Friday, July 23, 2010

CAMPERS PARADISE WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!





We packed up the dogs and little miss Arie and headed camping with the whole Speral family to Campers Paradise, our favorite place on earth! Arie was a super star and an amazing camper! She settled right in and enjoyed the great outdoors and all the noises and things to look at. We had a great spot right on the water with our own little private beach. Arie dipped her toes in the water and LOVED it! She is going to be a little fishy I think. We had a few families of duckies who kept swimming by our spot, getting closer and closer to the beach each time-they were so cute and fun to watch. We also saw an Eagles nest and some of the little babies perched high up in the tree tops-so beautiful and amazing!

We set up camp, Joel and Olivia went for a canoe ride, grilled some dinner and enjoyed a great camp fire and yummy smores. Arie slept in Grandpa and Mommy's arms around the fire as Olivia sang us songs on her "stage" a portable potty chair-anything we would request she would sing to us in her flashlight microphone! Arie even slept great in the tent. We made a little make shift bed for her out of towels and blankies and she slept the night away! We are so glad she likes camping and cant wait to go more!

Monday, July 12, 2010

New canoe!



We sold our old canoe and got a new one!!! Joel is thrilled and I have to admit so am I. We both enjoy canoeing a lot-I mostly just sit in the front and take in the son, helping to paddle a little, Joel does most of the work! We took the new canoe on a little adventure down the Wild Rice river. We went for about 3 hours, we saw a ton of deer, ducks, cranes, geese and an owl. Joel called it nature-full! We were both tired an sun burnt by the end!

Friday, July 9, 2010

The S.S Speral's 1st voyage this summer-and she still floats!





We took the canoe out for the first time this summer. We went to Maplewood State Park for the day. Arie spent the day with Gma and Gpa Speral and we headed out of town for a beautiful afternoon on the lake. I was a little rusty on the canoe so I mostly just lounged and took in some sun while Joel did all the hard work.

Arie is already 2 months old-where does the time go?!






Getting so BIG!





Mommy and Arie



Arie had her 2 month check up at the end of June, she is doing great! She was 11 lbs 4 oz (in the 50% percentile) and 22 inches long (47% percentile)! The Dr. was really happy with her weight gain and how strong she is getting! She did great with the shots, only cried for a few seconds and then fell asleep on the way out to the car, what a trooper!

She loves to sit up and watch everything going on-she never wants to miss a thing! She can hold her head up and loves to flex her legs and stand up on your lap when you are holding her, she will even walk up up your stomach! Joel thinks she is going to skip crawling and go right to walking! She is a very busy girl and loves to "coo" and talk all day long. It is so fun to watch her learn and discover new things-it amazes me everyday! She recently discovered her tongue and loves to stick it out-she looks like a little lizard! She brings us so much joy and laughter!

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Happy 4th of July!!!!





Hope everyone has a safe and HAPPY 4th of July!