8 months

mac & cheese

spoon stealer

B's got a new trick. She bites her spoon and then makes a little smirk like "Ha, who's in control now?" That little stinker.

patriots sunday

Fueling up before the big game.

bath time with Colby

We had a visit from the Robinson Family this past weekend. Fun for everyone, parents kids (furry and non furry). Bella and Colby had their first shared bath!

The dogs of course had to be part of the action.

Colby doing his best flash dance impression.

pumpkin and apple picking

On Saturday morning after hitting up the farmer's market, we took Bella pumpkin and apple picking. It's been a tradition that Matty and I have been doing for years. We now get to share it with B. This orchard was awesome.

A little over 2 feet

First Wagon Ride

The end result....

crawling backwards

Only a matter of time she takes it out of reverse and puts it into drive.

first atv ride

Apparently B got very sleepy on her trip around grampa's trails

hanging with dad lakeside

wisconsin sticks are better

Matty made a promise to Rubbles, recover from surgery and we will get you to Wisconsin for labor day. Rubbles made an outstanding recovery and we drove to Wisco. Win win situation.

loons on the lake

first taste of wisconsin cheese

Bakers string cheese... yum!

a real family photo

While at the cabin we had a professional photographer come to take some shots of all of us. Too bad our uncles from Alaska couldn't take time off of knife making to join us:)

Here's where you can see them all:

http://digitalriver.smugmug.com/Family/Lohses-Family-Photos/13744372_kyrSy#1005196822_XTZdq

Great Gramma Woody

Bella got to meet her Great Gramma Woody. She had fun getting to know her and Gramma was nice enough to give her a cute baby doll that she instantly loved. We named her "Gerty." While in Wisco Bella also learned a new trick, now she blows raspberries.

labor day in wisconsin

Ahhhh Labor day in wisco just keeps on getting better and better. The house also keeps on getting larger to accomidate our growing family! We had a great time visiting Gramma D, Grampa Dar and the Lohse clan of Horseheads. There are so many great pictures and stories, here's just a few.

The "Drive"

The kids were awesome. I can't believe how well they handled the trip. Rubbles did he best to keep Bella entertained. Thank God for our mini van - it is truely our mobile home.

hanging and playing with the cuz-Pia and Eric

The best part of our family get togethers is to see the kids interact. It will only get better as they get older. Eric was a great big cousin makig sure the girls stayed out of trouble.