An August Review in September

Our August has gone by and now it is already September. Wow...fall is here! Our favorite time of year. August was so much fun. We spent alot of time with family and friends. Lauren has changed so much. Her hair has seemed to have grown about an inch in a month...sorta like her daddy's (which needs some cutting right now!) Her vocabulary has grown a little...she has kind of mastered saying banana. She has also been attempting to say please and as of yesterday in church she now says peace...everyone thought that was so cute! She continues to surprise us each day. She is really catching onto things quickly. She can watch you do something once and she will try her hardest to imitate you. Randy was amazed that she knew how to unlatch the window and then continued to crank it open. She really is a smart little one!

As for us I have been busy (with the help from my mom) at planning two baby showers. Babies babies everywhere. So much fun! Can't really talk about them now, but after this weekend I will have pictures to show from my sister's shower of all the things we did. And then at the end of the month we are showering my sister-in-law with gifts and best wishes too! Can't wait!

Randy has been busy in the kitchen as usual...pictures to follow from a really great meal...for those of you looking that were invited last minuted, but could not make it, you should see what you missed! And there has been a week of canning tomatoes for fall and winter (craving chili right now) along with canning salsa! Thanks to Randy our home is always filled with a yummy aroma.

A Few videos

Giving baby stroller rides

Craft project #4 for this month. A baby gift for my friend Anne who is expecting their first born in October. An assortment of baby essentials. How fun it was to make all of this! I wish I thought of these to make when Lauren was small! Now I want another one...hmmmm

Chillin' on the front porch sipping my water.

Experimenting with Pig tails...sort of.

When Randy is in the kitchen great things are made.mmmm

Prep work

mmmm creamy shrimp risotto with (home made)roasted red pepper sauce. Excellent!

even more mmmmm Apple cheesecake with caramel sauce

I *heart* my daddy's meals

Girls Only Trip to Milwaukee for a short visit to Auntie Allison
- Playdate with Avery-Talking to Daddy

Friendly Play
Shopping time

Should I get this one?...

or this one?...why not both?

Getting to meet Baby Diltz on the big screen...ba bee.

Aloha!

Randy actually on the field coaching 3rd base.
The Annual Nate and Lauren picture.

Wendy, Chloe, and Lauren
Going to play ball.
Winning the game.!?!?!

A guy with lots of facial hair and Aaron.
Enjoying my fruit punch.

So when August rolls around all of our friends look forward to one weekend only. Aloha weekend. It is a fun weekend because we can all get together and hang out in the hot hot sun and the guys (minus Randy) get to play baseball. Our team rarely wins but this year they won their Saturday game which meant that they were to play on Sunday...what were you guys thinking?!? Needless to say we didn't get to go to Sunday's game because it had been a long weekend for someone...ahhem Randy! He seemed to have drank himself silly on Friday night and was still feeling somewhat woozie on Sunday. Poor guy! He has to remember that he is now the Big 3-0.

The Farm

here kitty!
A flower for dada
Wow a flower that Lauren didn't want to smell!
Feeding the Sheep...baa baa

I can feed them all by myself!
...this little pig went to the market...this little pig got to eat!
Big ears!

So as some of you who read this may recall Lauren and I had visited The Farm back in June, but thanks to my old digital camera who's battery died we were unable to post any pictures. So because we absolutely had a great time the first time we had to return with Randy and the nice camera. This time around we got to see the horses too! Lauren had such a fun time with feeding the animals--she was persistant with trying to give a bottle to every animal she came across. A little apprehensive at first, but once she got the hang of it there was no stopping her from feeding all of the animals. Note: must go early in the morning when the animals are hungry and active.

We took a nature trail to go to the pond and say hi to the ducks and to our surprise two little kittens joined us. They were very playful jumping in and out of the woods. Then we made our way to see the big sheep. Lauren loves to say baa baaa. So she got to hear some real baas..

Lions and Tigers and Bears OH MY!

So last Wed. Randy took off work so that we could have a long weekend (keep in mind that the Annual Aloha was starting on Friday-the REAL reason for taking off). So we started off the morning going to the N.E.W. Zoo in Suamico. What a perfect day. Not many people and the temp. was just right. We saw some farm animals as well as some zoo animals. We even got to pet a giraffe! They have really LONG eyelashes. We also got to see a lion sleeping up close - with a glass barrier in between of course! We sure have seen alot of animals this summer. Lauren really can't get enough of them though.