Thanksgiving and Christmas in South Dakota

We headed to South Dakota for thanksgiving last Wednesday. We had a great time seeing his family and hanging out with everyone. Holly did a great job hosting her first thanksgiving dinner!!! Bree LOVED the pumpkin pie, I think she could eat that all day!!! On Thursday we also celebrated Christmas with his family since we wont be making it up there. Bree wasn't interested much in opening the presents, but the look on her face when she saw what she got was priceless!! We got the lights on the house last night and decorated the tree!! It is beginning to look a lot like christmas here!!

Bree's Buddy

Bree and Great-Grandpa Kipper have become quite the buddies!! Courtney captured this picture and I just loved it so I thought I would share it with you all!!!

Happy Halloween!!

Here are a few pictures that Courtney took of Bree "the Ladybug" at Grandma and Grandpa's house on Saturday. She is one tough cookie, because I wouldn't of wanted that itchy tutu on all day but she did it. We hope you all enjoy!!!

Sleepy Girl!!

Bree must have had a rough day today. Brian and I are eating and we look over at Bree and she is falling asleep in her highchair. She has never done this before. We layed her down, then she woke up we fed her a bottle and she was asleep for the night at 7:00pm. We have started not having her nap in the evening and I think tonight she could of used one when we got home from the babysitter.

Fall Time!!

We tried to take advantage of the nice weather on Saturday and take a few fall pics. Bree wasn't her smiley self, I don't think she likes the feeling of the leaves. Though we were able to capture a few good ones. Bree has been busy crawling everywhere, and she is taking steps hanging onto the couch, though she is getting a little daring and is going from the couch to the end table. We had our first bout of sickness this season, Bree had a cold the last two weeks, we took her to the Dr. on Monday because it was lingering. She was put on some yummy amoxicillon, she loves that stuff. Though to be honest there isn't much that she doesn't love to eat. Well we will update after Saturday, she is a ladybug for Halloween, we are baised or anything but we think she is the cutest ladybug ever!!!

Black Hills Vacation

We returned September 21st from a great vacation with Brian's brothers and their families. It was a great time to spend with them since we aren't able to get together very often. We headed up Thursday and stayed the night in Sioux Falls. On Friday we headed across the state and drove through the Badlands and stopped at Wall Drug and had a vintage family picture taken. On Saturday we headed out early to Cosmos mystery, then Mt. Rushmore, Bear Country, and Reptile Gardens. Then we headed back to the hotel and got ready to go to a large indoor waterpark for the evening. On Sunday we headed to Hill City for a ride on the 1880 train and a nice walk around Hill City. Brian, Bree, and I headed to Custer State Park to drive around and hopefully find a geocache. Unfortunately after a very long walk it started to rain and we headed back to the vehicle empty handed. Oh well, we will try again. Monday we headed back to Kansas with a long 12 hr drive. We were pleasantly surprised that Bree enjoyed the drive home. Tuesday was a great day to recover from the vacation and for Bree to catch up with her sleep. Speaking of Bree, had we told you that she is a crawling machine. She doesn't stay in one place for very long at a time. On Tuesday she was able to pull herself up to standing by using the couch. We also have started using cloth diapers. It will take a little bit to get use to, but I think we will get the hang of it eventually.

Check out Bree's Pics!!!

I wanted to let everyone know they can check out Bree's 6 month pics online if you would like. Go to www.rockersphotography.com then click on order online at the bottom of the page, then click on shafer and the password is Bree. They were great, I have no idea how we are going to pic any out!!!