"Base-ball"

or more like ba-ba. So cute! We love hearing his little voice!


And here are two I already shared with family. His train sound:


And saying "Berry"


He still hasn't said berry again for me since this video was taken little stinker.

Baby Shower

Yesterday I hosted a shower for a good friend of mine. I want to share some pictures as I am very proud of all the decorations I worked on :-) I was sticking with a 'clothesline' theme, so my decor mirrored that.




I made these onsie's with my Silhouette Cameo and heat transfer vinyl:


I made a diaper cake!






And for the guest book activity I had guests write some words of encouragement for the mom-to-be.


For a mingling activity everyone took one sock, then later found their pair and visited about family traditions.


It was a brunch shower so we had OJ, strawberry water, coffee, egg bake, cresent rolls with a couple different cheeses in the middle, and fruit.







And here is a shot of us all:

Grandparents Visit

Last weekend Kyle's folks came up for a visit and to join us for Kyle's graduation. They came up Thursday evening and arrived after Isaac was in bed. So Friday we had all day to hang out while Kyle was at work. They brought Isaac a new wagon! Of course he was super excited to see it waiting for him in the living room and immediately claimed it as his :-P


After breakfast we went for a walk down the street and back.




It wasn't too chilly of a morning, but the grandparents are used to Missouri weather so they were rather chilly.


Isaac is telling grandma a story about something:


Having a little snack in the wagon.


Kyle got to leave work early since it was the Friday of a holiday weekend, so we went for another walk/wagon ride after nap time.


We strolled to a local park near the dog park, so Harpo was also included. Harpo did get his eye brows trimmed shortly after this trip as he couldn't see a thing... poor neglected first child he is:




Isaac had some fun on the swings:








Saturday we had brunch at one of our favorite places, Uptown Cafeteria. Then went for a little walk around lake of the isles afterward.




Came home so Isaac could get a good nap before heading off to the graduation that evening.

Sunday was pretty low key. We played around the house then went for Japanese Hibachi for dinner. Isaac seemed to love it, was a little concerned with the fire initially but then ooh and ahhed over it. Caught everyone with their mouth's full....


Then my second one Del had his eyes shut, oops.


Monday morning we took another trip to a different park in our neighborhood.








Running out from underneath the trees:






Overall it was a fun visit and a lot of play time and lovin' on Isaac!

USTMBA Graduation!

After a long three and a half years, Kyle is now the proud recipient of a Master's degree. MBA to be exact. So much has changed since he started almost four years ago. The first semester he was in class he networked with a classmate which landed him a job at his current company, a very good career move for him. Which actually made getting his MBA a little harder since the motivation to find a good job wasn't the leading factor anymore. But he pushed on and after many nights of studying, weeks/months of only seeing me one or two nights a week, and ALL the stress that all brings he is FINISHED!!! Such a big accomplishment and I am so proud of him!

His graduation was last night, at the undergraduate campus of St. Thomas. His classes were all downtown Minneapolis at the UST graduate school campus. Being the photographer I am, my main focus was making sure we made time for pictures. And since he wasn't getting his hood until he got there (and wasn't able to keep it) I was worried we wouldn't be able to get photos before with the hood. But we did! So he went in, got his hood, asked someone to help with how it goes on because I attempted it but it was wrong. And we ran outside to get some photos.

Here is Kyle with his folks who came to town for his graduation.




Not sure how I captured this one, but I kinda like it. Isaac and I gave Kyle a new watch for a graduation gift


Another reason I wanted to do photos before hand was in hopes that Isaac would be more cooperative... nope he had no interest in getting his picture taken.


But he did enjoy running around. Here is grandpa keeping up with him.


Shot of the hood:




Once we were done with pictures we went in to find our seats while Kyle went into a gym to get in place for the procession. Kyle's parents held our seats and I used that time to walk Isaac in the hallway, saving the sit still time for when the ceremony had actually started. And I was able to get some more photos of Kyle.








Seven o'clock was near and I was told by an usher the ceremony was about to begin. So we wheeled ourselves back to our seats and watched as every entered. Isaac was pointing and saying "Dada? Dada!" It was so cute!



We lucked out on the same side as his row so I got some good photos of him making his way to his seat.




Isaac was so good throughout the entire ceremony. Playing on mama's phone, having snack, jumping from mama's lap to grandma's. He made it the whole time (better than he does sitting through church, lol)












Then it was time for the names. They had a lot to go through, but it went surprisingly quick.






Handing his name card to the reader


Shaking the Dean's hand


Looking proud


At the reception after the ceremony.






And just like he does, Isaac didn't fall asleep in the car until we made it to our exit a few blocks from our house! Stinker.