Summer 2008 in pictures

Marni's first summer is officially over and what better way to end the summer than to look back at all the fun times we had. I hope everyone had as fun of summer as we did.

Marni swimming in her little pool

Eating blueberries (her favorite!!)

Crawling on her playset

Riding in Brendan's car

Riding in the boat with Lydia

This is a picture of great-grandma Schuelke drinking a beer at her cabin. Normally it's vodka&water for her.

Now bring on fall, what a great time of the year.

Marni is Walking

Sorry for the delay in postings for the past few months, we have been busy trying to keep up with Marni. She is now officially walking. September 11th was the official day. We are so proud.

We also have some pictures from the state fair. She giggled the whole time on the merry-go-round. We had a great time!

Dadlabs.com

I love the site dadlabs.com. And it's not just because I won this cool highchair that Marni is sitting on by posting comments on their website. It's a Boon highchair and we love it. Every week dadlabs give away cool kids stuff like this.

They are a funny group of guys. Each week the produce four short videos about parenting, which is typically from a dads perspective. They also have two videos out, which unfortunately I've never seen and a book coming out next year. Seriously, check them out and win some gear.

First's

Well this is a post of firsts. Happy first birthday to the Big B, Brendan.

After Brendan's party at the Como Zoo, we went to a motel to swim. Marni had her first experience swimming in a pool and she absoultely loved it. She walked in the kiddie pool and swam in the big pool with mom. Here is a short video of Marni doing the back float (thanks to mom's help).

Jet Ski's are sold

Well Marni, we once had two jetski's. We sold them, so you won't get to ride them as you get older. Sorry. I added a picture for proof. One of them is anchored in the water, the other is in the lift beside the dock.

Marni Drinking

Marni thought it was funny to violently drink from her sippy cup. We caught a little bit of it on video.

Swingers R Us

Get your mind out of the gutter, Marni was on the swing. This was actually her second time on the swing. Yesterday afternoon Aunt Gina and Grandma Schuelke went to the park and rode in the swings. Tonight it was daddy's turn with Marni and Grandma. She really likes the swing as you can see in the picture.