Happy Anniversary...Tomorrow!!

It's hard to believe that Brant and I got married 4 years ago!! Lots has happened since our wedding date!! Which is still the best day of my life_well tied with having Devyn!! Since I always put pictures up of Devyn I decided to put some pictures up of me and Brant and some of the things that have happened in the last 4 years...

Kinnick! Poor Kinnick! Our first baby. This first picture is his first day at our house!

This is Kinnick right before we put him down! So his last day at our house. Look how sad he looks. I look back at these pictures and I realize how badly he needed to leave us. He just doesn't look healthy. We love you Kinnick.

This is right after I finished the marathon!! I couldn't find my mom or Brant so I started crying! Yay! I found him! We got engaged 1 week after the marathon.

Our wedding day!!

Our honeymoon! Our first vacation together _ and NO Iowa Football games do NOT count as vacation!! Sorry Brant.

Most of our honeymoon pictures are something like this... extreme closeups of the 2 of us!

This is one of my favorite pictures! Biking down haleakala mountain in Hawaii... SO much fun! The only bad part about it was waking up at 2 am to be picked up! Oh and the fact that they make you bike down in height order so I was the very first person and Brant was in the back :-(

Here we are at the Louvre taking a tour of all the famous stuff that tourists should see!! We got lost and a little sidetracked at times but it was still fun! Brant and I are VERY different on vacation! He likes to learn things! I like to sit back and drink wine.

This was in Monaco at the Prince's car museum. He had more cars than anyone ever needs.

This is in Punta Cana... very strange trip!! We had no power for the first day and we never had hot water in our hotel! But it was fun!! Oh and I was about 20 weeks pregnant!

Same trip! You can definitely tell I am pregnant in this picture!

And at the hospital! Time to leave and take our little monkey home!

I love this picture! Out of order because I was still pregnant but I just think we both look happy...and rested!

And finally 2009! This is April at Nina's wedding.

This was in Madison for my friend Debbie's wedding! Right before Brant got super super sick!

Happy Anniversary Brant! I love you!!

Gymnastcis!!!

I love gymnastics class! It is so much fun _ I don't know if it because it brings back memories or what but I LOVE going!! My mom came down on Sunday morning for a couple of hours so she could see Devyn at gymnastics! We were going to go to breakfast after but that is just not fun for anyone! We normally have to eat in about 15 mins because Devyn gets so crazy sitting in the chair! And scarfing your $40 breakfast in 15 mins just isn't worth it to me....

Here is Devyn doing a pullover! The gymnastics teacher, Allison, is spotting her! I wish you could see a real picture of Allison because she is probably the cutest thing I have ever seen!




I LOVE this picture!! Devyn would not get out of this little tunnel thing! She loved it!

She loves the rings!! Brant is helping her swing! I love watching Brant with Devyn. He is such a good dad!

Pumpkin Patch!!

We had a wedding on Friday night then Brant went to the Iowa/Wisconsin game on Saturday so me, Devyn, Drew, and Baba all went to the pumpkin patch! It was so much fun!!

Here is a picture of me and D the morning after the wedding. I was exhausted! Brant dropped her off at 6:30 on his way to the Iowa game. But she looks pretty cute in her new outfit and pigtails.



Here are Drew and Devyn at the pumpkin patch _ I can't remember what exactly they are standing in but it looks like they are having fun! Drew is so good with Devyn. He loves to look out for her and he is such a big help with changing her diaper! He distracts her so that I can change it really fast and she has no clue what I am doing! Otherwise she is running around and I am chasing after her without a diaper on. Thank you Drew :-)

Here they are again on a truck ride! Devyn was a little bit too small for the ride_ after a while we had to take her out because she was falling through the seatbelt! But she did have fun when she was able to ride!

This was my favorite part! The straw maze! There was a corn maze too but we said NO to that one - we were afraid that Drew or Devyn would run through the corn and we would never be able to find them again! So we opted for the straw maze. It was fun. Drew and Devyn were running around trying to find the exit.

There were 2 bouncy houses. One was totally crazy with a gazillion kids _ that is the one that Drew decided to go in! But Devyn opted for the other one where she was the only kid in the bouncy house (I actually decided for her but she doesn't need to know that). She LOVED it!! She kept running up to the side of the house and screaming. It was pretty funny! She is starting to learn how to jump too. If I jump she tries to copy me and gets down then stands on her tip toes. It's a start!! You can't really see this picture but here it is anyway.

Crawford Sleepover!!

I am exhausted!! Brant was in Iowa City this weekend for the Iowa game so I went up to my parents house. Running errands with Kelly and her kids is exhausting!! I don't know how she does it. She has to have someone go with her to every single store because she can't push the double stroller AND a cart at the same time! So that is what we did - we went to Target, Babies R Us and the Libertyville truck festival!

THEN we all slept at my parents house! Yep all of us! I don't think anyone slept! We woke up in the morning and we all said NEVER AGAIN!

Drew and Devyn are the best playmates. Drew loves to chase her around and Devyn just laughs at him. It is hysterical to watch. Here they are at the park right outside of the truck festival. Look at her looking at him!



Devyn wants whatever Drew has. She would only eat what Drew was eating and only wanted to drink what Drew was drinking. It actually helped out - she ate more with him than I think I have ever seen her eat.

Here is Drew showing Devyn his new toy! Baba bought all the kids a toy! Some how I am responsible for getting all of the additional cars that go with Drew's truck. I guess he is too smart for me to pretend like I will do things!! He reminded me before I left that I have to get him the cars! I need to make a trip to Target this week.

Devyn loved the tow truck at the truck festival. They had all kinds of trucks - fire trucks, army trucks, ambulance, book mobile, etc...but Devyn LOVED the tow truck. She actually started a trend. She climbed up the top of the bed and then thought she could slide down. It worked then other kids started following her and doing it too!

This was before we realized we could slide down.

Mommy and Devyn! I have zero pictures of me and Devyn! I am always taking the pictures so they are mostly of Brant and D or just D by herself. Even though it isn't the best picture we had to put it up!

Here is Devyn with the twins. Reid is on the left and then Brock is on the right. She is honestly smaller than the twins are. She weighs a pound or two less and is about the same height. They can share diapers which is AWESOME for when I go to my parents house...and they can share pajamas which helped us out for our sleepover weekend!

Drew and Devyn were jumping on the couch then Devyn would jump on Drew! They laughed the entire time! Look how cute this picture is!

Gap Kids Casting Call!

I entered Devyn in the Gap Kids casting call!! The public needs to vote so if you have a free moment AND think Devyn should win please vote for her. Go to gap.com and click on the casting call and search by the following ID number: 42408775

You have to create an account in order to vote - she currently only has 1 vote and that is me!! I would vote more but you can only vote once per 24 hours!!

Dr. Gordon?

Natalie just sent this picture to me! Future team Doc for the St. Louis Blues!

October Already?!

I can not believe it is already October! This year has gone by so fast! Devyn is 17 months today! We are going to our first gymnastics class tomorrow! Should be interesting! Jacob is coming too so I am super excited to have Melissa in the class with me!

Devyn LOVES putting this bucket on her head! She puts is on and then runs around_ it's pretty hysterical! Here she is being bucket head!


Then I had the bright idea of putting her in the bucket _ she didn't like it AT ALL!!

Just chilling watching Barney!

Devyn loves to be outside. We sometimes have temper tantrums when it is time to come inside! This is our neighbors chair. She loves to climb on it and sit like a big girl.

One of Brant's coworkers gave us this Iowa jersey when we had Devyn! I think it is going to be a few years until it fits...but Brant still wanted to try! He thought she could wear it with a belt as a dress. I said NO!

Just another cheerleading picture! I love these :-)

Look at those eyes!

This was today! We got all dressed and ready to go to the pumpkin patch then I walked to the door and POURING!! Devyn was very upset that we couldn't go! So instead of the pumpkin patch we went to Barnes and Noble...sounds like fun...not really...we rode up and down the escalator for about 30 mins.

After the rain stopped we went to the park! I love this picture! She looks so old!

At this new park we found they have a huge sandbox! Devyn loves it! Here she is playing in the sandbox.

Of course the picture is out of order_ but here we are after we found out it was raining and we couldn't go to the pumpkin patch. Very unhappy child.

Playing in the sand...I am too afraid to go in the sand! When I was little I was allergic to the sand or the bugs that lived in the sand _ not really sure but I wasn't allowed to play in the sand because I would get terrible rashes. Of course we got home from the park and Devyn had a few small bumps on her skin so now I am even more terrified of the really clean Chicago Park District sand.

Finally I have proof that my child can hang from the monkey bars!! And I am so glad Brant was there to see it!! She is hanging all by herself...pretty sure this is not normal!