7 Months

Our Caitlin Bug is 7 Months Old!!!!!  The 7th month brings lots of fun changes!  She's crawling all over the place!  Which means she is getting into everything!!!!  She also is playing a lot more with Abigail.  As I type, Abigail is "dancing" and Caitlin is cracking up.  Abigail can make Caitlin laugh like no one else can!  Caitlin is figuring out how toys work and knows what to do when she gets to a new toy!  She's still sleeping through the night, but has been getting up around 4:30am lately....we are working on this but we also don't want her to wake up Abigail.  She is beginning to try baby food. She has a big test at Children's Memorial tomorrow to help figure out what is going on with her eating....and then next week is the hearing retest, which we are all anxious about!  Also, we happened to be at the dr this week for vaccinations and they said she only gained 1/2 an ounce in the last month.  It doesn't sound right to us, so they will retest her tomorrow!  I think someone read the scale wrong!  She's still on Nutramigen formula, and she's on a 22 calorie diet (most formula is only 20 calories).  She likes Kramer, but isn't very interested in him.  She has the sweetest smile that can light up a room!  She brings us more joy than we ever could have imagined!!! We'll be starting Caitlin's first "class" in a few weeks...swimming lessons...and I'm really looking forward to that time together!!  Here are some 7 months pics and others to compare:

7 Months Old

2 Months Old

Caitlin at 7 months

Abigail at 8 months

Dear Caitlin, We can't believe you are already 7 months old.  Mommy tells you every night to "slow down"...but in a healthy way!  We are cherishing every moment with you...and watching you grow and change daily!  We hope you know how much joy you bring your family!!!  We love you, big girl!  Now, stay our little girl forever!!!!  Love, Mommy, Daddy, Abigail, and Kramer

She's On The Move

Here's a video of Caitlin crawling! She began crawling on Sunday and is already on the move!

Today she is 7 months old....which will have a post of it's own later!

For a comparison, here is Abigail's 1st video of crawling. This is exactly what Caitlin looked like on Sunday on her first day of crawling. But today, she's already a lot faster! Today's activities involve going through all the toys and getting rid of all the choking hazards!!! Abigail was a week away from turning 9 months in this video...and since she was 2 months early, the girls are pretty much on the same track! And ironically, I labeled the blog posts the same thing without knowing it! (Sorry about the annoying voice on this one): http://wennerstrom.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post.html

Where's Daddy????

HEAVEN!!!!!

Thanks to an amazing brother-in-law and family....Rob and his dad are on their way to game 5 of the Stanley Cup!!!!  Probably one of the happiest days in his life!!!!  Just had to document!

Also, Caitlin crawled today for the first time....hoping to download a video soon!!!  And this weekend was Joe's Festival of the Sun....pics to come!

Go Hawks!!!!  Beat the Flyers!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!!!!!!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!!!!!!

We LOVE you!!!!!

Love, Mommy, Abigail, and Caitlin

Memorial Day 2010

It's here...the beginning of summer!!!!!!

Memorial Day Weekend was great!  We started the weekend on Saturday doing the Soldier Field 10 miler.  This was a bday gift for my dad's 60th and the whole family participated (minus Uncle Joe who was out of town) by either running or walking!  After the race, we went out for breakfast and drinks and enjoyed the beautiful Chicago weather!!!

Look how cute Daddy was at the race!

After the race, we headed up to Bass Lake for a great weekend.  The weahter could not have been more perfect...and the company was equally great!!!!  On Saturday, we just stayed around the cabin and enjoyed the weather and all the fun toys the kids have up there (pool, water table, sand box, slide).  Then, on Sunday, while the boys were golfing, Nana and I took the girls down to Uncle Al and Aunt Gam's beach!  Abigail had such a great time doing LOTS of new things!!!  As much as she hates bugs, she loves outdoor activities!  Caitlin also enjoyed the time outside....she's our little beach bum!

Caitlin enjoying the "tub" of water!  (We are trying to keep her out of the lake because the bacteria can cause infections in her tubes).

Nana teaching Abigail how to "surf" with a present from the lake (what we call it when toys wash up on shore).

Stina teaching Abigail how to throw rocks....they had a great time!

Beach Ballerina

Abigail loved the minnow bucket and was reaching right on in to get the minnows to go fishing.

Stina taught Abigail how to fish

The BEST place to nap....the beach!

Swimming + building sand castles + surfing + throwing rocks + fishing + riding in the golf cart = EXHAUSTED

On Monday, we were able to take the girls out on the boat (Caitlin's first boat ride) and enjoy more time outside!

Thank you to all our family and friends for the wonderful weekend.  Thanks of course to Nana and Papa for the great time at the cabin.  Thanks to Aunt Gam and Uncle Al for having us to the beach.  Thanks to Uncle B, Auntie  MoMo, "Luca", Stina (and her friend Carla), and Grams and Gramps for all the fun times this weekend.  And thanks to Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Julie and Aunt Katie for the great start to the weekend...and to my running buddies for the fun run!

So, now it's officially summer!!!!  Swimming pool opens this weekend and we can't wait!

Heat Wave!

We've been LOVING this hot weather and were in our pool both Monday and Tuesday!!!

♥♥♥

"Blue Jean Beauty Queen"

What else have we been up to????

Rob:  Work, Work, Work, Golf, Work, HAWKS

Beth:  Clean, Work, Play, Run

Caitlin:  Try to Crawl, Start to talk

Abigail:

Art on the Wall

We can't wait for this weekend!  We are doing the Soldier Field race, then a relaxing weekend at Bass Lake!!!

Morton Arboretum and More

Wow...this Sunday was a scorcher!!!!  We had a really great weekend....non-stop busy from beginning to end! 

On Sunday, before heading to B and Mo's to celebrate a BIG win and the Hawks heading to the Stanley Cup, we headed to the Morton Arboretum for the day.  It was our first trip there, and we had a very nice time.  It was HOT so I don't think we enjoyed it as much as we would on a cooler day, but luckily they had lots of things to do with water!!!!

My attempt at a sister picture....someone is never cooperating!

It is tadpole season, so they had thousands and thousands of tadpoles swimming around the ponds.  The kids could walk in there and catch the tadpoles.  We were pretty surprised that Abigail wanted to take off her socks/shoes and hop right in with all the little tadpoles swimming around!!!!  It was really a neat thing to see, and it only happens 3 weeks a year so we were lucky we were there to see it!

Abigail LOVED the maze above the trees!!!!

Daddy is so much fun when it comes to water and making messes!!!!!

Cooling off and skipping rocks

Caitlin had a nice time too...but she had to stay in the stroller most of the day because of the heat!  She did dip her feet in the water a few times!

Smelling flowers!  Abigail kept saying "Mama, it's nnnniiiicccceeee outside!"

Last week, we met Lisa, Parker, and Aubrey at Brookfield.  Abigail's doll (who's name is Dolly Wennerstrom and goes EVERYWHERE with us...always without clothes) had her first visit to the zoo. Abigail made sure her doll could see every thing!  It was really cute.  She found this log, sat down, and told me "Mommy, Take a picture of Dolly" (but was being too nosy to actually look at the camera and miss all the action!)

On Saturday, while Rob golfed, the girls headed over to Just Play, which is a big free family event that Carol Stream does every year.  We had a lot of fun playing with all the different things set up for toddlers.  Abigail's favorite part was meeting some of the preschool teachers and making a bracelet.  I think she's really going to enjoy preschool!  In addition, we played "water table" with Reese and Chase and went to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa after Rob and my dad did a big job of bringing my sister's new wood floors to her apartment!

Abigail in the firetruck at Just Play in Carol Stream.  She could NEVER pass a firetruck without sitting in it and talking about "Papa's truck" which is red! 

Hope you had a nice, cool weekend!!!!!  Today we are breaking out the swimming pool for the first time....so excited!!!!!  And can not wait for next weekend, which includes the Soldier Field 10 mile race to celebrate my dad's 60th bday, and then heading to Indiana for the weekend for sun, fun, relaxation, and pop'n'wines!!!!!