What have we been up to?

The past couple of weeks have been fairly busy at our house, and I haven't had a chance to update our blog. While Levi is down for a nap, I thought I'd recap what we've been up to lately:

Levi got his first haircut! Well, it was actually more of a trim – I couldn’t bring myself to cut his curls yet. He got his bangs trimmed, along with some of the hair in the back – no more mullet!

Before & After Pictures:

Levi is going to get two new cousins in 2008! Matt’s brother and his wife (Marc & Lori) are due in April and we found out last week that they are having a GIRL. I had guessed boy, but was wrong – now Levi will remain the only grandson on Matt’s side. Also last week, Angie and Scott started sharing their news about BABY #2 – due in June! They told us before last week, but now we don’t have to keep the secret anymore. We’re so excited for both couples and we can’t wait for new babies to hold – we love them already!!

Matt went duck hunting for the last time of the season – and returned successful! He and his friend Jack got three ducks between them, but one got away. They were hunting on a river and couldn’t find one of the ducks they shot – too bad!



Levi had a slumber party last Saturday night – Scott and Angie had a Christmas party, so Henry came to our house and spent the night. The boys did great together (slept in separate rooms, but slept through the night just fine) and even took their baths together:

Rub-a-dub-dub - cousins in the tub!

"Juice, Juice!"

We had my family over for Sunday lunch and afterward we tried to get a picture for our l-m-n-o Christmas card. I always have a vision in my head of what I want the picture to look like and it never goes like I plan – you would think I would learn. This year we did manage to get a couple of good pictures and I just got the finished cards delivered yesterday – now I’m working on addressing them. I updated the sidebar with the runner-up picture.

Yesterday was our MOPS (Mothers Of Pre-Schoolers) Christmas brunch. Angie & I were in charge of food and we did a sit-down pancake breakfast. It was a lot of work to arrange and pull off, but it went great. By yesterday afternoon, I was exhausted and took a nap when Levi did!

Now, I’m working on the final preparations for a bachelorette party taking place at our house tomorrow night. I can’t share the details, since the bride sometimes checks this blog, but we’re planning a rootin’ tootin’ good time!

Now I think we're up to date again!