Mari and Lili

Mari and Lili are going to be great friends. Mari is already sharing her bib with Lili! They have so much fun together. Of course their moms and dads have a good time together too!

Swing!

We decided to put Mari in Lili's swing to see what she would do. She loved it! She actually fell asleep in it. Guess what we're going to get today?

Pictures, pictures and more pictures

Chubby decided that he wanted some attention too. Mari was so happy and giggling that we had to take a lot of pictures! She is such a happy baby. It's amazing to watch her and to realize that she's ours.

Chubby starts to live up to his name!

Chubby is getting, well, Chubbier! We were out for a walk not too long ago and someone who saw Chubby when we first got him made a comment on how he is starting to look more like his name! We still love him!

Grandma comes to see Mari often

Grandma Becky comes to visit Mari quite often. She says that she misses her a lot. Of course Mari doesn't mind when Grandma comes. She gives lots of hugs and kisses!

Happy Halloween

Mariana was a ballerina for Halloween. Her friend Lili the cowgirl came by for a visit.

Baptism

Today was my baptism, October the 15th. We had lots of friends and family come, it even gave us a great chance to get some family pictures. I didn't even cry until it was all over, my mommy and daddy said I did great!

It's my cousin's birthday. Annelise turned 3 and celebrated her birthday with all my Nordlund cousins. We got to eat Barbie cake and my cousins got to hold and kiss me, it was so much fun!

My first bath....as you can see I'm not sure yet if I like taking baths...at least I'm cute. :-)

Grandpa Lynn

Grandpa Lynn got enough farming done to come up to visit as well. I look forward to seeing grandpa and grandma in Missouri during Thanksgiving.

Our Family

Grandma Bonnie took a picture of us as she said we were all looking so cute. :-)

Grandma

My Grandma Bonnie came all the way from Missouri (I'm going to have to work on getting her closer.)

Chubby

Isn't Chubby the cutest dog you've seen? Chubby came to us about a month ago after our Andy went to sleep. Andy was such a great dog and was with us for 14 years (well at least with Lissa.) We never thought we would find one as special as him but one day I (Kyle) saw his picture on petfinder.com and new that he could be that one. We're very thankful that PetRescue in Madison WI rescued him from the pound and placed him in our lives!

Going home....YEAH!

Big day for me..... I finally get to see my new home and as well as my dog Chubby..... I'm so excited that I can't even stay awake.

Ben and Emma decided to make a pose for the camera....

wow, more people......

Mom and Dad said there were even more people that came and visited but they were forgetful and forgot to take some pictures...oh well, I guess no one's perfect.

Here are some peope that came to see me....wow, I must be special!

Here's Mari being held by Daddy for the first time.

Welcome to the world Mariana Jo. Mari finally came into the world on Tuesday September 26th. She was 8 lbs 14 oz and 19.5 inches long. She came a week late, but she's absolutly beautiful. We are so thankful that she's here and healthy.