Holiday Weekend

I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday weekend. We braved the traffic and headed Up North. Fortunately, both Noelle and Zeus are seasoned travelers and had no problem with the drive. Tom was able to leave work early on Friday which helped us to avoid much of the heavy traffic. The weekend was spent with family and friends enjoying the beautiful weather and wonderful company.

My good friend, Stacy, who was in Japan and moved back in May to Alpena to have her second baby came over on Saturday. She has a son, Jacob, who is one year old and Noelle loved playing with him. They discovered the wonders of a trampoline. There were times when Noelle did not want to get off that trampoline, but there were many people around including Grandpa and Uncle Alex that were happy to oblige Noelle's new found love. In my haste to pack everything I forgot the camera, Stacy did bring hers and this a great picture of Jacob and Noelle.

We traveled back to the flat south on Sunday so that we would be able to take Monday and relax before Tom had to go back to work.

Tuesday I took Zeus to the vet for his four month appointment. He weighed in at a whopping 50 lbs. He gained 15 lbs. in three weeks! He is going to be a big boy!! Noelle is still his best friend, although his size is not realized yet and sometimes knocks her down without realizing it. One of Noelle's new things to do with Zeus is walk him. She just holds onto the leash for only about five seconds but it's very cute!

There is no question that summer has come to Michigan. The weather has been very warm and outside is one word that gets a very excited reaction from both Zeus and Noelle. We spend most of our waking time outside, covered from head to toe in sunscreen! Last summer Noelle was learning to crawl, this summer she is not a baby any more, but a little girl who has a mind of her own!

Wonderful Long Weekend!

Having Tom home Friday and Monday made for a wonderful extended Birthday and Mother's Day weekend.

Friday we went during the day and bought Noelle a much needed sand and water table. It has become a new fixture on our deck and something that Noelle loves to play in. We had our new favorite babysitter (besides family) come over Friday evening while we went out to dinner. After dinner we planned on stopping by Lowe's and buying a PUSH mower for the yard. Well, the shinny appeal of a big new tractor was too much to handle and there was no way we were walking out of the store with a lowly push mower. So, we bought a new lawn tractor!

Saturday morning I was greeted with an awful migraine that made it difficult to enjoy the beautiful weather. Luckily, Tom was able to help out with Noelle. The new tractor was delivered in the morning and held both Tom's and Noelle's attention for awhile. Of course, Tom had to mow the lawn and play around on his new toy, as Noelle watched and yelled out the window "Vroom, Vroom, Hi Dada!" She was very enthralled and just wanted to sit on it and touch every part of this new interesting machine.

The rest of the weekend went by too quickly. We spent a lot of time outside and just doing things as a family. When Tuesday morning came it was really hard to say goodbye to Tom. Noelle woke up and instantly went to every room calling for her daddy!

This weekend I get to see my sister, brother and Dad!! Charlotte is going to take Noelle for the night on Friday while Tom and I attend a Tigers game. Saturday, we will meet them at Alex's hockey game and cheer on our favorite hockey player! It will be really great to see them and Noelle will have a lot of fun spending the night at Aunt Charlotte's apartment. We love that Alex does get some opportunities to play hockey in the Detroit area and we are able to see him.

Thank you all for reading what is going on in our house!!

First One

This is my first attempt at creating a blog. I thought that it would be nice to let family and friends know what is going on around our Roehrig household.

Noelle will be seventeen months old on May 21st. We are constantly struggling with her lack of interest in food, but that is a very minor problem. Her vocabulary seems to grow leaps and bounds on a daily basis. Now that the weather is warmer we are always outside playing in the sand and with the slide and each activity we do she picks on the new words.

Noelle's favorite playmate is Zeus, who is wonderful with her even though he is now double her weight! Zeus has become a wonderful addition to the family and we all enjoy having him around. Tom and Zeus butt heads a bit because he doesn't listen to Tom well, but hopefully that changes as he gets older.

This weekend will be a celebration of Mother's Day and Tom's Birthday. He will be 28!! Tom is taking Friday and Monday off of work so that we can have a nice long weekend. If the weather stays warm and cooperates our landscaping will become our next project. Friday night Noelle will have a babysitter and we will go out for a much needed dinner to celebrate Tom's birthday! The rest of the weekend will be spent doing yard work outside.

I hope everyone will enjoy this new blog I have created. I will try and update it as frequently as possible.

Just a cute picture of Noelle dressed in all pink, as usual!