Random

Here are just some random pics from lately that I wanted to put on the old blog.

These two love each other so much!

Mel loves to put everything on her head. Especially her pants.

She wears all my shoes.

She spends a good part of the day playing in Sawyer's kennel.

There's nothing I love more than Mel in just her diaper.

We finally got rid of our ugly red carpet!! We got new carpet downstairs to match the upstairs a few months ago (because Bella, our cat kept peeing downstairs after Mel was born. And by the way we had to give her away) And now we bit the bullet and got it in the family room too.

So soft and fluffy!

December 2011

Well this December has been awesome. We have had so much going on. Lots of parties, get togethers with friends and family, and just spending time with our little family. Drew had 3 weeks off. I love these breaks he has.

Christmas was so much fun. Mel was pretty slow with unwrapping and once she got a toy she just wanted to play with it. It was pretty cute.

The fam at dinner. My grandma always comes from Wisconsin. It was great spending time with her.

We got to see a bunch of our friends that were in town. Love these people. We also went to breakfast with our friends Doug and Jamie, and Brandon and Meghan and their cute little baby boys. As well as hang out with Brent and Christa and their girls. Unfortunately I didn't think to take any pics. But I loved seeing you all.

Here is Carson going in for the kiss. Mel was playing hard to get.

It was also our 5th anniversary. We went Downtown and stayed at the Grand Hyatt and went to dinner at our favorite place, The Cheesecake Factory. This is me reading my annual anniversary letter from Drew. I love that we started the tradition of writing each other letters on our first anniversary.
It was really a perfect night. We ate a lot, relaxed, went hot tubing (which overlooked the city), played ping pong ( I know we are kind of losers), and just enjoyed being together.

Here's Drew at breakfast, lovin his hot chocolate. I love staying at nice hotels. Everything is just so fancy.

This is the view from our room. I should have taken one at night. It looked awesome with all the lights leading up to the mountains.

I know it's a dark picture, my bad... but this is from the bed. It was an awesome view to go to sleep to and wake up to.

Birthday Girl

I can't believe Melanie is one. It is just so crazy how fast it is going. It's making me kind of sad. I am trying to appreciate everyday I have with her. She had a birthday party on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. I LOVE planning parties. The theme was from the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
We had about 35 people here. Which was about the limit. But it worked out.

Here's the invitation

Here's the invitation unfolded.

Party favors

The monthly progression pictures next to her bear.

This is the food from the book. Also, cake pops are the way to go for kids birthdays. Small and no mess. And they love them.

Here's the birthday girl. She took a little tumble down the stairs so she wasn't in the best mood for a while.

Dig in!

Nice!

This is a video Drew put together for Mel. I love this song. It is so cute.

Bruce

This year we decided to go with a bunch of friends and chop down a Christmas tree in the forest. It was a lot of fun. We all brought food to share and ate lunch when we got there. Then we all went to find a tree. Ours is a little Charlie Brownish, but I kind of like the less full trees. His name is Bruce.

This is Bruce in his element.

Mel was very interested in Smokey the Bear.

Oh and I love having Christmas lights up!!

Fall 2011

Sorry if you are my friend on facebook and you have already seen these pics. But I have some faithful followers that are not facebookers. Plus this is really where I document everything. So.... anyway are some of the happenings.

Here we are with our harvest moon.

Pumpkin carving with the fam.

Here I am with my lovely assistant and lady bug.

Mel and her friend Clayton. Mel didn't understand what was goin on.

At our trunk or treat at church

Melanie's first time playing in the snow. Yes, the snowsuit is a bit large.

Making a snowman

Eating the snow

My neighbor loves photography and asked us if we could be her subjects last Sunday. So here we are.

Mad face!

Oh I love this one of them.

This is Drew's old sweatshirt in Elementary school.

Grandma Maggie made these cute skirts for all the grandaughters. We are missing Kelly, Jane, and Audrey

Mel's Tricks

I just needed to make sure I documented Mel and her funny tricks. Her most famous is her mad face. Sorry that you have to hear our voices. She is more fun everyday. She is also so good at folding her arms for prayers. I love it!

Mel's First Steps

Here is Mel taking some of her first steps. We are in trouble!