Fun pics

1. Nanny Pat, Uncle Lew & Lily:)
2. Lil ~ she is the best!
3 & 4. Look how she is growing!!! When her legs are straight, her little feet hang off of the edge of the car seat.

Party Pooper Shirt - from Trish & Dave. Lily is almost too big for it already. We'll be passing it on to Blake next week. Thanks guys!

Last weekend

Last weekend Kate, Dan, the 3 girls and I went up north to the Zweber Cabin. It was such a nice time. The drive was long and the girls did great. Dan worked hard helping clear a beach - it was a lot of work and he did a great job!!! We also had a Hanna Montana 3D Movie party! Woo Hoo! haha! Thanks Zwebers & Dan for a fun get away.

Birthday Shout Out

Happy Birthday Lew!!!

Thanks for being so great with our

LILY of the Valley and helping Nanny Pat out.

I just realized that I missed posting a Very Important Birthday a month ago -

Happy Belated Birthday Grandpa Gary!!!

I am so lucky to have such a great father in law.

Sorry about the late post.

*I am sorry to anyone with a Birthday that I forget to post.

I am not very good at remembering b-days & anniversary's.

Caution Slow Moving Vehicle

I was pulled over today - by a cop - while driving a golf cart!!!

Crazy - I know! Very funny actually.
My co-worker and I were returning the company golf cart to the ramp. I was driving on the side walk and then we heard it...yep a siren and everything...
The officer wasn't the nicest man when he was asking me where I had been and what I was doing. (FYI - I wasn't just out for a joy ride.)
He told me that I can not drive on the sidewalks with it ...and not drive on the streets with it - because I did not have the big yellow caution sign on the golf cart telling people that it is a slow moving vehicle.

He also made it very clear (by pointing at me several times) that the driver is the one who would get the ticket. And "YOU would have to pay one hundred and forty nine dollars!" (again with the pointing.) I think it was our good looks & charm that got us out of the ticket THIS TIME. hahaha!!!

So reminder - if you have a slow moving vehicle- make sure you have the big yellow triangle to let other know or YOU will have to pay!

Rubbers Night at the Saints Game

Thursday night our Kickball team went to the Saints Game. It was a great night:) Our name was even on the Jumbo Screen - well sort of ("Welcome Bustin' R's Kickball Team'. ) William Hung preformed and threw the first pitch! hahah - Unfortunately I was not able to actually witness either event ~ Lil was not a fan...haha...Maybe next time:)

It was a fun night.

Pictures courtesy of Jentz & Colie - Thanks Guys!!!

Carpe diem

6 years ago today my brother was in a horrible accident and now lives with Traumatic Brain Injury. I won't get in to the details of any of that right now, but our lives will never be the same. We are the luckiest - most blessed family in the world. We were given a second chance with Dan. I can say that God is amazing and miracles do happen every day. But this is also a reminder how fragile life is. Make the most of it.
Do the people you love know you love them? Do they know how important they are to you? Are you proud of the choices you are making? Are you happy with your life, your job, what you do, where you are??? Do what makes you happy! Live the life you want! Don't hold on to stupid grudges, or get caught up in small meaningless drama. It's not worth it. Life is precious - and the people in it~ even more so.
Even though life is not always easy, I am so happy with where I am and who I am. Think about how blessed you are and hang on to that...

“Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.” ~ Quintus Horatius Flaccus

Enjoy your weekend:)

Happy Birthday Natalie!

Happy Birthday Natalie!!!

I wish I was going to be in town to celebrate with you.

We'll have to get together and go out again soon!

Have Fun!

3 Hour Tour

Segway Tour!!!

We had our Finance/Accounting Staff outing today and did a Segway Tour in Minneapolis. It was so much fun!!!

It was a little tricky to get the hang of the Segway at first - but soon enough (after a few small spills:) we were all pros! haha! The tour was great and I was able to see beautiful parts of city that I never knew existed.

If you are at all interested - I would suggest doing the tour. It was a wonderful day! I am assuming that Abbie & Crystal will also have posting with other pictures.

Thank you so much Kathy for a great outing - 4 stars!!!!!

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Pics from the week

Fun Pictures (except she is not really smiley in them):

1. This is Lil's dog named Butte. After Crested Butte - Kiley & Chris gave this to her and that is where they live. Thanks guys - she loves it! Mostly to eat it...but she love it!

2. Last week was the question to Bumper or not to bumper...Lily wasn't sleeping well because he legs were getting caught all of the time. Solution: we decided to bumper only on the side that her feet are. This way she shouldn't be at risk of SIDS and she won't get stuck at night.

3. Lil and I

4. Grandma Mary babysitting on Friday

5. Grandma Ann from Mickey's road trip on Thursday

6. Mickey, Grandma Ad, Corey & Lil from trip on Thursday

7. Thanks for lending us the jumper Cal, Dan & Abe...I think she will end up loving this thing. For now it seems a little strange for her.

Happy Birthday Amy

Happy Birthday Amy!!!
We hope you have a wonderful day!

Weekend Update

To finish week update:

Friday - Grandma Mary came to watch Lil. They had a wonderful day. I was told that she was on her best behavior. The two of them played a lot, walked a lot and even giggled a lot! That's right - I said GIGGLE!!! This is something that she has not done until now. They were having a ball with it. I think my mom was surprised when I got home and said this was a big first! I am sooo glad that Grandma Mary was able to share this very special first with her:) Mickey and I continue to try to get her to do it again...so far - no luck. She must be waiting for something really funny to happen. haha!

That evening the 3 of us went to dinner and picked up a good deal on a used Burley (pull behind bike cart for Lil) from Nicole's sister! We can't wait to use it. It won't be until next year - but still we couldn't pass it up.

Saturday we hung out and worked around the house. That night Guido came over and hung out with Lily & Mickey. So I went to Rachel's and hung out with her & Colie. It was great to sit and catch up all night.

Today has been lazy, cuddling day. We did go for a nice walk and Grandpa Gary surprised us on the way home form a motorcycle trip.

Overall weekend rating: 4 stars!

Daddy and Lily Road Trip

Thursday Mickey took the day off to be with Lily.
Here is his story:

Lil and I packed up the diaper bag and took off for New Ulm Thursday morning. She had a clean diaper and a full tummy before we took off, so the drive down went very smooth. Our first stop was to Grandma's office so that she could show her off to her co-workers. She soaked in the attention and received many compliments about her beautiful blue eyes. But she started to cry at the end of the tour so I walked quickly to the exit. She cried all the way to Great Grandma Ad's which was our next destination. It had been three hours since we departed from home so I knew the diaper would be wet and that she'd be hungry. Soon the crying turned to into a full force meltdown! Nothing is worse than a baby girl with tears running down her cheeks. Normally I'd hand her off to Anne in this situation but it was all on me. So I ran into Great Grandma's house, took her out of the car seat that was soaked in baby sweat, changed the diaper in record time while I ordered GG to mix up a bottle of formula STAT! Lil sucked the bottle down and was soon back to her normal self.

The rest of the day was spent at Grandma and Grandpa's house. They got to spend some much needed quality time with her. My cousin Corey and Aunt Joanne also stopped by so it was great for Lily to see her Wiltscheck relatives.

Before long Lily and I were on the road again heading back home. I was exhausted from the long day so I hoped the drive would be easy. The weather was perfect, the roads were dry and we were listening to some Beethoven as we watched the sunset over the beautiful flat lands of southern MN. But soon the whimpering started. I was able to reach back to her car seat to shove the nuk back into her mouth, but that only held her off for a few minutes. I was about an hour away from home so I was praying that she'd hold on. But the tears started flowing again! So I pulled into the nearest gas station. I tried to soothe her crying with her in the seat but something was wrong. So I took her out of the car and walked her around the parking lot. I then noticed that I was at some run down trucker joint so Cooter and Cletus Redneck were just staring at me like I was Clark Griswold in the family truckster. I then felt a soggy wet substance on my hands...yep, she pooped out of her diaper into her pants. So I laid her down in my backseat while I cleaned up the greenish/brown/orange crap from her bottom. I thought that the crying would subside....but my luck was running out. Anne has taught me that I need to check three things when she's upset. She's either hungry, needs to burp or has a dirty diaper. So I jumped into the backseat and mixed up a bottle. It was then that I had a moment of clarity. I was stressed out, my own bladder was full and I just wanted to get home! For some reason I started to think what the 21 year old/college/party guy Mickey would think about this situation. So I envisioned my younger self walking by the car and saying, "that poor dude, it must suck to deal with a crying, stinky baby all the time.....what a loser." Just the thought made me bust out in laughter and turned my mood around. Now the truckers were really staring at me! Soon enough Lily was fully satisfied so I put her stained clothes in my trunk, strapped her into the car seat wearing just a diaper, turned the Beethoven back on and got the hell out of dodge!

Anne saw the look on my face as soon as I got home and quickly took Lily from my arms. I went straight to bed, but before I could fall asleep I couldn't help but think that I'll never forget this experience for the rest of my life. And better yet, after this day I know that I can handle anything. So I'm no longer fearful of taking Lily on my own.....which makes my wife very happy.


Mickey

Thank you Zweber Girls

This week has been kind of crazy for Lily. Nanny Pat is out this week, so I got creative with child care options. Monday Mickey stayed home with Lily. Dad & babe had a great day!!!

Yesterday Lily was with Kate, Zoe & Ellie. She had a wonderful time! Kate is so brave and such a good sitter & sister...she took all 3 girls on a walk to visit grandma Mary at work and then they went to the Burnsville Center for some shopping!!! Yikes! It sounds like a lot of work, but it was a great idea because both Lil and Ellie do so well in the stroller. Kate did mention that the girls did so well - that she got both Zoe & Ellie's wardrobes set for next summer! (Everything is on major clearance now.)

Once I got there, we all headed over to watch Dan's baseball game with Grandpa Bill. Dan did great! He even scored a point!

PS - I wanted to take a picture of Kate with all of the girls yesterday, but I didn't have my camera. I did happen to take this pic of Zoe with my phone! She is always adorable and growing up so fast! (Love the Hot Pink hair!!!)

She did it!

Last night Lily rolled over from the back to the front. It took a while. She kept getting stuck by that one arm, but eventually she learned to get around that. I am so glad both Mickey and I were there to watch this:)
This morning when I went to get her, she was laying on her stomach again. We need to start watching even more carefully now that she is rockn' & rolln'!

Awesome BABY

I LOVE LILY! WE LOVE LILY!!!

She really is just sooo awesome! Mickey and I say over and over how lucky and blessed we are to have this beautiful, happy, amazing little girl!

This weekend she has been so much fun. She is close to being able to really giggle. She'll let out many 'Ha-s', coo's and baby talk. She smiles a ton and now she is on the verge of being able to really laugh. I can't wait!

More progress: Lil is almost rolling over. She gets that first leg over, a second, an arm and lays on her side. Her head is pretty much there... but she is just not totally there with the other arm to make the transition complete. This is very exciting for us. I REALLY hope that she does it for us soon:) Maybe even tonight!

Words can not explain how I feel about her ~ We are just so happy!

Weekend Update

I had to laugh with Kathy when she asked me what my weekend plans were...I replied that I wasn't sure what was going on - probably hanging around the house, maybe go to the Farmers Market on Saturday and do a little yard work...immediately we both thought of and both recited the part in Old School where Will Ferral was explaining his exciting plans of going to the Home Depot and maybe the Olive Garden too. haha! Wow - our lives have changed!!! BUT I couldn't be happier. I love spending time with Lily and it is the best of the best!

So here is our recap:
Thursday Night: Dave, Trish and Blake came over with dinner. It was great to spend time with them and chat about how parenting is going for all of us. Thanks for dinner you guys - it was GREAT!
Friday: Lily and I met up with some of the other moms & babies from our new parent group. She and I spent most of the day relaxing together. It was wonderful. That night the 3 of us just hung out:)
Saturday: I talked to mom mom and realized that she didn't have any big plans either. So Lily and I went shopping and out to lunch with her. It was great spending the day together. Later that night Mickey and Lily has some alone time and I went out to dinner with Donella for dinner. Today: Hanging out at home:) tonight Dan Barlog and one of his buddies are staying with us, before they take off for Alaska. I am sure they will have an awesome trip!

Overall - the weekend was 2 thumbs up!

Special Visitor

Great Grandma Edna
has been staying with Nanny Pat this week.
Lily has been enjoying the time with her. It is great to see you Grandma!!!

I also heard that Aunt Virgie was there yesterday too.

Sorry I miss you Virg. I hope you girls had a great time:)

Nanny Pat reprots that everything is going well. This is great to hear. We know Lil likes going over there. Every morning when Pat says hello - Lily flashes her a big smile!

Again Pat - thanks for all you do!

Fun Sisters!!!!

Kate & I ARE Fun Sisters -
but in this case I am talking about the shop.

Brenda, Heather and I took a quick jaunt to the Fun Sisters Shop in Minneapolis today. If you have never been - I suggest you go. They are only open one week each month.

http://thefunsisters.com/

It was a great opportunity for me to not only get a cute pair of shoes and a fun purse/diaper bag, but it was nice to catch up with the girls. Heather is the CEO's assistant and I always learn a lot from the time we spend together. She is also due to have her second baby next month and is doing great! Brenda and I never have a dull conversation:) Thanks for the outing girls!

Love that Bumbo Chair

The Zweber's are letting us use Ellie's Bumbo Chair. She is able to hold her head up fairly nicely, so we thought we would let her use it a little each day. We think she enjoys sitting with us at dinner time:) I'm sure as she gets stronger she'll be spending more time in it.

Princess Lillian of the Wiltschecks

I just love that she is finding her most comfortable ways of sleeping now.
Our Lil’ Princess is growing up so fast!

3 Months

Lily - we can't believe you are 3 months old already. You have grown so much! You can hold your head up so nicely. You have a beautiful smile. We love to hear you talk and watch you kick. Just this week you have shown us how you can take your nuk out of you mouth and put it back. You are a special, special girl and we love you so much!
Love,
Mom & Dad

4th of July

We went down to the Kroyer Cabin to celebrate the 4th of July. As always it was a great time - Hanging out with the family, washer tourney, watching fireworks, great food, staying up all night catching up with my cousins, swimming...I could go on & on...
Thanks Barb & Jerry - we love coming down! Can't wait until the next time:)