This Weekend

Natalie, Abbie and Emily went to a different zoo here in town. Abbie and Natalie loved pulling the wagon together and holding hands. They were so cute!

We watched Emily the other day and Natalie and her are really into each other. It is so cute! Here they are eating dinner and holding hands.

Carrie and Joe gave Emily and early birthday present...a battery powered ATV. She is still getting used to it and we bought her a helmet to wear. Below is the video of her checking it out for the first time.

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Natalie has really started loving on her babies. This is her feeding one.

Carrie got the girls these super cute tu-tu's. Natalie likes to spin in hers.

I just love Natalie's terrible two's fit throwing face!!

Emily likes it too... :)

I am so glad that I got a photo of Natalie soothing herself. She of course uses her paci, but always has her blanket like that and rubs her ears. It is so cute. She loves us reading books to her now.

Last Week!

This past week was chalked full of fun for Natalie and for me!

On Monday after My Gym we went to our friend's Ingrid and Christina's house. Ingrid and Natalie are pretty good friends, although Ingrid is a little louder than Natalie and sometimes Natalie acts scared, which is weird, because it is not like I am super quiet or anything. Anyway, this is the girls enjoying lunch on the deck.

Wednesday Natalie, Abbie and Caden went to Exploration Place to hang out in the tot spot. On the way there they had a new dinosaur exhibit. It was neat because they moved and made noise. The other little ones where afraid, but not my Natalie. She thought they were all pretty cool.

Natalie with the dinosaur.

Cary, Natalie and Caden playing with Legos.

Abbie on the pony ride.

Thursday we had Natalie's photo taken and on Friday Kendra gave birth to her third son, Immanuel. He was so cute and it was amazing seeing him enter the world.

After I left the hospital Jeff and I took Natalie to the zoo for another PJ Party. This class was all about tigers. As always the glue and snack were Natalie's favorite part.

That is Natalie, making a mask with plenty of glue.

21 Month Old Photos!

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We have been up to the same-ol-same-ol here. It has been fun, but it has been SO hot!!! Natalie has some of the cutest clothes, thanks to her Grammie, Pa-Pa and Carrie!! I just have to take photos of her almost everday! The crazy pink and brown bow with feathers is the one Jeff picked out for her in Milwaukee. There is also a photo of Natalie enjoying her first fortune cookie.

Little Miss in all her 21 month old attitude glory.

This day was a good day to wear her crabby shirt. We were supposed to meet Jeff for lunch, but Natalie wouldn't calm down. She was just crying all day!! I called off lunch with Jeff and put her to bed. It worked out the best for everyone!

First fortune cookie! She loved them.

Mom and Natalie (and Doodle) hanging out in our purple shirts.

More, More, More!!

We have been having so much fun this summer!

We recently sent an old TV and game system to a friend, but before we did we let Natalie have a turn on it! She thought it was great fun!!

Natalie loves cupcakes and I love her face when she eats them!

Jeff and I were getting ready to leave for our vacation to Milwaukee and Jeff snapped this photo of us before we headed out. She has a new shirt on that says "crabby" and I just love it because she has kind of been a little crabby because of her teething....poor baby.

This is where Jeff went to school...Marquette. It was fun checking out the campus.

We were in Marquette for a wedding, Jeff's old college roommate Jim, and this is us before the ceremony.

This is a photo from the wedding of Jim and Kelly.

These are the old "Renee Street" roommates, Ross, Jim and Jeff.

Because we were in Milwaukee we had to do some beer tours, so first up was the Sprecher plant. It had some good beer, but even better soda!

After the tour we went to Summerfest, which is a huge music festival in Milwaukee. It was a lot of fun.

They have 11 stages and this is just one of them. I thought it was by far the best one.

Jim works at Harley, so he got us into the VIP part which was great because you could really see the stage and the performers and you got two free drinks!

Next on the beer tour list was the Miller plant. It was interesting to see how they make all that beer! Plus the free samples were great!

After the Miller tour we decided to go and check out a Brewers game. The stadium was awesome - it has one of those retractable roofs, and it was closed because it was raining a little. We also got to see a grand slam!

While we were at Marquette we bought Natalie this super cute hat, as you can see she likes to wear it!

This was really the first year that Natalie could really enjoy the 4th and it is one of my favorite holiday's, so we always do it big. We always go to GP with my family and it is such a great time. Carrie was nice enough to come over early and take some family shots. I titled this post, "More, More, More" because that is what Natalie said all day long! From the parade, which had candy, to lunch, to dinner, to Popsicles, to Fireworks to playing with her cousins, she just couldn't get enough!

Of course Natalie was all decked out in red, white and blue and just looked so cute!

This is Natalie hanging out with her great grandma!

Natalie and Da Da after the parade.

After the parade and lunch we went back into town to try to get Natalie to take a nap (which she didn't want more of) and to pick up a few things for the dinner that night. I got some new sunglasses and she insisted on wearing them. I think they look great on her!

Natalie found a new love for pickles.

Natalie and her Grammie.

Grammie got Natalie a chair that is just her size and as you can see she loved it!

' I thought she might be scared of the fireworks, but all I heard was, "More, more, more!" She loved them and we had such a great day!!

It looks like Natalie is fenced in in the next shot, but we were in my grandparents yard, which has a great view of the fireworks!

I just thought Natalie looked super cute this morning as we were getting ready to go to church. I just love to dress her up in dresses!