Spring is on the Way!

Fall has always been our favorite season, that's why we got married in the fall. But with the addition of our little ladies in the spring and a couple long coupled up winters, spring is becoming a slow favorite. There are so many fun holidays and adventures to be have with kiddos, once the snow begins to melt and the sun comes out. While Blair took a nap Sloane and I had some art time. She is starting to use scissors now and doing such a great job following instructions. I love creating new things with her. Here is our latest, a little St. Patricks fun.

When we found Chris had a vacation day the Friday before my annual Girls Weekend, we decided to make a day trip to Madison for some lunch, fun and Costco. Because, when in Madison. Here we are the Madison zoo. It was our first time there and we can't believe how nice it is, especially for FREE zoo! We had such a great time. 

On to Costco...

Since my Girls Weekend was in WI-Dells and starting on Saturday, I decided to spend some quality time Friday night with my friend Mirannda who lives in Madison. It was just the relaxing time we needed. A little brewery trip and tasting, and wine, pizza and movies that night. Loved every minute of it. 

Then the next day it was on to The Dells for Girls Weekend! Wine, cheese, beer, casinos, food & friends. Everything a great Girls Weekend is made of. Love these ladies!

 I couldn't resist... the distillery was fun... but not for all of us! 

Then of course there was March Madness, after taking the year off with being preggo again, it was time to get back at it. Thank goodness we have great friends to help us give'er! Tequila anyone!?

10 months: Unique

So as the 10 month marker hit, all I could think was "Blair is going to start walking this month". Great! What in the world was I going to do when she became mobile!

10 months seems a bit early to be concerned over walking, but low and behold, Sloane started walking when she was 10 months. So with nothing else to compare it to, thats what I expected of Blair. Thank goodness Blair is her own unique little lady!! She is not even close to walking yet. For mom's sanity I'm thankful, for Auntie J's upcoming wedding though, we are getting a bit nervous that she won't be walking by then.

It's all good. Onward. 

Ps. Look at that smile....

First Big Trip Away

For a couple years now we've been telling ourselves we should take a vacation. We haven't taken one since our honeymoon. Then we had Sloane... then the Pacochas had Cooper... then they had Brady... and we had Blair. Life kept on moving, so we finally decided it was time to slow it down. We figured 7 nights in the Caribbean would do the trick!

Here we are about to board the ship. This was Chris' first cruise. Love the distortion on this picture because we all look really thin! Then again... we all were before eating and drinking for 7 days straight! 

Our first port was beautiful Roatan Honduras. We can't say enough good things about this port, very welcoming and beyond beautiful!

We also did an excursion while in Roatan. We hiked up the mountains 600 feet above sea level while checking out the local creatures and plant. It was perfect to get off the ship and moving after a full day at sea and plenty of onboard indulgences!

We had a blast each night getting dressed up and taking in a show.

We may or may not have coordinated many of our outfits...

Naturally there was an awful lot of alcohol consumption. 

Which lead to a some pretty fun and spontaneous nights.

Next up was Belize

and Costa Maya

... and finally wrapping our post up was Cozumel.

Another beautiful long day at sea, where our hot men took in some rock wall climbing onboard.

Our last dinner toast on the last night. Our last daily consumption of Escargot, and that bread.... oh man, that bread!

The most perfect sunset to end an amazing trip with amazing friends.

9 months: Pull Ups!

We started pulling up on everything this month! I wish I had more to say, but we've been having so much fun and every day she amazes us, we are clearly under her spell. That goes for everyone, Mom, Dad AND Sloane. Love this little nugget.

Winter Fun Memories

Just a little recap of the fun that was had this winter. We are more than ready for winter to be over, but all of these great pictures were a nice reminder of all the fun we did have.

Nana and Papa Wendorf brought all the "older" girls to Sesame Street Live, bless their hearts! The girls had a blast and it was all Sloane could talk about for days.

Dad is going to be in big, BIG, big trouble if Sloane's love for trying on ALL of mom's shoes turns into love for her own shoes. Sloane has also started the want to try on clothes when we go to the store. She will bring in piles and piles of outfits and patiently try them all on....MIND BLOWN

All of Blairs teeth started coming in full force. We entered the 'chew on everything' phase of our life.

Who knew?! Sloane LOVES egg salad, and she loves helping to make it even more!

One of our favorite winter past times is the CW Childrens Museum and we certainly got our use this year, with both ladies!

Nothing says I love winter like Frozen Yogurt... or is that summer?! Who cares!? Frozen Yogurt ALL year long!

On the plus side.... all that running leads to this!

No Wisconsin winter is complete without some sledding. We went with our cousins and family. Blair had a blast sleeping the whole time and mom got an extra workout in lugging her up and down.

Valentines day we made big pink cookies for our Grandmas and Grandpa's. Made with love, and maybe a little something extra...

Bair spent a lot of time strapped on to mom, otherwise I would get nothing done! It was nice to finally be able to switch her to the back so I could actually reach ANYTHING!

Just because that smile.

We also felt it was time Blair start helping out around the house, instead of always being the one to make the mess. It's not going so well...