Kiah

Last weekend our pug, Kiah went to her new home in Wisconsin. We love her dearly and will miss her because we enjoyed having her as part of our family for the last two years. She's now in a home with another pug her same age and with people who have more time to hang out with her. With our temporary split life between Duluth and Apple Valley it was clear that Kiah needed more attention and wanted to play and go for walks more than our schedules made possible. I imagine she's living the high life now! We've seen pictures and she looks pretty happy already!

Reading a Book

Barry is trying to get Brody to love reading at a young age. I'll admit he does love books...yup, he really loves to eat books. We'll work on that ;)

Pink!

Everleigh (my cousin, Scott and his wife Ami's little girl) turned one and they celebrated with an all around pink party on Sunday! Even Brody wore pink (thanks to Great Aunt Sue)! He matched Grandpa Jeff in their pink Polo shirts. Brody got all sorts of great experiences at the party, including some cookie action from Grandma Annie and some tootsie pop action from Grandpa Jeff....oh dear, what have we started?!

Brody sporting his hat for the first time with his daddy. Brody with Grandma Cindy who came down for a visit last weekend and got in some Brody-lovin!

I Love Today

So I decided that I love today. I love that my mom showed up at my house to watch Brody and I got to just walk out the door to work. I love that she gets to give Brody his bath because he loves it so much. I love it that she was helping me out with some chores at home while she's there. I love that I walked outside today and it was just the perfectly crisp Fall day weather and that the nice air freshened up my house. I love that Barry is coming home today the same time I get home. I love it that it's the start of a 3 day weekend together. I love that my sister and brother-in-law are moving to Minnesota (well into storage mostly for now) and that it won't be 100 degrees while we're lifting boxes. I love that I went to the Post Office and there was no line and no crabby people. If I had a nice caramel apple from the orchard to enjoy on this crisp day that would just put me over the top!
Well, you get the picture I'm sure. Hope you all have a great long weekend!

MN State Fair

Last Sunday we went to the State Fair because summer just isn't over without some cheese curds and a pronto pup! It was Brody's first fair experience and last day to see Audrey before she headed back to WA for grad school. He was a champ and napped through a lot of it. We borrowed a backpack thing to put him in and he just loved the thing...best invention ever!

Happy 7th Months Brody!

Love, Mommy and Daddy