Big Girl!

We finally made the switch in Nadia's room and she has a big girl bed...let the sleepless nights begin again!

Daycare Christmas

Nadia's daycare had a holiday party last night for the kids and all of the parents. We are very lucky to have such a great person to watch Nadia for us while we're at work! She is always doing fun things for the kids and last night was so much fun for all of us! Julie had her house all decked out and even had an ice sculpture! She closed the night with a video of the kids throughout the year and all the fun activities that they did.

Julie had Santa Claus stop by to hand out gifts and we found out that Nadia is not a 'Santa Baby.' :) She wouldn't have anything to do with him!

For the past month, Darren and I have been wondering how Nadia was getting so good at Christmas songs. We found out last night! Julie had the kids sing songs for the parents.

Terrible TWO'S!!!

It's official...we have a 2 year old! It's only been a few weeks, but Nadia seems to be a natural at the terrible 2's! The good news is that a 2 minute time out seems to snap her out of it!

We went to Devils Lake for Nadia's birthday and were able to spend some time with Darren's family. It was an action packed weekend with a bday party, baby shower for Amanda, Thanksgiving and Toy Story 3. It was a great weekend!

Nadia and Uncle Dustin watching Toy Story and hanging out with Aunt Amanda...

Darrell, Dion and Jamie were excited about the hats...

Aunt Dana made Nadia a puppy cake!

Great Grandma Maggie...

Grandma Kuhn, Darren and Nadia

Fall

Dion and Laura came up to see us before we went to Colorado. Darren restored an old farm mower and had Dion help hoist it up. It was pretty heavy!!

Darren missing his snowmobile...I'm sure there will be one soon enough...keep shopping Dion!
Nadia had fun playing with Uncle Dion...

We went to a birthday party for one of Nadia's friends that was in the hospital at the same time as her. Parents and children were encouraged to dress up so Nadia was a cow and Darren and I were cowboy/cowgirl. All of her little baby friends were there and are getting so big! Nadia will be the last one to turn 2.

Our little cow driving the john deere tractor!
Nadia and her friend, Howie...

Our preemies have all gotten so big!!

Colorado

Darren finally got to experience Colorado Elk hunting! He was supposed to go 2 years ago for the first time but Nadia had other plans for both of us!

We managed to squeeze in family photos before the guys left for hunting camp. The girls were so cute in their outfits!

While the guys were in the mountains, the girls enjoyed a few days of laziness! We didn't cook at all and watched chick flicks every day during the girls' afternoon nap. It was awesome!

Our trip home was a long one! For anyone who saw the weather breaking wind storms that MN was getting...that was the day we were trying to get home. We sat in Salt Lake City for 5 hours before they finally cancelled our flight. Nadia did so good and was the entertainment for many people that evening! We finally made it home the next day.

Nadia made Darren sit down with her in the hallway...

Watching for a plane...

Pumpkin Patch

What kind of parents would we be if we didn't take Nadia to a pumpkin patch? We found a great hobby farm in the middle of Andover that had pumpkins and hay rides. It was a fun day!

Nadia loved looking at all of the animals and even pet a goat...

We decided to be festive this year and decorate for the fall season. Aren't you proud of us, Lisa??

Paintball

I was invited to play paintball with a few coworkers and thought, why not? Our Services organization decided it was time to take out some frustration on our Sales team and paintball was the best way to accomplish it!

Let me just say OUCH! I was the only girl who played and the guys took equal rights very seriously. I managed to escape with only 6 bruises...one that took up the majority of my right thigh.

Here are a few pics from the day...

My boss won the award for worst war wound...