On Wisconsin!

We finally made it back to Wisconsin for a visit...it's been almost 5 years, and it was the boys' first time. Our airline experience was not entirely pleasant (I will try my best never to fly United again), and Tristan ended up being quite sick for a few days, but overall it was a fun trip. We lucked out and had beautiful weather while we were there. It was nice to see the old house again! I had forgotten how peaceful it is there, with so much space between the houses. My dad built a cute little birdhouse so that Tristan could fill it and watch the birds in the backyard. It was pretty cool, at least until the raccoons attacked it in the night...but actually, that was pretty cool to watch too :)

Walkin' and Dancin'

Austin took his first steps on March 10. Here he is 10 days later, walking back and forth between us. I had forgotten how fast this process is.



This is a typical evening for Tristan, lots of energy as always! Some parts of this video clip look as if in fast-forward, but actually it's all in real-time :)

Austin 1-year old!

Yay, we made it! This entire year feels like such a blur. It is hard to believe that Austin is already 1 year old, and Tristan is coming up on 3 in a couple months. It is always bittersweet to see our babies grow up so fast. Austin's birthday was a bit hectic, as it was on a 'school night', but we made sure to have time for cake and presents!!! Austin had his first bite of sugar, but it was carrot cake, so he got his veggies at the same time :)

Look at me! I ate too much cake :)

Austin 10 months & Late January Snow

Christmas 2008

Austin 9 months old!

December Snow!

We got a heck of a lot of snow back in December! It was by far the most that we've ever gotten at this house, and we even had a white Christmas! I think we had over 40" of snow at one point, measured at a nearby weather station, but you'll have to confirm the facts with our in-house weatherman.