Kade and Grandma at the park

In late July Nate, Marshall, my Dad, Chris, Denny Weidman and his son Aaron went fishing in Canada. While they were gone, my mom came and stayed with the kids and me. Several nights, we went into town and played at the park. I'm not sure who had more fun, Kade or Grandma?

Noelle's Baptism

We had Noelle Baptized on July 5th, the day after being in my friend Erica's wedding. My brother Chris and Nate's sister Danielle are her godparents.

Erica's Wedding

My friend Erica got married on the 4th of July. We had a blast, here are some of the pics.

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Playground Visit

Kade, Mommy and Noelle went to the playground at the elementary school on Monday afternoon while my car was getting an oil change. He hadn't been anywhere like that before and he loved it! He went from 0-60 in about 3 seconds...look out! He ran around and went up and down the slide for about 30 minutes. I discovered that is another one of those things that stinks about living in the country. No parks, so we know what we are going to have to save up for next summer...a wooden play set. Not only did Kade love it, Nate and I loved how early he wanted to go to bed that night!!!

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The Weird Places Kids Sleep!

This week has been a weird week for the Girton kids. They have been falling asleep in the craziest places. Noelle fell asleep twice while "playing" on here activity mat. Then tonight, Kade fell asleep in his highchair at lunch. We are fazing out the morning nap, so by lunch he is pretty tired!

My First Ponytail!

Noelle's hair was getting long enough to get in her eyes on Thurs. She is 9 weeks old now, Kade had his first haircut at 8 weeks because his hair was in his eyes. With a girl, we don't need a haircut, we needed a ponytail! So here it is! She looks like Pebbles Flintstone!

Gone Fishin'

We took the kids fishing a few weekends ago. Kade loves the lake. He wants to put he pole in the water and actually fish! At the end of the afternoon, bith kids were tired. So Kade, Noelle and I went bak to the car for juice and to wtch a movie. Noelle was really bored as you can see from the pictures! Sorry dad, I'm not sure if she is going to be a fisherman.
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Noelle Smiles!

Noelle started smiling back at us on Sunday! Here she is today, I finally caught one on camera. She would smile, then stop before the picture was taken. This is not the best angle or the best picture of her, but there is the smile. I will try and catch a better one over the next few days.

Mowing at Grandpa and Grandma's

Kade went to a birthday party and fell in love with one of the gifts...a lawn mower. I guess it is a Stenzel thing! So we got him a lawn mower of his own last weekend. We took it to my mom and dad's house and he "mowed" the driveway and the lawn for almost an hour! As you can see, he was having a blast.
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Fishing with Daddy

Kade recently has developed a loved for fishing. So Grandpa Stenzel got him a pole to learn on. He loves fishing with Daddy in the house!

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Travelin' Man

The weekend after Noelle got out of the hospital with RSV, we ventured up to Chris and Kristin's house to help build the rest of the deck! Kade is just starting to enjoy watching movies. So our DVD player made the trip enjoyable for all of us. He watched movies all the way to MN. We bought him little speakers, as you can see, so he could hear the movie without the headphones. He rode just like this most of the way. He is wearing Daddy's hat, holding his "silk", sucking his thumb, and watching the "Woof, woofs" (which is 101 Dalmations).

Kade's new haircut

The last time Kade got his haircut, we decided to have it cut like daddy's. So Kade got his first big boy fade! He used to love getting his haircut, but this new style takes a little longer than the old one. So he kept telling us he was "all done" with this haircut. He is getting helpful with Kelli, as you can see, he gets his seat out, gets up in the chair and gets the cape on!
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Cruisin' with Haleigh

Kade and Haleigh took the mule for a cruise a few weekends ago. Haleigh was terrified of the mule until my dad let her "drive" then she didn't want to get out. Typical woman, wants to be in control!! Way to go Haleigh.

A wagon ride!

We had a really rough week after Noelle was born, my grandpa passed away. Thankfully he was in the same hospital that I delivered Noelle so he was able to see pictures of her the day after she was born. So we went down to my parent's house where all my out of town relatives were staying, and Kade loved all the attention! Kade and grandpa had to get out of the crowded house for awhile, so my dad took Kade for a ride in his wagon! Not only does he love it outside and loves the wagon, he LOVES spending time with his grandparents!

Playtime with Noelle

Here are some pics of Noelle "playin" and hangin out. I can't believe how much she has changed in just one month. She has really started to fill out and isn't such a tiny peanut anymore!

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Bath time for Noelle

When Kade was a baby, we had a small tub that he took a bath in, but he hated it. So we moved him to the big tub. With Noelle, we bypassed the little tub and went right for the big tub. She pretty much hates taking a bath, unlike her brother. She does seem to have a little more curl in her hair than Kade had. Hers seems to stay wavy after it dries! I would love it if she gets my curly hair.
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Noelle's scare

Noelle scared us in early May. She had RSV and was in severe respiratory distress, an elevated heart rate and very dehydrated. We were in the hospital for 3 days, but she has bounced back like a champ. Here she is at the hospital in her bed all connected to monitors, IVs and oxygen.

Hospital Pics

Here are some pics from the hospital. We had lots of visitors while we were in the hospital.
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Noelle Irion Girton

Noelle Irion Girton made a surprise appearance on April 10, 2008. Happy Birthday MOM!!! She wasn't scheduled for arrival until the 15th.

Here I am after checking in on Thursday night about 2 hours before she was born.

Noelle was born at 11:46pm on 4-10-08. She just barely made it on my birthday! She weighed 7lbs. 14oz and is 19 inches long. She is so much smaller that Kade was!

Here are some of her first pictures. More to come later. She and I are still in the hospital!

Coloring Eggs

My mom came up on Good Friday morning so we could color Easter Eggs. Last year Kade "helped" but didn't really get into it. However, this year once he figured out what we were doing he wanted to help. He finally got into a "routine" with my mom...she would scoop the egg out with a spoon, he would grab it off the spoon and she would take it and put it on the drying rack. So needless to say his hands were quite colorful at the end. He didn't understand or like that he had to wait after he put the egg in the color! He also got very mad when we were done, he wasn't ready to stop. We have 2 videos of him coloring eggs that I will try to get uploaded soon.

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