My remote obsession!

Here is Noelle with her favorite toy. Why do we buy expensive toys when all they want are remote controls and pots and pans!
No matter where they are she will find them. Its like she has a GPS to all remotes in the house!

She loves to chew on them, which is very gross when you have to use it later!

Success I found my remote, now if they would only let me keep it.

Noelle on the prowl. Her favorite toy in the house is the remote and she is always hunting them!

Erica's Baby Shower

Here are Erica and Noelle at Erica's shower the other weekend. Noelle was at Erica's wedding shower when she was only 3 weeks old. That was obviously her 1st wedding shower. Now here she is at her 1st baby shower that just happens to be Erica's too!! Lots of firsts in one year.

Letter fun in the bathtub

Having a little fun at bathtime!

Yahtzee Night

We had my parents over a couple weekends ago, along with my grandma. After supper we played Yahtzee. This is what we always did with my grandparents at their house . Life really does come full circle!!!

We ate dinner at Nate's parents last night, and Noelle had BBQ and baked beans for the first time. It was a good thing I had stripped her down to her diaper. She was covered from head to toe with her dinner. It was easier to put her in the sink and wash her off than try with a washcloth!

I love to eat!

Noelle is becoming very efficient at feeding herself thankfully. Sometimes, she doesn't focus and ends up with it in her hair and all over.

Noelle at play

Noelle has recently discovered the toy box in the living room. Pretty much all the toys in it are Kade's. He is not happy about this discovery. Here she is playing away while her big brother takes a nap!

I need my Nuk

Noelle needed a Nuk this morning and we caught her standing at the ottoman digging in her diaper bag looking for the Nuk. The one she found was still hooked to the bag!

Our first bath

Kade and Noelle took their first bath together the other night as a time saver. Kade was not thrilled about sharing the tub with anyone, but Noelle had a blast!

All Played Out

Kade was being awfully quiet in his room on morning and when I went to check on him this is what I found. All played out, and he stayed like this for about an hour and a half.

Rock Band Mania

For Christmas Nate got Rock Band for the Wii. It is a hit in our house with everyone, even Kade!

Christmas Morning

Here we are Christmas Morning. It was a very busy day. We started out at our house, then went to Nate's mom and dad's house to see his family, then we went all the was up to my brother's house. That ended up being the worst drive in the snow and freezing rain that we were trying to avoid!

Me and My Coke!

This is what happens when I go into physical therapy for an hour, Kade gets to drink a mega-Coke! First ever Coke, talk about breaking him in!

Visiting Santa

We went to see Santa in Franklin Grove again this year. As you can see Kade was a little unsure and didn't want to smile. Noelle was very upset and cried the whole time.

Bad Hair Day

Having a little girl is a lot different than a little boy as far as hair goes! Kade had tons of hair, but we always got it cut so he never had crazy bed head like his sister does.

Hanging' with Uncle Chris and Aunt Kristin

Nate and I went on our annual Christmas shopping extravaganza to the Mall of America in late Oct. This year Noelle got to tag along and meet the newest member of the Stenzel family, miss Olivia Jean. She was a peanut when she was born. Check out the size difference between her and Noelle!

Halloween Costumes

Here we are at Halloween, Kade was an elephant and Noelle was a butterfly and my mom and I made their costumes! Yes I helped this year. I pretty much did all of Kade's elephant, and helped a little on the butterfly due to time constraints.

Getting Pumpkins

We went just up the road to the pumpkin patch again this year. Kade definitely had a blast, Noelle pretty much sat in the car after the initial picture.

I love crunch berries cereal

Kade discovered Daddy's Crunch Berries Cereal one morning and was being very sneaky about it. He was in the kitchen by himself and we heard the rattling of the bag! The pictures are out of order the bottom one is the first one I took, then the middle picture without him knowing, then I said his name and he turned and looked at me like a deer in the headlights!

Ashley's Volleyball Game

The kids and I went over the the Byron vs Oregon game at Oregon tonight after I got off work. Nate's cousin Ashley, who watches the kids a lot, plays for Oregon. Since they were playing Byron, I took the kids to watch. Of course it went to 3 games and Oregon won! Bad for my girls at Byron. Kade was ready to go after the 2nd game, but was excited to see Ashley after the match was over. I took a little flack for the kids being in Oregon Hawk sweatshirts, but I had my Byron Volleyball shirt on!