Lions and Tigers and Bears...

Sunday October 24th we decided to take advantage of the beautiful fall weather and take the girls to the zoo! We packed up a lunch and drove down to Brookfield! After eating and playing at the park, we went into the children's zoo area and looked at the various animals there, then went in a corn maze that was set up, then we went to the dolphin show! All the girls really enjoyed seeing the dolphins!! After that we went to see the new bear exhibit. We walked around the rest of the zoo, saw some giraffes (who were running around playing), zebras, kangaroos and other zoo animals. The girls had a lot of fun at the zoo in October!


They had a free scarecrow making area in the children's zoo.




Eryn REALLY liked the dolphins!


The "big girls" wanted to sit by themselves a few rows in front of us.




Giraffes being silly! And this is when Eryn gave in to her sleepiness!

A quick video from the dolphin show:

Eryn's Birthday Party

Saturday October 16th we had Eryn's 1st birthday party! We decided to just do it at the house, and thank goodness it was nice outside since we had almost 50 people here! Eryn loved spending time with all her family and friends! The "big" kids got to play with a pinata (that Loren, Kaylynn and I made ourselves) and they played "Pin the crown on Eryn" and they jumped on our neighbor's trampoline! They all seemed to have a great time! Eryn also got some very nice gifts!! She is very lucky to have so many friends and family who love her so much!!!

Here are just a few pictures I took from the party. My friends did the photography for the party, so I will post her pictures soon!!

Our pinata (it kinda looked like an Easter egg)!





Eryn spending some quality snuggle time with her Godmother, Melissa





The kids patiently waiting in line for the pinata





Joe and Kurt trying to fix the pinata (the string didn't stay attached)





Kaylynn taking a swing at it!





Loren breaking it open a bit!





It's down!!!!!!





Jumping!!!





Eryn's cake

Eryn is 1!!!!!!!!!!!

Today is Eryn's first birthday!!! This year has gone by SO fast! We had her one year physical this morning and here are her stats:

Weight: 19lbs 10oz (27%)
Height: 28.5in (32%)
Head Circ: 47.0cm (93%)

So apparently this is proof she does have a very big head! She also got 4 vaccines along with a finger prick to test for anemia. She was NOT happy about the shots (although she didn't cry until the last one) and I thought she may kill Dr. Tjaden with her evil eye when he pricked her finger, but after a few minutes her was her friend again!

We didn't do much on her birthday, we took Kaylynn to school, Loren to school and Loren to soccer practice. After Loren's soccer we went to Red Robbin where the girls all got balloons, which Eryn LOVED!! She was squeeling with delight while holding the balloon and showed it to everyone who walked by! She also got sung to and had an ice cream sundae! She greatly enjoyed that!!!! Afterwards we came home, had a bath and put our birthday girl to bed!

It brings tears to my eyes to think how much she's changed....




We are having her party on saturday, so many more pictures to come!

Eryn's 1 year pictures

These turned out SO cute! I just had to share them all!!