Friday, November 22, 2013

October-November 2013

What do you mean it's winter 2013 already!?!  Between moving into a new home, having a baby, chasing a toddler, going to school and working I am sorry to say the my blog took a backseat to life.  But I hope to keep up with it a little more now.  As you can see the boys are growing like weeds and life is a crazy wonderful time!  We are so blessed.

I had to start out with two pictures of Luke…one before his first official "big boy" haircut and one after.  How different does he look??


On October 3rd we welcomed William Harold Fellman into the world.  We were so excited and shocked to have another boy (I was convinced it was a girl from day one).  Before the doctor could even announce it to us, John looked up at me, smiled, and said, "It's another boy!"




Auntie Vivian meeting her new nephew.  Jeff was traveling in Singapore when Will was born or he would be in this picture as well.


Proud Grandpa and Grandma Fellman


Our new family of four


Luke meeting his brother for the first time.  He wasn't too impressed until we showed him the bag of presents his baby brother got for him.  The truck, tic-tacs and treat cup convinced him that baby brothers are ok.


Proud Grandpa and Grandma Schmeets.  Baby William is named after Grandpa Schmeets so it was a pretty special time to officially announce his name.





Checking out his brother


Sleeping…and sleeping…and sleeping some more…





I'm not sure how the first week would have gone without grandma coming to stay with us.  It was such a blessing to the entire family.  Luke especially loved his one-on-one time with grandma.

(Look at that multi-tasking ability!)

Watching baby brother get a bath from grandma


When Will was born we kept calling him Luke because they looked so similar.  Now he has developed into his own look but they sure looked the same in the beginning.


"Calling grandpa and grandma"


We were able to have a mini Fellman get-together after William was born.  It was fun to have the cousins together and Luke had a blast playing with everyone and showing them his room.

Big cousin Ben and Will


Auntie Julie and Uncle Eric


Uncle Jeff finally came home!


When the cold weather hits, we have to come up with fun things to do inside.  Paper towel towers is one of them.


Brotherly bonding time.


We love spending cozy weekends at grandpa and grandma's house at the lake…


…espcially when it involves chocolate ice cream cones!


Halloween time!  Bring on the pumpkin painting.


Snuggling with grandma Fellman


Our little pumpkin


And Luke Skywalker


Luke and Daddy got to go trick-or-treating with some friends and he had a blast.  Our new neighborhood is wonderful and is full of young families with children of similar age groups.  It was so fun to see all of the little trick-or-treaters.  (And luckily Luke has totally forgotten about the bucket of candy he got).

1-month picture


Another thing Luke loves is "washing dishes" for Mommy. 


And sleeping some more…


Peeling apples for stewing


When you don't feel like using a spoon for your yogurt, Woody is a good replacement.


Visiting with Grandpa and Grandma Schmeets


I think it is perfect that Will was named after his grandpa.  This picture shows why…both dressing in brown and sound asleep in the middle of the day.


"Hello Grandma?  Can you come over…the baby is crying and I need a snack!"



Tuesday, April 16, 2013

December through March


Well after 4 months of unpacking and settling in I am finally getting back to my blog!  I have alot of pictures from those 4 months so I hope you enjoy catching up.  And thank-you again to Tom and Kathy for taking us in while our house was being finished..toddler and all!

Pics from Luke's First Birthday





Reading with great-grandma Ruth






I have a feeling there could be Pepsi in that glass Grandpa?!





Too...much...frosting...





These are a few pictures from Luke's 1-year photo session.









Helping arrange Grandma Fellman's cupboards






Shopping with daddy in Lowe's.


More organizing for lucky Grandma Fellman!


Out to eat with Grandma & Grandpa Schmeets


Having fun with Grandpa Schmeets...and of course learning tricks that mommy won't approve of.


Geared up for a Bison game


Giving Chunk some love.


Reading about the Bison after the big game


Who knew shredding a kleenex could pass so much time!


Luke loved his new push toy when he started to walk


Sharing snacks with Hutch


Practicing sitting on the potty


One of Luke's favorite places in the new house is the pantry.  He likes to go in there and look around, not to mention picking out a snack.




And shredder returns...


Helping mommy clean the new house


Lucas found this baking dish lid and walked around the house looking at everything through it.  He even held it up to Hutch to see how he looked through a plastic screen.  It was hilarious.


Giddy up!  (We are so thankful for a gentle and loving dog)


Pillow fort!  One of our favorite morning activities


Playing with uncle Jeff at Happy Joe's




Playing at his cousin's house over Easter



Hot!


Road trip with cousin Thomas.  These two will be best buddies in a few years.


Auntie Jill's jell-o eggs were so good!



Cousins came to visit from Colorado in March!  There was a temporary battle for Grandma's attention.  For the time being Lucas won the lap position.



Swimming with cousins Abbey and Amelia


Taking a winter walk with Uncle Stu and Uncle Dennis


Helping Grandma play Mexican Train





Grandpa see how well I have learned what you taught me?!





Luke loves to play in the car and garage.  Taking him IN the house tends to lead to an unhappy boy.  Thankfully summer is coming-so they say.




This winter never seems to end but we are trying to make the most of it by playing outside when it gets above 35 degrees...is summer ever coming!!??