Total chaos!!

I feel like our life right now is nothing but major chaos!! We are in the middle of packing up our place and moving, I have finals coming up, and a huge test on Saturday...all day! I just feel extremely unorganized and have no idea what to do first!

I was feeling this way sitting in class last night and then I got this picture!! It's amazing how the instant I look at Devyn it seems like I have zero problems! This picture makes me melt!!

Now lets just get me to pass my test!

Weekend Pics!!

We had a pretty rough weekend over at the Gordon's this weekend. First Brant was REALLY depressed about the Hawks then Devyn had a few little spills. Her first spill was during the Hawk game _ she fell into the fireplace. It was awful _ I have NEVER heard her cry that hard. We had to pull rocks out of her forehead. You can see the little mark above her eye in the pictures!

Then we were at the park with Jacob and Devyn decided to look at the half dead rose on the rose bush_not a good idea! I should have known that rose bushes have thorns but for some reason that didn't even cross my mind! Well not until she started screaming and we had to remove the bush from her shirt! Her tummy was all sorts of cut up! Brant had to pick a thorn or two out of her stomach! Poor Devyn!

It was absolutely gorgeous this weekend! I had class on Saturday but Brant took Devyn to the park while I was gone _ this is the picture that I got when I was sitting inside acting like I was paying attention :)


Saturday night Kara came over to help us pack up our place! She is a professional packer! Brant took Devyn to the park again so we could pack a little without her climbing into or coloring the boxes! This is the picture that he sent us from the park!

Devyn did a somersault all by herself at the park too! I missed it but Brant said it was one of the coolest things he has ever seen! She looked at him then looked down and put her hands on the ground and did a forward roll!! I tried to get her to do it again but she wouldn't do it for me! She is incredible! I definitely think we have a little gymnast on our hands...

This was at the park (before the rose bush incident) but Jacob and Devyn were having so much fun! Jacob is probably the smartest kid I know _ every time he sees Devyn he says "Big D" LOVE it! Love you Jacob!

Just playing with the leaves!

LOTS OF PICTURES!

Warning: Lots of pictures coming :-)

Devyn is probably one of the funniest kids! She is so easily entertained its hysterical! She is obsessed with Brant's hats. She loves to put them on! It is sort of a process because she doesn't get it on right most of the time but when she does she is sooo proud of herself!! Here she is with Brant's hat on!

We are doing our best to get rid of the pacifier! But Devyn LOVES it. She would keep one in her mouth and hold on to about 10 more if I let her! So we have been keeping the pacifiers in her crib so they are only for bed time! Well now that we don't have a gate up anymore she will climb up the stairs and go straight to the crib and just say please, please, please...until someone gives it to her! We need to be more firm becuase for a while it was only a bedtime thing but now it is going back to whenever she says please. But how can you say no!?! Anyway_here she is sneaking upstairs to get her pacifier! Isn't her outfit adorable! Thank you Michelle :-)

This might be my all time favorite picture!! She looks so grown up! Whenever I have something around my neck Devyn wants it! Most of the time I give in and give it to her_ here she is with my scarf on and her new rainboots!! Adorable!

My mom saved all of my outfits from when I was little! When I had Devyn she gave them all to me! I got some of Kelly's too!! I don't always like to put Devyn in them ONLY because I don't want to ruin them...but then again they are meant to be worn so I need to get over that! But here is Devyn in one of my outfits from when I was little! Thank you Mom :-)

I always give Devyn dessert after she finishes her dinner. This week it is Oreo's. She LOVES them! But she won't eat the cookie part! I don't know how she does it but she can take the cookie apart without breaking it and then just eats the inside. Here she is eating an Oreo.

Here are a few more Halloween pictures! This was actually on Friday night _ Brant and I decided to do a trial run of the garden gnome!

I came downstairs the other morning and Devyn was sitting on the couch like this...and then Brant was on the couch next to her in the SAME position. It was hysterical.

More Halloween!!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!! We had a ton of fun yesterday! I am EXHAUSTED_I think I was served one too many yesterday! We went to my parents house for trick or treating so we could go around town with Drew...who was the cutest pirate in town! While Brant watched the Hawks we went to downtown Libertyville to trick or treat in the stores. Then we went out around Kelly's neighborhood. Here are a few pictures. I have more that I will post later_these are from my mom's camera and I am just way too lazy to download my own right now.

Here is little D dressed up in her garden gnome costume! She actually kept her hat on all day! I was shocked.

Here we are trick or treating downtown. I think we are in the bank right now. After a while she wouldn't let me put her down _ no joke my left bicep is so sore today!

It ended up being a pretty nice day out - it started off FREEZING! But in the afternoon it was actually nice out. We are trick or treating at Kelly's now

Devyn got a little tired! She decided to just take a break_no clue whose house this is but Devyn didn't seem to mind.

I got Brant a banana costume!! And he actually wore it! It was pretty funny!! He is such a good sport :-)

This was probably one of the cutest things that I have ever seen! Devyn is feeding Brock. The bottle was sitting next to him so she walked over, picked it up, and put it in his mouth!

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.