Hawaii!!!

Well once again, it's taken me a while to update this thing. Jim's been really busy using the computer for school so my time to do things on it is scarce. About a week ago we traveled up to Hibbing again so that we could see Jim's great nephew's baptism. We didn't have a long time to stay but it was nice just to see everyone for at least a small amount of time. Brielle has also been growing at the speed of light! She has been completely on table foods for almost 2 months! Jim and I were really excited to get past the "baby food" stage :) She had a bit of a rough day at daycare the other day as I had to fill out 2 accident reports. The first time she really hit her cheek hard with a toy bucket and left a pretty nasty shiner and the second time, she got her fingers bit by another child :( To top things off, she got a 102 fever that night. She is back to her normal self and we couldn't be happier!

Jim and I also changed our plans for our wedding by quite a bit. We decided that a traditional wedding would not only cost a fortune, it just wouldn't be "us". So....We are going to Hawaii and getting married on the beach! We understand that not a lot of people will be able to come there but this sounded perfect to us. Because the plans changed, we are planning on getting married this coming January instead. (Hawaii in August just doesn't sound appealing) We hope that people understand and don't feel bad if they can't come, we can always see you at the reception!!!!

MIA

Like my sweater?

Being mischievious as usual!

Sorry to everyone who has been waiting for something new to happen on our page...we are lagging behind a bit! Well a lot has happened in the last few weeks. Jim has kept very busy with school and is currently searching for work in the summer. He has an interview for three different positions on the 27th and we are hoping and praying for him to get an offer. He only has 2 months left of this semester which is going to be a huge relief on both him and our poor computer :) I don't have much new going on so far, just trying to put some wedding ideas together. We have set the date for Aug. 23, 2008 but we still have a lot to do to make sure that it will be set in stone for that day (church, reception, ect...)

This past weekend we traveled to Hib-town for some good times. Jim's best friend Chad, his fiance Crystal and their daughter Laela came to visit all the way from Wasilla Alaska. Jim hadn't seen them in 4 years so we were super excited to be able to spend time with them. Brielle certainly enjoyed her time with her grandmas, grandpas, aunties, uncle and of course, her cousins! She had a lot of new talents to show off. She has been making a lot of attempts to stand on her own and she's not doing to bad at it. Also, on Tuesday, she took about 2 or 3 steps on her own. I don't think that she knew she was doing it because when she realized she was on her own she started laughing and fell down. She loves cruising around with her walker and especially loves to was around the coffee table and any furinature thats she can find. We are trying to teach her baby sign language but she just looks at us funny and shakes her head "no". That also seems to be her new thing, to tell us no all the time. She is growing too quickly and we can't believe that she will be ONE in a few months. I feel like she was just born!