Baby on Board

We are all getting pretty excited about being in Birmingham for Thanksgiving and seeing our family and close friends. Mae has grown so much since our last visit- so I know my family is excited about see us (her) as well!
Prayer Request #1:
Mae is quite different since her last plane trip. Before, she slept the entire time and didn't even realize we left the house. Tomorrow will more than likely be different. Miss Priss loves to MOVE and be independent. Holding her and keeping her distracted might be a challenge. If so, we will then be THOSE people with a baby that others (meanies) groan about on the plane. Oh well, right?! We will get through it.

Prayer Request #2:
Tomorrow's Forecast in Sioux Falls (where we will be leaving)- Windchill 19 below. Wind gust high as 41 mph. 50% chance of snow, freezing drizzle and sleet. Blustery. Burning Question in our minds- will we make it to Birmingham??? Pray, pray pray!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We have so much to be thankful for this year.

New Friends

I would like to introduce you to
Pooh
and Tigger You know how I told you that Mae just loves her toes? Well we have made a very fun discovery (thank you, Heidi) this week. Pooh and Tigger socks that rattle. I don't know who came up with this idea- but it is brilliant. Mae, Mom and Dad have been entertained for hours by these. My only fear is that we have a major shoe lover in our future.

A Happy Husband (and Wife)

So the talk around our house for the past month has centered around "deer". Where the big deer are, how to go about getting the big deer, what to wear when pursuing the big deer, what to use (rifle, bow) in order to get the big deer, etc. Well Dennis not only got A big deer he got THREE big deer. Two with a rifle and one with a bow. One of his friends recently told him if he wasn't so good at farming he should be a professional hunter. I agree that Den is good at hunting... I just don't know if I would like the "professional" part. I like the short season and limited hunting tags. Congratulations to Dennis on another successful year of deer hunting!

Tough Love

Ok so Dennis and I have been completely SPOILED with Mae. That is until about 2 weeks ago when she decided after 6 weeks of sleeping through the night not to do that anymore. We have tried just about everything we can think of to get this girl to stay asleep. Everything except for the dreaded "tough love" approach. All parents know what this is, right? I am talking about ignoring and letting Mae cry it out. We began the process last night.
I don't know who this was tougher on?
Mae

Mom

or Dad.

Sidenote: HAHA! I am beside myself on laughter with these pictures of Den and me. We posed this morning for these. They are the worse pictures ever taken in the history of this world but don't you think it gets the message across on how we feel?!

So Mae starts out crying at 3:30. Mary tells Dennis not to get out of bed and to let the girl cry. This goes on for 30 minutes and then Mae is WIDE AWAKE. Crying starts over.

Finally at about 5:00 goal achieved.

Will the fun ever end?? Wish us lots of luck tonight. This "tough love" business is TOUGH.

Toes

Today marks Mae's 3 month birthday and I am left wondering where does the time go? People warned me that time will fly by. Now I know what they mean. I was at a dinner last night and I was talking with a friend of mine about Mae's "teething issues". Yes, you heard right- I am convinced my baby is already teething. I was telling her about how Mae has decided to not sleep through the night anymore. My friend told me, "you won't ever remember the little things like that. You will often wish you could have that time back." I was reminding myself of that while I was feeding Mae at 3:30 this morning...

This month Mae has made a huge discovery: HER TOES!

Did you notice something about her toes (Dennis thinks it is cruel to point this out-but I am so entertained by this and have to share)? Her middle toe is shorter than the two that surround it. Do you think the length of this toe will ever catch up? Don't you think that is strange? I know Mae thinks it is strange because she can't keep her eyes off of these. She is obsessed.

Happy 3 months to my sweet baby girl!

A Weekend of Firsts...

Mae had a very exciting weekend. We started it by loading up and heading to the cabin.

Can you see a mini van in our future?? I don't know how we did it. We were able to fit both dogs in the back with Mae AND they didn't even bother her the entire trip. Talk about impressive, don't you think?

We enjoyed our time at the cabin. Dennis has been so busy this fall with farming and hunting so sneaking away for several days was so nice. We had not been to the cabin since December... TOO LONG!
We got back to Presho just in time to welcome our one group of trick or treaters- doesn't get more exciting than that, does it? Mae was a pumpkin and looked so cute (for about 5 minutes before she spit up all over her costume).
Hope everyone had a great weekend as well!