New Friends

Saturday night we had the opportunity to spend some time with some new friends, Jeff and Abby and family.  Abby and I had an e-mail friendship and we decided to get our families together.  It was so fun to see our husbands and kids connect and we had a great time.  Special thanks to Ava and Layne for so patiently playing with Kate and Lincoln.  Thanks guys, we had a great time and can’t wait to do it again!

Lincoln and Layne playing trains and Lincoln, Kate, Iris, and Lucy watching Barney.
 

Lincoln, Lucy, Iris, Ava, Kate, Misikir, and Layne

Equal Opportunity Pretenders

Kate and Lincoln have really begun to play with each other often.  They have quite the imaginations.  Lincoln and Kate have the opportunity to be in my cousin Derek’s wedding, so I was trying Lincoln’s suit on him.  He was so proud of it that he did not want to take it off.  This prompted Kate to want to wear her dress from Brett and Tessa’s wedding.  They played “bride and groom” for awhile, complete with dancing. :)

After awhile, “bride and groom” turned into prince and princess.  They sat up their chairs and were riding around in the carriage.  Then, Kate decided one chair needed to be in front so that they had a horseman for their carriage.  Kate told Lincoln to be the horseman.  He said, “I not horseman, I prince.”  Somehow she convinced him to sit up front and “drive” the carriage.  Lincoln went and got a pretend key and said, “I not horseman, I prince.  I drive.”  He then turned the pretend key and off they went. 

Later in the day, they were playing with tools, fixing up the hallway.

We went out and raked some leaves one afternoon.  When we were done, Kate asked to jump in them.  So, I let her (we only have two trees, it doesn’t take long to rake leaves).  She jumped in the pile and Lincoln said, “You mess up my pile” and immediately set to raking them again. 



Creighton just hung out in his bouncy seat like a good lil’ guy. :)

Two Months

We took Creighton for his two month check-up.  It’s hard to believe he’s that old already. 

Creighton: 22.5 inches long – 12 lbs 8 oz

 

Lincoln (at 2 months): 22.5 inches long – 11 lbs 1 oz



Kate (at 2 months): 22.75 inches long – 10 lbs 6 oz

Family Fun

This past weekend we had a visit for our MN buddies.  Yes, this is the best of the pictures.  :)

 

Since Kate didn’t have preschool on Monday I was going to take the 3 kids to Radar Family Farms.  Since we have not had a lot of time together as a family, Mike took the morning off of work and went with us.  Creighton was perfect and the kids had a great time.  Thanks, Mike, I actually don’t know how I would have done it without you.  You made it a fun morning for all of us. :)

Creighton update: For those who are curious, Creighton does indeed have only a slight case of reflux.  We have so far been able to keep him more comfortable by giving up 1 tsp of rice cereal in with a bottle twice a day and give him gas drops as needed.  He is doing well with these things and should not need to go on zantac at this point.  Thanks for thinking of us!

Fire Station

We had another first in our family this week.  I went on my first field trip with Kate.  Creighton got to hang out at Kaiser Const while Kate, Lincoln, and I went with Kate’s preschool class to the Fire Station in Danvers.  I have no idea why they went to Danvers instead of Mackinaw, but Kate and Lincoln had a great time.  Lincoln tried on the firemen’s boots and declared “I can’t move.” Kate loved ringing the bell on the old-fashioned fire truck.  The kids all did great, aside from when they tested the tornado sirens. :)

Another fun thing is that Kate is officially night time potty trained.  Most of you could care less, I’m sure, BUT we are excited to just have two kids in some type of diapers now.  Next up, potty training Lincoln….would anyone like to do that for me?  Grandma K promised Kate a special treat if she stayed dry at night for 30 days.  It was an amazing motivator.  Here she is with her “treat” – a strawberry shortcake dress-up outfit.

Lastly, after a rough couple of weeks for Creighton, he is becoming more content and happy.  He loves his dad, nobody can make him smile like his dad.  Here are a few pics of Mike getting Creighton to smile and even giggle.  So thankful he is starting to feel better and we are getting better at knowing how to handle his (slight) reflux.

Family Campout

Kate absolutely adores Creighton. You can often find her reading him books or talking to him. She loves to hold him and always wants her picture taken holding him, EVERY single time. :) It’s fun that she likes him so much. I kind of thought it would wear off a little, but Creighton is almost 7 weeks and she is still taken with the lil’ guy.

This past Friday/Saturday was spent Dad and Mom Rassi’s for the annual campout and birthday celebration. I should clarify that Mike, Kate, and Lincoln “camped” (in a pop-up camper, many thanks to Greg and Mary) while Creighton and I came home to sleep. :)

Kate also ADORES Grace. Thank you, Grace, for letting her hang out with you ALL weekend, even when she was GROUCHY!!

Ellie, I promise the girls (Kate and Elisabeth) weren’t pulling Jack apart, they were playing ring around the rosy.

Birthday Bunch (Minus Amanda)

Too Much Campout :)

Harvest

It’s that time of year, harvest time. Mike has been helping out at Schmidgall farms in the evenings. The older two kids have gotten to spend some time in the combine with him and are enjoying riding every bit as much as Mike is enjoying driving. One night they were out with him for 3 hours and I had to make them come back home. :)

The sunset one night as I was waiting to pick up the kids.

We celebrated Grandpa’s 80th b-day Sunday night. Happy Birthday, Grandpa!!

Creighton’s standard scowl :)

Happy Birthday to the best husband and dad! :)

Showing off his new haircut.