Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins, and a Ballerina too....

Last weekend we went to Sonny Acres with Aunt Julie, Uncle Joe, and Lucy!  It was Lucy and Caitlin's 1st trip to the pumpkin patch...and it was a warm one!!!!!

Abigail 2010

Abigail 2009

Abigail 2008

Lucy 2010

Caitlin 2010

Wennerstrom family picture

Blandford family picture 2010 (with a lil of prom 1997 thrown into the pose)

Pony Ride

Merry-Go-Round

Uncle Joe and Abigail feeding the animals

Caitlin "hanging" around

This weekend we headed to Broofield Zoo for "Boo At The Zoo".  We love the zoo, and it's extra fun with all the kids in their Halloween costumes!!!!!

Here are the cutest pumpkin and ballerina!

Boo at the Zoo 2009 (Two weeks before Caitlin was born)

Boo at the Zoo 2010

We had a great family weekend which also included sushi night and pizza with the Staniaks!  And to complete the weekend, we now have a walker!!!!!! Caitlin started walking this weekend, but she's a "dive-bomber" walker.  She just goes as fast as her legs will take her until she dive-bombs down!  Sometimes it's only a step or two, sometimes it's 10....but it always ends with a big fall.  We tried to get some videos of it that I will post soon!!!!!

Doggie!

This morning during Caitlin's bath, she said what I consider her official 1st word, "doggie".  Here it is!  (Sorry it's sideways)

And make sure you check below for Abigail's singing and our post on Rob's Godson.  Soon to come, pics from 1st trip to Pumpkin Patch with Blandfords!!!

Happy Birthday, Grandma!

Rob's GODSON!!!!

Today was a special day!  Rob became a Godfather today!  Today Luke was baptized.  Rob and I have been friends with Renee and Jay since we were both in high school (Nay and I are friends from hs, Rob and Jason are friends from hs....it makes the dynamics of our friendship really easy).  It was such an honor for Rob to be Luke's godfather....and he can not wait for the future with his godson....YES, Rob finally got his boy!!!!

Luke's baptism was unlike any other baptism we have ever been to.  FULL OUT RECEPTION!  Sit down dinner, open bar, LOTS of spiritus (homemade Polish vodka), DJ.  And of course, the cutest, most well-behaved godson!  Luke was adorable....and Rob is so proud!!!!! 

Caitlin getting ready to leave....say "Cheese!"

My goal in life...a good picture of them together.  I actually got an even better one of them...but can't share it cause it may be our Xmas card!!!!

Luke becoming part of God's family

Godfatherly duties

Ha Ha!  Abigail wasn't the most well-behaved 2 year old in church.  (I know...our angel???)  Daddy had a "talk" with her after.  She wasn't terrible..but she definitely was pushing my buttons.

Rob and his godson

They are gonna do a lot of fun things together....hockey, football, baseball!

At the reception....taking a walk!

Daddy/Daughter dance

Ahhhh...my favorite picture!!!!!  So precious dancing together!!!!

Dancing with daddy

Dancing with daddy...but ready to head home!

God Bless You, Luke!!!!!  You are such a beautiful baby...and we can't wait to watch you grow!!!  Thank you to Jay and Renee for the huge honor!!!!  Love, THE Godfather  ;)

11.......

Caitlin is 11 months old today!  I have such mixed emotions!  I love this little bug so much...and the older she gets, the more fun we have.  She's so funny!!!!!  But I'm so sad...it's my baby's last "month" milestone!  We have had so much fun celebrating each month...and next month will be the big 1 year bday!

Caitlin continues to make everyone smile!  She's such a happy, go-with-the-flow baby (and who would have thought at 1 month old we'd ever say that about her).  She can entertain herself for hours and loves to play with anything her big sister plays with!

Her favorite toy right now is the easel with the magnets....and anything she can put "in".  She will put things "in" bins, boxes, buckets, etc.

Still no words, but definitely babbling more. 

She isn't walking yet, but she can stand on her own and is close to walking.

She has 4 adorable teeth!

She eats like a champ!  Right now her favorite food is banana.  She also loves her special noodles.

She started a class at the library and loves it...she smiles the whole time!

If you say "dance" she has the cutest dance...she bops up and down.

If you tell her to smile, she has the cutest, cheesiest big smile! 

We LOVE her to pieces!!!!!

11 months old

She stands and crawls up on everything!

"Say Cheese!"

Her trick...she hides food in the "hole" of her high chair if she doesn't like it.  And if you catch her, she keeps doing it, she just laughs!

Today she hid all her carrots!

Her adorable 4 teeth!

I remember when this lamb was bigger than her....

Now it's "toy" size....sigh

Our Caitlin Bug

We love you so much Caitlin.  You bring so much sunshine and joy to our lives!!!!!  We love watching you grow and change, and can't wait to celebrate your big day next month!!!  Until then, we'll have fun getting ready for Halloween!  You will make the cutest .........  You'll have to wait to find out!  ;)

We love you!  Mommy, Daddy, Abigail, and Kramer

Finding Jesus!

This Sunday, we celebrated my mom's 60th birthday at the Gospel Brunch at House of Blues!  It was a really great morning!!!!  The whole family came!  We had a private opera suite so the kids could run around, it was really loud so the kids could cry, the food was delicious, and the entertainment was amazing!!!  Everyone really got into the music, especially Caitlin.  She was completely enthralled (is that even a word?  or spelled right?) with the gospel singers.  She was smiling and dancing the whole time.  And then, out of the blue, she began throwing her arms up in the air everytime they sang.  I think we may have a future church choir singer on our hands!!!!!

The whole family (minus Katie who took the picture)

The birthday girl, with Jules and Abigail.  Oh, did I mention mimosas flow freely at Gospel Brunch??  They were bringing us PITCHERS...all included in the price!

2 of my favorite guys!

My mom getting one of her presents....We got her pearl earrings from Tiffany's and my dad surprised her and had her engagement ring diamond reset into this amazing diamond ring! 

Lucy ready to head home after a busy day of singing, eating, and being held by family!!!!

Caitlin and her godmother

The birthday girl with 2 of her grandchildren.  There was NO WAY Caitlin was taking her eyes off the singers to look at the camera!

If Caitlin had opened her eyes, this picture would have been GREAT!

A picture from our seats of the Gospel Singers.  It really was an amazing show with great music!  It's impossible not to get into the music....next thing you know, our family had our napkins over our head waving them around like the singers!!!!!

Lucy hanging out with her mommy

I tried to get an action shot of Caitlin "finding Jesus"...she was hilarious!!!!

After Gospel Brunch, we headed over to Nana and Papa's for Nana's b-day celebration.  If I had a title for that celebration, it would be "LOSER!"  Nana got 55 lotto tickets for her b-day to celebrate the big 5-5...and in 55 tickets, she won $16 bucks.  Abigail helped her and everytime they lost, they'd say "loser" and make an "L" on their forehead.  Abigail got pretty good at it.  After yummy pizza, we then had to watch the Bears, which again goes with my theme of "Loser" after an embarrasing game against the Giants.  We had a lot of fun celebrating Nana's b-day....but of course, say it with me now, "I-forgot-my-camera!"  Just imagine Bears jerseys, pizza, laughing, LOTS of lotto tickets, and Nana with her 2 favorite granddaughters!

Happy Birthday, Nana!!!!

Happy Birthday to our favorite Nana!!!!!!!

Love you to the moon and back.....

Abigail and Caitlin