christmas take two

After lunch in Milwaukee we headed to Melrose Park, IL just in time for happy hour with the ZImmer family. We had much to celebrate, sarah and steph just graduated from college and Britney and Thomas just got engaged! woo hoo. We had a great time hanging out and being together. We went to evening church as usual and then got home to have some dinner and open presents. I think we could all say it was the year of the snuggie and golf balls...

christmas take one

HEre are some shots from the beginning of our Christmas celebrations. we started in Milwaukee with Amanda's family visiting the day before Christmas, and then we spent the night with Pete's family in Milwaukee and opened presents and had lunch with them. It was very fun to be able to see both of our immediate families. Nora was spoiled, and so were we. We cherished our time with the brothers and sisters that we had with us and it was so fun to see our neice molly at her first Christmas.

Start of the Busy season

December started out busy for us. We had a visit from Jess< andy, and baby Molly, followed by Steph's graduation (and party) from Concordia Chicago. Lots of school parties and programs, shopping, decorating, and get togethers kept us moving right into the Christmas season.

Spoiled Rotten

As you can probably imagine, nora was very spoiled on her first (and GOLDEN) birthday. She was cruising around on her own two feet by then and loved opening all the presents and seeing all her friends at her party. She also celebrated with family at Grandma and grandpa Schneiders where she got some new clothes, toys, ride on toy, and a new chair for her room.




She finally gets to turn around in her car seat!


A special bday visit from Kyle and Shana.. Thank for the waterbottle and the trip to mcdonalds!

More of MN (November)

We went to visit our friends Rob and Lea. It was so great to catch up and Nora became best friends with the cat. They played together all night. It was so cute, Nora kept holding the cat and laughing hysterically at her. Nora and Smokey= BFF





Here are a few more pictures from our late November visit to Minnesota. Highlights included.. cheering on the Bears (and Packers) on Grandpa's new T.V, eating too much for thanksgiving, Partying with the Krauses and Meiers (Crap bags!),dance parties with nora, Family Pictures, sewing, etc. It is always hard to leave, but we were looking forward to spending a lot of time together in December

Clippies

I started making some accessories and hair pieces for nora, and her friends. It is fun and even more fun to see them on the cute kiddos! Let me know if you want anything!!

Family Photos

When we were in Minnesota for Thanksgiving we had some family photos taken. It was fun to not be behind the camera for once. IT was freezing cold, but we still got some good shots.