Snotty Nose

Nolan had been declaring all evening that he had a snotty nose.  Being the trusting (or lazy) parents that we are we let him "take care of" the snotty nose himself.  I noticed he had gone in the bathroom quite a few times but didn't really think much of it. Silly silly me.

The result of Nolan's snotty nose…..

 Something even funnier…Chad scooping out the excess toilet paper!  He was THRILLED I took his picture!

Welcome Baby Violet

Well the day finally came and Violet made her way into this world.  Of course she had to do it while I was out of town, but I'll forgive her…eventually!

Ms. Violet came over the other day for her first official photo shoot.  I have a feeling this is the first of many so I hope she doesn't mind a camera in her face! I'm not used to little girls around these parts, so I'll take every opportunity I have to do something uber-girly!

So here are a few of my favorites from our little session:

Fireworks!

I was out to dinner last night with my friend Jessie and I received the following text from Chad:

       The tooting quotes are awesome.  As soon as I took his diaper off for bath time, 

       he lets a huge one rip and says "Oh, that wasn't fireworks...that was a toot."

Ahhh, the mind of a two year old...gotta love it!  At what point do kids start to have a filter on what they say?  I'm truly dreading that day because I love the randomness that comes out of his mouth!

Buddies and Bomb Pops

We spent this past weekend at The Lake celebrating the 4th of July.  It was full of friends, family, food, fun, fireworks and freaking exhaustion!  We had some visitors with us this trip...Kim, Curtis and Jack.  Jack and Nolan are almost exactly a year apart, so its always fun to watch them interact.  If Nolan thinks Baby B is half as fun as he thinks Jack is…we should be good to go at the Struckmann house.  Here are some pictures from the weekend, the lake never fails us.  Always a good time.

If looks could kill.  Both of these boys are definitely looking at me like I had bird poop on my head or something, that or they are giving  me their best "deep thoughts" pose.

I think this is more like it…Apparently all I need to get smiles out of children is to hire Curtis to do a little jig in the background.

Nolan has become quite the swimmer these days, which is really fun.  He is able to kick around by himself.  Sometimes he tries to throw some arm movements in to the mix as well, but unfortunately at this point that action is counterproductive as he tends to push in the wrong direction! So for now we are focusing on "kick, kick, kick".

Now for a little of Chad's "humor".  He always thinks its super funny when I hold alcoholic beverages while growing a miracle.  Totally makes me feel like "Mom of the Year."  This particular shot though, I do have to give the guy props.  Please note the name of the bar on the cup, strategically located next to my "bump."  Classy…No, Awesome…Absolutely!  Who knew Chad was so artistic, maybe I should hand over the camera equipment more often!

And now on to the Bomb Pops I promised.  Notice Jack's face in this picture, it's like he's never had a popsicle before.  Oh that's right…he hadn't!!!!  Poor poor poor deprived Jack.  Don't worry buddy we will take care of you.  Who knows next time we might do something crazy and get like an ice cream sandwich!