We're BAAAAAAAAACK!

For you that are still checking out little B, I want to apologize for being so lame. Kelly has taken a blog sabatical. I've been hoping the lack of me bringing it up-to-date would motivate him to add a few pictures or words. Nope. He's pretty much done. This is a bummer to me too because I've enjoyed his posts probably as much as you all have. Maybe you could call or email him to get him to post an editorial. Who knows...you may have a more persuasive effect on him than I. My ability was lost once I said "I do".
Last time I put photos up was when lil B and I went vacationing down south to the land of Saguaros and Coronados. Kel and I came home from our travels and Kel and B got sick..AGAIN. We have decided that they definitely have the same immune system, unfortunately for B. Kelly was so sick: high fever for over a week, coughing his lungs out nearly three weeks, and no energy for weeks. Brinnon didn't get it as bad as Kelly, but she still was out of sorts for a while. Easter we traveled to St. Paul to meet Wilder Bourdaghs (see picture above). He is a darling! Thanks Mike and Angie for letting us stay with you and meeting your little sweetie! Saturday we headed down to Lake Crystal to see Grandma and Grandpa Bartz and Auntie Lil. We stayed a day longer because of the sick family members. Monday we headed to Maple Grove to visit Grandma squared. A lot of traveling, especially with sickies. It was still wonderful to see everyone! Although the pictures of B are quite adorable as a bunny...she felt so yucky it almost seemed wrong to subject her in an "Easter dress with bunny ears". Lily and I couldn't help ourselves...she is appeasing us.Brinnon and I now have a new job. We are taking care of an adorable little girl named Avery. She is five months older than B and they get along great. B just loves Avery and most definitely thinks she is the bees knees.

During all the chaos of losing jobs and gaining them, the Snellman's came to town from Cedar, Iowa. Here is a picture of their adorable daughter, Eva. Can you tell she has had a camera in front of her face since she was a newborn?

Not only did Brinnon and I get a new job, but Auntie Lil got a job at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. What a wonderful and exciting adventure for her! Way to go Lil! This is the first time since she was a teen that she's actually been a resident of Minnesota...we are so excited to have her close. Now we just need to work on the other Aunt in Tucson.
Jennilyn and Reggie came by while we were in Maple Grove to see the little munchkin. Brinnon fell in love with Reg. He is a natural with kids and very weathered since he has five-year-old twin daughters. Brinnon has been experimenting with facial expressions. Her latest and greatest is what Lowell Heydt calls the "Dickens Face". See picture below.



It's finally FINALLY officially getting nice out. This past weekend we were hit with another blizzard. UGHHH! One would think in April the snow should be done, but we got nailed. Thursday evening when the storm hit our power went out. Not only did we lose power, we lost our beautiful 40 foot pine tree that separated our property line to the south of us. Lucky the winds were coming from the North and the tree fell in our favor. Our neighbor two houses down wasn't so lucky. 2 am she awoke to a huge pine tree in her roof and front porch. It was quite the site! We had no stove, oven, heat, cooling system for food, laundry, computer or radio. A day off from work and we could do nothing but hang out. No cleaning or blogging or anything...just time together. It was wonderful! And it's always is nice to hear Kelly play the guitar and watch Brinnon admire her daddy's talents. Maybe one day she'll be a lot like him! :)
We weren't too concerned about the power until it didn't come on at all after the storm dissipated. There were 163 homes in Duluth that were affected by long term power outages...we were in that lucky statistic. Fortunately for us we had the Heydt's rescue us from our dark cold powerless dwelling. Their downstairs became our pseudo home for two days. We are so thankful for them being so generous to us!!!

Welcome little Elias Ekern to the world. Last Thursday our friends Angie (Vogt) and Chris had their little peanut three weeks early. http://ekernfamily.blogspot.com/. He is a tinky tiny little guy, only 4 lbs. I've talked to dad and Elias is doing great. Congrats to you!

Last, a few cute shots of B.

Waking Up...Peekin' Out

Look how much I've grown (9 months) and....

Brinnon at one month

Mommy and Baby Lollygaggers