apple orchard pictures

Here are the pictures from the apple orchard I promised! Jack figured out right away how to bite off a piece of the apple. He also thought it would be fun to throw a few of them, so hopefully that doesn't start a new habit!

weekend of fun

Our weekend has been filled with fun and excitement! On Friday evening we took Jack out in hopes of finding some shoes that would fit his fat foot (I swear it's as fat as it is long). We headed to Des Moines to try our luck there since I have tried to shove his foot into every pair of shoes I could find in Marshalltown. We did have some luck at Sheels (a sports store with an 80 foot oak tree in the middle). He got some brown Merrell's. They are so cute! If it wasn't 90 degrees outside I'd put them on and take a picture to post.

Saturday was the Oketemberfest parade, which Jack missed because he was sound asleep in his crib for his morning nap. I couldn't believe he slept that long since people were lined up outside our house for the parade...marching bands, police cars, screaming kids, etc. He slept for 2 hours, so just when Jack and I were headed to meet Steve and some of the youth everyone else was leaving the parade.

Last night Steve and I ate the BEST carmel apples from the candy store downtown for supper and watched Blades of Glory...which was actually kind of funny!

Today, Steve is going back to work for the afternoon and evening and Jack and I are going with some friends to an apple orchard. I've never been to one, so I'm excited about that!

I hope everyone else had a great weekend!

Too tired to move!

As I was talking on the phone to April tonight, and Jack and I were hanging out in his bedroom he was all happy and playing with his leapfrog piano and all of a sudden I looked and he was laying on the floor sound asleep. Too cute! I'll keep my fingers crossed that he sleeps all night since he was up a lot last night with two 1 year molars coming in.

Take a look at all the toys and books all over the floor. He made that mess all on his own!

Birthday Party

We headed over to the Boland's for a birthday party with my dad and Nels. He loved when we sang "happy birthday" to him, he clapped and clapped! Then it was time for the presents...which he got some neat ones...fisher price parking garage/ramp, animal magnets that sing for the fridge, nerf basketball hoop, and an airplane. To get ready for Christmas in Hawaii!

Here is his give me more presents face!

Here is the before the real fun began shot!

Here is the almost final product of messy-ness! He had cake all the way up his arm, in his nose and everywhere. It really helped when we put a little scoop of ice cream in the pan. He did have a cute little cake I made, but it fell off the plate when I was carrying it into the house. Oh well, I think he enjoyed himself. He had to take a bath with his clothes on and then get in his pj's before we left their house. A good time was had by all!

Happy Birthday Jack!

Happy Birthday Jack!

September 15th...1 year old! I can hardly believe it! It really does go by so fast. Here is a picture of Jack a year ago (6 days old) and here is another picture taken today.....boy does he change! Uncle Nels and Grandpa Fogelberg are on their way to Iowa to celebrate with us. The cake is just coming out of the oven, just call me Betty Crocker! It won't be near as cute as the cake he had last weekend in Duluth...but I promise to post some pictures anyway. He went for his 1 year appointment today and weighs 21 lbs! The most exciting part is that he's going to start drinking whole milk!! We're excited about that, especially since the formula Jack had to be on was 24 dollars a can. He also gets to sit in his car seat facing the front, so that will be much easier to take road trips when we can see his face and not just in the little mirror.

It's the big Iowa State vs. U of Iowa football game tomorrow afternoon, so the town is all decked out in black and yellow or red and yellow! For team spirit day at school today I wore my UMD sweatshirt and a MN Gophers t-shirt. You can tell how much we're into the whole rivalry thing. Some entertainment anyway...

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

If the Stepec's were a cartoon

This is a little fun. With all the Simpson craze this summer I thought it would be interesting to see what our family might look like in the Simpson world. Enjoy.

Birthday Party #1

Here are some pictures of Jack's birthday party in Duluth. From what I hear he wasn't too sure about the cake idea. It looks like he was being a little too neat with the spoon! He got some great birthday presents. As Steve says, "he's loved". They had a good weekend visiting family, friends and Steve headed to his reunion for a night. Jack was a good traveler in the car, he slept most of the way home which is why he was up a lot last night. Hopefully we can get that straightened out for this next week. My first full week of school is coming up.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Home Alone!

Yep, I'm home alone! As you can tell from the picture there is no sitting down and around relaxing when Jack is around. My main goal is to finish Jack's scrapbook of his first year of life....needless to say I'm on month 8 and I have 1 week to go.

Steve and Jack headed to Duluth on Thursday for Steve's 10-year reunion. They are also celebrating Jack's birthday a week early with Steve's family. Today is the big day with his very first cake! I'll have to post some pictures of that tomorrow!

Better get back to scrapbooking!

Funny face!

Here is a picture of Jack making funny faces. I was hoping that it would attach to my other entry, but I forgot to set the picture first. So entry #2 for me!! Impressive, huh?

Attempt #1!!

Hello Everyone!

This is our first attempt at a blog...so I'm just trying it out. We've (mostly I) have been talked into this blogging thing. We hope to have it all set up by the time Jack is 1, so much for all of you finding out about his first year of life!! :)

Things are nuts at our house with me getting back in the routine at school and Jack going back to daycare. All is going well, and we've been REALLY busy!