Friday, June 8, 2012

Mother's Day

I had such a great 1st Mother's day. Its been an amazing 10 months with Jack and its hard to imagine back to life before he was here. We celebrated with all of the mom's and grandma's over mother's day weekend. Saturday we celebrated with mom (mimi) and Shannon's immediate family.  Sunday we celebrated with the Krus' family at brunch and then at Forest Park, and in the afternoon we celebrated with the Schaefer family at Rick and Jennifer's house.  Monday we went to dinner to celebrate with the Sullivan family.  I love big family get togethers and the traditions that come with having a big family. I hope that Jack gets to experience such wonderful traditions as he gets older. 
preparing to paint some special items for Jack's grandmas and great -grandma's


he loved the feeling of paint on his hands



creating a masterpiece:) 
courtney and jack surprised me with a great gift

but they are the best gifts anyone could ask for.. just check out that smile-isn't he irresistable! the big one's pretty cute too:)


dinner with the schaefer fam-  courtney, jack and shannon

jack with uncle shawn and aunt kelly

at brunch with grandma cel

grandpa krus and hayden

happiest little guy ever
what a wonderful mothers day




playing with hayden at forest park

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so sweet



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grandma cel opening her gifts

jack showing grandma what he made her

jack and uncle bart

ben, jack, nicole, kelly and john

playing "bags" with the guys

great grandma and grandpa schaefer with jack

showing great grandma sullivan her mother's day card


cousins- rhett, riley and mack

the kittner kids

kylie, mackenzie, kelly and evan

celebrating with the sullivans

kenzie, kylie, shanna and kevin

grandpa and riley

along with mother's day- we celebrated birthdays of jared, grandpa and riley

Celebrating Hayden's 1st Birthday

Just over a year ago Hayden was born weighing in at just over 3 pounds.. he has changed a lot in the past year and he and jack love getting to play together. We celebrated his first birthday at their house. 

playing with presents

courtney and jack at hayden's party

the birthday boy and his cake!

just hanging out

sometimes its fun to tackle your cousin:) 

Dinner and Ice Cream with the Flaths

We love getting to spend time with the Flath's. Elyse's birthday was at the end of April so we went to dinner and to get ice cream. Jack loves being around Nicholas, Anna and Elyse (and doug and vicki too:) 

jack, nicholas and vicki at dinner

vicki and the birthday girl- elyse

ice cream at orange leaf

anna, nicholas, jack (getting sleepy) and elyse