Jedidiah ----> Happy 1st Birthday!

Oh Jedidiah, It's hard to believe that you're 1 already. You bring such joy and laughter into our family. Amelia loves her little buddy! You're always so happy and smiling. You're a little stinker and there's always a mischievous look in your eyes.

Here's your stats on your first birthday...

Height: 27 inches

Weight: 25 pounds

Clothes: You wear 18 month old clothes now.

Diapers: size 3 still

Eating: You love table food! Your favorites are still fruits and veggies!  You nurse every 4-5 hours, some days you only make it 3 hours but it just depends on the day. You have 2 bottles during the day when you are with Oma.

Sleeping: You take 2 naps during the day and then at night you go to bed
around 8pm and sleep till 6am.

Happening this month:

+you had your first sleepover at Oma & Opa's house. Mommy & Daddy went to North Carolina for a long weekend so you & Amelia had sleepovers. You did great!

+you are alllllll over the place!

+you love going swimming and playing in the water.

+We had your first birthday party a little early! You had a great day celebrating with family and friends. You LOVED your birthday cake. You had a "whale" themed birthday.

+You took your first family road trip! We went with Grandpa & Nana and Oma & Opa to Cape Cod for a week. We went to Niagara falls also on the way back home. We had a great time- playing at the beach, relaxing, going for walks, baseball games, and whale watching!



We love you Jedidiah! Happy Birthday! 

Jedidiah ---> 11 months

Height: 27 inches

Weight: 21 pounds

Clothes: You moved up to 18 month old clothes. You still fit in your 12 month old clothes, they are just a little bit too tight. 

Diapers: size 3 still

Eating: You love table food! Your favorites are still fruits and veggies!  You nurse every 4-5 hours, some days you only make it 3 hours but it just depends on the day. You have 2 bottles during the day when you are with Oma.

Sleeping: You take 2 naps during the day and then at night you go to bed
around 8pm and sleep till 6am.

Happening this month:

+you had a wedding to go to- Daddy's cousin Jason got married to Cindy. You and Amelia loved listening to the music. You were such a happy boy the whole night even though you got to stay up way past your bedtime!

+We took a day trip to the Milwaukee Zoo. You love getting to see the animals.

+We celebrated Mother's Day! It was my first mother's day to 2 children and I loved getting to spend time with you. We went to Bay Beach and rode some rides! You don't love carousels but you loved driving the cars and ringing the bells.

+We went to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle day at the Timber Rattler's stadium. You were such a happy boy during your first baseball game!

+you can WALK! Yay Jedidiah!

*You are definitely turning into such a little ham. You are always smiling and laughing. You love playing with balls and trucks. You LOVE playing with the dog's water and food dishes. And your favorite game is putting things into the garbage can that you shouldn't.

We love you Jedidiah! 

Jedidiah---> 10 months

Height: 27 inches

Weight: 21 pounds

Clothes: You wear 12 month old clothes for everything now. Your 12 month old pants are starting to get a little too short though. 

Diapers: size 3 still

Eating: You love table food! Your favorites are still fruits and waffles. You nurse every 4-5 hours, some days you only make it 3 hours but it just depends on the day. You have 2 bottles during the day when you are with Oma.

Sleeping: You take 2 naps during the day and then at night you go to bed
around 8pm and sleep till 6am.

Happening this month:

+you got 2 more teeth on the top! that's #5&#6 now. You have 4 on top and 2 on bottom.

+we went to Grandma's house to celebrate her birthday.

+you had your first Easter! We went to Grandma & Joe's for a little bit before going to Oma & Opa's house. Grandpa and Nana joined us at lunch. Papa & Gigi, Aunt Gail & Nick, Uncle Rob & Aunt Trish were also there for lunch.

 +We decorated Easter eggs in whip cream- you loved eating the whip cream.

+We went to Minnesota to the Mall of America and the Minnesota zoo.
You did a much better job sleeping in the pack-n-play this time.

+you are walking all around! You've taken a couple steps between people but haven't taken steps on your own yet. You love standing and walking around the furniture.

+we had a huge snowstorm the day you turned 10 months! We got over 18" of snow! Who would have thought we'd get that much snow in April... uck.

Jedidiah- you are still such a happy baby. You are always smiling. You are a little stinker though- you love getting into the dog dish, playing with the water or eating dog food. You love getting into everything that you're not supposed to. You love mommy, daddy, and Amelia. You love snuggling with mommy at bed time. 

We love you Jed! 

February/March happenings.

The thing about winter in Wisconsin is that it's cold. Like really cold and I don't want to go outside with miserable children.

+Brad & I turned 30 in February. We had a joint birthday party to celebrate- olympic themed! It was a wonderful evening spent with our families.

+We all got sick in February. I got sick over my birthday followed by Brad and the kids. Winter gets to be long with cold weather and sickness.

+We took a trip to the Milwaukee zoo. It was a nice way to get out and enjoy some nice weather. Amelia loved feeding Diego the sea lion.

+Spring break was the end of March this year. We went to Minnesota for a couple days. We visited the Minnesota zoo and the Mall of America. It was a nice little mini-vacation.

+Easter was a fun filled day and the weather was actually kind of nice on Easter day. We were able to visit with Barb & Joe before heading over to my parents house. Paul & Judy joined us for lunch also. Amelia had a great time looking for her basket and Jedidiah's basket. They were super spoiled.

+We decorated Easter eggs using whip cream and food coloring. Amelia loved getting messy and Jed loved eating the whip cream.

Here's to hoping the winter is over and spring is almost here...

                                                          Xo, Tiffany

Jedidiah---> 9 months

I can't believe it's 9 months already... where has the time gone?!

Height: 27 inches

Weight: 21 pounds

Clothes: You wear 12 month old clothes for everything now

Diapers: size 3 still

Eating: You love table food! You get so mad when someone else is eating food and not giving any to you. You love to eat fruits and waffles. 

You nurse every 4-5 hours, some days you only make it 3 hours but it just depends on the day. 

Sleeping: You are an amazing sleeper! You only like to take naps when you are cuddling with someone. You take a morning nap and then you take a longer afternoon nap. We finally moved you into your crib and you're doing fine.

Happening this month:

this month was a pretty quiet month.. 

+we had dinner with Grandpa, Nana and Uncle Matt, Aunt Nicole & Quinnley to celebrate everyone's birthdays

+we took a trip to the Milwaukee zoo. You were so content in the baby carrier and you loved getting to see the animals and fresh air.

We love you Jedidiah!

I turned 30....

I turned 30 last week. I can't tell you how many people asked me how I felt about turning 30, was I sad? Was I scared? And it really got me thinking... was I sad? --- why would I be sad about a birthday? A birthday means I'm still alive. I mean plan and simple, I'm still around, living, enjoying life with my husband and kids, and drinking diet coke. So no, I'm not sad to be turning 30.
Was I scared? --- there's not really much I'm scared of. Talking in front of large crowds. Heights. Losing my children or something/someone hurting my kids. But scared of turning 30, nope can't say that I am. Besides, even if I was scared to turn 30, there's not really much I could do to stop myself...

I've decided instead to embrace 30. I've officially been around for 30 years. I've been an adult for 12 years now. I've been married almost 7 years. I've been a mom for 3 years. I can definitely say that I'm a different person then I was at the beginning of each of those stages and I'm excited to see what the next stages of my life bring.

To celebrate being 30 I've created a bucket list of 30 things I want to do in my life.

1. Spend more time with my husband. Brad & I have been together since we were 15. That's 15 years of life together. He's my best friend and the first person I think to call when something good happens, bad happens, when something annoys me or when I think something is hilarious. He's the first person I think of each morning (normally because he's snoring super loud, but that's a different thought...). I love date nights with him.
2. Go to Europe. This is a big one. I LOVE to travel. I love packing, going on trips, enjoying a new atmosphere and learning a new cultures.
3. Take my kids somewhere new every year. I want my children to be able to have travel experiences. I want to be able to go places and make memories with them. The somewhere new doesn't have to be a "Big" somewhere new.. maybe just a weekend trip to a city we've never been to before or a close state we've never been to.
4. Learn a foreign language. I remember enough Spanish to barely have a conversation or understand what someone is saying. I would like to learn a language and be fluent. 
5. Learn to surf. The thought of me surfing is hilarious but I think it would be amazing. 
6. Learn to ballroom dance. 
7. Ride an elephant. 
8. Go to all the Disney parks. So far I've been to 3 (Disneyland, DisneyParis, and DisneyWorld) so I have Hong Kong and Tokyo. 
9. Go to Australia
10. Go to Asia. 
11. Go on safari in Africa.
12. Camp on the beach.
13. Travel to all 50 states and stay at least 1 day. (traveling to the state via airport only doesn't count)
14. Go whale watching
15. Complete RAGBRAI- I've already done this but I missed a day of the race so I would like to do it again and complete all of the days.
16. Go to a Blackhawks Hockey game.
17. Eat a meal cooked by a celebrity chef.
18. Visit all 7 continents. 
19. Airboat in alligator waters
20. Make my own wine. 
21. Go to the Holy land and visit the sites from the Bible.
22. Read the Bible cover to cover.
23. See my children get married.
24. Jump off a waterfall.
25. Drive through the tunnel trees in California.
26. Visit all of the National Parks
27. Walk/Run a 5K every year
28. Go to a vodka distillery. 
29. Go to the Ice bars. 
30. Go to the ballet.

My bucket list is really about traveling and making the most of my experiences with Brad and the kids. I think the biggest thing I can teach my children is that there are other people in the world and it's important to be kind and accepting of everyone. I want my children to have experiences and make memories. 

I think lately I've been realizing that people change, people grow and it's okay to not always agree with someone. I can't control everything; I can simply control myself and my reactions to the people around me. 

I'm embracing 30--- I'm going to build relationships with the people that are important and want to build relationships with me; I'm going to not stress about things I can't control; I'm going to grow closer to God; I'm going to be happy in my own skin and love myself.

Here's to 30-- may it be one amazing year.


                                                          Xo, Tiffany

Jedidiah ---> 8 months

Jed- you've been here for 8 months now. We love you more and more each day. 

Here's your "stats":

Height: 27 inches

Weight: 21 pounds 

Clothes: you are starting to be too long for 9 month old clothes so you mainly 12 month old clothes. 

Diapers: size 3

Eating: You drink a bottle every 3 hours during the day for Oma. I feed you before I leave for work and then when I get home. You nurse every 2-3 hours on the weekends.

You love food! You had your first cake- you had some birthday cake at mommy & daddy's birthday party. There's really not a food you don't love. You'll eat anything we give you. You love bananas and waffles!

Sleeping: You still sleep in your bassinet but you'll be moving to your crib this month since you can sit up in your bassinet now. You go to bed between 7:30/8:00 each night and you sleep till 7am. 

Happenings this month:

+you decided that now was a good time to start crawling for real. Now you go anywhere and everywhere. 

+you love standing and pulling yourself up.

+you got a new tooth! You got a tooth on the top now. This one made you miserable and you & mommy slept on the couch for 2 days because you only wanted to be held.

+It's your first Valentine's day! You turned 8 months on Valentine's Day. 

+you love going swimming. We've taken you to the YMCA a couple times and you enjoy floating around and splashing.

Jedidiah- you are the most content baby ever. The only time you're ever mad is when you're hungry or tired. 

You love mommy, daddy and Amelia! And you love your doggies Dixie and Clementine. 

We love watching you grow each month and are excited to see where life takes you.