9 Months

Lily turned 9 months on the 22nd of this month.  It is hard to believe nine months have come and gone!  She continues to change so much every day.  She is very laid back with such a sweet personality.  Some new things she is doing these days are: pulling up to stand, cruising a little, clapping, chasing her brother around...or at least tries to and playing 'so big'.  Still no teeth for this little one.  I think months and months ago I said she was getting teeth, but no.  I'm sure we aren't too far away from seeing some pearly whites.  We couldn't feel more blessed to be parents to this adorable girl!  Here are some stats from her appt:

Weight: 19 lbs 12 oz - 69%
Length: 29.25 inches - 95%
Head: 17.25 inches - 46%

Such a happy girl

She likes to play with cars too :)

A favorite spot to play at

My loves

Good eater...loves eating finger foods these days

Playing 'so big'

So sleepy

Coming soon...pictures from our Indy trip.  We survived the 10 hour + drive to and from :)

Catching Up

We have been pretty busy this month....I'm not even sure with what?  We've been trying to soak up all the beautiful weather we've been having and spending lots of time outside.  Here are some catch up pictures of May so far.

Getting ready to sell daddy's car...if dad really has the heart too!

We headed to Iowa to celebrate Noah's 1st B-day

Daddy shares a birthday the same day as Noah...ages are a little different :)

Of course Logan had to assist with gift opening

Noah came to MN to visit us too!  Noah & Lil hanging out at the zoo

Good looking Geels family of 5!

A bunch of monkeys hanging out :)

See he is quite the monkey!

Me and my guy on Mother's Day...Lil was napping so she missed the photo shoot :)

The ATV Grandpa & Grandma B got Logan at Christmas didn't pan out so they got him this one instead...does he seem excited?

Helping dad put it together

He does a good job acting like he knows what he's doing :)

Peek A Boo

Lily has been a little under the weather this week so we've been getting lots of snuggle time together.  Here is a little video of her playing peek a boo while we were snuggling this afternoon.  She loves to play peek a boo...it is so fun to watch her do things on her own!

With her crawling she likes to go everywhere and get into everything like the dvd player, electrical cords, etc.  She even found herself under her crib.  Such a cutie!

Gone Fishing

This past weekend Ryan needed some "uninterrupted" time to work on our bathroom remodel in the basement. The only way to have uninterrupted time is to have the kids out of the house! So we headed to Grandpa & Grandma B's to give daddy some quiet time to work :) We found lots of things to do to occupy our time. The highlight of the weekend...our fishing trip. Logan had never been fishing before and he was surprising more patient with it than I thought he was going to be. Here are some pics of our weekend.

Carson & Derrick

Logan's favorite part was reeling the line back in

Mel's fish...notice Logan hoarding the snacks in the background :)

Me & my dad

Matt & Derrick

Lily hanging out

Logan would always say "I do it by myself"!

Ahh...this is the life :)

And of course when the boys got bored with fishing they moved on to throwing rocks

We also made some time in the weekend to visit some pretty great people in our lives!

Great Grandpa & Grandma J

Great Grandpa H

Great Grandma H

Silly Girls

Grandma spoiling Lily with a taste of her ice cream!

Logan "helping" Grandma in the kitchen

Time for a bath after all that playing :)

Lily doing her scrunch face :) Lily can take a couple "steps" on her knees now, but she mostly just army crawls

Back at home...this is how I found Lily during her nap yesterday, except she was on her knees before I grabbed the camera. I can't keep up with this girl! Time to move the crib down!

Easter Blessings

We had a lot of fun this Easter. With all the fun and family time it is hard to forget all the blessings we have been provided with! And in all the fun we try to take time to remember that these blessing are provided by our RISEN savior! Here are some pictures of our Easter celebrations.

Coloring Easter eggs

Lily supervising the activity

Logan & Brayden

Daddy & Logan

Some of our results

Kiddos with Grandpa & Grandma B

Egg Hunt

Family shot

Kiddos with Grandpa & Grandma M

Back at home...giving Lily her Easter basket (not sure why we don't have a pic with Logan & his?)

She liked it :)

Happy Birthday Carter