Soccer and Easter

Here are so pics of Fox playing soccer in our yard. I secretly (well, not secretly) hope his soccer love will lead him to a career as a pro-bowl kicker in the NFL.






Here is Fox's Easter basket, including a ducky chair we got from Fox's friend Eldon:

And here is Fox looking for said basket:




Fox enjoys his goodies:



It all begins again, at GG's house. Here is Fox looking for his basket:




Found it!



And here is Fox checking out his goods after the egg hunt in the yard:


Fox with his cousins: Deaunna, Carl, Andy, and Joshy.


And here we are:

Minnesota Zoo!

Today we went to the Minnesota Zoo with mommy's friend Becky. It was fun. We got in free because of the Check Out a Museum program at the library (thanks, library!). I was kind of hoping a long day of walking would make me go into labor, but that seems to not be the case. Even though I did not give birth in the monkey house, many other exciting things happened.

Here is Fox riding a giant (fake) turtle!

Here is Fox riding a giant (real) tractor:

Here is Fox eating a snack:

Fox got to get up close to a grizzly bear:

We had one brief session of tears. We were checking out the dolphins, and we went up to the glass to see them better. The first dolphin we saw came right up to the glass by us. I thought, 'Cool!' Well, the dolphin thought she would be funny and splash us. Huge amounts of water came over the glass and drenched me and Fox. I laughed; he panicked. This is the after pic:

And this is the dolphin:

A nice lady brought us a towel, and we sat and talked about the situation. Fox agrees that it would have been funny if he had known it was coming, but since it was a surprise, he got scared. He recovered well, though, and we left shortly after (and he napped on the way home). Happy ending to a wonderful day! 

Getting Ready for Baby Viking #2

Fox, Joe and I had some fun taking pictures today. My belly is about as big as it can get. The new baby is due in less than 3 weeks now!

Here is the new crib for the baby, all set up (finally). He will stay in our room with us until he can sleep through the night, and then he will move in with Fox.

Fox rode Bella a bit today.

Fox and Daddy!

Fox built a tower in his room. Future architect?

New and Improved Pics

Last Thursday my camera went missing. We bought a new one that is exponentially better. So, I hope to be able to post lots of cute pictures of Fox and the baby, since I will be able to have clear shots all the time.

Anyway, we went to the mall over the weekend with the Fischers, and Fox got some bunny ears from the Easter Bunny. He enjoys wearing them around the house.

Fox wanted me to take pictures of him, and he kept his mouth sort of half open. So, I told him to close his mouth. This was the result:

Cute smile!

Fox and Bella both got haircuts this week. Here is Bella's before picture:


And here is Bella after. She looks like a whole new dog. I still am not sure how I feel. I think her torso looks much better, but I miss her scraggly, hairy face. Maybe next time I will keep the hair on her face. She looks so little! But either way, she is clean and in good shape now.

Here is Bella in her new sweater (on clearance at Old Navy for 0.97$):

Fox before:

Fox after. Much like Bella, I miss the long hair. He looks like a boy instead of a baby. But as someone pointed out to me recently, he is a boy now. And when the new baby arrives, he will seem even more like a big boy. So, I might as well get used to it.


A cute post-nap picture:

Last wintery post?

Hopefully, this will be the last time (for a while anyway) that we post pics of Fox enjoying winter activities. But for now, here he is in full gear riding Papa's motorcycle:

And standing on the snowmound at Grama and Papa's house (this is how much snow they had in Sauk Centre this past weekend. It was like 45, but there was all this snow. It was odd.);

And here is Fox playing with Grama and some toys:

Fox is at his happiest when he is covered in "Na Pa!" (or, "snack pack" for those of you who don't speak Fox).

Here is Fox in his three times too big coat and snowpants on my snowday two weeks ago:

Fox and the New Doggie!

Before we get to pictures of the new addition to our family, here is Fox all wrapped up after his bath today. So cute!

And here is Fox, enjoying spending time with Bella. Awwww!

Welcome, Bella!

We got our doggie! I will post pictures asap. She is fitting in well, and she is very very cute. Fox thinks she is funny, and he calls her dog, which he pronounces "Fuh."