bored one day and decided that it would be a wonderful idea to take Meredith outside for the sole purpose of getting a 'cute' picture of her in the snow. There are so many things wrong with this scenario.

1. It was about 10 degrees out

2. It was way too sunny-she refused to open her eyes

3. Meredith can't sit or do anything yet so I don't know what I was expecting - I ended up propping her up against a bush

4. The bush could have poked her eye out

5. She was perfectly happy to be inside in a nice warm house but mom had to take her outside and get her all wet and full of snow

6. I had so much snow on me from stepping in a snowbank that was a foot deep that there were bits of snow all over the house making the carpet all wet


Here's the result of my attempt to get a 'cute' picture. Poor thing...she looks like she's being tortured.

Voyageur holiday party

Every year Greg's work holds a pretty snazzy holiday party. This year it was at the Nicollet Island Inn. I had a lot of fun...it was the first time in over a year where I got to actually have multiple adult beverages. The theme was casino night and I rocked at the roulette table. We had a sweet lady named Joyce working the wheel when Lou Nanne (Greg works with him) comes up next to me at the table and plays a few chips. I gave him some advice to play 34 but he didn't listen to me and proceeded to lose. After he left, Joyce asks really timidly "Is that who I think it is?" Imagine a sweet lady in her late 60's blushing. We all laughed and she told us about how she had the hugest crush on him during his younger days when he was a hockey phenom. One of Greg's co-workers got Joyce his autograph signed with the word 'love' and she almost fainted. She couldn't stop talking about it...it was so cute. It made me think about the days back in high school I spent lusting after Mike Modano. If I had maybe one more beer in me I probably would've asked Lou to call him for me...I'm sure he has his number :-)

Grandma S. came and babysat for us while we went out and had a little holiday fun!

new tricks

Meredith has started to push up on her arms, kick up her legs, and push into a sitting position. I can't wait to get out her Exersaucer! Maybe sometime in the next couple of weeks Greg will have to assemble it. One of my co-workers told me to make sure we had a bottle of wine handy.