Stender Statement

3.23.2008

This idea came from a friend in Canada! Thanks Crystal. He loved it and he loved the tub tub right after!

it's about time, hey...

Breiden's first birthday pictures.....FINALLY!!!

1.22.2008

Breiden turned one on Saturday! We had a very fun day together as a family and then had a party in the evening with our extended family. He had cake for the first time and he wasn't sure about it at first but soon dug right in and sucked on his fingers. Wayne and I can't believe where the time has gone. It feels like just yesterday we were waiting in the hospital for B to come out and now he's almost walking. Wow! What a blessing he is to us. We are so thankful for him and the wonderful personality that he has. He is our joy! (Pictures to come!)

1.08.2008

THANK YOU!!

1.04.2008

Christmas in Canada

I thought I better fill ya'll in on our fun trip to Canada. We decided to take an 18 hour drive up to Canada to surprise my family for Christmas. It was a great surprise too! No one even had a clue. We drove up to my parents house and we were going to put Breiden on the front step and ring the door bell but my mom was in the kitchen window and she saw us coming. There was screaming and crying and my dad thought that she had cut her finger. They were SOOOOO happy that we were there. They just couldn't quite figure it out! What fun! That evening some good family friends were hosting the annual gingerbread house party and so we showed up there. (The hostess was the only one that knew we were coming.) My sister and her family came a little later and we shocked them good...Heather kept saying, "Wait...what...how...?". The next day was Sunday and we decided to go to my best friend Erin's church to surprise her. There were tears and hugging and it was just so fun! She couldn't believe it. We had one more surprise visit to make and that was to my grandma. We waited until Christmas Eve when my mom and dad were planning on taking some lunch up to her home. We walked in a few minutes after them and she couldn't quite understand who this little baby was that my dad was holding! She told us that it was the best Christmas present ever!
All in all it was a well-worth-the-18-hour-drive-there-and-back trip! I'll be posting some pictures later!
Happy New Year!

12.10.2007

Setting up the tree

He wasn't sure what to think of this green thing!

I've had enough, Daddy.

Fluffing the branches with Mommy

11.29.2007

Thanksgiving/Christmas in Nebraska

He loved the wrapping paper

Getting closer...what's inside, Breiden?

Oh yay, Winnie the Pooh!

I love my Pooh Bear!

For Thanksgiving this year, we loaded a couple of cars and took an 8 hour drive to Seward, Nebraska to visit Wayne's great-aunt Lorry. It was a wonderful time playing games and relaxing and eating really good food! Aunt Lorry was such a lovely host and we just had a lot of fun. While we were there, she got each of us a few little Christmas gifts. This was Breiden's first gift. He loved ripping off the paper and it was so fun to watch him when he got to Winnie. He started eating Pooh bear's nose! He's learned how to give kisses so I'd say he was giving Pooh bear kisses!

Feeling under the weather.

Poor little guy was not feeling good a few weeks ago. Telling by the pics, you can see how sad and miserable he was. Makes mama sad too.

So tired!

One night little B was sooooo tired, he couldn't even wait for me to make his bottle...he just fell fast asleep right on the floor.

How uncomfortable does that look?! Poor guy.

11.07.2007

WAY over due.

Breiden was a giraffe for Halloween!

Here's our little family in NJ at Nick & Emily's wedding! What a beautiful day it was.

Well, this post is so overdue and I'm so sorry. It has been super hard for me to get my act together. I tried adding more photos and blogger is being stupid and coming up with an error. So this is all she wrote for tonight but I guess its something, right? I am about 16 weeks along with baby #2. We are really excited. He or she is due on April 23rd. I'm feeling really great. A little tired but overall great! Wayne is busy busy with work and school. Breiden continues to grow like a weed. He's 20 lbs and 30 inches of pure joy. We LOVE being parents and he is such a good baby. Very mellow and happy!
I will try to post more pictures. Thanks for checking and re-checking our blog!

9.17.2007

Breiden has something to tell you...

8.19.2007

No more internet...

I apologize for the lack of posts. We now don't have internet at our house. Just letting you know. I'll try to get to the internet and post when I can. I still love you all.

7.29.2007

What a knee-slappin' good time!

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7.12.2007

Sorry its been so long...

Wayne and I at the Hillsong United concert on our 2 year anniversary.

Wayne LOVES it when B falls asleep on him...these times are getting few and far between.

Smiling Breiden at the Breck pool...he LOVES the water.

I apologize for not updating this blog very much. My time has been taken over by this little thing called Facebook....ahhhhh. Here's some random photos. I haven't been the best at taking pics these days. I don't know what's gotten into me. Have a lovely day!