The Dahlberg Family, established 2007

Josie's Doppelganger

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She gets it all the time...."are you that baby from Up All Night"? "Can I get your autograph?"

I don't see it. It must be the hair :) Personally....I think she is WAY cuter.

A day late

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9 months!!!!!

UPDATE: We went to the doc on Monday.

9month stats

weight: 20.5 lbs

28 inches (I think)

anyway....around 70th percentile in weight and length and 90th in head.

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Backwards scooter

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She scooted herself into a corner

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Mustache man

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Happy valentines day!!

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The kids with vday treats from nana and papa.

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Weekend stuff

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Kollan came to hang out with us on Friday. It was a gorgeous day so we headed to the park

Morning Valentine craft. Ironing crayon shavings between wax paper. Then we cut them into hearts and hung them in the front window.

Josie and Kollan

Keaton and his shadow :)

Cheese

Big girl feeding herself!!!

Lesson, lessons, and more lessons

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Josie learning how to flirtI thought this one was funny so I had to throw it in :)

Keaton tuckered out after ski lessons....he NEVER sleeps in the car

Tired guy

Josie at her first swim lessons and first time in the pool!!

Learning how to kick. She loved the water!

Keaton at swim lessons!

Sugar and Spice....

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Kiki and her friends
The mom to be :)

Super cute onesie bouquet made by Jenny!

The food table still being set up

Josie and her papa

Favors and the framed invitation

Aunt Kiki and Josie

Mimosa bar

Josie and her boyfriend Thomas

Setting up the food

Juice for Mimosas

More of the food....we had brunch

Game "Sugar and Spice" or "Puppy Dog Tails" photos of Zach and Kiki as babies

The set up.....thanks Donna for opening up your home!!

Me, Jenny, Kiki and Josie

Sundae onesies made by Jenny!!!!

Josie :)

This weekend Aunt Kiki was in town and I had the honor (along with her best friend Jenny and Donna) of throwing a shower for her and little Olivia! Here are a few photos from the party.

What's happening at our house....

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Josie loves elmo :)

Keaton started ski lessons

Mike ruptured his achiles

Good times :)

Randoms....

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Our only photo of our New Year's Sleep Over/Game Night with the Wongs!!
I guess dinner time at our house means no clothes.

Brandie, Keaton and Dave drinking champagne on Dave's Bday dinner.

A random shot from a morning before work.

I guess Josie got the morning person gene.

Sara painted Keaton's nails. I asked to get a photo and here is what he wanted to do.

Hey!!

My sweet blue eyed girl

She's pretty happy like this most of the time!!

More Christmas

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Not enough snow. But, we did manage to take Keaton for a couple sled runs.
Hiking up the hill with Dad.

Keaton's first time in a hot tub!

Josie modeling her sweater and hat from Great Aunt Sue.

Oh yay! The "pooping dog" he was asking for!!

Josie and Great Uncle Wayne (Ed's youngest brother)

Showing off his monster jammies and slippers

Keaton and Great Aunt Sue

She was reading the tags to Keaton and he was delivering the presents.

They made a great team!

The Jersey Shark Boys!! And Uncle Wayne :)

That one must have been for him.

Giving Papa kisses

Too cute not to share...

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Grandpa visits

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Josie's first haircut

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Josie and sage

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Christmas in SunValley

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Here are some photos that Ed took of our fabulous weekend in SunValley.

Uncle Casey, maud and amelia visit ...

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Merry Christmas!!!!

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Girlfriends Xmas 2011

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The hostesses and our very own Martha (MaiBrit Harvey)

The group!!! (I was the one pressing the timer so I had to slide in)

The hostesses. Thanks to Cheryl for opening up your lovely home to all of us crazies!!!

This year I was one of the hostesses. We revisited our youth and did a kid themed night.
Complete with a School bus light/bar tour, s'mores, mac n cheese and
pigs in a blanket, and a good ol brown lunch sacks for the bus (don't forget the jello shots)!

It was a fun night with fabulous ladies!!!! To stick with the theme, instead of
gifting to each other, we all brought a gift for a needy child. I feel
so lucky to have such wonderful friends!!!

Making us proud

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Friday holiday fun!!

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Santa in the north end....

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I only had my phone so these will have to do. Once again the mogensen's were gracious enough to throw a Santa bash. I love this party probably more than any other Christmas party. Such great memories for our kids. Thanks again mogs!!!!

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These are a few of my favorite things.....

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Smidgy, a Santa mug & hot cocoa

Another from my work Holiday party

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Keaton and Delaney in their 3-D glasses

Family time

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This past Friday was Papa's Birthday. Keaton made him a card and helped me make cookies. We surprised Papa with a visit on Friday to deliver them. Then we had them over on Sunday for dinner. Keaton helped me bake Papa a cake and was pretty excited to sing Happy Birthday to him.

Singing Happy Birthday Helping Papa blow out his candles.

Uncle Dodo hasn't seen the kids since before Thanksgiving so he paid us a visit on Sunday. Not sure what to do with Josie's hair. One of the downsides of having hairy kids :)

Getting in the spirit!

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The Holidays are upon us! With the start of December we were thrown right into the Holiday fun! We put up our Christmas decorations Thanksgiving weekends and are in full Holiday party mode with 3 more this weekend!! I can't believe only 19 more days until Christmas. Yes, we are counting them down in our house. We also have a visitor at our house. Smidgy, our very own Elf on the Shelf has come to live with us during the Holidays. He makes nightly trips back to the North Pole to report to Santa. I have to admit. Keaton was a little freaked out at first, but I think he has finally warmed up to him. Ah, the memories! Keaton informed us he needed a Santa costume.
He made due with two stockings and a hat.

Josie putting an ornament on the tree.

Keaton and Daddy with the finished product.

Placing the star on the tree.

A group photo at my work Holiday party. In theory it was a good idea to do something different and have the kids attend. That is unless you are the parents of the young kids. We really didn't get to socialize very much as we were too busy parenting. Keaton got to sit on Santas lap and was very excited while we were waiting. Once again he clammed up and didn't say a word. But, Santa said he could just tell Smidgy and he would report to Santa.

Randoms....

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Keaton and Josie's first bath together. She loves it...right?
A leftover from Halloween. Keaton and Delaney. I work with Delaney's mom. You might remember their Halloween photo together from last year. She was a character from Yo Gaba Gaba! She is a cutie! I think Keaton has a crush on her. We had our work Christmas party last Friday at the Botanical Gardens and these two were inseperable.

Papa and his girl.

Cut our first tooth today!!!!

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And I can't forget to mention....

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This little guy. He is three and a half!!! He makes is laugh every day and is such a sweet boy.

6 months

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Today josie is 6 months old. It sure has gone fast. She is such a sweet little gal and has brought so much joy to our lives. She sure does light up everytime she sees her big brother, and what a good big brother he is!!!

Family Photos sneak peek...

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Mad scientist

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Some Friday fun with baking soda, vinegar, food coloring and an eye dropper :)

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First ponytail

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Our weekend

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Swinging!

Her first time in the park swing!

On the couch for a nap with mom

Keaton loaded up her exersaucer with toys :) and a hat?

Keaton being goofy

We had a nice low key weekend at home. The weather finally feels like fall, we even had a few snow flurries. We cozied up and stayed home most all weekend. It was nice :)

Josie 5 month stats

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16 lbs (70th percentile) and 26 inches long (60th percentile) . I can’t remember the head circumference but she was 75^th percentile.

Halloween 2011

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Here are some photos of our Halloween night. Keaton dressed up as Spiderman and Josie was our little lady bug. We lucked out and borrowed both costumes this year! Why was this day different than any other day in our house for Keaton and his love of dressing up you ask? Well, because this time when he dressed up he was given candy! He was really into the trick or treating this year and was able to perfect his skills by trick or treating at Mike's work on Friday, my work on Monday and then finally hitting a few houses last night. We headed over to the Sheffels for some dinner and adult libations before heading out in their neighborhood for a few blocks (about 3 total). Nana joined us and thank goodness she did. I didn't take any pics. These are all from her camera. Josie was a little cranky and Keaton was really on one from all the Halloween sugar. It was a little bit of chaos. But, it was a great time and great memories for Keaton's 4th Halloween and Josie's first. After Trick or Treating we headed to Dodo's house for dessert and to see Kay and Tom and Bill and Clarice. She doesn't look cranky, but trust me she was!
Cheeks :)

Having some cereal to see if that helps.

Mike had to carry her the whole way. She did get a little happier and talked to all the fun decorations she saw. As soon as we got done and Mike put her in the car seat she fell asleep.

Josie getting in on the action.

Showing his Spidey Moves.

He was a great kid really, very polite and remembered to only take one piece.

A little hard for him to see out of his mask.

One last house!

Beer Frame Bowling

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http://mogensenfamily.blogspot.com/2011/10/beer-frame-bowling-halloween-night.html

I didn't take any pics so check out Laura's post on our Halloween Night at the alley.

More kid Halloween pics to come.

Cute :)

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Nana sent this to us while they were babyistting for us last Thursday
so we could bowl.

Keaton or Josie?

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Too funny. I just came across this photo of Keaton taken in November of 08. He is just about the same age here as Josie is now. This was Gabby's hair clip that I put in his hair. Looks alot like Josie :)

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5 Months Old

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Today our sweet girl is 5 months old! WOW!!!! She is such a happy, easy going baby. I don't want to jinx us...but she has slept through the night the past two nights. Could we have turned a corner?!!!
She is very close to sitting up, loving the exersaucer, really using her voice, chowing on her rice cereal, thinks her brother is pretty entertaining and overall just making our lives more brighter!! We are so thankful to have her in our wonderful life.

The Pumpkin Patch

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First stop the jumping pillow

I think jumping on the Thompsons trampoline has made him a lille more coordinated!

Getting some serious air :)

He is serious about his jumping.

In the corn box.

Pumpkin tetherball

Me and the kids on the cow train

Keaton had fun, but Josie and I could have passed.

Unfortuntely he didn't want to ride alone and Mike is a little too tall to fit.

Roping!!

A little help from Dad.

Keaton and Mom

Keaton and Josie

Shooting the pumpkin canon

We waited in line for an hour (no joke) so he could get his face painted.

Glad we did. He was pretty pleased with the out come. Here is his best zoolander male model pose.

I still think I could have accomplished the same look with some blue eyeshadow and a little mascara. He was convinced this was the batman look. I didn't have the heart to tell him that this was probably meant for little girls.

He had to get up on this truck and have his photo taken. I guess it was like his catwalk. Work it Keaton.

A photo op of my munchkins :)
Happy Halloween!!!!

October 2011

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Not sure if this was in October, but a dinner night at our house with the Thompsons. Keaton always has so much fun with these boys. They always teach him something new too :) Here they taught him how to climb on the roof of the play house. :)

All 4 boys, I mean super heroes

A couple weekends ago we had the Forsey's and the Slaughters over for the BSU game and dinner. I only got a photo of Benny in this hat. Had to, look how cute he is :)

Last weekend Mike broke out the exersaucer for Josie. She loves it!

Sunday was Malcom Thompson's 4th Bday party. He had a costume party (and GREAT weather). Here is Iron Man (Keaton) and Army Man (Max Wong)

Dinner at the Wolff's with the class of 2029
Ben and Benny, Mike and Josie, Matt and Alex. It's a Josie sandwich.

Checking out Alex

Here he is trying to impress her with his sitting skills.

Jibber jabber!

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Don't know how to rotate it!!!

She "talks" non stop :) I don't remember Keaton really doing this but Josie sure does talk our ear off.

His present from my dc trip

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We ventured to Chinatown and were having a beer when I spotted the kung fu gift shop. I couldn't leave without this :)

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A couple new ones of the kids

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My trip to DC

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My yummy beer in Chinatown

Donny and Sara with the Washington Monument in the background

Fun with fashion tape!

No kids here! Cousins gone wild!!

Hm....ineresting beer selection. 30 seconds on the clock. Let's hear what you got tosh.o style.

Fun with friends!

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http://weaversflyingcircus.blogspot.com/2011/10/last-summer-gathering.html

Copy and paste this link into your browser to see some fun we had last weekend. Thanks Weavers!!!

Mommy Bubby day (and now Josie too)

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I am back at work but still get to take Fridays off to spend with my kids. When it was just Keaton and I, we would call the day "Mommy and Bubby Day". I would wake him up on Fridays singing, "It's a mommy and bubby day, hey, hey!". Now we have Mommy, Bubby and Josie days. We usually spend the day having play dates with friends and running errands. Here is a photo of Keaton last Friday at Kinkos/FedEx helping me send a surprise package to Grandma. He still hasn't quite mastered wearing his sunglasses :)

4 months

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Sorry for the lack of posts. I promise as fall sets in and things slow down I will be a better blogger. For poor Josie's sake more than anything. I plan to use this blog as the kids memory books and well, I guess you can see that the second child really does get the short end of the stick on that whole thing :) So Josie, I make this promise to you to be a better "memory blogger".

She turned 4 months old last weekend and is getting so big. I can't beleive that 4 months have passed already. Once again I find myself asking, "where did the time go?". Josie is smiling, laughing, rolling over and eating rice cereal!!! I am back at work (in my 3rd week) and she has adjusted (and so have I) just fine to daycare. Her big brother takes good care of her and enjoys having her there too.

Keaton is growing like a weed too and is such a BIG boy!!!! He is still VERY into super hero's and enjoys dressing up and playing super hero squad every chance he gets. He is getting very good at riding his bike, dressing himself, picking up after himself and working on his listening skills :) He is excited for Halloween and as of yesterday plans to be a Red Samurai Power Ranger.

So far this fall we are enjoying the gorgeous weather, catching up with friends, Sunday mt bike rides together, bronco football and back to the alley for bowling! I have my first weekend away from Josie (and Keaton and Mike) to go back east for a family wedding. I am looking forward to the "me" time but will miss everyone bunches. This is Mike's first time taking on both kids for an extended period of time. I'm sure it will be a fun weekend for the kids...the rules seem to be more lax when mom is away :)

Go broncos!!!!

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Perfecting our riding

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Might be crazy...

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Me, two kids and a camper! Mccall or bust!

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Minnesota 2011

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Superhero obsession

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Wow!!! Took forever and I only made 5 of them!!!

Keaton and his buds....

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3 months old

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Today Josie is 3 months old and mike and I have been married for 4 years!! Happy anniversary and here's to many, many more!!!

Blast from the past....

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Vintage fletcher and keaton

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3 amigos

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Superhero big brother

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Papa cabin makes him sleepy

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Happy hour....

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Streaker!!!!!

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More smiles......

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Introducing.....

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Thomas Matthew Scheffel. Here is Josie and her newest little friend. Congrats Scheffels!!!!!

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Lots of smiles!!!!

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Two months old today

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Logans run With Hope

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Post Falls over the 4th

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Superhero obsession

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At the races with dad

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Mike....or Josie?

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The good life

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Driving dodos boat

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Bathing beauties

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Sara and Josie on the river in post falls.

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One month old today

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At the zoo butterfly exhibit

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At the y.....today is about butterflies!!!

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Josie and alice

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Fit n fun

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I enrolled k in a 4 week class at the y. It is Tuesday mornings and today was his first day.

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Josie photos

2011-06-07T03:43:00.001-07:00

Last week we had dome newborn pics and family pics taken. Here is one of Josie. I can't wait to see the rest!!!!!

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Introducing Josie Katherine Dahlberg

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This past week was big for the Dahlberg household. Not only did we celebrate Keaton's third birthday but we got to welcome our beautiful daughter and sister Josie Katherine into the world. We can only hope that Josie is as easy to deal with in high school as she was during the delivery. Danny was induced at about 8:00 am and Josie was delivered at 1:57 pm with minimal crying and eyes wide open. Despite her Mother's fears she was born with lots of hair and what appears to be blue eyes. She's got her Mom, brother and especially her Dad wrapped around her little (and very long) little fingers.

Keaton's 3rd Birthday

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Last weekend we had a great time with friends and family celebrating Keaton's 3rd Birthday. We had a small party in our backyard and had a few out of town visitors. Aunt Kiki made the trip from MN, Uncle Crystal came from Tacoma and Nikki came down from Coeurdalene. Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate and make Keaton's day so special.

Birds of Prey

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A couple weekends ago we took Keaton to the Birds of Prey Center. Here are a couple photos.

First photo

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She's here!!!

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Josie Katherine dahlberg
Born 1:57pm
6.15 20 inches long full head of hair

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Josie's crib

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Even though she is sharing a room with her brother, this weekend I decided to add a little touch of "girl" to the room and sew a bumber (shown in photos) and crib skirt (not shown) for her hand me down crib. The orange storage bins underneath were made by Mike and Ed (Papa). I will try and get another photo showing the completed project.

*UPDATE* Photo added with the crib skirt

Simple joys :)

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Russian food festival

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Keaton enjoying borsht, piroshki and stroganoff at the neighborhood Russian food festival. He loved it....making his Negreiff family proud!

More photos from my shower....

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of the adorable outfits little Miss Josie received!!!!!!

Ah.....mothers day breakfast

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Happy mothers day to me!!!!

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Surprised with this bike from my boys this morning!!!!!

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Girlfriends birthday

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Great day today and a great party hostessed by Laura and Kelley. Thanks ladies!!!!!

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What I look like at work :)

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A gal in my office captured this moment for me....yeah, just a little uncomfortable at this point!