May 2010

Playing catch up still & still no pictures. I want to get as much done as I can before the children pull me away.

• Packing, packing and MORE packing.
• Hadley starts using a sippy cup. Elliot is incredibly jealous of her little pink sippy.
• The kids decorated pots with their handprints for the grandmas and great grandma's for Mother's Day.
• We were able to see both of our moms for Mother's Day :)
• GRADUATION!!!! (5/8/10) The day Petey worked so hard for finally arrived. Mom, Hadley & I sat with Charlie and Linda. I'm so proud of my husband!
• We had a graduation celebration at a hotel following graduation. Mom's side of the family was there as well as Petey's parents. It was a fun time to sit back, relax, and catch up with everyone. Some of the kids went swimming.
• Packing, packing and MORE packing.
• Closed on our house (5/14/10)
• Painted some of the rooms in our house.
• Moved into our house! (5/18/10)
• Cleaned our apartment out in Ames while the kids stayed with Mum-Mum & Papa.

April 2010

Ok....back to blogging business. This will probably be pretty quick and have zero pictures - you'll just have to grin and bear it I guess.

Quick highlights:

• Hadley started eating some solid food. Well, we tried anyway & it was quite apparent she was NOT eating off a spoon for us. So, we kept life simple and just gave her bottles. Obviously she's survived.
• As the weather got nicer we got out more. The kids had fun at some parks in Ames.
• Easter. Cornerstone Church did a fantastic drama. My parents stayed at our place. The kids had a blast opening their Easter baskets & we had a yummy meal. Elliot hunted for eggs outside our apartment.
• Elliot spent a Valentine's weekend at Mum-Mum & Papa's. They made and decorated sugar cookies, he played with the animals and had a good time.
• Hadley had her 6 month pictures taken. They turned out fantastic!
• Elliot is obsessed with putting on hats.
• We head to Orange City/Sioux Center for Grandma Bidwell's birthday celebration. It was a great time spent hanging out with family.
• We start to box some of our stuff up. It goes super slowly, I get discouraged, and put it off ;)
• Petey is extremely busy with school work and trying to get it all done before the end.
• We discover we can check cameras (nice cameras) out from ISU. I spend a lot of time snapping pictures of the kids. Well, mostly Hadley since she couldn't get away as fast as Elliot.
• We took graduation picture of Petey & Jess around campus.
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