Wedding Wednesday

I follow a couple of blogs that have several every week things. One, which is my favorite, is called "Tuesday Shoesday" and she puts up a picture of shoes every Tuesday. I always love those. Well, since I have 5 months until my wedding *pauses for gasps* yeah... 5 months! I have declared Wednesdays as "Wedding Wednesday." This is a chance for all my blog readers to get a sneak peak at the big day and to see what we are up to in the planning process.

This week... BUBBLES! We are very limited on the things we can do/throw at our wedding on our "fake getaway." One of the items I will keep a surprise for the day of the wedding, but we also are doing bubbles.

One night Jeff and I sat down and tied bows around these suckers. He was super sweet and helped out.

There is another thing to check off the list! I must admit, I am flying through my check off list like it is my job! I am counting down the days!

Oh, Go Fly a Kite!

Jeff and I worked outside all day yesterday. We worked on the deck, we planted flowers and got our house ready for summer. After a long day outside, it occured to me how windy it truly was outside. Frances had given us a Spiderman kite last year out of her car. I remembered about it and decided to take a kite flying break. I had Jeff come down and try it. Then we got Sherman involved. The picture below shows him flying the kite. We put it in his collar. It was hilarious! Then, I decided to run and have him follow. So he ran and the kite came with him. haha Then he realized what was going on and bit at the string so the kite came tumbling down. It was hilarious while it lasted. (sorry about the crummy phone photo. We didn't have time to get my camera)

We Love the Tierney's!

There, I said it. It's true. That family holds a special place in our hearts. If any of you know my fiance, he doesn't fill me in on ANYTHING from his past unless I ask him about it. The Tierney's were different. He talked about them and even visited them. I soon came to realize that Joe was very special to Jeff. I finally got to meet them last summer. I soon figured out why Jeff was so fond of these two (now three =)) They are super awesome, and made me feel very welcome in the friendship. Last weekend Ethan celebrated his 1st birthday in Kansas. Jeff and I drove out to the participate in the event. After E went to bed, his grandma watched him while we went out for awhile. We had so much fun. We met up with some of their other friends as well. Here are some pictures of the evening. We ordered appetizers and there didn't seem to be enough and Amanda and I had to share. We shared like adults of course, but we had to pose for a picture like this.

Amanda and I ended up sharing a bottle or two of this wine. Who ever took this picture needs a lesson on how to not put the bottle in someone's face. hahaa

Jeff and Joe. Jeff is ALWAYS distracted. Taking pictures is no different.

Ok, good... a picture with the bottle in a normal place.

Amanda was talking to Baker about "The Hills" for a good while. It was pretty hilarious.

Our server, Eric, forgot to give us a chill cooler for our second bottle, so we made him bring us one. haha

On our way to the car. I wanted to show everyone how much ahead of me Jeff always walks.

One last picture of the evening!

We sure had a super fun time this weekend. We actually visited Jeff's family and Sherman stayed with Grandma and Grandpa. More on the rest of our weekend later!!

Our Weekend

Our weekends tend to be centered around children these days. Jeff and I don't mind too much because we are completely and utterly in love with our real and "adopted" nieces and nephews. I say adopted because "3rd cousin once removed" just doesn't have the same ring as "aunt." haha We are as close to these kids if not closer than most aunts and uncles anyway. Friday I heard that Kelly was in town for the day with Nolan. Well I haven't seen that little stinker since what I call the "shaping of his life" babysitting I did MONTHS ago. I got off work early and headed over to Matt and Stephanie's house to see almost all the little Gessner grandchildren. Eli never had must interest in me until Friday. He hung on me the whole time. I had NO complaints about that at all... Just look at this little face! Nolan is one awesome kid. I busted up laughing more than once at his cute little faces he makes. Kelly said he wasn't feeling the best, but that sure didn't stop him from showing us his awesome walking moves. Stephanie calls him the pirate because he walks like he has a peg leg. It is a must see walk for sure!!

Owen has such a great big brother attitude these days. He is beyond precious and you can tell how good of a helper he is with his little cousin and all the other kids. Nolan would run his toy into the wall and before you knew it, Owen was there turning him around so he could walk across the floor again.

After we left there, Jeff and I went to Greg and Mariah's house. Jeff's parents were in town so we spent a lot of time with them and Davis this weekend. Once again, you don't hear ANY complaints from us having to hang out with another baby! =) On Saturday we had a birthday party for the recent birthdays. Jeff, Davis, Myself and Nancy all have birthdays in March and April.

The youngest was supposed to blow out the candles, but Davis decided to take a nap, so we had the oldest blow them out.

You may be thinking... Now Sherman didn't get any love this weekend. You couldn't be more wrong! Don had the Sherman lovin taken care of. That dog just melts when he sees his Grandpa Mueller. I honestly think he is the dog whisperer!

Davis had his first big outing at our house on Saturday! Here are a couple of pictures of the big event! =)

All in all a good weekend. We are headed for a 1st birthday party this weekend for Ethan! His birthday is actually today. Jeff and I can't BELIEVE that child is already 1. It is mind blowing.

And then there were seven!

Today Jeff and I added number 7 to our list of nieces and nephews!! Davis Reid was born this morning at about 10:30.
I was just waiting all morning by the phone to find out if it was a boy or girl. If there is one thing that Jeff and I have in common, it's our absolute love for our nieces and nephews. I have talked to Mariah for the past couple of months how she just HAD to have a girl because 8 people (that's right 8) we love last year had boys. Deep in my heart, I had no preferance of boy or girl. In all reality, Jeff and I already had 4 nieces and only 2 nephews. Adding one more nephew just fit perfectly into our family!

We got to visit the newest family in Hendricks tonight.
The second we got in there I was in love. Honestly, I fell in love with that little monkey the first picture I saw. Just look at that little cheek action going on. He is precious!

Mariah asked if we wanted to hold him. Being nice I asked Jeff if he wanted to, but he totally knew I was DYING to put that little guy in my arms. I am pretty sure he already loves me more. hehe

Here is proud uncle Jeff with Davis. He slept the whole time, we were there.

I couldn't get enough pictures of him.

Just before we left I snapped one more picture for aunt Christy. Davis waived bye bye to us. He is already so advanced!!

Needless to say Uncle Jeff and Aunt Janelle are stoked to have a nephew born today. Not to mention celebrating Jack's birthday today as well. These two little guys share a birthday! If I do this much bragging about my nieces and nephews, can you imagine how we are going to be with our children!?!? haha

A Double Date

Last night Jeff and I had a double date with Joe and Amanda. It was a different kind of date being they live in Florida. Amanda and I arranged to have a game night via Skype. I must confess, I was looking forward to it all week! First of all we really love hanging out with these two. Second, how fun is getting to play games with people hours away from you.

Joe and Amanda sent us a text after they put Ethan to bed saying they were ready to Skype. We call them and this is what we see...
Mikey and Minnie were waving at us! hahaha

Then we got down to business.

In between games, Joe wanted to show us what he got E on his recent trip.

and then we got an AWESOME puppet show!

We played Scattergories for about an hour and a half. I was in heaven because that is my all time favorite game!

Hmmmmm what should we write down?

Having video chat really makes it a lot easier to keep in touch with people who live farther away. We have been really getting into it lately.

After we got off the date last night Jeff and I were talking about how much fun we had with them. I was super jealous that they were able to wear shorts! Oh how I miss that weather. I can't tell you how many times this Winter Jeff has mumbled, "When are we moving to Florida?" Watch out Joe and Amanda, you may have some neighbors soon! haha

We can't wait for our next video double date!

Friends

In case you can't tell... That is our little black dog on that dark brown pillow. Sherman LOVES Cooper and Cooper doesn't know what to think.