Sunday, July 31, 2011

Showered with Love

Our good friends, Amber and Annie, threw a baby shower for Kalei and I to shower us and our little ones with love and good wishes.  Amber's home was beautifully decorated for the festivities and the food was delicious!   There was even a pink and green candy buffet!   We commented that Amber and Annie should start their own party planning business together.  The shower was attended by our close friends and family members, which was intimate and oh so perfect!
 

All the food was sooo yummy!! 

The candy bar!

Presents for baby girl!  (Kalei made this pretty bib for her!)

Amber's sister made us these darling diaper cakes.... in my excitement, I took the tulle off mine and about 20 seconds later, my beautiful diaper cake was all over the floor.  classic Cynthia.
the aftermath

Amber (14 weeks), Kalei (33 weeks), me (34 weeks) and Annie (mom of 4 month old Bram)!  What in the world is in the water with all these babies being born/on the way?!
me and my sis Renee.  Renee joked she was not going to drink anything at the party, since apparently pregnancy is "going around."



Saturday, July 30, 2011

Camping with Grandma and Grandpa!

A few weekends ago, Noah went camping with Grandma and Grandpa Oistad! On Saturday morning, Grandma and Grandpa rolled up to our house in the big "Bus" to pick up Noah and take him to Soldotna for a "grandparent weekend" with their friends and their friends' grandkids.  It was Noah's first weekend trip away from home.  We missed him lots, but he did really great the whole time and had a lot of fun! 

Excited to go for a ride in Grandpa and Grandma's "bus"!

Picking out the perfect rock to throw in the water!

Climbing trees with Grandpa is fun!

This worm trike was pretty fun too

Sand, sun, toys, grandma and an otter pop.  Our little boy is in heaven!

getting down and dirty

cool guy

lining up all the cars and trucks in the sand

Shout out on grandpa's CB radio... hello out there!

Out on the boat! These gloves look funny.

At first Noah didn't want to put on his life jacket.  He wanted to "go home" and ran "back to the bus".  But after getting out on the boat, he had a great time!

thanks Grandpa and Grandma for a great camping weekend!
When Grandma and Grandpa brought Noah home on Sunday night, he ran up to the front door and rang the doorbell.  I opened it, Noah's face lit up like the sun and he yelled "Grandma, you found her! You found MOMMY!"  Then he lept into my arms and gave me the world's best hug!  My cup runneth over.

More fun in July

 Here are a few random pics of cuteness from July....

I LOVE puzzles!  I can put together all four of these wood puzzles all by myself!!
 
Dressing Daddy up like Mr. Potato Head is fun!  nice purse dad!

Here... try these yellow lips on.

Pretty daddy

Bodi and his silly mommy!

sweet Bram has the best smiles

play doh!


mmmm... Grandma Jan makes the best cupcakes!



Riding the trike with dad at the park
spinning round and round

I love to climb this little rock wall
Couch jumping is one of our favorite things to do!
 
 

playing at Mommy's company picnic

Daddy's turn!

Haggen Daaz is yummy!
 
Mommy helping me out on my new scooter
 

I'm hanging all by myself!!  YAY!

Sledding is not just for winter!  Fun!

34 weeks

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Bear Paw Festival

Each July, our hometown of Eagle River, transforms into a mini-fair for our annual Bear Paw Festival weekend! Everyone in town comes down to Town Square for a carnival, several rows of yummy fair food, games, town parade, local contests and festivities galore!  This year, we were really excited to bring Noah because he was finally old enough to really enjoy some it. 

Watching the Bear Paw Parade!
The people in the parade tossed out candy to the kids! This sucker is sour!

Riding the truck ride with my Pao Pao!  I loved it so much I went on it twice!!

My first carnival game! I scooped out a ducky and won a blue monkey prize!

Mommy and I also went fishing...
 
I told her, "Let's get a RED one!"

This time I picked out a blue squirrel for my prize! YAY!

I had so much fun at Bear Paw with Pao Pao, Gong Gong and Mommy!